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Race Relations With Huck Finn
Number of Words: 1478 / Number of Pages: 6
... slave in the story, is part of the black class. We see the sub ordinance that blacks were placed in America, because blacks were not allowed to be in the house, because they were uneducated, and had to be working in the fields.
Another example of the classes we put each other into is when Huck, the main character, and Jim were heading south. Jim and Huck are sitting on the banks of the Mississippi River, and Jim says “I owns myself en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars.” (54). This shows the reader that blacks are so low, that the white people place prices on the blacks. As un ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Summary
Number of Words: 1167 / Number of Pages: 5
... is Bob's
daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor is the
Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because he
has the main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The decision
being whether to defend or not to defend Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary
district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of
the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the
United States.
The story begins durin ...
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The Cask Of Amontillado
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... they most defiantly would. The house was now empty and perfect for his plot.
Montressor led Fortunato into the gloomy depths of the vaults. The humidity caused Fortunato to cough so Montressor gave him more to drink. He made it seem like he cared about Fortunato's cough when he was actually trying to get him more drunk than he already was. Montressor's evil is shown when he responds to another one of Fortunato's insults by saying "Nemo me impune lacessit", which means, "No one attacks me with impunity". When he says this, it is as if he was threatening Fortunato.
When they were getting near the ...
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Death As A Theme In Hamlet
Number of Words: 975 / Number of Pages: 4
... Othello. Iago later brings Roderigo back into his quest for revenge when he tries to get Cassio fired from the position that Iago originally wished to obtain. Although Cassio knows it is against his better judgement to drink, Iago manipulates him into getting drunk then stages a fight between Roderigo and Cassio. He even goes as far as to try to make Cassio look bad by telling Montano that he gets drunk regularly. Upon Iago’s explanation of the situation Othello promptly fires Cassio from his position and Iago becomes more respected in Othello’s eyes. Roderigo is a prime example of ho ...
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The Great Gatsby: Symbolism Of Character's Names
Number of Words: 659 / Number of Pages: 3
... me that when you put a daisy
in a vase with water, it will shrivel up and die. That is just like Daisy’s
character. She seems so sweet and good, but as times progresses you find
out that she is just a selfish,and devoted to only being with the person
who has money.
Jordan Baker’s name is very symbolic. Her name combines two
automobile makes. The sporty Jordan and the conservative Baker electric.
The car is a representation of the persons image. Often the way a person
drives is the way they live their life. When a person has a really nice car
they may either take good care of it, and treat it with ...
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Oedipus Rexs Tereisias Brings
Number of Words: 1364 / Number of Pages: 5
... life. Teiresias uses his great ability to reveal to the reader the downfalls in Oedipus’ life that will soon occur because of his quest to know his fate. The character of Teiresias demonstrates the use of foreshadowing in order for the reader to be aware of Oedipus’ fate.You can not see the wretchedness of your life, Nor in whose house you live, no, nor with whom. Where are your father and mother? Can you tell me? You do not even know the blind wrongs that you have done them, on earth and in the world below. But the double lash of your parents’ curse will whip you out of t ...
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The Awakening
Number of Words: 1206 / Number of Pages: 5
... more tied down. By looking at the relationship between Edna and her husband, Leonce, we see that men treated women as if they were nothing more than possessions or property. They had no respect for their wives, mothers, or even their daughters as they constantly treated them like housemaids who were there to answer to their every call. Even Edna's father thinks that his daughter is her husband's property. We see this when he says "You are far too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce. Authority, coercion are what is needed. Put your foot down good and hard; the only way to manage a wife" (Chopin 663). T ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities (theme Of
Number of Words: 514 / Number of Pages: 2
... best example of resurrection in the entire book, is also partly
ironic in that Sydney Carton must die for this resurrection to take
place, when he is executed on the guillotine in Paris. However, his
death is not in the book as Dicken's idea of poetic justice, as in the
case of the villains, but rather as a divine reward. This is displayed
when Carton decides to sacrifice himself by dying on the guillotine
instead of Darnay, with "I am the Resurrection and the life." This
theme of resurrection appears earlier on with Carton's prophecy, where
he envisions a son to be born to Lucie and Da ...
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Mice Of Men
Number of Words: 492 / Number of Pages: 2
... by this novel is when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. When Lennie is in the barn (after killing his new puppy) Curley’s wife came into the barn and came on to Lennie. Lennie not knowing what was happening let her lull him into touching her hair. To Lennie it was like petting any other animal. Curley’s wife became flustered when Lennie became scared and would not let go of her hair. She started to scream and Lennie tried to cup her mouth, which concluded in him killing her. Lennie was truly remorseful after this action. Soon after killing her Lennie can be heard saying to himself, ...
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Piercy’s “Simple Song” And Donne’s “A Lecture Upon The Shadow”: Human Desire For Love
Number of Words: 789 / Number of Pages: 3
... the obstacles that are in the way from
the start of a relationship because they want it to work so badly. “When
we are leaving someone we say: how strange you are we cannot communicate
we can never agree how hard, hard and weary to be together.”
When you are in a relationship that is ending, the smallest thing
bothers you about your significant other. You could suddenly decide that
the way they sneeze drives you absolutely crazy. You can pick a fight
about any conversation that comes up even if it is only a comment about
the weather. It is so hard to be together that you each begin to wonder
w ...
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