Theme Of The Traitor And The Hero "That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently astonishing; that history should imitate literature is inconceivable. . . ." Plot Summary & Historical Background: Settings - The Narrative is set in Ireland in 1824. However Borges is only using this as an example. He says " The action takes place in a oppressed and tenacious country: Poland‚ Ireland‚ The Venetian Republic‚ some South American or Balkan state". This universalises the story of
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Louis Riel Position Paper Was he a hero or a traitor? Louis Riel is considered one of the most important figures in Canadian history. Was he a hero or a traitor? In my opinion‚ he should be remembered as a hero. His leadership of the Métis was shown in both the Red River in 1869 and North West Rebellions in 1885. Riel‚ the leader of the Métis‚ also a fiery spokesperson‚ had everything what the Métis wanted to say. Everything Riel did was purposely to improve the Métis’ social status and
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a splendid tale of tragedy sprung from greed and ambitions. Unlike Shakespeare’s other tragedies of Othello and King Lear‚ where Iago and Edmund were true villains‚ Macbeth was depicted as a man who possessed goodness; however‚ misguided by his lust for power and wealth. Macbeth’s ambition was his ultimate flaw‚ compelling him to succumb to the worst of his nature‚ and eventually led him to his downfall and inevitable death. In the beginning of Act One‚ Shakespeare portrayed
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At the age of 9 he met for the first time the eight-year-old Beatrice Portinari‚ who became in effect his Muse‚ and remained‚ after her death in 1290‚ the central inspiration for his major poems. Between 1285‚ when he married and began a family‚ and 1302‚ when he was exiled from Florence‚ he was active in the cultural and civic life of Florence‚ served as a soldier and held several political offices. Summary The Inferno follows the wanderings of the poet Dante as he strays off the rightful and
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into her desires‚ which is her lust for Paolo. The love that Francesca and Paolo shared was not one out of romance‚ but one out of lustful desires. Although‚ Francesca has wronged‚ Dante feels sympathetic or pity upon her soul. " Francesca‚ your torments/ make me weep for grief and pity" (V.116-117). Dante is captivated by Francesca’s sorrowful tone in her story that he weeps in pity. Dante has in a sense
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individuals in the play; Edmund is seen to be equally heartless. Edmund’s betrayal of his family does not go unnoticed as Albany calls him a “gilded serpent” and Edgar refers to his brother as a "toad-spotted traitor” (5.3.85‚ 137). By calling Edmund a “serpent” and a “toad-spotted traitor”‚ metaphors that symbolize evil‚ the readers recognize that Albany and Edgar fully condemn Edmund’s behavior throughout the play (5.3.85‚ 137). The use of animal imagery in this scenario also enriches the reader’s
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Ashley Hinkle AP Literature Summer Assignment Oedipus Rex: 1. Oedipus probably didn’t deserve to have his eyes cut out and be taken from everything he loved. He didn’t know who his real parents were‚ therefore he was ignorant. If anything‚ it’s more likely the parents’ fault. They were so afraid of fate they got rid of their son‚ which ended up causing the events to happen. Oedipus was a jerk‚ but I don’t think he deserves to be punished the way he was. 2. The chorus is used to help tell
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Prynne‚ a woman caught in a conflict between puritan ethics of her community and the law of her own love. The struggle is seen between the laws of the bible and those of her own moral authority. In this novel‚ Prynne survives through her trials and torments and triumphs over her adversities. Society fails Hester during her judgment on the scaffold in the first scene. Throughout her public condemning‚ the "women in the crowd make disparaging comments‚" the children taunt her‚" and the "men stare"(47)
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The search for one’s identity and one’s reason for existence is almost inevitable in the course of a human life. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ however‚ this is not the status quo. Under a dystopian totalitarian government referred to by the name of its figurehead‚ “Big Brother”‚ the citizens of Oceania are oppressed‚ stripped of their individuality‚ and exist solely to serve the state even‚ or rather especially‚ if it requires betraying one’s family‚ friends‚ or neighbors. Winston Smith‚ the story’s protagonist
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Acheron and with him we enter the first circle called Limbo‚ where we find the souls of children who die without receiving baptism‚ and all those who were born before God‚ but that followed all the good habits of humans . They are devoid of physical torment but are psychologically tormented for not having known the true God. The beginning of true Hell‚ characterized by the most terrible physical pain‚ starts at this point . To determine the punishment of the damned Dante draws on medieval legal tradition
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