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How Does Bernard Shaw Satirise
Number of Words: 1974 / Number of Pages: 8
... to a wide audience, he seems to allow Romantic ideas to re-emerge at the end.
During the Romantic period exaggeration of things such as love was common, and was, in fact, the basis of the Romantic culture. In ‘Arms and the Man’ there an even greater extent of exaggeration than was common. The characters, the situations and to some extent the plot are all exaggerated in some way. Of the main characters, Sergius, Raina, and Bluntschli, only Bluntschli is not of a highly romantic bearing, and even he might be considered slightly exaggerated in the opposite way.
Sergius is described ...
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Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado: Themes
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... that he is going to be killed, but it ( the irony )
continues present during all the short story as something to call our attention
to what is really happening.
In the second paragraph Montressor states that in spite of his
decision of killing Fortunato, he continued smiling in his face ( Fortunato's ),
but he adds: "...and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of
his immolation." So, when they meet each other they behaved as always, but now
Montressor's smile had another meaning for himself.
Certain evening, " during the supreme madness of carnival
season...", Montressor me ...
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The Bluest Eye - Protrait Of A
Number of Words: 1410 / Number of Pages: 6
... structure of The Bluest Eye is important in revealing just how pervasive and destructive the “racialization” (Morrison’s term for the racism that is a part of every person’s socialization) is (Leflore). Morrison is particularly concerned about the narration in her novels. She says, “People crave narration . . . That’s the way they learn things” (Bakerman 58). Narration in The Bluest Eye comes from several sources. Much of the narration comes from Claudia MacTeer as a nine year old child, but Morrison also gives the reader the benefit of Claudia reflecting on t ...
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The Stone Angel
Number of Words: 855 / Number of Pages: 4
... to become a proper lady. After coming back
from college to become a proper lady, Hagar wanted to teach school but her
father wouldn't allow it. Hagar, instead, kept her father's accounts and
played hostess. Hagar meets Bram Shipley three years later and decides to
marry him. Her father does not approve of the marriage, but Hagar marries
Bram in a spirit of willful pride. Hagar's father does not speak to her
ever again. When entering the marriage with Bram, she expected that she
could change him into the image that she wanted him to be. By doing this,
Hagar denied Bram the affection and sharin ...
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A Christmas Carol
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... For example, the
thieves are able to steal Scrooge's possessions because no body cares about
Scrooge or his things. Also, the businessmen that Scrooge does business with
regularly show no feelings about his death and go to his funeral simply for food.
Dicken's shows a way to resolve the problem by simply treating others how you
want them to treat you. At the end Scrooge's attitude changes and changes in
how society will treat him are shown to be inevitable.
Another social concern is the priority of family over money and personal
gains. Money proves to be the golden idol that is worshipped ...
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The Innocence Of Oedipus By J. T. Sheppard: Reactions And Emotions Of The Audience
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... come within all men. This brings forth the difference between voluntary and the involuntary crimes. Oedipus is in fact a good man, who was “the unfortunate man who had committed an unintentional crime.” Sheppard states his philosophy of a good man. “Of the best it may be said that they are in a sense ‘good’ since there is nothing ‘shameful’ in their intentional and purposed deed and thought. But even so, they are not secure. Perfection, if calamity comes, is not possible.” “A man may be guilty through no fault of his own, and no man, however excellent in intention and in act, no man, even, how ...
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Cold Blood: Myrt
Number of Words: 882 / Number of Pages: 4
... the neighbors were untrustworthy and false. Myrt’s
attitude towards her neighbors makes the reader think she is envious and
hypocritical.
Holcomb did show a friendly side. The town seemed to act more like
friends that did for each other than friends that just associate with each
other. “Any one who has been sick and had Mrs. Ashida walk nobody can
calculate how many miles to bring them some of the wonderful soup she makes.
Or the flowers she grows where you wouldn’t expect a flower to grow. And
last year at the county fair you will recall how much she contributed to
the success of the 4-H exhibit ...
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Comparison Of Book And Movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
Number of Words: 682 / Number of Pages: 3
... been nearly impossible to tell of Bromdens life in a
movie, much less show the world from his point of view as in the book.
Bromden is still a very interesting character but the real puzzle to his
problems is lost.
McMurphy is a very sly, cunning man. He knows how to play his game
and does it well. In the book as McMurphy progresses, he goes through many
stages where he is rebellious, then docile, then rebellious again. This is
due to the fact that he learns exactly what it means to be committed and
what it takes to be released. Then he begins to see that all his ward
mates (I don't know what you ...
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Time Machine Book Report
Number of Words: 1164 / Number of Pages: 5
... the future are surely detrimental. As the Time Traveler is standing on the shore of a dead sea, he thinks to himself, I cannot convey the sense of abominable desolation that hung over the world. The red eastern sky, the northward blackness, the salt Dead Sea, the stony beach crawling with these foul, slow-stirring monsters, the uniform poisonous-looking green of the lichenous plants, the thin air that hurt one's lungs; all contributed to an appalling effect (69). This scene is one of complete desolation and despair. He had spent all his time making the time machine to see the wonderful advances in ...
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Wuthering Heights 4
Number of Words: 1106 / Number of Pages: 5
... Lockwood to his room and cautions him to “hide his candle and not make a noise” since Heathcliff would not willingly approve of his staying in that room. Just after Mr. Lockwood enters the room, he discovers three names carved over and over onto the ledge near the window, Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine Heathcliff, and Catherine Linton. Mr. Lockwood begins paging through and examining the collection of books he determines to be Catherine’s. The books, he notices, have been well used judging from their
dilapidation and “scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary ...
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