It is significant in Don Mckay’s poem that Icarus isn’t sorry for his actions because it gives the read a sense of closure to not feel pity for him because his life was cut short. Icarus’s father warned him about flying to close to the sun like many other parents warn their children not to do things because they are concerned for their safety. ( Read more... )

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The myth of Persephone has many symbolic representation of life. It has the deception of images like how a beautiful flower can really be the gateway to hell, temptation how even only eating one simple pomregrante seed can lead you to be trapped forever, and how a mothers love is a very powerful thing. It also symbolizes how ( Read more... )

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 Oedipus was a loyal King who loved his people and wanted nothing more than to help them when trouble arose to them. He met a tragic fate when he a born into this world with a family curse upon him.  He was a gracious king that had the best interest of his people in mind. He will be missed by his two daughters and two sons. He was predeceased by ( Read more... )

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It is important to study literature because it is just as important as a previous battle in one of the wars both are part of history and influenced how society is today.  This class has helped me realize that not only do you read literature for simple enjoyment but also to appreciate the hidden meanings by analysis of the piece of  ( Read more... )

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In “The Boat” the main character goes against what is traditionally expected of him by choosing school over a life of fishing. The daughters in the family all choose to work at a restaurant for foreigners and marry foreigners rather than local fisherman defying the mother just like in the story, “Boys and Girls”. The two ( Read more... )

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In Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" there is a number of binaries one of which is the clear difference of boys and girls or the father to the  mother. The narrator gives off the impression that the father is superior to the mother from her point of view. The way she describes the fathers outdoor work  to the mothers makes it very obvious that she ( Read more... )

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