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This paper examines Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" and the allusions it makes to Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" and Goethe's "Faust". The paper holds that "Frankenstein" includes these allusions to present the reader with a clear explanation of the inner torment of the characters. The paper expands upon the parallels between the characters in each work in detail and concludes that familiarity with "Faust" and "Paradise Lost" adds to our understanding of "Frankenstein" and makes the novel memorable and powerful.

From the Paper
"The monster's epiphany is a catalyst to his destructive path. He realizes that his creator has handled creationism in an irresponsible manner and is repulsed by Victor's utter abandonment. "'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? (125) He also realizes that his grotesque appearance will forever condemn him to loneliness. "God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of your, more horrid even from the very resemblance... Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred" (125). This idea drawn from "Paradise Lost", that even Satan has companions, pains the monster terribly; he knows he is a good natured, genuine creature, yet he is rejected by the world."

Tags:comparative, literature, character, romantic

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This paper discusses Shakespeare's tragedy, "Hamlet" in terms of its mythical and Biblical allusions. The paper examines the influence of the Bible on Shakespeare, and looks at the Biblical themes and references in the play.

From the Paper
"Shakespeare's "Hamlet" like his other plays is a multidimensional study of man and his motivations, observations and commentary on life. These are the larger issues of life and Shakespeare addresses them from a larger perspective, that of the mythical and the Biblical. An examination of any of Shakespeare's plays provides a glimpse of mythical and Biblical meanings and allusions, but Hamlet is by far the richest source of these, seeming to be in part a vehicle for Shakespeare's examination of deeper meanings..."

Tags:Shakespeare, Hamlet, Bible, Biblical, myth, mythical, tragedy

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In this article, the writer studies the poem "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H.Auden and searches for the true meaning behind the allusions. The writer notes that seemingly Auden's poem reveals that people don't care about the suffering of others and this paper breaks that theme down. Its historical and artistic allusions are researched by the author of the paper (such as "Musee des Beaux Arts", "The Old Masters", and "Icarus"). The writer's close examination of the references and allusions reveal that humans do in fact care about each others suffering.

From the Paper
"This is the name of a fine arts museum in Brussels, Belgium. Auden chose this title for his poem because he visited this museum, viewed Peter Breughel's painting "Fall of Icarus" and based his poem on it. Already is the poem biased because the theme is based on only one painting at one museum out of all of the museums in the world. There are many other museums from which he could have observed other paintings by other artists, who have a different take on the human position of suffering. Because the title is supposed to represent the entire poem, one museum means that there are other museums, which means that there are other artists with other paintings, with other opinions. Therefore, this title tells us that the poem is about the many opinions of other painters."

Tags:Old, Masters, Icarus, human, suffering, miraculous, birth

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This paper examines how when Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) penned his famous "Huckleberry Finn" and less-well known "Pudd'nhead Wilson", he managed to capture the essence of the social inequality of the time by using the same vernacular as the mainstream, slave-owning, Dixie society. It looks at how, although contemporary readers may be confused by the use of racial invectives in these stories, the historical context in which they were written and an examination of the author himself is made makes it clear that Twain was influenced both by the slave narratives being published at the time, as well as his own progressive views on the issue of race relations in America. It provides an analysis of the subject stories to determine just how Samuel Clemens viewed slavery and equality in the land of the free, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

From the Paper
"However, Twain manages to have Huck overcome his initial prejudices and he learns to respect and love the slave, Jim. The novel contains Twain's eloquent descriptions of the river and surrounding forests, and Huck Finn's natural liveliness and love for life are clear. However, a common thread that runs through adventure after adventure is the theme of man's inhumanity to man, that of human cruelty and how it plays out in the Old South. Huck reaches a catharsis of sorts in Chapter 31 when he makes up his mind that he is absolutely sinful because he wants to help Jim escape slavery."

Tags:dixie, old, slavery, south, prejudice

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This paper proves how the poem's text can be called into question because it contains oppositions and gaps that are left to be filled in, creating a different analysis from the normative reading. Auden said that the Old Masters believed that tragic events experienced by individuals are viewed with apathy by others. This paper proves quite the opposite.

From the Paper
"The theme of the poem "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden can be interpreted to reveal that the most tragic and miraculous events experienced by individuals is viewed with apathy by others, according to the Old Masters. The poem reads, "About suffering they were never wrong,/ The Old Masters; how well, they understood/ Its human position." However, a closer examination of this poem proves quite the opposite. First, The Old Masters did not agree on this "human position". There are many opinions to take into consideration. Secondly, further analysis reveals that the broad consensus of the Old Masters is that the majority of humans do pay attention and feel for those that experience such events."

Tags:birth, christ, deconstruction, dreadful, horse, human, loss, martyrdom, opposition, paradox, suffering, torturer

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This paper discusses Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and shows it to be an excellent portrayal of interesting techniques in narrative writing. The paper focuses on the author's use of names to depict the qualities of each character. The paper concludes by explaining that there are several clues in the play which allow the reader to decide the real ending of the play.

From the Paper
""Torvald" sounds as though it is a combination of the Norse god "Tor" and the Viking afterlife "Valhalla" --- here you see the refrain, the sound of the word "hell", which is present in his last name, "Helmer" which seems to be a combination of "hell" and "hammer". Nora is in hell but lives in a fantasy of paradise just as the Viking Valhalla is actually hell that is made into a heaven by any inhabitant's own imagination. You can see this in the fact that both Nora and Helmer are not very honest with each other. While it is true and clear that Helmer never discusses the daily issues and important matters of their lives, neither does Nora. Did Nora discuss with Torvald the need for them to live in Italy for a year (1082)? Did she sit with her husband and discuss issues concerning money to make such a trip feasible(1082)? Did she honestly inform where the money came from? Did Nora ever tell the truth that she had "borrowed" the money from Krogstad, how she was repaying the "the loan" and what she did to secure the loan (1091)? The answer to all these questions is of course no! These facts alone show how childish she was."

Tags:torvald, helmer, nora, krogstad, nils, rank, relationships

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This paper contends that there is an element of the Evangelical missionary in Hamlet's character. Other allusions in the text are illustrated, first, in order to help explain the allusion to Hamlet as a missionary. Using the context established by these allusions, the paper then compares Hamlet's character to that of an Evangelical prophet. The reference to a fisherman, or a fisher of men, is cited as an example of Hamlet's role as one who seeks to bring repentance to the people around him. The paper also compares Hamlet's failure as a prophet to the Biblical character, Jonah, who is devoured by the whale, or in Hamlet's case, devoured by the King.

From the Paper
"It is difficult to approach Hamlet without stumbling over a mass of biblical allusions. In many ways, the entirety of the work can be taken as one massive allusion to religious struggles and issues. Tracing the pattern of allusions to the afterlife, repentance, and the fate and nature of mankind, it is easy to see Hamlet as an evangelist of sorts -- a figure with something of the New Testament spiritual missionary about him, and something of the Old-Testament social prophet. Many of the allusions can be glossed over in passing, as they are sufficiently obvious within the text to make further explication relatively unnecessary. However, there is one relatively obscure set of references which, if approached in more than passing detail, promises to firmly ground Hamlet's character in a missionary tradition. The set of comments regarding fish and Polonius, when cross-reference to the significance of fish and fishing in the New Testament, suggest that Hamlet is serving as a "fisher of men" in the fullest sense, both working for their salvation and (in accordance with an older tradition) their destruction."

Tags:fish, pollonius, father, ophelia, king, conscience, christians, symbol, revenge, drama

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This essay examines Hemingway's tale "A Very Short Story" in terms of it being a roman de clef. The paper proposes two layers of interpretation. The writer discusses that in the first layer, "A Very Short Story" is a simple story of the growing pains of the protagonists. In the second interpretation, the story takes the context of war into account and discovers the author's allusions to the experiences of a nation that acquires maturity through the event of war. The essay examines the author's sparse and detached style to this end. The paper also highlights the idealism of the protagonists as it portends to immaturity.

From the Paper
"Though largely autobiographical, the author assumes a very detached note, merely relating events with little exposition on the characters. One interpretation is that the author is using his writing as merely a therapeutic exercise. But it also allows another interpretation in which the growing pains of the protagonist may be compared to the tribulations of a growing nation finding its feet in the larger stage of the world.
"The romantic love affair described therein is more aptly described as puppy love. Much of it is autobiographical. The exploits of the young man closely parallel the war-time experience of Hemingway, who was engaged in combat and wounded from shrapnel. The author has fallen in love with the nurse while recuperating in a Milan hospital, and the couple kept in touch with each other through letters after he recovered and resumed duties. Later he returned to the same hospital with jaundice. This time he proposes that they get married and move to the States. But the nurse is unwilling to sacrifice her career."

Tags:Lost, generation, sparse, style, prose, modernism

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This paper explains that T.S. Eliot is one of the defining voices of modern poetry; his works, such as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (Prufrock), incorporate and explore almost all of the qualities which define modernity. The author explains that, through his technique of expressing emotions through an "objective correlative", Eliot uses Prufrock's thoughts to describe a breakdown of the social order and the fragmentation of experience so prevalent in modernist literature. The paper relates that the most striking modernist trend in this poem is Eliot's use of multiple allusions from a variety of sources, such as literature, history, mythology, science, the arts and his own work.

From the Paper
"These internal allusions continue in the final portion of the poem. When Prufrock in line 122 asks, "Shall I part my hair behind?" he alludes to the many references in the body of the poem to his thinning, graying hair-thereby alluding to his own impending mortality and again bringing to mind the earlier image of a "patient etherized on a table." When in line 127 Prufrock introduces the image of the mermaids "Combing the white hair of the waves blown back," he again alludes to his earlier references to his hair. The next line's mention of "black water" reinforces the linkage between Prufrock's hair and his mortality."

Tags:antihero, disillusion, modernist, mortality, anesthesia

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The following discussion examines Biblical references and allusions to Christ's return and kingdom. More precisely, analysis is presented with respect to the connection of the second coming to the covenant, the promises, and the inheritance God has assured the Jewish nation. Discussion also addresses a number of questions concerning the following: 1) what this doctrine means to the Jewish nation, 2) how the findings of the current study affect my outlook and hope, and 3) how the findings of the current research help me relate the gospel to Jewish friends.

From the Paper
Christ's Return and Kingdom The Implications for the Jewish Nation Introduction The following discussion examines Biblical references and allusions to Christ's return and kingdom. More precisely, analysis is presented with respect to the connection of the second coming to the covenant, the promises, and the inheritance God has assured the Jewish nation. Discussion also addresses a number of questions concerning the following: 1) what this doctrine means to the Jewish nation, 2) how the findings of the current study affect my outlook and hope, and 3) how the findings of

Tags:second coming, jesus, christ