.... has banished two on's daughters, And did the third a blessing against his will. If thou follow him, Thou must needs wear my coxcomb- How now nuncle? Would I had two Coxcombs and two daughters! (I, i: 96-103) When the Fool offers King Lear his coxcomb, he is offering him wisdom. King Lear is unaware of his ignoble actions and this is the fool's attempt to make him realize how inadequate his actions are. In another rhyming jest, the Fool, in his cleaver manipulation of speech, tries to desperately to warn King Lear to be careful with what he has or be left with nothing: Have more than thou showest, Speak less t .....

.... century is to simply not deal with it. In his novel, Vonnegut shows that he is more inclined to sit back and watch than to let things effect him. Being an anti-war novel, his book is filled with shocking events and gruesome deaths. But Vonnegut portrays death as something trivial. Every time someone dies or something bad happens where the reader might think "oh my gosh, that's awful!" Vonnegut says, "so it goes." It's as if he saying that that kind of thing happens all the time and since no one can stop it we shouldn't get all worked up about it. But he goes to the extent to make the reader think he doesn't care. When he r .....

.... was anybody inside and indeed there was. Without thinking twice he courageously jumped into the tent, grabbed the 2 women inside quickly and jumped out before the flames could even touch him. This daring act showed how Johnny is very brave and puts others lives’ before his own. Another example of this is the time when he saved a little boy from bears. On a Sunday, not long ago, he was hiking on his most favorite trail on the Bubas Mountains. While hiking he heard a yelp for help and ran towards the source of the sound. There he saw a boy was being attacked by some bears. With only thinking of the boys safety he leaped at .....

.... number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the "one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). Cummings could have simplified this poem drastically ("a leaf falls:/loneliness"), and still conveyed the same verbal message, but he has altered the normal syntax in order that each line should show a 'one' and highlight the theme of oneness. In fact, the whole poem is shaped like a '1' (200). The shape of the poem can also be seen as the path of a falling leaf; the poem drifts down, flipping and altering pairs of letters like a falling leaf gliding, back and .....

.... Bill reinforces his families' low self esteem by constant negativity. Muriel's desire to get married is at some level her opportunity to escape this environment. Throughout the film, Muriel demonstrates avoidance behaviour. Music plays a large part of this process and becomes a symbol of freedom from her environment. She allies herself with a group of "trendy" and popular girls in an effort to disassociate from her lower class, dysfunctional family. Her motivation to improve herself and her circumstances become the main focus of the film. She believes that if she is accepted by these girls as a peer, her life will improve a .....

.... hold against him now? Homer, very early in the epic, defines Athena as having a strong role in the story. I believe this passage is a very powerful point in the poem because it demonstrates strength in a female character. I think her question "What do you hold against him now?" proves how she will stand up to her father and challenges his authority as lord of the gods. During Homer's lifetime, a woman's primary role was that of a mother and housewife. Men gave orders to women and they obeyed. Right or wrong, this was the way of the world, yet Homer has defined female characters as also displaying strength and power through m .....

.... of treasures. Emily accepts death. Throughout this seemingly simple plot Wilder illustrates the relationship of the individual to the vastness of the universe, in fact, it is the simplicity of the plot that allows this topic to be addressed. I have been offered the position of a director of this play, and will further discuss my methods, adhering carefully to those suggested by Wilder. Thornton Wilder once referred to "Our Town" as "an effort to find the dignity in the trivial of our daily life, against those preposterous stretches which seem to rob it of any such dignity" This is an important aspect of the play, espe .....

.... learn to protect other life forms on earth. " The meaning of life is to live in balance and harmony with every other living thing in creation. We must all strive to understand the interconnectedness of all living things and accept our individual role in the protection and support of other life forms on earth." 3 Leah de Roulet a social worker, thinks that the meaning of life is to care for other people. She thinks life is about having an impact on other people’s, lives less fortunate than yours. Also she thinks that the purpose for our living, is to love and help one another when needed. " I am led to believe that if there is .....

.... story the author clearly acknowledges Beowulf’s overall triumph, "Telling stories of their dead king and his greatness, his glory, praising him for heroic deeds, for a life as noble as his name." Sir Gawain on the other hand is deemed a hero but seems to lack something that Beowulf simply does not. This is because he is a passive hero. Sir Gawain appears to be incapable and thoughtless at first, but he slowly proves himself by his subtle actions. Sir Gawain represents loyalty along with an unclear purpose. He must put his life before the king’s and fulfill duties that are not always demanded of him. Sir Gawain is .....

.... [Ralph Waldo] Emerson wrote in his journal: ‘I thought him a greater man than any of his works betray…’” (Martin 37). Hawthorne, however, was not so well thought of by people who did not know him well. Someone who would rather be creative and write than have a “real job” was not very well respected in Hawthorne’s day. A writer who wrote fictional tales was even less respected than an author who wrote of actual events was. These unjustified opinions of writers influenced Nathaniel Hawthorne throughout his life and career in creative writing. Another issue that influenced Nathaniel H .....