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Karina Swenson English IBH1 4/9/02 The Emotional and Physical Gesture of Loyalty In this age, it seems as though human beings are being increasingly conscious about the materialistic figures that shape our lives than the emotional world that create our lives. The simple paper money lights a spark in our eyes, whereas the relationship between family-members are being taken for granted. The emotional connections between human beings today are disappearing by the moment, being replaced by the idealistic desires that one dreams of. Sometimes loyalty is not only a test of love but also a beneficial journey for one's inner being. This contemplation signifies one of the main themes within Homer's The Odyssey where the true test of fidelity and devotion becomes the white mist that surrounds an individual and blocks everything but his/her sun. The dramatic poem, "An Ancient Gesture", by Edna St. Vincent Millay, is a dramatic monologue which illustrates...

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