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…honorable, respected, and skilled general Rome had ever has, and when everything is taken from him, he still manages to die as Rome's most respected, honorable, and skilled gladiators. Maximus is the definition of Gladiator. "Gladiator" tells the tale…

…of the text was based on a personal experience which included Carroll and the three Liddell girls, as was reflected in the opening poem of the novel: Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour, Beneath such dreamy weather, To beg a tale of breath too weak To stir…

…of Amontillado”, the protagonist is an apparently insane man who walls up his foe is his underground vaults. “Hop-Frog” has a sinister king burned alive by his abused midget. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is another deranged man who slaughters an old man in his sleep…

…. “Hop-Frog” has a sinister king burned alive by his abused midget. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is another deranged man who slaughters an old man in his sleep and the list goes on. The very best example of this would have to be “The Black Cat”. The classic tale…

…in her heart that she has no business marrying Edgar. Nevertheless, her desire for a genteel and socially prominent lifestyle guides her decision-making: she would marry Heathcliff, if Hindley had not cast him down so low. Catherine also tells Ellen what she…

…and civilizations. Beginning with the use of oral traditions that took these stories and the use of spoken word to both inform and entertain the people of a given society. These tales also had another purpose, which was to remind the people of the evils that were around…

…with the pain of the parent we must be even more touched by the plight of the child, a creature brought into the world and immediately abandoned who because of his hideousness could not expect a surrogate. Telling the tale of his progress to Frankenstein…

…, That agony returns : And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns. I pass, like night, from land to land ; I have strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach. What…

…? The Odyssey, by Homer, contains the three facets of the journey. This classic piece of literature is one of the most-widely known epics of the quest. The journey in this tale is vast. The Odyssey tells of the quest that the protagonist, Odysseus, must go through…

…of the eye," This same purpose of restraint and degradation is served when Morrison tells us about "the wildness that shot up into the eye the moment the lips were yanked back." Sethe notices that Paul D did not have this wildness. Did Paul Ds tin heart save him…