During Okonkwo’s years of exile‚ he is compelled to recognize the meaning of cowardice and the alteration of tradition. While Okonkwo desires respect and reputation‚ he eventually is ostracized by his own tribe‚ which gives the character a sense of alienation‚ and leaves the character suffering from abandonment‚ but can also provide an enriching experience. Okonkwo’s abhorrence of cowardly acts‚ leads him to believe that courage is the most important attribute of a man. Anyone who does not illustrate
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Alienation and Awareness Corinth‚ where the events of The Medea unravel in‚ is a society that regards the atypical as threatening and gives hardly any rights to women and foreigners – a common characteristic of Athenian societies during the play’s publication. Since Medea is part of the two groups in Athenian society that are treated discriminatorily and her cleverness is seen as menacing‚ the rulers of Corinth want to exile her almost immediately upon Jason’s betrothal to the princess of Corinth
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Eliot Spitzer‚ attorney general of New York Investment Protection Bureau‚ was the leading regulator who changed the way many Wall Street firms do business. What he accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary – he has not only stood up for the investors against Wall Street giants‚ but he did so in such an aggressive but rightful manner that required much courage and sophistication. Many criticized Spitzer for his overly aggressive indictments and actions against Wall Street firms‚ which consisted
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play‚ The Crucible‚ hysteria is one of the main themes. It is considered one of the main themes because it comes up often and often becomes the atmosphere of the play and the motivation of many of the character’s actions. Hysteria seems to be the central attitude or atmosphere of the play‚ once you get into it. Just to mention that the entire play represents a panic-stricken frame of mind. I think that Miller used hysteria as one of his main themes because he wanted to show how false information
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seen as a way of advancing to the next stage and improving the cultural values of the past. However‚ for T.S. Eliot‚ modernity had ruptured its connection to a more vital past and was as a result impoverished. History is instead characterized by regression and ruptures. In his essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” his idea of tradition shows retrogression instead of progression. Eliot argues that “the whole literature of Europe from Homer” (49) is an archive of works affecting authors in the
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The central theme in Katherine Mansfield’s story is the cruelty of class distinctions. Mansfield was born in New Zealand when the country was still a British colony in which class distinctions were rigidly maintained. Her best-known short story‚ “The Garden Party‚” also deals with this subject. The reason that the rich Burnell children attend a school along with working-class children such as the Kelveys is that they live in rural New Zealand‚ where there are no other nearby schools. These same
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Isolation and alienation are two recurring factors that have occurred throughout history and are ongoing aspects which materialize in contemporary society. These forms of isolation and alienation are caused and influenced by the power of language‚ discriminating against individuals and groups due to a myriad of reasons including religion‚ culture‚ values‚ beliefs‚ appearance‚ and gender. The knowledge and understanding towards particular minority groups have been drastically affected by segregation
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Analysis of T.S. Eliot ’s The Waste Land Anita Grace Simpson‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Oct 12‚ 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- T. S. Eliot FlagPost a comment Thomas Stearns Eliot‚ author of The Waste Land‚ has been called the most influential poet of the twentieth century. He was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ but became a British subject in 1927. For
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George Eliot on God and the Good Well known for her atheism‚ Eliot maintained a serious concern with morality and community throughout her life‚ evidenced in her novels and personal letters. She was persistently concerned with how to live a moral life outside organised religion‚ and how to maintain a sense of personal and community responsibility. First I’ll look at some influences on the development of her atheism‚ (and the limits of their influence)‚ then at the kind of religion she rejected
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Night’ and ‘Preludes’. Eliot uses his fragmented childhood experiences and his thoughts on the squalor modern life to express the issues of meaningless life‚ isolation‚ the alienation and loneliness that the humans feel and lastly the damaged psyche of humanity. The issues of meaningless life is expressed through complex imagery and other language techniques like symbolism with death frequently linked to show that life was not anticipated and death was welcomed to society. Eliot also explored the modernist
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