"I would bawl and hurl myself at my mother and she would reach out her claws and seize me, though I could see I alarmed her ( I had teeth like a saw), and she would smash me to her fat, limp breast as if to make me a part of her flesh again"(Gardner 17). This quote directly demonstrates how Grendel as a child would feel so rejected and solitary that he would have to go to the only person in which he trusted,his mother, and, just lay against her and release his emotions. ... At first Grendel does kill plenty of people,although, this was Grendel's last, Beowulf rips his heart out...

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Although Lennie never reaches his dream, he dies with the thought of achievement. ... And the kids playing hide-and-go-seek were laying tricks on me and they were laughing at me too... I felt naked". ... Both leave Charlie heads to New York, with a last request for flower to be place on Algernon's grave, and Lennie dies, with picture of himself feeding the rabbits on his ranch. ... Lennie never had a chance to reach his dream, he died to soon. ...

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This made Grendel run back to his lair, where later on he dies. ... He walked with the she monsters sword and while walking he found Grendels body, laying there lifeless. ... "For this, this gold, these jewels, I thank our father in Heaven, ruler of the earth "for all this, which His grace has given me."" Before he dies he tells Wiglaf that he wants the Geats to build him a tall tower and burn him where all his people could remember who was and what he had done for his people. And then Beowulf dies. ...

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Every time something dies, the dream seems more unrealistic. When the mouse dies, we are made aware of his strength and child like behaviour of being drawn to continuously touch soft things. ... However, at the end of the story when George is forced to kill Lennie, when his dreams seem most real, I felt that it was better for Lennie to die wrapped in an illusion than to live through one more disappointment. ... I felt excited for the three men. ... "I never seen a guy really do it" (70). ...

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Personally, I think that teens are more vulnerable to what others say and do. ... Juliet was not pleased at all with that decision; she"d rather die than marry someone other than Romeo. ... When Romeo sees her laying there he says, " O my love, my wife! ... He can't resist seeing his only true love laying there dead so he kills himself so they can finally be together forever. ... I personally feel like these situations can not be prevented because no matter how much you can talk to a person they are still going to feel like they are helpless in this world. ...

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But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue ( 1;2 L 164).". ... This lays a shadow on Hamlet's heart and it's the first time we hear him voice any suspicion of murder or "foul play". ... I don't think it's that easy however. ... We have too move past that urge to see blood flow and heads roll or else more innocents will die. ... The road where another king dies and Hamlet is the only one satisfied. ...

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" I now possess the throne and all its powers. ... That she'll die but her death will kill another... " I know it myself- I'm shaken, torn. ... Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? ... I killed them, I, god help me, I admit it all!...

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He can't control the power of being over other people and he lets the power go to his head. " I now possess the throne and all its powers. ... That she'll die but her death will kill another... In the end Creon realizes that his pride has lead to the destruction of his life and his kingdom. " I know it myself- I'm shaken, torn. ... Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? ... I killed them, I, god help me, I admit it all!...

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And now I was raining apples at him and laughing myself weak.". ... "It is I." I say. ... "I tip a boulder and let it fall thundering toward him I lay the tree sideways, wait for the goat to be in better range, then shove Death shakes his body the way high wind shakes trees. ... I snatch up a stone.". ...

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