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…the impalpable items that are just emotions put into words. “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing—these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight” (381…

…and said the most horrifying words I've ever heard uttered from man's lips. "Do you ever want to see your brother again?" "Yes." I replied in terror. He turned and looked at me with disgust and said "Well then you'll do exactly what we say when we say…

…with the latter destroying herself, "the winged maiden came against him: he was seen then to be skilled" (Madden 29), due to Oedipus answering her riddle. By destroying herself, the sphinx makes it possible for the oracles to come true. With her reign of terror…

…of a sudden realizes its powers, and walks for the first time alone, boldly and with overconfidence." (47). Edna's sudden terror in the middle of the ocean signifies that she may not be able to venture out as far as she wants to and may have to turn back…

…is that he married his mother and kills his father, the king before him. By the killing he did he puts the kingdom in terror. My support of the downfall is…”And I refuse to link my utterance with a downfall such as yours.”, page 36. This was said by a prophet…

…of compassion or kindness that was ever in him and becomes a terrible killing machine. Whenever he sees he has the advantage over another living thing, he exploits it and drops the creature dead in its tracks. White Fang’s reign of terror, however, only lasts…

…of terror." I believe that our country was wrong in the decision it made. The answer to the question, "Why?" is greed. More land, more territory, a stronger nation. This is the way our nations leaders saw this situation, but ask those poor humanbeings…

…task since Humbaba protected the place where the "shems" were located. Humbaba was appointed by Enlil and was heavily armed. It is said that Humbaba was armed in sevenfold terrors and was terrible to all flesh. Obviously, Humbaba was posted as a guard…

…of the house, the darkness of the ominous storm is prevalent, as ‘the venerable mansion...grew black in the east-wind.’ This darkness is early foreshadowed. Hawthorne describes how the terror and ugliness of Maule’s crime ‘darkened’ the freshly painted…

…, and her strength was gone."(p.116) "She looked into the distance, and old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again."(p.116) Edna has found so much happiness in the ocean that she is unwilling to release it. The more pleasure she receives from…