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... hero in his threadbare seams ; ะพ The bowler hat who straphangs in the tube , And kicks the tyrant only in his dreams ... Heroes never do . 220 Heroes are sent by ogres to the grave . I may not be courageous , but I save . I am the one ...
... hero in his threadbare seams ; ะพ The bowler hat who straphangs in the tube , And kicks the tyrant only in his dreams ... Heroes never do . 220 Heroes are sent by ogres to the grave . I may not be courageous , but I save . I am the one ...
Page 158
... hero seriously as a parody of greatness , or false social standards of valuation . But in gen- eral the principle may be accepted for the satirist's antagonists that the larger they come , the easier they fall . In low - norm satire the ...
... hero seriously as a parody of greatness , or false social standards of valuation . But in gen- eral the principle may be accepted for the satirist's antagonists that the larger they come , the easier they fall . In low - norm satire the ...
Page 177
... hero to lock himself in the rigid atti- tude of the satirist and strive " in his little world of man to out - scorn / The to - and - fro - con- flicting wind and rain . " Both satirist and tragic hero cry out that they are men " more ...
... hero to lock himself in the rigid atti- tude of the satirist and strive " in his little world of man to out - scorn / The to - and - fro - con- flicting wind and rain . " Both satirist and tragic hero cry out that they are men " more ...
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