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…was then interrupted when the old oak door flew open. The boy on the other side wore raggedy white cloths, but you would never have known by the color they were now. "Quick boy, out with it!" the tired man said. He was grumpy and ill-tempered by the boy's intrusion. "Master…

…comrades perished among the worms; for they were never heard of after." This story may serve as a text for my whole lecture. Not only does it smack of the sea-breeze and the salt water, like all the finest old Norse sagas, but it gives a glimpse at least…

…;The Seafarer is a poem about a man who explores the sea, and is often left alone for a long time. The poet relates how he frequently sets out to sea, and makes use of fate in order to illustrate the feeling related to the beginning of a voyage. "That he feels…

…figures that each represent different psychological aspects of man. These different aspects are interwoven through each character’s common motivation for promise of material wealth. Robert Louis Stevenson uses the memorable character Long John Silver…

…of these events depicted in his books in a normal man’s lifespan. Still, there is no hard proof to prove that Homer didn’t write these two epics, but there’s also no solid proof that he did. On one hand, until the publication of Prolegomena ad Homerum, there probably…

…person in every state united as one democratically, it’s physiology from sea to sea, the features that make up its character, and more importantly the whole of it, man and woman, perhaps tying the manifest destiny idea of the world set out for Adam and Eve…

…, for a thousand lowerings old Ahab had furiously, foamingly chased his prey--- more a demon than a man--- aye, aye! what a forty years' fool--- fool--- old fool, has old Ahab been!" Ahab "has his humanities," as Captain Peleg announced to the novitiate Ishmael…

…. The small mortuary had a glass roof and had white walls, which reflected the bright lights. (P. 13 and P. 14) From the old people's home you could see "hills which separate Marengo from the sea" (P. 17). The climate around the old folk's home is very hot. (P. 21…

…and warrior, knower of all things on land and sea. In order to curb Gilgamesh's seemingly harsh rule, the god Anu caused the creation of a Enkidu, a wild man who at first lived among animals. Soon, however, Enkidu was initiated into the ways of city life…

…, the story is told in vigorous, picturesque language, with heavy use of metaphor; a famous example is the term 'whale-road' for sea. The poem tells of a hero, a Scandinavian prince named Beowulf, who rids the Danes of the monster Grendel, half man and half fiend…