John Steinbeck opens his novel‚ In Dubious Battle‚ with the following quote from Milton’s Paradise Lost (this is where the title of the novel comes from): Innumerable force of Spirits armed‚ That durst dislike his reign‚ and‚ me preferring‚ His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven‚ And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost--the unconquerable will‚ And study of revenge‚ immortal hate‚ And courage never to submit or yield:
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represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation” theme. In the foreword‚ Remarque states‚ “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I. The “Lost Generation” may seem like a general age group‚ the group of men who fought in the war
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Reference: McMahon‚ Elizabeth. Lost in Music [online]. Meanjin‚ Vol. 59‚ No. 2‚ 2000: 166-177. Ari’s description of the four sections of the city interlace demographic information with personal affect. Sex‚ drugs and alcohol will ease the strain on Ari’s groin‚ that will take away the burning compulsion and terror of his desire. But here at the novel’s space of endpoint and stasis he does not identify any independent capacity for pleasure. Ari exposes the under-belly of the city by charting trajectories
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Hope is Never Lost During the Great Depression‚ many struggled. This lead to hope for good fortune and the opportunity to live through these terrible times. The main character‚ Lizabeth‚ lives with her parents in rural Maryland in what’s left of anything they can find… there houses are made of scraps and any material they can find to be useful; this is known as a shanty town. Her father is out of work and a job; her mother is a housekeeper for an “inferior” family‚ although the pay is very little…
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Satanic Simile and Milton’s Redefinition of the Epic The epic similes in John Milton’s Paradise Lost serve a greater purpose than that of decorative speech‚ in that they find a niche in the sector of functional language where they are used to impart understanding of Milton’s greater theodicy. He precisely echoes the poetic text of epic writers such as Homer and Virgil‚ but with the identified intention of creating a work that superseded those traditional epic poems. Milton sought‚ as an author
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Lost Letters of Pergamum is about Antipas who was an older Roman nobleman‚ who in his younger days was a landowner in Galilee. He spent most of his time in the cities of Tyre and Caesarea Maritima. Due to health problems he left his business and hometown for Pergamum. At the beginning of the correspondence Antipas is simply an upper-class Roman‚ doing what many in his position do‚ namely‚ maintaining and enhancing his own position in society through acts of benefaction‚ participation in associations
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The great visionary Satan‚ gives a perfect example on how power is the ability to define reality. Satan’s power is so great because under the reality he perpetuates in “Paradise Lost”‚ even the all-powerful character God‚ can seem like a powerless baby. Satan indoctrinates Gods own creations and then easily uses them against God once they are under his reality. Satan uses his reality to harm God‚ something he could never do with physical power. This is a perfect example of Dr.Noble’s claim “power
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author who intends to make a powerful point without the need to explain it. Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein provides many examples of allusion ’s. She connects the story of “Prometheus”‚ Coleridge ’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ and Milton ’s Paradise Lost to her own novel to convey the critical points of the meaning behind the story. Not only does Mary Shelley make use of the mythological symbolism‚ but includes biblical allusions of the creation of Adam and Eve as well. The connections to various works
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How does the extreme hardship and conflict of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war
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The Lost Generation: Its History and Impact on Writing and Dance The horrendous effects of World War I changed the shape of the world‚ creating a growing sense of distrust as people realized the “war to end all wars” solved nothing. Distrust of political leaders and government officials permeated the minds of those who had witnessed the terror and destruction that the war brought about. A feeling of disillusionment spread across the world as people bitterly decided that their governments
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