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Analysis of One of the Most Famous Old English Epic Poems: Beowulf (489 words, 2 pages)

The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous ... Read More

A Biography of James Butler Hickok (3279 words, 5 pages)

James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837. He is better known as Wild Bill Hickok. Wild Bill was most famous for his lethal gun skills, but he was also known for his professional gambling, being a town marshal and even trying his hand at ... Read More

The Conflict between Senators Sumner and Butler in 1856 (389 words, 1 pages)

Violence in Kansas spilled over into the Congress itself. On May 22 1856, the day after the sack of Lawrence and two days before Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre, a sudden flash of savagery on the Senate floor electrified the whole country. Just two days earlier Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts had ... Read More

The Black English (1816 words, 3 pages)

Ebonics is the name given to what linguists refer to as BE (Black English) or African American Vernacular English1. Black English has been around since the time of slavery and the slave trade in the United States. It is a mixture of West African languages (such as Ibo, Yoruba, and ... Read More

The Portrayal of the Protagonist as a Christ-Like Figure in Beowulf, an Old English Epic Poem (764 words, 1 pages)

In the story Beowulf, the main character, Beowulf, is portrayed as a Christ-like figure. The reader knows that Beowulf is Christ-like through his actions, his personality, and some symbolism. Beowulf experiences some of the same or similar things that Christ experienced too. With a close interpretation and a deep analysis ... Read More

An Analysis of the Works of William Butler Yeats (2675 words, 4 pages)

William Butler Yeats can be described as one of the last romantics, despite broadening his style later in life to include some of the new modernist techniques and ideas. A man of deep respect for ceremony, Yeats maintained his passion for rhyme and meter throughout his life, and this appreciation ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of the Vietnamese in the Works of Robert Olen Butler (833 words, 1 pages)

The Vietnam War has continued to play itself out in fiction, history books, and autobiographies, but no American writer has captured the essence of the Vietnamese like Robert Olen Butler. Butler captures the lives of a people that managed to beat the odds and survive in a new country. Madison ... Read More

The Qualities of a King: The Courage, Nobility, and Heroism of Beowulf in an Old English Epic Poem (622 words, 2 pages)

I feel that the story of Beowulf is one of courage, nobility, and heroism. Beowulf possesses each of these attributes both as a young prince and an elder king. To me, these qualities allow him to become an honored king, yet they also lead to his death. His actions are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Second Coming by William Butler (496 words, 1 pages)

The poem The Second Coming was written by William Butler Yeats in 1919. Yeats was an accomplished Irish poet and was known for the socio-religious ideas he emphasized in his poetry. In The Second Coming, his ideas unfold in three significant metaphors. The first metaphor relates a falcon and its ... Read More

Down by the Salley Gardens by William Butler Yeats (499 words, 3 pages)

Down by the Salley Gardens by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats is a short poem with an overall theme of love lost and the foolishness and rashness of youth. It is unusual that Yeats chose such a short poem to express so much as he did in Down by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats (767 words, 2 pages)

William Butler Yeats poem Leda and the Swan is a hauntingly beautiful recreation of the Greek myth in which Zeus takes the form of a swan in order to seduce Leda, who, as a result of this brutality becomes the mother of Helen of Troythe woman who is credited with ... Read More

An Essay on the Queer Theory by Judith Butler (632 words, 2 pages)

Who is Judith Butler? Judith Butler (1956-) is Professor of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and is well known as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. Indeed, she is described in alt.Culture as "one of the superstars of '90s academia, with a devoted ... Read More

A Review of the Movie The Butler (374 words, 1 pages)

The movie shows the sweep and range of the civil rights movement and it gives close attention to the conflicts within the African American community during that time. The history of black people has been full of cruelty and unfairness. It focuses on a black man and his family. His ... Read More

Manipulation Occurs in Kindred by Octavia Estelle Butler (807 words, 2 pages)

Do you really want to know the truth? Are you ready? Can you handle aharrowing journey through time? Were people get hurt and kill for knowreason.This harrowing journey that will change your life happens in OctaviaEstelle Butler Kindred.In Kindred by Octavia Estelle Butler manipulationoccurs throughout the book.In Kindred By Octavia ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013