This brief moment portrays the tension between the ghosts--anguishing in Hades’ underworld--and Hercules who had the fortune to live with the gods on Mount Olympus in his afterlife. The tension Odysseus witnesses represents the polarity between heaven--symbolized by Hercules--and hell--symbolized by the ghosts. Death is a frequent motif throughout The Odyssey and by negatively portraying it‚ especially in comparison to Hercules’ afterlife with the gods‚ Homer shows why characters such as Odysseus struggle
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it brings a little more happiness into his world. George at this moment thinks that Slim is the most mature and most trustworthy person around‚ and so he confides with him the story of how Lennie and he met back in Weed. Here we learn more about Lennie and George’s relationship as friends and companions‚ also how they ended up together in the first place in more detail. George apparently started to take
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Tension is created in chapter 3 building up to the moment Candy’s dog is shot with the repeated use of silence. The word ‘silence’ is used 3 times to describe the atmosphere of the room leading up to the moment the dog is shot. The silence is described as ‘[coming] out of the night and invading the room’. From this personification we can deduce that Steinbeck wanted the reader to view the silence as an intruder. Because it is seen as such‚ the presence of something unwanted can give a sense of danger
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In the novel of mice and men‚Steinbeck never gives Curley’s Wife a name. This is done to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch. As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch. As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that most women back then had no identity or position in the working world. No characters
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Steinbeck creates tension when he writes about a clash or an awkward moment. You get this feeling at the pit of your stomach‚ burning with curiosity‚ fear and excitement‚ all these emotions mixed together. As a writer‚ Steinbeck creates tension because he can use tension in the form of conflict or a disagreement‚ and to make his story a page-tuner. When you meet tension in a book‚ it makes your heart beat faster; it makes your palms sweat‚ and produce headaches. But you ignore all that pain and all
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” (Mother Teresa). Loneliness and isolation is a dominant theme in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck during the great depression. The reason why Candy was isolated was because he was old and handicap. The only thing that kept him happy was his dog but no one liked him since he was old and stinked. Crooks has always been isolated because he is black. Being black during this time people didn’t really like you they were
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George is nice to the men on the ranch but when it came to Lennie insults came instantly to his brain. After each insult George made about Lennie came an apology in the end. George always blows then realizes what he had done and instantly regrets it. George either cared for Lennie or felt pity towards Lennie because of his disability or both. George always wanted Lennie to go away but when it came down to that he wanted Lennie to stay. He was always in between‚ no matter how frustrating Lennie made
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serious and tense atmosphere. One of the first things the reader notices in this extract is the way that Steinbeck uses adverbs to describe people’s actions. Steinbeck uses the phrase he lay ‘rigidly’ to describe the way Candy is feeling‚ which obviously is very upset about the fact that his dog has been taken away to be shot; George is being careful of Candy’s feelings and shuts the door ‘gently’. When Slim talks ‘loudly’‚ it is to fill the silence that is created as the men wait for the inevitable
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Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need. Calculators must not be used. Information The total mark for this paper is 100 The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication will be assessed. Advice Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. Keep an eye on the time
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Steinbeck’s Portrayal of the American Dream in the Novel: ‘Of Mice and Men’ I n his novel: ‘Of Mice and Men’ John Steinbeck creates the two characters George and Lenny‚ who are migrant workers who pursue The American Dream to make enough money to own a house and “live offa the fatta the land”. This essay will be discussing Steinbeck’s portrayal of the American Dream‚ and in what light he presents it to us. The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom is a promise
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