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Smeagol or Gollum, Pity or Hatred: How Are We to View The Slave of Ring?
“Pity? It’s pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in…
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Art as a Mirror: The Influence of Art in The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope… It is the spectator, not life, that art really mirrors.” …