AP English: Literature and Composition Name: Larissa Maggard Major Works Data Sheet Major Works Data Sheet Page 2 Major Works Data Sheet Page 3 Characters Name Role in the story Significance Adjectives Marlow Kurtz general manager Kurtz’s Intended Marlow’s aunt Russian trader African mistress of Kurtz protagonist‚ narrator of interior story
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Gabriella McLaughlin Period 2 Pre-AICE English Language MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway HISTORICAL FACTS President Truman ordered the construction of a hydrogen bomb in 1950. Polaroid cameras were invented in 1947. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President in 1953. In 1948‚ Gandhi was assassinated. China became a communist state in 1949. Soviet Union possessed an atomic bomb in 1949. MAIN CHARACTERS Santiago - He is a protagonist and an old man who
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Major Works Data Sheet Advanced Placement Literature and Composition | |Biographical Information about the Author: | |Title: Ethan Frome | | | |Edith Wharton
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Alexandria Cooker English 102 M “Billy Budd” Annotated Bibliography 4 March 2013 AMERICAN LITERATURE‚ June 1997; Copyright 1997 by H. Bruce Franklin In this article posted on a Rutgers University page‚ it is discussed that the story of “Billy Budd” written by Herman Melville‚ subject is “capitol punishment and its history.” Throughout the nineteenth century capitol punishment was even an even more cruel and unusual punishment. Many argue that the capitol punishment was for people in power
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Billy Budd is a 21 year old foretopman. I don’t know who my parents are‚ I was an abandoned child. I am big‚ strong and physically beautiful‚ my nickname is “Handsome Sailor.” I am also called “Baby Budd‚” because it represents my childlike youthfulness and innoncence. I am well liked by others and I am also very innocent. I am naive and I don’t think anyone would ever be out to get me because I have never directly confronted evil. I am good natured and I have no malice for anyone. I have always
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Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy‚ classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle’s‚ that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic flaw. He must also experience a reversal of fortune and recognize the reason for his downfall
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AP English: Literature and Composition Name: ALEXIS BARNES Major Works Data Sheet Major Works Data Sheet Page 2 Major Works Data Sheet Page 3 Characters| Name|Role in the story|Significance|Adjectives| MarlowKurtzAccountantCannibalsGeneral ManagerBrickmaker|European sailor‚ narrates the story‚ goes to Africa to pilot a riverboat for a Belgian ivory trading company‚ duty to seek out Kurtz‚ another riverboat captain‚ and bring him back to the trading companies central.Most successful
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vs. Evil in “Billy Budd” There has always been an unrelenting struggle between good and evil. Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd” delves into the conflict that exists between natural innocence and goodness‚ evident through the characterization of Billy Budd‚ and the deceptiveness of evil‚ represented by the character John Claggart. Characterization is used to differentiate between good and evil. Billy Budd is portrayed as a very pure Christ-like character before his demise. Billy Budd is "like a young
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Major Works Data Sheet In this column‚ choose five quotations from the text‚ one focusing on each of the following literary elements: In this column‚ analyze the significance of your quotations. Allow the following questions to guide your responses: Why is this important? What does this reveal? Why does the author say it this way? What is the tone/mood of this passage? Theme "Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition." -Victor Frankenstein This is part of the theme of the book
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Melville’s Billy Bud This excerpt by Melville is from the scene where the chaplain is with Billy before his execution. This part of the passage is saying that even though "the worthy man" Captain Vere and in this scene the Chaplain essentially knows that Billy is innocent in all of the ways that truly matter‚ he did not try to help him. Therefore Billy becomes a "martyr of martial discipline." Neither Captain Vere nor the Chaplain can step outside the bounds of their position to help Billy just because
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