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1984
Number of Words: 1155 / Number of Pages: 5
... they are afraid of having corrupt thoughts about the governments of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. Winston, the main character, is a man of 39 whom is not high in either intelligence or character, but is disgusted with the world in which he lives in. Winston represents Orwell’s view on totalitarianism. He works in the Ministry of Truth, which is a place where history and facts- significant or not are rewritten to reflect the party’s idealistic beliefs. They destroy the records of the past; and print up new revised editions, which is being constantly redone. Winston is aware of the untruths, ...
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Analysis Of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince
Number of Words: 2612 / Number of Pages: 10
... year, he succeeded Adriani as head of the Second Chancery.
While in this position as Chief Secretary, he went on many diplomatic missions and observed many foreign governments in action. From these experiences, Machiavelli would later draw the conclusions, he writes about in The Prince. He was entrusted with numerous missions to France, ally of the Florentine republic, to meet with King Louis XII in the years 1500, 1504, and 1510. In 1502, Niccolò Machiavelli married Marietta Corsini and traveled to Romagna, where he observed the incidents that led to the murder of Cesare Borgia. Machiavelli's stud ...
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Fate In Macbeth
Number of Words: 1072 / Number of Pages: 4
... subject to the limitations of time or one is not. For instance, God is outside the normal limitations of time and is therefore immortal. In Macbeth, it seems, the witches are a transient hybrid of those in time and those not in time. That is to say, they can travel in and out of time at will. This ability allows them to both see the future and to change its very course. This of course proves to be an illogical paradox when examined analytically, but Shakespeare's great work is brimming with paradoxes ("Fair is foul, and foul is fair" I.i.11).
This ability leads to some interesting and importan ...
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Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry...
Number of Words: 305 / Number of Pages: 2
... exactly if he lives or dies, but I think it leads more towards to TJ dying.
Many risks were taken in this novel. Almost every character took a risk some of the risks came out positive and some came out negatively. I think papa and TJ’s risks were the biggest in the novel. The scary thing about this book was that America really used to be like this, you rarely hear about it today but still happens. ...
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Canterbury Tales - The Wife Of
Number of Words: 678 / Number of Pages: 3
... on the last day that he has, he
comes up to a group of women, as he approaches they disappear and an old woman
appears. This part is the climax of the plot because it is when the knight finally knows the
answer. The old woman says that she knows the answer but she will only tell it to the
Queen and in return she must do anything that she asks of him. The knight agrees. Finally,
while in the presence of the Queen, she tells her that the answer to what all women desire
is sovereignty over their husbands. No one disagrees with her answer and so the old
woman asks that she be married to the knight. The ...
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Great Expectations: Pip
Number of Words: 649 / Number of Pages: 3
... he repeatedly asks Pip if he may shake his hand,
as if it is some great honor. Before the news, he hardly treated Pip any
differently than any other common boy. Pip also looks to the way his new
acquaintances are treated, most notably Mr. Jaggers. He is treated with a great
deal of respect by everyone, and even invokes fear in some. Pip had never seen
this level of respect for someone that was his direct acquaintance before,
except for Miss Havisham, who he knew had great wealth.
This dual lifestyle is paralleled in Mr. Wemmick, the clerk for Mr.
Jaggers. Mr. Wemmick, when at work, onl ...
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A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
Number of Words: 1546 / Number of Pages: 6
... have a drink
at the bar, the spend the night on the beach, and Phineas tells Gene he is
his best pal. Gene is not sure if he feels the same.
Chapter 4: Gene and Finny (Phineas) wake up and head back to Devon. Gene
fails his trigonometry examination for the first time. Finny tells Gene
that he studies too much. Gene thinks Finny is jealous. Gene wants to earn
the Scholastic Achievement Citation to get even with Finny. Gene knows that
Finny must be best and that he cannot be best if Gene becomes even with him
through his studies. Gene decides that he and Finny are locked in a
complete enmity rather th ...
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Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
Number of Words: 1755 / Number of Pages: 7
... he hoped to help cast
half of them overboard before they came to their journey's end". But, "it
pleased God before they came half-seas over, to smite this young man with a
grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the
first that was thrown overboard". Bradford believes that the sailor died
because God was punishing him. According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and
mistreatment of the other passengers displeased God, so God punished him
accordingly.
In the same chapter, Bradford tells of another ship passenger named John
Howland. At one point in the tri ...
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A Comparison Of The Characters
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... Tony leaves the drug store in search of Chino. When Tony eventually finds Maria, Chino kills him. None of this would have happened, had Bernardo not gotten into a fight with Tony and been killed.
Another character who is responsible for the deaths of the lovers in Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Knowing that her father would disagree with her being married to Romeo, a Montague, Romeo and Juliet were forced to keep their love a secret. In the beginning of the play, Lord Capulet tells Paris that Juliet is still to young to woo and that he should wait two years. However, later in the play, he tells ...
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Huckleberry Finn 2
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... his heart and decides to keep Jims secret. He says” people would call me a low-down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum”. Huck here shows that he isn’t only running away form home but He’s running away from everything that home stands for. This happens many times in the story. Huck starts to see Jim as a friend rather then a black man. When Huck plays the
prank on Jim after the raft gets separated Huck apologized to Jim. He knew society would have never apologized to a black person. But now Huck listens to his heart not what society has taught him.
Many times in the boo ...
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