“Initiation” essay Staying true to self or following the crowd were the two choices that Millicent had to make in the story “initiation” by Sylvia Plath. Often times teenage girls long to be a part of a group or a club to feel a sense of acceptance. Millicent started off as a bashful girl who wanted to be a part of a sorority‚ and later had an epiphany and decided to reject the membership into the sorority. She declined membership into the sorority because she did not want to lose her best friend
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with Bill Moyers‚ Joseph Campbell answered philosophical and almost spiritual questions through discussing mythology. At first‚ I genuinely thought he was lunatic but‚ there was something about his words that were relatable and fundamental. The discussion of Campbell’s book‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ exhibited a pattern in all heroes throughout time and cultures. Accompanied by examples from famous pieces like Star Wars‚ Campbell revealed a hero that we all relate to. Campbell mentioned that
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westward expansion. In March 1831‚ while in St. Louis‚ Smith requested of Secretary of War John H. Eaton a federally funded exploration of the West‚ but to no avail. Smith informed Eaton that he was completing a map of the West derived from his own journeys. In May‚ Smith and his partners launched a planned para-military trading party to Santa Fe. On May 27‚ while searching for water in present-day southwest Kansas‚ Smith
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Khalil’s Journey: Not the Tail of an Average Man Our story of our protagonist opens in 1983 when the elderly Khalil is lying in Groote Schuur Hospital‚ trying to gather his memories to “make a good yarn”‚ or story although no one is there to hear it (p.2). We soon find that his end in this life is imminent‚ and what follows is his journey from birth to childhood‚ adolescence and adulthood in the Cape Muslim community‚ and returning in the end to the scene at his demise in the hospital. After this
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"On Monsieur ’s Departure"‚ with its highly interpretive nature and use of strong themes and appropriate literary devices‚ expresses the inner turmoil of its author‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ to the reader. The basic concept of this 17th century poem is one of the divided passions of Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth loved her country with fierce loyalty and control‚ but also had her own personal needs‚ and though it is not entirely certain as to whom this poem was referencing to‚ it is speculated to be about either
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Joseph Campbell’s monomyth‚ or the hero’s journey‚ is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).[1] An enthusiast of novelist James Joyce‚ Campbell borrowed the term monomyth from Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.[2] Campbell held that numerous myths from disparate times and regions share fundamental structures and stages‚ which he summarized in The Hero with
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On Monsieur’s Departure This poem is one of the nicest poems‚ which was written by Queen Elizabeth I. Her poems‚ speeches and translations illustrate her political genius and her rhetorical ingenuity. The “On Monsieur’s departure” is a poem that talks about love. Queen Elizabeth I fell in love‚ but because of her position she couldn’t reveal her true feelings. She couldn’t decide what to do and at the end she was very frustrated because unfortunately she had to ignore her feelings because of
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Jeffrey Sisson Professor Molly Mokros College Writing II February 12‚ 2013 Departure of Traditional Authority Authority is stitched into the fabric of society and is the agent that keeps peace‚ order and allows all aspects of our lives to run smoothly and cleanly. Without one form of authority or another‚ our culture‚ society and well being as we know it will start to corrode and dissipate into the background of our country. Mid-twentieth century generations such as Baby Boomers and most former
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Nicole Higgins Beowulf / Hero with a Thousand Faces Essay In the stories Beowulf and Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ its visible and has been concluded that the hero‚ Beowulf and his journey fulfill all 12 of the characteristics of a mythical hero. First‚ the hero is introduced in his ordinary world. Beowulf is the son of Ecgtheow and nephew of the king in his land Geatland‚ which is not far from Denmark. When he receives his call to adventure‚ Beowulf travels to the Danes
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Initiation by Sylvia Plath – Commentary In the short story‚ Initiation‚ Sylvia Plath exemplifies the idea that freedom‚ independence‚ and acceptance can only be achieved when one learns to overcome the desire to fit in with the ideals of society. Through the character Millicent and the many uses of devices‚ Plath demonstrates that through the acceptance of our imperfections and flaws‚ one learns the beauty of individuality. The point in the story when Millicent meets the small man from the
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