the neck‚ forcing her face down on his bosom. Her white nightdress was smeared with blood‚ and a thin stream trickled down the man’s bare breast which was shown by the torn open breast” (Stoker 247). This passage has Mina breaking her loyalty to Jonathan by committing this act with Dracula. It is very sexual‚ and later in the book Mina talks about the event and refers to what she drank from Dracula’s chest‚ but never finished what she was saying. We are never told what it is‚ but the way Mina says
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diary entries‚ telegrams‚ and newspaper clippings. Jonathan Harker‚ Mina Murray (later Mina Harker)‚ and Dr. Seward write the largest contributions to the novel‹although the writings of Lucy Westenra and Abraham Van Helsing constitute some key parts of the book. The novel is meant to have a slightly journalistic feel‚ as it is a harrowing account supposedly written by the people who witnessed the book’s events. A young Englishman named Jonathan Harker travels through Transylvania on a business
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Chablis Morant One of the most severe experiences in life is being a teenager. Your hormones run chaotically. There are genuine and mediocre days. Putting yourself first and others second is the typical mentality that we‚ as teenagers‚ posses. After shortly living the high life of adolescence‚ I wasn’t thinking about myself anymore‚ my attention went to my mother. Since my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer‚ I’ve learned the value of a strong support system. With this new knowledge
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undoubtedly demonstrated their remarkable nature and willingness to follow the Lord. This was true for Jonathan‚ Esther‚ and John the Baptist. If a new hero was created‚ the person would possess the same characteristics that made them exceptional people: courage‚ selflessness‚ and humility. A new hero should learn from Jonathan and how he ultimately obtained his confidence and strength from God. Jonathan knew that his own capability could not bring him through everything but understood that the omnipotent
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What Hurts” is an essay by Jonathan Franzen. It is based on his speech at Kenyon College‚ Ohio‚ USA. And the essay was published in The New York Times‚ May‚ 2011. “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” deals with the differences between peoples care and love for consumer technology and real life‚ such as love and nature. Jonathan Franzen starts by talking about his relationship to his smartphone. He is impressed how far the technology had advanced over years. Jonathan Franzen mentions that the
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our bad intentions so that we can make ourselves better people What regretful mistakes and bad intentions are revealed in Dracula? Lucy removes the garland of garlic leading to her doom Jonathan goes to see Dracula despite warning that Dracula is deadly Dracula moves to London and is exposed to his enemies Jonathan‚ Lucy‚ and Mina are all tempted by lust. Vampires as “bad boy/bad girl” appeal to him What literary technique can we focus on for Dracula? Characterization Setting Imagery theme What
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Assyrians and the Babylonians all worshipped pretty much the same set of gods‚ despite their cultural differences. The most important of these gods was Ea. Ishtar was the most important goddess. Like the Greek Aphrodite and Demeter‚ or the Roman Venus and Ceres‚ or the German Freya‚ Ishtar was a fertility goddess. The Phoenicians and Canaanites‚ further west along the Mediterranean coast‚ were also polytheistic‚ but they had different gods. Their most important god was Baal‚ and some reports say that the
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Ancient Romans claimed descent from Greeks‚ in fact the Great Roman poet Virgil wrote an epic poem entitled Aeneid where he tells that Romans come from Aeneas line who escaped from the Trojan fire to save his royal descent. He landed at Italy where married a princess named Lavinia. That means you have to consider Roman literature as an evolution of Greek literature: Romans learn from Greek but progress. Greek and Roman literature is wide and it includes: tragedies‚ comedies‚ poems‚ epics etc
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It can be argued that William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is a play about forgiveness and reconciliation. The title‚ The Tempest is both literal and metaphorical. Shakespeare begins the play with a fierce storm which wrecks the courtier’s ship. I think this storm symbolises “the tempest of life” (i.e. the struggle of life) around which the play is based. Throughout the play‚ the aristocratic party is torn by conspiracy and betrayal between many different characters. In their attempts to gain power
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Introduction I. Attention-Getter: I am sure that most of you have heard of the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Although it was delivered by Jonathan Edwards in 1741‚ it is considered the most famous religious speech in all of history. II. Establish Credibility: I become familiar with this speech in my 10th grade American Literature class‚ but my interpretation is very different when I study this speech from a theological perspective. III. Thesis/Preview Statement: I will
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