Before Bierce wrote this short story, he was first lieutenant during the American Civil War. In his short story, you will find many detailed scenarios believed to have really happened during Bierce's military career. ... With all the characteristics and details found in this story, it's clear that this story is a model of realism literature. ... Bierce's use of realistic nature of daydreaming represents the inner realism and psychology of the protagonist. Farquhar's belief in his escape show how powerful the human mind is and how it shapes reality. ...

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At first, it seems really confusing because it's very contradictory for "water" to be "thirsty" since it's supposed to quench a human being and it'd be weird for "bread loaf" to be "stone.... Humans tend to hold many connections to nature, so when Maya Angelou uses nature imagery towards the end of her poem, she is able to remind the readers that are alone of their true misery. ... By employing this comparison to nature, the readers are more likely to reflect upon their own life. ... " in human beings and make them feel or relate to her e...

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It was a must to note that language is a human creation contained cultural heritages of linguistic group. ... The first nature of literature is imaginative. Traditional literary works fulfill this nature. ... Philosophist, claimed as the third nature of literature. ... Many stories, Plato is saying, are not imitations of any reality but are outright falsities, on the grounds that since gods and heroes are by definition better than men, they cannot perform such atrocious acts as shown for example in Homer and Aeschylus (the examples in Republic 26-29). ...

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Doctor Faustus - Marlowe's Play Doctor Faustus in Marlowe's play is presented as a gifted German scholar at Wittenburg, who has reached the limits of human knowledge by successfully learning everything he can, and now he thinks from the point of view of conventional academic disciplines. ... At this level, it is very clear that Faustus is no longer a normal human being but a spirit under full control of the devil. ... Apart from his ill intention, the villainous nature of Richard is also revealed through his physical deformities, making him look extremely unattractive. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate