Present-day interpretations of these tales are often moot regarding woman's status, but the ideas of the stories vastly impacted Greece's history. ... We get our first detailed descriptions of the Greek deities in these epic tales. ... People who lived full time in the country were considered inferior to the city dwellers that also worked the fields, but lived in the cities. ... Not all city-states arrived at the democratic stage like Athens. ... Athens and Sparta became not only the two largest city-states, but perhaps the most diametrical opposites. ...

• Word Count: 7196
• Approx Pages: 29
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Weshoven quotes "veiled happiness- from page 223, taking two words out of context to support her argument. ... Although the relationship of Priscilla to Coverdale is important because it is through his eyes that we, the readers, see the story, their relationship is not as important as the two to be discussed below, because, as Coverdale says, "Priscilla's heart was deep, but of small compass; it had room but for a very few dearest ones, among whom she never reckoned me- (133). ...

• Word Count: 4739
• Approx Pages: 19
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Whereas the Chartist is described by Carlyle as one to who "the four-and-twenty letters of the Alphabet are still Roman enigmas to him-, Bleak House notes how it must be strange for a figure like Jo "to see people read and not to have the least idea of all that language -to be every scrap of it, stone blind and dumb". ... "Jo and his order" (BH 258) are in may wqys similar to the characters portrayed in A Tale of Two Cities. ... Unlike the two women who are softened, albeit shocked, by the compassion shown by Esther and Ada, the men's hearts have hardened. ...

• Word Count: 3779
• Approx Pages: 15
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To better illustrate the crippling impact of conspiracy theories as they pertain to efforts and to the African American community, take note of a survey conducted by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... Poez (1997) notes key elements on advancing conspiracies, one of which is victimhood. ...

• Word Count: 9660
• Approx Pages: 39
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School