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The main difference between the Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, and John Gardner’s modern retelling, Grendel, lies in the development of the characters. In the epic poem, the characters are basically static, and their actions are predictable. In Grendel, Gardner calls this stereotypical thinking about heroes and monsters into question. In particular, the monster in this modern…

The bourgeoisie and proletariet have both similarities and differences intheir emergence and development as a class. They both emerged out of aseparate society and developed their own. The bourgeoisie grew out of thefeudal society and the need to develop a modern industry. The proletariansgrew out of the bourgeoisie society and their need for change andstability….

Knowledge plays a crucial role in our lives, however we tend to accept the existence of it without really thinking how we came to know what we know. As Plato once said, “Knowledge is the food of the soul”, and with technology growing exponentially, we often forget that knowledge is not just some article on…

Two 25. 0-N weights are suspended at opposite ends of a rope that passes over a light, frictionless pulley. The pulley is attached to a chain that goes to the ceiling. A. What is the tension in the rope? B. What is the tension in the chain? 2. A stockroom worker pushes a box with…

A relatively rare multifactorial disorder occurring in as many as 1 in 500 people, Autism Essay is still largely an enigma to many doctors and scientists (Johnson, Dorman, 1998). Until Leo Kanner’s use of the description autistic in 1948, schizophrenia was the general label given to patients with certain behavior patterns. Although autism and schizophrenia…

Over the 10,000 years since agriculture began to be developed, peoples everywhere have discovered the food value of wild plants and animals, and domesticated and bred them. The most important crops are cereals such as wheat, rice, barley, corn, and rye; sugarcane and sugar beets; meat animals such as sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs or…

Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger, rather than through reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, but this principle is not always a  good theory to live by. Young Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers. They all acted on…

The AIDS CrisisAIDS is an epidemic that has been treated like every other plague in history. Because it is human nature to be afraid of what one cannot control, people are invariably afraid of disease and infection. Moreover, the fear is escalated many times over in that the disease starts controlling the person who it…

In drama, struggles and tensions within the lives of characters and the situations they face are important for the building of the plot and maintaining the attention of the audience. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson, the main characters of the plays face struggles which move the plot…

The poem “Lockers” by Eric Berger describes the pain and challenges a girl goes through while at school. Two predominant themes in this poem include bullying and pressure from school work. Being a teenager and knowing the fact that high school life Is not easy, I am able to relate to this poem, thus causing…