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…A Reading of Gwendolyn Brooks “The Bean Eaters” Gwendolyn Brooks poem “The Bean Eaters” is about an old couple and how their lives changes. As they get older, they end up living in a small back room eating mostly beans. Old age can be a dark…

…for control of his actions. And amidst the turmoil of adolescence, it is the victory of the dark forces of human nature that make Gene realize that each person is alone with his enemy, that the only significant wars are not made by external causes…

…in a crisis”. This “petty selfishness” is quite different from his seemingly strong, proper façade. Krogstad’s character also drastically changes. In the first two acts, Krogstad appears to be manipulative and deceitful. He has a dark past, involving scandal…

…tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?“ Here, Shylock is referring to the injustices that the Jewish residents of Venice have been subjected to. For instance, Jews in Venice are required to wear distinctive dark clothing so…

…that the dwarf's gold had not been claimed, and Smaug still lay in the heart of the mountain. The band of travelers had crossed much terrain, hills, mountains, swamps, and gloomy forests, including the dark Mirkwood itself. Within these settings, conflicts…

…, blessed among stables, the nightjars / flying with the ricks and the horses / flashing into the dark." and begins to sense times grip on his life. In autumn, it is with melancholy eyes that the man views his world; his vibrant life in his youth, a stark…

…is that they both produce smoke and debris, which can cause the obstruction of the sun resulting in long periods of cold and darkness. This is referred to as a Nuclear Winter. When Frost says “Some say” he may be referring to those who believe in this theory…

…north of the Black Sea are nomads that are the only religion that eat people as a daily habit. In the spring of 1986, the dissident of Chinese writer Zheng Yi set out in search of this country’s heart of darkness. He found it in the province of Gaugxi…

…implications, referring to the girl. There is a continuing bird theme, Stephen describes her as ‘one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird’. She is also likened to a crane, her breasts said to be ‘like some dark-plumaged dove…

…are simple words, which allow the poem a light-hearted feeling. The contradiction between the formality of the writing and the simplicity of the words chosen leaves a relaxed, free-spirited tone to the poem. For example, in the fourth stanza, Simic writes…