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Beowulf and the Song of Roland, the theme of Father/Son Relationship
... can almost be equated to the pride a father will feel towards his son when he accomplishes a great deed. He even claims Beowulf as ... Roland to watch the rear guard of his army and Roland loses his life while serving his King. The significance of these inter ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
A comparison of Blake's treatment of his subject in "Songs of Innocence" with that in "Songs of Experience".
... a young boy is looking for a father figure in his life, in the former poem and how God takes the place of the earthly father ... girl is not returned to her family, she loses her innocence and she evolves into a woman. In the Songs of Innocence , there seems ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
"On My First son" by Ben Jonson
... anger and despair. These emotions which he feels as a Father over the loss of his son makes him ... losing the "child of [his] right hand". Jonson has described his son with innocent and, literally, happy words. The use of "loved" and "joy" illustrates a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Comparison Shakespears plays: King Lear vs. Hamlet
... , Regan and Cordelia present all that is right and wrong with a father's relationship with his children. Lear is used to enjoying absolute ... and Regan banished him. He is left in a cruel storm and he loses his wit: "Is a man no more than this? Consider him ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Hemingway and alcohol
... leave a guy nothing" (Hemingway 205). The unfortunate comprehension of a father's loss of hope by his son may also indicate a bit ... in a long list of previous adventures. His reaction to the failure: desperation and alcohol. The night he loses face, he loses ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
All quiet on the western front
... of pancakes and manages to get to the dug-out without losing a single one. The meal lasts four hours. Afterwards, they smoke cigars ... sadder. Before he returns to the front, Paul's sister and father visit him. They cannot find anything to talk about except ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
All quiet on the western front
... of pancakes and manages to get to the dug-out without losing a single one. The meal lasts four hours. Afterwards, they smoke cigars ... sadder. Before he returns to the front, Paul's sister and father visit him. They cannot find anything to talk about except ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Odysseus' Strengths and Weaknesses
... calls upon his father, Poseidon, to punish the man who had harmed him. That incident hurts Odysseus more than losing a few men, ... shall never happen." After Athena says that, she changes Odysseus into a beggar. This time Odysseus is not only patient, but he ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
this is an essay about dylan thomas' do not go gentle into that good night
... Lit The father-son relationship is a special bond, perhaps more special and strong than any bond in nature. When a father has a son, he ... when a boy or man loses his father, it is not something that a son can take in stride. It is a step back for a man and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Lake Poets
... tell her story. In the first part she loses her father. He was religious man:"My father was good and pious man", very honest:"An ... existing place under the ground. Actually Kubla Khan existed; it was a Mongol emperor for 13th century. In the poem he built ' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry