In book one of “The Once and Future King” we are introduced to a young character named Wart; a foster child who is left in the care of Sir Ector. Kay‚ Ector’s son‚ is being trained in the ways of knighthood to one day take over his father’s throne. Wart found many ways to keep him entertained as Kay was being trained. Wart came across an old magician by the name of Merlyn who has proclaimed himself as Wart’s tutor/mentor. Over the next few years Merlyn instilled much wisdom in Wart by turning him
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to join the new church‚ but the people who didn’t join were called Puritans. Jonathan Edwards lived during the Puritism time. He was an American Calvinistic theologian and philosopher. He attended in Yale college and later became a pastor at Northampton‚ Massachusetts in 1724. His outstanding preaching there led to the ’Great Awakening’ in 1734–5. Another famous person at that time was an English woman named Anne Bradstreet. She was the first woman to publish her poetry. She wrote two edition
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Self-reliance is defined as reliance on oneself or one’s powers‚ resources‚ etc. according to dictionary.com. In T.H White’s The Once and Future King‚ Merlyn teaches Arthur to be more self-reliant. Self-reliance is a prominent theme in the novel because it helps Arthur to become king at the end of Book I. Arthur is taught self-reliance through the animal transformations‚ then uses them to pull the sword out of the stone The Wart becomes more self-reliant due to Merlin’s teachings through transforming
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge Commentary The poem is a description of London in the morning and how he thinks it is really remarkable and eye-catching. In the first six lines he just describes it and how no body wouldn’t be moved by that marvelous scenery from Westminster Bridge; in lines nine through fourteen he compares the scene he saw to nature because natural scenes are always beautiful and “smokeless” (Not polluted) and he also said that the view he saw is even more beautiful than any
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Hawthorn shows sins of several different kinds in numerous people‚ as well as the consequences and remedies of their sins. Three main characters; Hester Prynne‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth bare the most of these sins. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ however‚ bares the most brutal effects of such sin. This is due to several reasons. <br> <br>The most observable reason for his eventual breakdown is the fact that he keeps his sin a secret. Arthur Dimmesdale’s sin was the same as Hester’s
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networking such as : ( Facebook – WatsApp - Twitter – Skype - MySpace - LIVE Boone - Hi- Five - Orkut - Tagd - YouTube ‚ etc.) ‚ which allowed some of them ‚ such as Facebook‚ WatsApp and skype sharing videos and photos ‚ share files and conduct real-time conversations ‚ and communicate The direct interaction between the audience . Social networking is a tool used by people all around the world. Its purpose is to promote and aid communication. However‚ this type of technology
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I think that the first section of the book is very well written‚ and you really do get the sense that the author knew what was happening on the wide-scale. In some books‚ the author can only focus on 1 small element‚ whereas the introduction to this gives a broad sweeping overview of so many different things - many of which made it into the movie; the new Air-Cavalry concept‚ the emphasis placed on small-unit and larger-unit training exercises‚ the command structure being shifted to allow for the
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‘Everything not forbidden is compulsory’ as wrote by the 20th-century writer‚ T.H. White in his Arthurian novel‚ The Once and Future King‚ displaying the authoritative rule of many totalitarian governments. Totalitarianism has been a central theme in many notable dystopian novels such as Margaret Atwood’s‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Ray Bradbury’s‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ and John Wyndham’s‚ The Chrysalids. Perhaps the reason why totalitarianism is featured heavily throughout literature is perhaps because these
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One trait the Puritans greatly valued is faith. Their faith in God was fierce and unrelenting. The Puritans believed God always had a plan for them and never challenged it even if they were unhappy with the results. “ Verses upon the Burning of your House”‚ is a poem about a woman‚ Anne Bradstreet‚ who loses all her goods in life but never her faith. Anne Bradstreet displays her faith in God by saying‚ “I blest His name that gave and took‚ / That laid my goods now in the dust. / Yea‚ so it was‚ and
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