… of the novel Anna Karenina, Anna ends her tragic life by throwing herself onto the tracks underneath an oncoming train, while begging God for forgiveness during that time. The way Anna’s life ended symbolized the rise and fall of her life put…

… book The Epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh himself. In the beginning of the book one realizes that Gilgamesh is an arrogant person. Gilgamesh is full of himself and abuses his rights as king. He has sexual intercourse with the virgins of his…

… He shows physical strength in the story by defeating Grendel. In line 219 of Grendel’s mother, it tells how Beowulf killed her. “…cut it through, broke bones and all.” His strength is also told in line 213 of how he “lifted the sword that was so…

… been born and bred in Värmland, Selma Lagerlöf is conversant with the peasant culture and its folklore. In “Gösta Berling’s Saga”, she is primary occupied with a provincial type and investigates deeply into the spirit of the folk-life of Värmland.…

… Beowulf is the most important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of the distinction. The epic tells the story of a hero, a Geat prince named Beowulf, who rids the Danes of the monster Grendel, a descendant of Cain. The storyteller…

… to recognize the traits that Twain was contemptuous of, since the entire book was supposed to satirize society. But there were certain traits that Twain admired, too.” (3) Twain showed that he admired morality in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn…

… in the smallest detail. Only a handful are given a physical description and even fewer are actually given names to go by. A character that has a most descriptive detail and also one, whom has a name, is Alice, the Wife of Bath. This majestic…

… author was Stephen King. It was published in 1987. Stephen King grew up in Maine and has lived most of his adult life there, both in Bangor and in the Portland area. He and his wife, Tabitha, have three children, Naomi, Joe, and Owen Philip. This…

… book 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald was an 'icon of its time.' The book discusses topics that were important, controversial and interesting back in 1920's America. The novel is 'an exploration of the American Dream as it exists in…

… Author Unlike Any Other During the nineteenth century, literary writers were encouraged in transcendentalism. Their main focus was on capturing the spirituality in nature. For example, authors such as Henry Thoreau and Ralph Emerson were dominating…