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Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms

1. Arrival and First Encounters

After being abandoned by pirates, Gulliver encounters a race of hideous, deformed, and savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos, towards whom he feels a strong aversion. Soon after, he meets the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses who rule over the Yahoos.

2. The Nature of Houyhnhnms

Gulliver learns that "Houyhnhnm" translates to both "horse" and "perfection of nature" in their language. He explains human society to the Master Horse, who is unfamiliar with concepts like deception, power, greed, lust, or envy.

3. Human Nature and War

The Master Horse inquires about the causes of war among humans. Gulliver explains three main reasons: ambition for conquest, government...

Deadlock

A complete failure to reach agreement or solve an argument.

The Case of Boom Boom's Death

1. Boom Boom was an injured hockey player working for Eudora Grain Company; he was found dead.
2. A ship was tied up at the wharf, and Boom Boom went under as she pulled away. His body was badly chewed up (p. 2).
3. Why couldn’t the Lucella Wieser take on grain from Eudora’s wharf?
   Someone put water in the holds, and they had to dry them out (page 11).
4. Eudora’s manager is Clayton Phillips.
5. Niels Grafalk and Martin were a clever businessman who used to work for Niels, but he left. Niels finds it impossible to accept Martin’s departure.

Vic's Investigation Begins

6. Vic returns to Boom Boom’s apartment. Someone had torn the place apart, and the watchman was

T.S. Eliot's Concept of Literary Tradition

This concept forms a crucial point of union between Eliot, Pound, Arnold, and the New Critics. While 'traditional' often implies outdated, for Eliot, it held a unique meaning. Eliot's perspective on history sometimes appears contradictory. He sometimes viewed the poet's role as simply expressing their epoch, and at other times, as actively disagreeing with their contemporary period. Eliot leaned towards the former, believing a poet should passively represent their era's ideas without disagreement. This is why he praised Elizabethan poets for their wonderful capacity to 'poetize' their period.

Great universal classic art, in his view, lacks a critical historical capacity; it doesn't question events but...

American Literature: A Fusion of Cultures

American literature emerged as a blend of indigenous cultures and European influences. While pre-Columbian literature gained recognition in the 20th century, indigenous cultures, songs, and mythic traditions have always been integral to social reality. The Guaraní poems, for instance, bear resemblance to those of ancient Greece.

The Era of Independence and European Aesthetics

During the era of independence, new themes emerged, reflecting the ongoing struggle for originality. While still influenced by European aesthetics, American literature began to explore its own identity based on the historical realities of the nation.

The Search for Originality

Modern American literature delves into the human condition,...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Famous Quotes

• "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" — Puck
• "Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — Helena
• "I’ll follow thee and make a heaven on hell, to die upon the hand I love so well." — Helena

Romeo and Juliet

Key Characters

• Mercutio: Romeo’s friend; he is a joker, bold, brave, and loyal to his friend.
• Juliet: Very passionate and believes that what she feels is right.

Core Themes

• Love, hate, and familial conflict.

Famous Quotes

• "What light through yonder window breaks?" — Romeo

Antony and Cleopatra

Core Themes

• Struggle between reason and emotion, honor, betrayal, and love.

Key Characters

• Antony: One of the rulers; his loyalty is divided between the East and the West.

Antonio Machado: Poet of the Generation of '98

Life of Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado's life can be divided into three significant stages:

• 1875-1907: Childhood and Youth in Seville and Madrid

  These were his formative years, spent at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. After the deaths of his father (1893) and grandfather (1895), Antonio and his brother Manuel began working for The Cartoon, writing theater reviews and daily life observations. He made two trips to France (1899 and 1902), during the second of which he met Rubén Darío.

• 1907-1919: Life in Soria and Baeza

  During this period, Machado worked as a high school teacher. He married Leonor Izquierdo, who tragically died of tuberculosis in Soria in 1912. Life without Leonor became unsustainable

Numbers Written Out in English

Numbers 1 to 30

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
6. Six
7. Seven
8. Eight
9. Nine
10. Ten
11. Eleven
12. Twelve
13. Thirteen
14. Fourteen
15. Fifteen
16. Sixteen
17. Seventeen
18. Eighteen
19. Nineteen
20. Twenty
21. Twenty-one
22. Twenty-two
23. Twenty-three
24. Twenty-four
25. Twenty-five
26. Twenty-six
27. Twenty-seven
28. Twenty-eight
29. Twenty-nine
30. Thirty

Numbers by Tens (40-100)

• Forty
• Fifty
• Sixty
• Seventy
• Eighty
• Ninety
• One hundred

Numbers 101 to 150

• One hundred and one
• One hundred and two
• One hundred and three
• One hundred and four
• One hundred and five
• One hundred and six
• One hundred and seven
• One hundred and eight
• One hundred and nine
• One hundred and ten
• One hundred and eleven
• One hundred and twelve
• One hundred and thirteen
• One hundred and fourteen
• One hundred and fifteen
• One hundred and sixteen
• One hundred and seventeen
• One hundred and eighteen
• One hundred and

Renaissance: New Ideas

• Appreciation of human beings: Anthropocentrism and individualism
• Critical spirit
• New force of classical culture
• New conception of the state: The Prince by Machiavelli
• New forms of social relations: Bourgeoisie (new values: wealth and economic power)
• Crisis of traditional morality

Restoration of Books - Poetry

• Italian influence
• Metric renewal: Hendecasyllables and seven syllables; lira, triplets, octavas reales, estancias or silvas
• New genres: Song, eclogue, epistle
• New topics: Love, nature, myths

First Half of the 16th Century: Garcilaso de la Vega

• Themes: Love, nature, mythology
• Works: Sonnets, songs, elegies, epistles, and 3 eclogues

Second Half of the 16th Century: Mystical Poetry

Fray Luis de Leon

• Themes: Rustic loneliness, desire

Theory of Criticism

He believes that criticism should be descriptive (tries to describe), interpretative (tries to give the meaning), and objective. A criticism that engages the text directly without personal or historical influences, trying not to add anything of your own personality.

If I form the subject, it will be subjective. So it has to form itself. The critic has not to form the judgment, but it can’t form itself. So knowing that the critic, at the end, is the one able to form the judgment, he has to do it objectively, giving the appearance that it was formed itself.

The critic should “communicate first knowledge and let his own judgment pass along with it”. He assumes it is impossible that your judgment is not yours, but don’t...

Mester de Clerecía

Traditionally, medieval poetry of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was divided into two blocks:

• Mester de Clerecía: Works by educated poets, cultivated sources, regular verse, and a university poetic school.
• Mester de Juglaría: Works by popular authors, intuitive inspiration, irregular verse, and anonymous authors.

The cuaderna vía was used to express during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Its features are:

• Unoriginal themes, religious or mythical, but sometimes with a lyrical purpose.
• Moral and didactic purpose.
• Metric: Cuaderna vía is used (four Alexandrine verses in consonant rhyme: 14A, 14A, 14A, 14A).
• Oral transmission or reading aloud.
• Cultivated and careful language.

Authors

• 13th Century: Gonzalo de Berceo,