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…image at the end. Yeats begins by telling us of the "polite and meaningless words" (6) he uttered when he met the rebels. By the third stanza, all chaos and trivial matter has been replaced by the image of stone: "Hearts with one purpose alone / Through…

…Movie Review of Jerry Maguire         If you want to take a break from the frigid air of a Montreal winter, go to see Jerry Maguire; it will be sure to warm your heart. If you're like me, you're a little tired of going to see big name stars…

…, and it could have been the tale of a Frenchman, an Englishman, or an American. It is perhaps the most tragic generation our human records tell of. It bears the overwhelming accent of simple truth that makes you wonder why war still exists. May 11, 1998 English III…

…the names, and it could have been the tale of a Frenchman, an Englishman, or an American. It is perhaps the most tragic generation our human records tell of. It bears the overwhelming accent of simple truth that makes you wonder why war still exists. May 11…

…to behavioral standards set by the honest Iago. Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is a tale of the social injustices in England, during the early 1800’s. Dickens' second novel tells the story of the orphan Oliver set against the seamy underside of the London criminal…

…poetic sound. Alliteration also helped the scops or storytellers in memorizing the tales. Examples of alliteration can be found throughout the poem such as, "The Hall of the Heart", "His pledge and promise", "Dragging the dead men home to his den", "Fitted…

…to live for and much to fear as it tells the tale of an anonymous man stripped from his gold-lord. This literary work illustrates stoic solitude and grim hopelessness by using phrases like, "...what a bitter companion/Shoulder to shoulder sorrow…

…to convey that dream into the hearts of the young boys he taught. However, a traumatizing event forces him to become a "grotesque," lonely person, as many other characters in the book. There is a recurring theme of solitude and shattered dreams throughout…

…A black African is captured and sold into slavery. It’s an unfortunate story, but one with approximately eleven million equivalents. Aphra Behn, however, brings this common piece of history to life in her story Oroonoko, the tale of an African prince…

…, but they band together to pay all debts. The racist man weeps and feels lost without them. Back on Mars, a man named William Stendahl has constructed a recreation of the House of Usher. He is bitter that the government has made tales of fantasy illegal. He invites…