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In the epic the Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald)one of the most descriptive and best written passages in the entire epic isThe Slaying of the Suitors (book 23 lines1-62). This is a good passagefor many reasons, one of these is that it is a part of the story that hasbeen built up and…

Inbox | *Prev Next* The poems of Sir Walter Ralegh often deal with the issue of death and mortality. In some cases he directly deals with the issue, and others he uses vast metaphors in order to convey his message. For the most part, Ralegh takes a very bleak position on the issues of death…

Poet’s Use of Mockery As Diction in PoemTom DinkelThe poet’s use of mockery as diction conveys his disillusioned attitudetoward the men that plan the battles without actually fighting in them. Usingthe words If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath, to describe themajors allows the reader to picture the majors as old, fat,…

Dulce et Decorum Est, an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, ( ) conveys a strong meaning and persuasive argument. The anti-war theme and serious tone is extremely effective at portraying war as horrid and devastating. Upon my initial reading of this poem I felt overpowered by blood, guts and death. Although my reaction hasnt changed…

Ever since Cain killed his brother Abel, death and murder have been a part of human society. The man always killed the other man, physically or mentally, to gain something for himself, something that may be a tangible things such as food or money, or intangible things such as power or pride. Throughout the British…

The poems ?Mending Wall’ and ?Home Burial’ are about division, both on a physical level and on a mental level. ?Mending Wall’ on first reading is a very simplistic poem about the annual repairing of a wall but after closer reading we can see it has a darker meaning. The poem begins with a disjointed…

Grendel on the MoorsOrHow Grendel Got His Groove BackIt is true that Grendel is monstrous. He is not only a deadly enemy to Hrothgar and Herot, but to the Geats in general. Grendel seems to take his only pleasure from assaulting Herot and destroying the warriors inside. He is a bane to all those that…

BEOWULF AS A CHRIST-LIKE FIGURE The epic poem, Beowulf, recounts the tale of a man named Beowulf who sacrifices his own safety to save the Danes from two evil dragons. Then, years later, Beowulf risks his life yet again to save his own people from a dragon. Throughout the story, Beowulf is presented as a…

The Poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “Musee des BeauxArts” by W. H. Auden describes how people don’t care about each other andthat world is cruel. In “My Last Duchess” the guy is talking the messengerfrom the duchess about how he killed his wife and was happy about it, whereas in”Musee des Beaux…

2001 A Space Odyssey2001 : A Space Odyssey. I am going to be talking about Stanley Kubricks ‘2001: aspace odyssey’, focusing (obviously) on the music, but alsothe sound. I will also be incorporating elements from MarkMillers article “2001 – a cold descent”2001: A Space Odyssey, introduced in 1968, is a highconcept production that begins by…