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What do you see as the main aspects of Kingship explored in Henry IV Part 2? Explain clearly how the play implies comparisons between King Henry IV and the future King, Hal.
... being the harsh reality of kingship. The Prince is advised to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels; to wage war to distract ... ; to wage war to distract the country away from civil disorder. In interpreting the significance of some of the themes and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
'Consider the nature of heroism in epic poetry. How does the role of the hero relate to the society that produced him? How is the idea of the hero questioned?'
... past and Hesiod with the practical reality of then. Where Hesiod varied from Homer the most was his rejection of heroism and concerned himself ... . In the Odyssey Odysseus is the hero returning from the war in troy to his threatened home in Ithaca. Not only ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Fear of death in Mrs. Dalloway
... new realities of postwar England. Divided into parts, rather than chapters, the novel's structure highlights the finely interwoven thoughts of ... has experienced the deaths of her father, mother, and sister and has lived through the calamity of war, and she ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Who Is To Blame For The Death Of Duncan?
... of his terror and fear of what he is about to do, he imagines that he sees a dagger. He questions the presence and the reality of ... without hesitation. Being unafraid of what he did and the things he saw in war a streak of violence can be detected in Macbeth ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Evil and Primitivism in Man. Essay on "Lord of the Flies" by Golding
... reality of the readers response to them. Our minds turn to the outrages of our century - the slaughter of the first war , the concentration camps and atom- bombs of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding
Comparative study of "Soylent Green" and George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
... reality of the shattered earth of " Soylent Green ", ruled over by a dictatorship inclined to the benefit of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"A Taste of Honey" by Shelagh Delaney
... prime example of "kitchen-sink" drama, that is, the new 1950s drama that brought out on stage the unpretty realities of everyday life ... from Jo. It is a symphonic representation of the age-old mother- daughter wars. The jaded, selfish Helen is immediately ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Power of Human Nature in the Works of Christopher Marlowe
... of the play to set the tone and help accomplish his aim. The Jew of Malta opens with the character Machevill, addressing the audience about the realities of ... continues his conquest in brutal wars against any nearby enemies. In the prologue of the play, we ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
In what way does Gaskell argue the necessity of education for girls and women in Wives and Daughters?
... realities of his vocation, courtship and marriage was only one part of a young man's life, for a young woman is was the central part. Most of ... simply into two but into a multiplicity of selves whose warring allegiances were hard to disentangle."(11) However ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Modern day representation of racism of Indigenous Africans and sexism of women in "Heart of Darkness"
... the "inferior" woman from the horrors and realities of the masculine world by lying to her, ... of glass beads... charms, gifts of witch-men". This fierce imagery suggests a warlike nature, the "leggings" and "gauntlets" suggest that she is outfitted for war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature