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…Forbidden Love Lord Byron was known for having one forbidden love, which is depicted in his poem "When we two parted". The theme of the poem forbidden love comes from the poem itself telling a story about a love affair, and how both cannot coincide…

…about treatment of Indians. Many of these myths referred to them as being the victims of white man's progress. In the short tale, O Pioneers, written by Willa Cather in 1913, tells a tale of the oncoming future of the Great Plains. Although this tale…

…themselves by a storytelling contest. Among the travelers are people of all classes; there was a knight, monk, nun, plowman, miller, merchant, clerk, and widowed wife of Bath. In The Canterbury Tales prologue, Chaucer stated that each traveler is to tell two…

…would have to search the land of the sea-creatures to find a young mermaid outcast who's heart ached because she too had been thrown into exile. What she didn't tell Bobo is that he would have to get to her by swimming through her guardians of sharks…

…, as well as their fellow ancient civilizations, went down in history as some of the most gory yet fascinating methods of worship ever performed. An Aztec tale told of two gods who stepped forward to offer themselves. The first was the arrogant Tecuciztecatl…

…was “only thinking of herself”. She tells Creon that she is only a women and when that doesn’t work she calls onto his side of pity, “you are a father too” to then once again his soft heart shall be his ruin.…

…experiences our wonderful world. Abortion is a cheap way out of a pregnancy and it should be stopped. In this article, Kerby Anderson explains the problems with abortion through biblical, medical, and philosophical arguments. Anderson tells of how abortion…

…;#61486;and possibly to preventcoronary heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in industrialized nations. In fact, in 1996, 1,954,407 deaths occurred in this country due to cardiovascular diseases; more U.S. citizens died from heart…

…Long have stories and media been devoted to tales of a beauty ‘taming’ a beast, most likely taken from the popularity of the French fairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast.” But where exactly did this plot originate? Many do not realize that the themes within…

…Beloved is actually a quintessentially American story. Its topic slavery however may not seem to be a traditional one in American literature. The novel written by Toni Morrison is an American survivor’s tale, which depicts the collective experience…