Megan Lai English 10H DiSalvo 17th September‚ 2014 HCTA: Beowulf Theme: Wisdom is a more valuable weapon than physical strength. Quote 1: And that night Grendel came again‚ so set / On murder that no crime could ever be enough‚ / No savage assault quench his lust / For evil. Then each warrior tried / To escape him‚ searched for rest in different / Beds‚ as far from Herot as they could find‚ / Seeing how Grendel hunted when they slept. / Distance was safety; the only survivors /
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over themselves.” These words were far before the modern twenty-first century movement of feminism. Long before her time she foresaw the problems with the movement and perceptions of it. This quote simply states‚ women do not need to have power of men but they need to have power over themselves. This quote is true and speaks to the purist nature of equality that true feminists strive for‚ equality for gender and not one gender over another. To be a feminist like me means to be for nothing but equality
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Act 1 Important Quotes Act 1 Scene 1 * Act 1 Scene 2 * “If I say sooth‚ I must report they were / As cannons over-charg’d with double cracks; / So they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.” (1.2.36-38) ON ACT 1 TEST Act 1 Scene 3 * “But ‘tis strange‚ / And oftentimes‚ to win us to our harm‚ / The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles‚ to betray us / In deepest consequence.” (1.3.121-125) ON ACT 1 TEST * “New honours come upon him / Like our
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In “lord of the Flies” the first character i’d like to analyze is Piggy.The quote that really represents piggy is “But Piggy.For all his ludicrous body‚ had brains.”.I found this quote on page 78.This is a perfect representation of how one of the most disliked protagonists in this story is really the smartest character in the story.He was completely incapable of any type of athletic abilities yet He can out think most of the children there while yet being one of the most intelligent characters in
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Fiction Essay; O’Connor Quotes O’Connor’s quotes/theories: “It is the extreme situation that best reveals who we are essentially” and “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it” as it relates to the writing‚ “A good Man is Hard to Find” in which the main character‚ Grandmother‚ who lives with her only son and his family and who is domineering at best‚ but believes that she is a good‚ graceful‚ well-reared‚ and a devout Christian. While on a family trip during which the
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an adventure book. I think knowing that he wrote that book adds more to the quote‚ but I’ll go more into that in the next paragraph. This quote means a lot to me. It inspires me to take risks. The quote is saying not to just exist‚ but to prove you’re alive. I’ve always had this sort of mindset‚ but I’ve never done anything adventurous. It does make me want to be more adventurous though. The person who said that quote‚ Jack London‚ wrote the book‚ ”The Call of the Wild”. That book has to do with
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both try their best to survive and live by not being caught by the man hunting them. Every time they are killed there is a less and less of a chance of survival but its not stopping these two lovers from ever seeing each other. On page 111 the quote said by Ben “I feel warm all over‚ but now my heart is racing”. My emotional reaction was like ohh I remember what made me feel like this. It was a saturday night my girlfriend came over and we kinda just cuddled the whole night‚ this made me feel
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had imagined her a fool like all the rest of them‚ her head stuffed with lies and hatred‚ her belly full of ice. A kind of fever seized him at the thought that he might lose her‚ the white youthful body might slip away from him!” (p. 109-110). This quote proves that Winston indeed has a physical attraction to Julia‚ but not because he loves her‚ but because he wants to prove a point against the Party without them actually knowing. By stating that she is “a fool like all the rest of them‚ her head stuffed
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tried to help her; he believed all that the white man said about him‚ I did not; he lived for the moment‚ I for the future‚ uncertain as it was” (207). This quote is significant because Mark is realizing how much of a failure his father is and how beliefs and values have led to that failure. His father thought education was worthless‚ he burned Mark’s books‚ he beat his wife‚ and most importantly‚ he believed all that the white man said about him. This is the
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