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Female Roles in Othello Literature Essay
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Desdemona continues to be treated as property by her husband Othello, who makes the decision whether she will go to Cyprus, and when and with whom, without even consulting her. When viewed in conjunction with the sexual categorization and demands for obedience, this patriarchy seals the fate of women to that of slaves.
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The Shirley Letters: Life in a Mining Camp through the Eyes of a Protected Wife Literature Essay
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Life in California in the mid-nineteenth century was hard, especially for a delicately nurtured, upper-class girl from New England. There were prospectors and miners, and people who were pouring into the area to find gold. California, especially the mining area, was a male-dominated zone at the time.
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The Outsiders - a Documentation of Its Popularity Literature Essay
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What started as learning tools, eventually lead to hobbies, interests and long time love for reading. Most of the children’s books, classified as fiction, are clearly and concisely defined as “literary narratives, collectively, with imaginary characters or events, specifically novels and short stories. 
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Short Stories Issues Literature Essay
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In the study undertaken, the main objective is to be able to analyze the messages of the two short stories that had been read entitled “The Ants and the Qat” and the “Pilot.” The said short stories can be considered as representatives of different cultures based on the fact that the stories originated in two different countries. 
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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The author states that it is the opinion of some that the poem is, because of its pleasant façade, largely misunderstood. It does take two or three readings to realize that the two paths proposed by the narrator, who reaches a point in the woods where two roads diverge and must make a choice between one path and another, are essentially the same.
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The Child in Time by Ian McEwan Literature Essay
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At one part of the novel, he was taken back to a time of the conversation of his parents whether or not to abort him. McEwan used the concept of a non-linear time and temporal displacement to show that time is a dynamic social construct and not an obstinate reality. This was a primary sign of its postmodernism.
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Earnest and Dr. Faustus: Compare and Contrast Literature Essay
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Trying to make the study of magic seem like the best thing that ever happened to him, Cornelius tells Faustus “[t]he miracles that magic will perform / will make thee vow to study nothing else” (Marlowe, Act 1, Scene 1) while the evil angel distracts Faustus from thoughts of repentance to “think of honor and of wealth”. 
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Masterpieces in the Scenario of Drama Literature Essay
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For instance, he accepts the responsibility to save Thebes. In the end, he was ready to accept the responsibility of the crime committed by him and blinds himself to prove his faith. His temperament reveals that he is not ready to compromise and is non-adoptable and non-flexible to changing circumstances.
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The Characters of Nora and Mrs. Linde in a Dolls House Literature Essay
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Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is notable for its unconventional portrayal of the female protagonist, Nora. She is a wife who, at the commencement of the play, appears to be a  typical, submissive housewife but as the play continues, goes against the grain of Victorian tradition and dares to fight for her independence. As opposed to Nora, another female character in the play, Mrs. Linde. 
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Character Values in William Shakespeares Othello Literature Essay
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Although Othello is living among Western civilization and serving as an accomplished soldier among them, Othello is nevertheless alone.  Despite his assimilation to Westernization and his competence as an accomplished soldier, Othello is marginalized and stereotyped to such an extent that his actions and ultimately his fate is preordained by his natural rather than actual history. 
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Carolina Maria de Jesus and Sandro Rosa do Nascimento Literature Essay
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Poverty exists in every sense of the word, but the majority ignores it unless something is written or someone has made a scene out of it that the community is reminded of the fact that there are still people who live in extreme poverty, who would make all their efforts to survive.
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Comparison and Contrast Between Shankara and Tao Te Ching Literature Essay
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To respect every life as one's own and to merge in the source of all nature, we call God.  Unite with the self through the self by the self unto the self is the teaching of Tao Te Ching and Shankara in their spirituality, philosophy and ideology for humankind. Comparisons and contrasts illuminate but the same goal of Tao and Shankara. The realization of the self. 
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Oroonoko, the Royal Slave and Sir Gawain and Green Knight Literature Essay
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Oroonoko, the Royal Slave and Sir Gawain and Green Knight belong to the British English Literature and have many things in common. In their literary style, theme and characters, there are many parallels. They can also be compared with reference to the style and approach their authors have used to convince their readers of the characters. 
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Theme of Nature and Inter-personal Elements in T'an Yuan-Ch'uns Essays Literature Essay
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It was after the decline of the Kung-an school, the Ching-ling School came into prominence. In his Selections from Dream Memories from the T’ao Hut, T’an colorfully portrays the magnificence of nature that haunted him all through the different journeys he conducted to various places. He had a keen observation of both natures and on men and their art.
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Biographical Analysis on a Short Story Literature Essay
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However, the one indisputable aspect of the story is the strong note of sympathy which characterizes the author’s treatment of the protagonist, Miss Emily. The voice of the narrator, which faithfully recounts every act of obstinacy, high-handedness, and outright insanity, always retains its neutral, non-judgmental tone, and never stoops to outright criticism or condemnation. 
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Close Reading and Textual Analysis of the Poem 'America' by Allen Ginsberg Literature Essay
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Therefore, most of the problems he thought of concerned mainly the cold war, ego-centrism, McCarthyism, homosexuality, and America’s sense of consumerism. In this essay, I shall spot the light on this poem and see how the linguistic and stylistic devices reflect the whole message Ginsberg wants to convey to the Anglophone readership.
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A Rose for Emily by Faulkner and Where Are You Going by Oates Literature Essay
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It must be said however that while A Rose for Emily is mostly concerned with the concept of time and change even in the realm of storytelling and narrative. Oates tale is far more concerned with blending fantasy with reality. Emily’s story follows the county as it goes through a crossroads and evolves as a community while respecting its traditions.
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Robin Hood as a Social Hero Literature Essay
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Robin Hood becomes a hero in many stories, books, films, plays, and even cartoons. One of the most controversial issues is related to the origin of Robin Hood as a hero. Many scholars have been studying this interesting historical figure. The answers concerning the origin of Robin Hood can be grouped into three categories. 
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Literature Essay
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Fragile things need to be handled with gentle care. People make sure that they handle delicate fabric like satin or lace, chinaware and glassware, and babies with a soft touch and extreme caution. This goes the same with feelings, the heart and one of the most important things in whatever kind of relationship, trust.
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A Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology Literature Essay
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Both the Norse and Greek creation myths tended to place emphasis on the same basic elements of life. In both groups, Fate played a strong role in their lives and was represented m each culture by three female deities that were considered only half-gods. The Norse referred to them as the Norns and gave each woman a unique name.
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Inevitability in Romeo and Juliet Literature Essay
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Figuratively speaking, Shakespeare substituted human subjection to the Church by subjection to the family feud. The main heroes had to follow this historical family feud and kill each other. They realized their wrong actions only after a tragic end. Deaths of five young representatives of these two families made their parents raise their heads and look in the sky with no fear
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Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy Literature Essay
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Though not a feature, the outcome or effect of a tragedy on the audience is the purgation of emotions, in the Aristotelian term, Katharsis. The term “Katharsis” has generated considerable debate among scholars. But the most acceptable meaning of Katharsis is to relieve oneself from the excesses of emotions like pity and fear. 
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How Has the Study of Literature Changed in the Last Century Literature Essay
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Literature has always spoken to the human soul, tempting it, soothing it, moulding it, affecting it, guiding it, fashion it. It has always been the helper of humankind. People of old times used to find panacea and contentment in it. Literature had and always will define the lifestyle of people in any nation at all. 
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The Complex Feelings and Emotions with Othello Literature Essay
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According to Aristotle, the hero is a nobleman but undergoes a downfall, which is exactly what happened to Othello. At the beginning of the play, Othello is a strong and astute character, with an intense love for Desdemona. He impresses her with his tales and sagas of adventure, thus winning her love.
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Hot, Flat and Crowded Literature Essay
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Global warming and rise in the middle class population worldwide can make our planet unstable to live in. The world population is growing at a striking rate and in the middle of this century it is estimated to reach 9 billion. Most of this growth is going to happen in those developing countries which will be inefficient to sustain the growth and as such will create a situation where there will be fuel deficiency and extremism.
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The Differences Evident Between the Epic of Gilgamesh and Summa Theology Literature Essay
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The Epic Gilgamesh is mainly based on the historical and ancient facts like the old stories and borrows examples from the bible while Summa theology utilizes the old facts from the Bible and other historical texts as well as modern philosophical and scientific facts. This shows that the epic uses ancient facts in its search for origins.
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Literacy as the Cornerstone of the Nation and Person Development Literature Essay
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While today’s world has become increasingly complex, citizens need to equip themselves with basic literacy skills to ensure success in their profession. Also, illiteracy is a mark of a nation that neglects its obligation to improve its citizen’s way of living and opportunities. Literacy is essential as it ensures equal opportunities for all.
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Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach Literature Essay
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The sea acts as a metaphor, binding individual people (pebbles) together. Its receding waters create a universal comparison to Victorian society in which people were no longer united by one faith or even faith at all. The sea and pebbles could also represent being alone in a crowd. The poem consists of 3 sonnets, but the last five lines are 'washed away'.
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The Sorrows of Young Werther and Ourika Literature Essay
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As shown by these two epics, the genre of romanticism creates art and literature deeply built on suffering, pain, and self-pity. The sorrows of young Werther and Ourika primarily center itself on exploring characters' self-injury and delusion, most emanating from their depression from knowing who they are in the social stratification.
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The Short Stories Good Country Peopl by Flannery OConnor and Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates Literature Essay
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The first expression of symbolism that readers notice in “Good Country People” is in the naming of the characters. Character names have clear symbolic connotations. These characters Mrs. Freeman which is symbolism for free man. Mrs. Freeman works for Mrs. Hopewell, symbolism for hope well.
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An Anthropologist on Mars Literature Essay
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Greg meditates on his youthful movement experience that shows that he moved from the village to the city where he attends to several live performances, including a poet, Allen Ginsberg. Greg also became obsessed with the music "of the Dead (Sacks, 2012)." Despite being a person characterized by old age, he later learns ways of the new age, and by joining Hare Krishnas, his devotion deepens.
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Literature Essay
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Tolstoy deftly uses metaphor to show the reprimanding mood the regiment commander is in and the respect and even fear that exists between commanding officers and their subordinates, first when he describes how he checks the troops before Kutuzov’s arrival. A captain who has been called out shows “the uneasiness of a schoolboy.
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Hemingway's In Our Time from a Feminist Perspective Literature Essay
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Hemingway intentionally leads the reader to believe that these are the ultimate outcomes of the stories, never permitting the weakness of grief to touch these characters despite their sudden and surprising losses.  Despite their silence, because of their silence, these women are allowed to walk in strength to better lives than those left behind in the stories of Hemingway.
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The Similarity of Heroes in the Tale of the Hour and Yellow Wallpaper Literature Essay
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She pities this woman more than she is allowed to pity herself because, of course, there is nothing wrong with her, and her husband takes care of her anyway. However, this strange creeping woman behind the paper is trapped in a way that brings the narrator’s heart, and woman can easily find the energy to work on this other woman’s behalf.
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Ella Delorias Water Lily Feminist Perspective Literature Essay
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Her perspectives, expressed through her work, brought her to the limelight, though most of her these were not fully comprehended during her lifetime. The publication of her novel, Waterlilly, after her death, shed some light on her work. An analysis of the novel 'Waterlily' will not be appropriately carried out without a look at the biography.
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Myths as Insight into the Origins of Humanity Literature Essay
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Myths provide an insight into the origins of humanity; they educate humanity about the traditions and culture prevalent in that era.  These are not merely tales of some kings who fought on this planet but there is always a message for humanity.  The battle itself is a metaphor for the constant turmoil within human beings and the epics teach us to handle it.
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Analysis of the Poems by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman Literature Essay
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Indeed, he indicates that there is no other way in which a man may become a Modern Man than to understand the vast relationship between the various functions of the single body with the various functions within the greater body of society. In contrast, both poets underscore the importance of the individual.
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A Critical Analysis of Friedrichs The Visit Literature Essay
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The influence of money in society converts man who in turn becomes a victim to sins during times of need. Money revolves around the world as a powerful force, which could change humanity from morality to immorality. “The Visit” by Friedrich is a fine illustration of the above theme demonstrating the influence of money in the present society.
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The Sacred World of Imagination: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick Literature Essay
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In Dick's book, animals are bought and sold like the religion of Dick's creation. Dick was saying that we could have morality if we were special enough to afford it. When a salesman was showing Deckard a goat, the salesman says, "A goat is loyal. And it has a free natural soul which no cage can chain up". 
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Love in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Literature Essay
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Ralph Walton is the ship captain that saves Victor at sea. He describes in a letter to his sister how Victor had suffered so much that it seems he cannot recover even in the company of loving friends. Love cannot eclipse sorrow as Victor ‘is generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him.’
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I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen Literature Essay
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In sum, in the story’s framework desire is transformed into innumerable demands without ever exhausting itself, a phenomenon that has become the basis of the success of modern capitalism. The figure of the father is important but he was never around abandoned his family many years ago. By locating the daughter's struggle, Olsen signals that the women's struggle to subvert the "symbolic order".
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Contrast Analysis of Oedipus Rex and Hamlet Literature Essay
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The possibility of using critical approaches related to Formalism, New Criticism Myth and Archetypal Criticism, Feminism, Gender Studies, New Historicism/Cultural Materialism, and Post-Colonial Studies make these plays relevant in the mental and social spheres of human existence across time and space.
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The Question of Slavery in American Literature Literature Essay
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In the Known World, the evil presence of slavery seeps out in subtle and unforeseen ways. The recognition that free black citizens like Henry and Fern owned slaves does not detract from the horror of slavery. It shows instead the insidiousness of slavery itself. The novel proves to the reader that slavery was not the act of a single person.
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Literature Essay
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This essay tells about Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, who had written the novel, "Things Fall Apart" based on the real happenings in his birthplace of Ogidi. So, the finer elements of those happenings like weather and gender identity were handled realistically throughout the novel, and this paper will look at those elements.
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What We Talk about When We Talk about Love Literature Essay
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We go next to the various literary contexts encountered in Raymond Carver’s short story. Because not much happens in terms of plot development, the gist of the story consists of dialogue among the characters. The socializing that takes place centres on alcohol consumption which in this case is gin. Without gin, they are at a loss for words.
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Is Plato Right in not Including any Concrete Laws in the Republic Literature Essay
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The explanation of what is good depends on the knowledge that a person has and the explanation of knowledge is given as smoothing which the philosophers possess. Since the philosophers know what is to know, they know the difference between good and bad and thus they are the only individuals who can know exactly what virtue is and what is just.
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The Organization of Social and Cultural Life Literature Essay
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Over the water, running near. Even her source of information regarding the world outside her own walls is only brought to her second-hand, as it is seen through the window of her tower and reflected through the light of her mirror, ensuring she has no effect upon the world outside and rendering her totally barren in all things.
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Comparison of Two Similar Poems by Dickinson Literature Essay
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Through an understanding of the similar elements in the poems, a meaningful interpretation of the poems in the general framework of Dickinson poems and themes is possible. The similarities of the poems are more significant compared to the differences as they are valuable in a profound and overall appreciation of the Dickinson poems.
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The Symbols of Illusion Literature Essay
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From Beowulf to Lord of the Rings, war is seen as the only means by which heroes can be made and bring out the nobility in man.  Accounts of war as they are written about in literature are often focused on the romantic image of the warrior hero, the high ideals of the men involved, and their complete commitment to the greater good of the world.
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The Poem 'Nutting' by William Wordsworth Literature Essay
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Thus, a reflective analysis of the language and the form of the poem, including rhyme, rhythm, metaphor, imagery, tone, word order, alliteration, and point of view, etc,  illustrates the characteristic features of romantic poetry and introduces the readers to the spirit of the period.
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