Running head: Book Review Thomas Meyer SOCWK 330 Book Review Brief Summary A Boy’s Own Story is the story of the author’s‚ Edmund White‚ own self discover of his homosexuality in the 1940’s and 1950’s in America. A Boy’s Own Story is the first autobiographies in a three book series spanning the author’s late childhood throughout his adulthood. Edmund experiences a brief sexual relationship with Kevin‚ a slightly younger friend. Kevin and Edmund’s intimacy is presented as natural and untroubled
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society‚ both had similar ideas of a martyr’s saintliness. Abbo of Fleury’s hagiography‚ The Martyrdom of St. Edmund‚ and an unknown nun of Chelles hagiography‚ Life of St. Balthild‚ shows that the idea of saintliness‚ in the East Anglian and Merovingian society‚ were derived from the characteristics of a martyr’s heroic nature and their association to miracles‚ which can be seen in St. Edmund and St. Balthild. Scholar‚ Pierre Delooz‚ researched the idea of how a martyr’s saintliness is depicted in
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Regan‚ and Edmund: Ambition and Pathos In Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Lear‚ the characters are battling strong ambition and motivation for power. Goneril‚ Regan and Edmund are complex characters that make the audience question sympathy for the antagonist. The three characters are motivated by the need for power and are willing to go to extreme lengths of manipulation and scheming to achieve it. Each character’s ambitions eventually lead to the tragic fate of death. Goneril‚ Regan and Edmund are portrayed
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Edmund’s Soliloquy Analysis In this passage taken from King Lear by William Shakespeare‚ Edmund the illegitimate son of Gloucester and brother of Edgar‚ has clear rage for the stereotype he is placed under. Edgar‚ Gloucester’s legitimate son‚ will inherit all of his father’s land. By presenting the rage of Edmund Shakespeare carefully takes advantage of effective rhetorical devices in order to promote Edmund’s argument and further his stance on the issue. In this passage Shakespeare makes tactful
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not take it well; we also see that he is convinced his sons don’t respect him‚ as every time he hears them laughing in the kitchen he’s sure they’re making fun of him. Edmund and Jamie enter. Jamie is thirty-four‚ but he has not taken good care of himself. He is charming‚ but his face and body show signs of heavy drinking. Edmund is in very poor health. He is frail and sensitive looking. Both of the boys seem awkward around their mother: eager to compliment‚ and afraid they might offend. The conversation
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one of the main characters is Aslan‚ a lion that can talk and help the 4 children defeat the White Witch and restore Narnia to its original glory. The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe tells the story of the four Pevensie children: Peter‚ Susan‚ Edmund‚ and Lucy. They are evacuated from London during World War II and end up in a large house in the country owned by the Professor Kirke. Bored‚ the children play hide-and-seek. Lucy finds a large wardrobe in a room and hides in it. Moving to the back
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two lines of Act 1 Scene 2 Edmund unashamedly declares‚ ‘Let me‚ if not by birth‚ have lands by wit:/All with me’s meet that I can fashion it.’ These words are very revealing not only about Edmund himself but also about other characters in the play who reason like Edmund. Discuss. It is apparent in the first two scenes of Act I that there are parallels between the treacheries of Gloucester’s family and that of King Lear’s. The key characters‚ Regan‚ Goneril and Edmund‚ suggest this parallel for
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By definition‚ food is any material that an organism eats or drinks that allows it to preserve life and grow; culturally‚ it also serves as a classical conditioning positive and negative supporter. Discipline is something that can occur in various different forms. It may be most commonly gained through rewards‚ punishments‚ currency‚ positive & negative reinforcements‚ and manipulation. The primary purpose of food in The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe and Where the Wild Things Are is to discipline
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Background and Summary of King Lear Background of King Lear King Lear was written between 1603 and 1606‚ and is considered to be Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. The main plot was drawn from an old chronicle play called The True Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters‚ supplemented by treatments of that story in Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicle of England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland‚ Spenser’s The Faerie Queen‚ and perhaps others. The subplot of Gloucester and his two sons comes from Sir
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER Portrait of Chaucer from the 17th century. Born c. 1343 London‚ England Died 25 October 1400 (aged 56–57) Resting place Westminster Abbey‚ London Occupation Author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ bureaucrat‚ diplomat Spouse(s) Philippa Roet Children Elizabeth Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Parents John Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400)‚ known as the Father of English literature‚ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was
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