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The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's Illusion Of Himself
Number of Words: 693 / Number of Pages: 3
... house that he hopes will merit her approval. The parties
that he throws every night in hopes that she will come become almost famous for
their extravagance and the variety of people that come.
A result of this is that Gatsby creates an illusion around himself,
also. His past is shrouded in mystery and speculation: some favorites of the
party-goers' theories on why he is so free and generous with his resources are
that he once killed a man and that he was a German spy during the war. He does
nothing to discourage these rumours; rather, he often adds to them. He lets
people believe that he was an O ...
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Pride And Prejudice: What's Love Got To Do With It
Number of Words: 701 / Number of Pages: 3
... you would probably know
as much after twelve months as if she married him the next day. Charlotte even
goes as far as to say that “it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life” (p.21). Charlotte
considered Mr. Collins "neither sensible nor agreeable" but since marriage had
always been her goal in life, "at the age of twenty-seven, with having never
been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it" (p.107). Charlotte is
speaking to Elizabeth on her marriage to Mr. Collins, "I am not romantic, you
know. I never was. I ask only a comfortab ...
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Macbeth 2
Number of Words: 1084 / Number of Pages: 4
... Macbeth craves for her husband's success so much that she would "dash the brains out" (1.7.58) of her own child in order to achieve her goal. The strong ambition within her makes it seem as if she had no conscience or human feeling. Supernatural incidents are what mainly motivates her desire for power. Lady Macbeth would not have wanted to commit murder if the three weird sisters had not said Macbeth would be king. She even mentions how "the raven himself is hoarse/ That croaks" (1.5.34-35), which foretells the upcoming death of Duncan. Lady Macbeth's hunger to be queen is only the start of the im ...
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The Miracle Worker
Number of Words: 359 / Number of Pages: 2
... ever. She
also had flashbacks of when she was a child. These are the flashbacks
Annie had in the story.
Durring the story Annie had many strugles with Hellen. One of them
is when Hellen hi annie with a doll. Another one is when Hellen locked
Annie in the bathroom. She alos had trouble getting annie to eat with a
spoon and sit at the dinner table properly.sh kept stomping her feet and
being a little pest Finaly she had trouble teaching Hellen the language.
These are the strugles Annie had with Hellen durring the whole story.
These are the struggles that Annie had on the way to her rebirth.
She ...
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Beloved
Number of Words: 901 / Number of Pages: 4
... ghost of Sethe's dead daughter is causing the family to deteriorate. Sethe and intrigued by the music move to the porch. "Sethe was breaking a lump of ice into chunks.When the music entered the window she was wringing a cool cloth to put on 's forehead.Sethe and she exchanged glances and started toward the window" (Morrison 261). As the Bodwin approaches in a cart with his horses to pick up Denver, Sethe is triggered by a flashback of when the schoolteacher and the slave catcher came to get her children 18 years ago. Racing towards the cart, Sethe releases the hand of and runs toward to crowd u ...
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Gorbachev: Analysis Of Three Books About Gorbachev
Number of Words: 3743 / Number of Pages: 14
... that took place in the course of
the first three years after Gorbachev came to power and why were these changes
necessary.
The first book "Gorbachev" was written by Zhores A. Medvedev in 1986 and hence
the author is concentrating on the first year of the new course in Soviet
history. The book itself basically consists of two parts: the first part where
the author describes the "making of a General Secretary", and the second part
entitled "Gorbachev in power" which describes Gorbachev's first year in the
office. The first part of the book gives a lot of background information which
allows the r ...
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Ethan Frome: Failure
Number of Words: 656 / Number of Pages: 3
... to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon
his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was
always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always
nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had loyalty to his wife.
Being married to the wrong person proved to be Ethan's first failure.
Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His
wife claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed
more help around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie
had to go. ...
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Raskolnikov And Utilitarianism
Number of Words: 1693 / Number of Pages: 7
... He might contend that Raskolnikov’s reasoning, and the entire theory of utilitarianism, cannot be used to judge morality because it rejects individual rights and contains no moral absolutes. A utilitarian bases his belief upon two principles: the theory of right actions and the theory of value. These two principles work together and serve as criteria for whether or not a utilitarian can deem an action morally right. First, the theory of right action argues that the morally right decision is the one whose consequences are at least as good as any other available option . For example, upon receiv ...
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The Anasazi Indians
Number of Words: 521 / Number of Pages: 2
... agriculture, learned to make baskets and irrigate.
The Anasazi religion was very different compared to other religions of
the world. Anasazi Indians chose to bury their dead either in the trash or
against walls. The ghosts of the Anasazi were feared widely by most Navajos for
some reason. The oddest thing about the Anasazi is that they had some kind of
infatuation with a humpbacked, flute playing man named Kokopelli, or the
Watersprinkler. On many walls all over the area, a drawing of Kokopelli can be
found. These Indians also drew wide shouldered forms called Kackina Spirits, and
a "Big Chief" ...
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Johnny Tremain
Number of Words: 560 / Number of Pages: 3
... So, Johnny told Mrs. Lampham
about this and she said that he could secretly work on Sunday. While Johnny
was working, One of the other workers handed him a broken piece which had a
crack in the side. It broke and silver when everywhere. Johnny's hand went
on the stove. He nearly burned it, it was completely silver on his palm.
They called for an old lady. A month later, they were going to unwrap his
hand out of the cloth they put it in. When they took off the cloth, it was
crippled. Johnny's thumb grew into his other fingers. He couldn't work as a
blacksmith so he became useless. Mr. Lampham told Johnn ...
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