Essays Tagged: "Tiger"

Tigers

The Tiger is often described as a particularly dangerous, sly, and invincible predator. The Tiger is the ... est of the cat family. They have powerful bodies, large paws, and very sharp claws. The head of the Tiger is rounded and has a convex profile. The ears are black with white in the middle. The Tiger's ... e Tiger's eyes are a yellowish-orange color, but at night they almost look green. Coloration of the Tiger is reddish yellow or rust- brown on the upper side, and a whitish under side. There is promine ...

(4 pages) 69 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Macbeth. A tragic Hero

the play.In Act 1 sc. 3 line 8, the first witch chants and says that the sailor is the master ofthe Tiger. The witch is comparing the man to a Tiger. The tiger is a very good animal andis near the top ...

(2 pages) 63 1 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Macbeth A tragic Hero

. In Act 1 sc. 3 line 8, the first witch chants and says that the sailor is the master ofthe Tiger. The witch is comparing the man to a Tiger. The tiger is a very good animal andis near the top ...

(2 pages) 59 1 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

the need and utility of nuclear weapons , destructors or Saviors?

nfamous mushroom cloud is undoubtedly an image which comes to mind. This ominous image is '. . . a tiger which must be looked in the eye,' (Looking the Tiger in the Eye, 1982). The reason for which ... ar weapons, is best stated in the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer, '. . . until we have looked this tiger in the eye, we shall ever be in the worst of all possible dangers, of which we may back into h ...

(3 pages) 97 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Innocense of a child. Refers to 'The Child by Tiger', by Thomas Wolf and 'Tears, Idle Tears', by Elizabeth Bowen. Talks about how both use different writing techniques to develop their themes

Many writers have found writing about the human psyche very interesting. The story, 'The Child by Tiger', by Thomas Wolf, is about an African American servant who initially seems to be very skilful ... . He seems to find a new sense of self-esteem because of this knowledge. In the story 'The Child By Tiger', Wolfe often refers to Prosser as a cat or a tiger. These symbolic references help convey the ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" "Write a poetry response outlining the language and imagery of the text"

"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" is a vexing poem, which centres on desires, and the depressingly harsh realities of Aunt Jen ... nd the depressingly harsh realities of Aunt Jennifer's existence, using sharp contrasts between the tigers that she sews, and herself. The tigers that she stitches appear to be everything that she's n ... smooth, uninhibited and robust. Aunt Jennifer, on the other hand, has great trouble even making the tiger adorned screen because her movements are so weak and bumbling. She is completely unlike these ...

(3 pages) 131 2 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"The Child By Tiger" By Thomas Wolfe

ent such as that happened today. The central event of the plot is a violent action in "The Child by Tiger" by Thomas Wolfe. The author gives significance to the occurrence by making it reveal a genera ... If the balance of these two is upset, tremendous or horrible things can happen. When "The Child by Tiger" first begins, Dick Prosser is established as a well-rounded, almost perfect individual. Altho ...

(4 pages) 86 1 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

An argumentative essay on why we should conserve our environment and what good it could bring us

In 1990, there was only one of the Abingdon tortoises left in the world, and in 1952, the Balinese tiger became extinct. As the graph provided in the appendix 1 shows, the number of species becoming ... pecies listed as endangered range from the largest animal on earth, the blue whale, to the majestic tiger, to the humble thick shell pond snail. Large or small, beautiful or ugly, all species play a r ...

(6 pages) 421 3 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

William Blake's "the Tiger".

The poem The Tiger, by the poet William Blake, is about the making of the tiger. William Blake was born in London ... angry that someone can make such an animal and be happy about it. In addition, he is angry that the tiger, which is evil and ferocious and the lamb, which is nice and innocent are both on the same Ear ... hows that the tone of the poem is anger.Theme is the central idea of the poem, one of themes in The Tiger is that God creates both bad and good and we should understand both. The tiger symbolizes the ...

(3 pages) 117 1 2.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The problem of gender in three fairy tales by Angela Carter.

er and its fairy tales.....................................24 The comparison of the fairy tales The Tiger's Bride and The Courtship of Mr. Lyon......................................................... ... n..........................................................35 The comparison of the fairy tales The Tiger's Bride and The Werewolf...................................................................... ...

(16 pages) 195 0 2.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

This essays describes the life of a tiger. Very detailed explanation of physical characteristics, life style, habitat, and current statistics on the endangered species.

Tigers: The Silent AssassinsArmed with razor like teeth and retractile claws in addition to their ke ... Silent AssassinsArmed with razor like teeth and retractile claws in addition to their keen senses, tigers are silent assassins on top of the food chain. The magnificent striped panthera tigris, origi ... nce ranged an enormous span of the earth's surface. Over the past century, it is estimated that the tigers habitat and numbers have been depleted by up to 95%. Having been greatly limited as a result ...

(7 pages) 58 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

In "The Lamb" and "the Tiger" William Blake's speakers present a distinct duality of the human understanding of god

entury writer dealt with this question of god through his writing. In his poems "The Lamb" and "The Tiger," Blake's speakers present a distinct duality of the human understanding of god.Blake delibera ... ild as the speaker instead of himself because it removes the speaker from a place of creation. "The Tiger" demonstrates how people observe a supreme being in human terms. By using the words, "hammer," ...

(2 pages) 80 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

This is a continuation of the short story, "The Lady or the Tiger." The tiger is killed by the prince who cleverly hides a knife in his shoe and stabs the tiger in the eye.

o death as to reserve him for herself and keep him from loving another woman. For she knew that the tiger lay behind the right door and that the lady lay behind the left.Immediately after opening the ... behind the left.Immediately after opening the right door only a slight crack the man knew that the tiger was there and tried to quickly close the door, but it was too late. The tiger, seeing freedom ...

(2 pages) 23 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The Role of sports in society

alled human latter. That's why they live together and help each other. If human were to be like the tiger with huge canine teeth and sharp claws, living off deer and other miscellaneous organisms, man ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Verbal Irony

nd at the same time mean the complete opposite. In the story by Frank R. Stockton "The Lady, or the Tiger?" the author used verbal irony to help us realize the absurdity of the king's idea of judgment ... annot know what is hidden behind each of the doors (he only knows that behind one of the doors is a tiger, and behind the other is the lady.). He may've not been in such situation at all if he really ...

(2 pages) 25 0 2.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Tiger by Blake

in himself, or within the material world. The poem reflects primarily the speaker's response to the tiger, rather than the tiger's response to the world. It's important to remember that Blake lived in ... in a time that had never heard of popular psychology as we understand it today. Blake's poetry "The Tiger" contains six four-line stanzas, and uses pairs of rhyming couplets to create a sense of rhyth ...

(2 pages) 63 1 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

What do you learn about the changes occurring throughout the Romantic period in Blake's poems?

riting.'The Tyger', which may be Blake's best-known poem, is about the force and fearfulness of the tiger, as a symbol of God's power in creation. The structure of the poem is very precise, with the 6 ... it was in the poem that changed our view or Blake's view, and made us think of the creation of the tiger as daring. This is the form of the poem throughout, asking questions rhetorically about the cr ...

(5 pages) 82 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Germany disliked the "Treaty of Versailles" only because of the following reasons: a) Loss of land b) Cuts in their armed forces c) Reparations Do you agree with this statement?

irty-two states, but four major powers dominated the conference, France represented by Georges "The Tiger" Clemenceau-the French Première, Britain represented by David Lloyd George-the British ...

(14 pages) 114 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Predatory felines

s. The Panthera is a group of cats known as the "Big Cats." Panthera Tigris, known otherwise as the tiger followed a path in the territories of Asia's vast environments. The Panthera Leo or better kno ... s. The Panthera Leo or better known as the lion took its likings to Africa's dry savanna lands. The tiger and lion even though they live in very different environments have roots that grow deep into t ...

(7 pages) 40 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Understanding "The Tyger." Use citations. Good specificity.

and put into its right place. The title reveals that this is not an ordinary poem with an ordinary tiger. It motivates the reader to search for meaning even before he or she begins to read it. The po ... anguage, and some metaphors. Through all of his techniques, Blake tries to develop the meaning of a tiger and determine who created it.The poem begins with Blake addressing the tiger and questioning w ...

(3 pages) 101 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers