The Way to Read Tolkien's 'Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings' Stories

The Way to Read Tolkien's 'Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings' Stories

"Frodo lives." I have a hazy memory of the phrase — maybe it was on an old pin, maybe one of my parents mentioned it — but it entered my life some time close to the first "Lord of the Rings" movie. It was hard for my kid brain to believe that the fantasy epic was ever an underground thing. Having fallen asleep both in a packed theater during "Fellowship ...

Translated by Samuel Butler

Translated by Samuel Butler

Translated by Samuel Butler. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and.

From Part 1: a Voyage to Lilliput

From Part 1: a Voyage to Lilliput

From Gulliver s Travels. From Part 1: A Voyage to Lilliput. My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire, and I was the third of four sons. He sent me to Cambridge at fourteen years old, and after studying there three years I was bound apprentice.

Act I: the Girls Scream out the Names of Witches

Act I: the Girls Scream out the Names of Witches

Act I: the girls scream out the names of witches. Act II: Proctor vows he will confront Abigail. Act III: Proctor reveals his adultery with Abigail, and Elizabeth Proctor lies. Act IV: Proctor rips up his confession.

The Fairy Tale As Such Emerged During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century from a Story-Telling

The Fairy Tale As Such Emerged During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century from a Story-Telling

The fairy tale as such emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth century as a literary genre after a long incubation period that goes back long before the origin of books probably as far as Mesolithic period and perhaps as early as the Paleolithic.

Aside Two Truths Are Told

Aside Two Truths Are Told

Aside Two truths are told. As happy prologues to the swelling act. Of the imperial theme. I thank you, gentlemen. Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill. Why hath it given me earnest of success. Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion.

Cathy and Heathcliff

Cathy and Heathcliff

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Cathy and Heathcliff. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Cathy and Heathcliff. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Cathy and Heathcliff. Look at the words and phrases in the Wordle. They are all said about Heathcliff throughout the novel.

Wuthering Heights - Plot Summary

Wuthering Heights - Plot Summary

Wuthering Heights - Plot Summary. In the late winter months of 1801 in the Yorkshire moors of Northern England a man named Lockwood rents a manor house called Thrushcross Grange in the isolated moor. Here, he meets his dour landlord, a dark and mysterious.

The Odyssey Book Summaries

The Odyssey Book Summaries

The Odyssey Book Summaries. The epic begins with the invocation of the Muses, requesting inspiration and the beginning of Odysseus s story. It s been 10 years since the conclusion of the Trojan War and everyone but Odysseus and his comrades has returned.

To Kill a Mockingbird a Study Guide

To Kill a Mockingbird a Study Guide

To Kill a Mockingbird A Study Guide. Introductory Materials Why teach To Kill a Mockingbird? Why teach To Kill a Mockingbird? might be the wrong question this is one of the most widely taught books around. A better question is: why you should teach To Kill a Mockingbird using this guide?

The Greek Playwright, Sophocles, Was Born Around 496 B.C., and Died in 406 B.C. During

The Greek Playwright, Sophocles, Was Born Around 496 B.C., and Died in 406 B.C. During

The greek playwright, Sophocles, was born around 496 B.C., and died in 406 B.C. During his life, he wrote many plays, one of which was Oedipus. Sophocles was the first dramatist to add the third actor to the play. Actors were able to perfrom many different.

Animal Farm by George Orwell GT Novel Guide

Animal Farm by George Orwell GT Novel Guide

Animal Farm by George Orwell GT Novel Guide. How difficult is it to change the world in a small way? How difficult is it to change the world in a big way? What qualities make up a perfect leader? What qualities make up a perfectly awful leader?

In the Novel Animal Farm, George Orwell Uses Animals on a Farm to Symbolize Certain Aspects

In the Novel Animal Farm, George Orwell Uses Animals on a Farm to Symbolize Certain Aspects

Sera Arcaro 5th Period English I 9-28-08. Squealer: A Symbol of Propaganda in Animal Farm. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses animals on a farm to symbolize certain aspects of the communists who took power in Russia. One of the main points he.

Candide Group Work #4 - Chapters 20 - 24

Candide Group Work #4 - Chapters 20 - 24

Candide Group Work #4 - Chapters 21 - 24. 1. What is Martin s view of life? Find three examples (quotes) from these chapters (begin with chapter 21) where he comments on the nature of man? Is he justified in holding this view? How does this specifically.

Creative Response to the Crucible

Creative Response to the Crucible

Creative Response to The Crucible. Directions: You are to choose ONE project to complete and turn in on November 1, 2013. If the project is not turned in by 3:30 on November 5, it is automatically off. I will accept projects until November 8 at 3:30 for credit-after that time, it becomes a 0.

Jane Austen, Persuasion: Irony and the Mysterious Vagaries of Narrative

Jane Austen, Persuasion: Irony and the Mysterious Vagaries of Narrative

Jane Austen, Persuasion: Irony and the Mysterious Vagaries of Narrative. Professor Belinda Jack. Good evening and welcome. As many of you will know this is the first of six lectures I will be giving in this my fourth year as Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.