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The Untouchables
Number of Words: 576 / Number of Pages: 3
... as a prohibition agent he affected history by enforcing the 19th amendment like no one else ever did. He set a new standard for young law
enforcing agents to live up to. He helped in remolding our police forces from
the corruptment it had been in. Eliot Ness helped to establish police training
programs, and was a said hero in Chicago for his fight against the mob there.
Al Copone made a big impact on history. He set up what came to be
the most notorious Mafia ever in our history. He helped in making Italian
traditions popular and profitable in the States. He played a large role in
br ...
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How The Scarlet Letter Effects
Number of Words: 1731 / Number of Pages: 7
... it was a constant reminder of the sin she committed. The "A" she must wear on her bosom completely humiliates her in front of everyone she meets, she begins to even hide behind it, trying to conceal her identity. Hawthorne is referring to Hester in the quote, "The unhappy culprit sustained herself as best a woman might, under the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes, all fastened upon her and concentred on her bosom" (55). Hester is doing everything possible from going completely crazy. So many people are staring at her as if she's the most unfaithful, awful person in the world. She ...
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Wuthering Heights: Dark And Evil Themes
Number of Words: 823 / Number of Pages: 3
... him to do as hard as any other lad on the farm” (49).
Hindley is also envious of the love that Catherine has for Heathcliff, and he tries to force them to live apart from each other, but Heathcliff and Catherine:
“… they forgot everything the minute they were together again – at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge…” (50).
Even so, Hindley’s abuse is almost solely directly towards Heathcliff. The only time Hindley abuses anyone else is when he is drunk.
Unlike Hindley, whose reason for his abusive power is his hatred for Heathcliff, Heathcliff’s abuse is direct ...
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The Crucible: Hidden Darkness
Number of Words: 948 / Number of Pages: 4
... is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In The Crucible, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Another girl, Betty, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody How ...
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Night 2
Number of Words: 1622 / Number of Pages: 6
... the center of the town square and then they let them sit there for a while. The next step was that they had to walk to the synagogue and then they had to walk to train after being in the synagogue for a day. Once they reach the train, the Hungarian police put eighty people in a thirty person train car. The next step is the long trip on the train, where people start going crazy, people not getting fed well and no room to sit. Life in the camp, the next step is when the train arrives at Auschwitz and then SS men ordered everyone out and makes them leave their personal stuff behind. The next step they s ...
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The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe: Love And Attraction
Number of Words: 720 / Number of Pages: 3
... a "bold, fearless, and cruel" man who changes his unlawful
ways to win Miss Amelia's love. Rather than robbing houses he begins attending
church services on Sunday mornings. In an effort to court Miss Amelia, he
learns proper etiquette, such as "rising and giving his chair to a lady, and
abstaining from swearing and fighting". Two years after Marvin's reformation,
he asks Miss Amelia to marry him. Miss Amelia does not love him but agrees to
the marriage in order to satisfy her great-aunt. Once married, Miss Amelia is
very aloof towards her husband and refuses to engage in marital relations with
hi ...
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Macbeths Ambition
Number of Words: 442 / Number of Pages: 2
... political ambition first of all because of his wife. After she reads her husband’s letter about his meeting with the witches, she suggests for Macbeth to kill Duncan so she could be queen. At the beginning Macbeth hesitates to talk about such a thing and even lists the reason not to kill: he is his king, his uncle and his guest. Not completely sure about it and victim of his own desires for power he finally accepts Lady Macbeth’s plan for murdering the ruler of Scotland. This decision portrays Macbeth’s dirty morality and easily manageable personality.
Macbeth’s character ...
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Hemingway And Camus
Number of Words: 4650 / Number of Pages: 17
... pattern in The Outsider. If you multiply the number of letters in Meursault's name times the number of letters in `Albert' times the number of letters in `Arab' you get 216. Add to that the 6 of `Albert' and multiply by 3 (which is the number one gets when dividing the number of chapters in Part one (6) by the number of books (2) that make up The Outsider) and surprise of surprises: the meaning revealing number `666' once again emerges!
Clearly, when seen in this light, these two novels take on new meaning, and this pattern discovery provides a conclusive way to counter all earlier critics who have f ...
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As For Me And My House And Surfacing: Heros
Number of Words: 1731 / Number of Pages: 7
... is a system of beliefs which contextualizes difficult subjects such as death, pain and suffering. According to Jordan Peterson it is human tendency to model facts, value is placed on these facts and we systematically assess what each fact signifies. This psychological process eliminates anxiety and fear. The need for a belief system is so great that Peterson states that: "We must model meanings in order to survive" (Peterson 8).
The character of Paul effectively articulates the psychological function of religion. Paul articulates how humans search for religion as a belief system in order ...
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1984: The Party's Methods Of Controlling People
Number of Words: 1074 / Number of Pages: 4
... is the leader of the
Inner Party, and Emmanuel Goldstein plays the role of keeping the citizens
fearful that they might do or say, or even think, something harmful to the
State and the Party. The telescreens attempt to control the intellect and
emotions of its citizens. The telescreens prove the emotional loyalty to
Big Brother, who alone has the power to create and to destroy anyone he
wants. The people know that every move they make is being constantly
watched by the telesceens and if committing a thoughtcrime they will be
punished immediately.
"A new poster had suddenly appeared all over London. It ...
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