.... Alatiel is one of Pericone’s possessions. Alatiel is treated like property again when she is on the boat. Two men think that her “her love could be shared like merchandise or money” (52). Once she gets to a new destination the prince of Morea looks “for a way of possessing her” (53). He doesn’t and can’t win her love because they do not speak the same language. However, this doesn’t stop the prince. Alatiel doesn’t try very hard to stop any of these men’s advances. She is seen as a weak and fickle woman. .....

.... the other essential qualities of being an American such as the right to create your own destiny. The opposite of this value is conformity, an essential trait of those under a hierarchical system such as a monarchy. Conformity is not only seen as a trait of the subservient but also a destroyer of true democracy. Individualism was a trait actual selected for by the very processes which led a certain type of person to come to America. The non-conformists were people who would not allow themselves to be goaded into directions the monarchs of the old world wanted them to follow. Th .....

.... the Brittany Coast of France where their descendents still speak a Celtic Language (Breton) today. The Angles were named from Engle, their land of origin. Their language was called Englisc, which gave us the word, English. During the next few centuries four dialects of English developed: Northumbrian in Northumbria, north of the Humber, Mercian in the Kingdom of Mercia, West Saxon in the Kingdom of Wessex, Kentish in Kent. During the 7th and 8th Centuries, Northumbria's culture and language dominated Britain. This domination came to an end with the Viking coming in during th .....

.... not having anyone and being excluded from the company of men. He is jealous of the pleasures that men have. That is why Grendel kills the people of Herot for twelve years. Eventually, the news that Grendel is attacking Herot reaches King Hygleac in Geatland. tells King Hygleac that he will sail to Hrothgar's kingdom to offer help. is received by Herot's coastal guard who then takes him with King Hrothagar. As soon as he gets to the Danish shore, Hrothgar's coastal guard awaits them. tells the guard who he is and states his reason for coming. The guard takes the Ge .....

.... hall, which means I have changed my way of thinking in this respect. The reason that I was upset is that Asian people have a stereotype about food. It is just like this. If I have taken this, this is mine, and nobody can touch this. This may sound barbaric or like animals fighting for their food. This kind of thought was probably brought about because through out history we had war many times this means that only the strong people who have lots of food survived. American people all want to share everything that they have. They think that if I give something this time, I can .....

.... "The Prologue" (1650), Bradstreet writes, "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue / Who says my hand a needle better fits, / [than] A poet's pen.…" Bradstreet's instincts were to love this world more than the promised next world of Puritan theology, and her struggle to overcome her love for the world of nature energizes her poetry. Taylor, a poet of great technical skill, wrote powerful meditative poems in which he tested himself morally and sought to identify and root out sinful tendencies. In "God's Determinations Touching His Elect" (written 1680?), one of Taylor's mo .....

.... Spencer was treated with disrespect. She attended a grade school which classified her as an idiot. As Paula described it, “ All the classes are named after Irish musicians. We were just 1.6. We got the worst room the worst teachers, the dopes…It was a fright, finding out that I was stupid” (Doyle Doors 28). This use of vernacular language is seen throughout this novel. Doyle’s technique of writing in the vernacular is very effective in getting his point across, plain and simple. In this case, Doyle is able to effectively show the psychological abuse Paula suffered as .....

.... than fighting back and getting into trouble. He rose above his problems when he was young, and this characteristic is shown in his three plays previously listed. In the first of the three plays, The Glass Menagerie, Laura expresses the theme of you can overcome your obstacles in life no matter how hard they seem, by her actions. She has a disability with her legs and had to wear a special support on her leg to help her with it. She overplays her disability to the point that she will not go to Business College, she is very shy around other people, and will barely leave the .....