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David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Number of Words: 1515 / Number of Pages: 6
... been
blind or deaf since birth. They cannot picture color or sound, though they
have the natural capacities for such. They simply lack the necessary
"impression" of sound or color, as so they can visualize and manipulate
these concepts with their imaginations.
These all seem like good philosophical argumentation, and are
highly convincing, except for one seemingly overlooked flaw. Later on in "…
Ideas" Hume states "those who would assert that this position is not
universally true nor without exception, have only one, and that any easy
method refuting it; by producing an idea, which, in thei ...
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The Puritan Society In N. Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of Words: 1538 / Number of Pages: 6
... people are of course more likely to. The
experience of conversion, in which the soul is touched by the Holy Spirit,
so that the believer's heart is turned from sinfulness to holiness, is
another indication that one is of the elect. Faithfulness and piety, rather
than good deeds are what saves people. If someone has sinned, public
confession is believed to take some of the burden of this sin off him.
The initial reason for the Puritans to leave their homes was the treatment
they had to suffer from in their native England. They were brutally
persecuted and were not allowed to practise their religi ...
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Madame Bovary: Destiny
Number of Words: 1048 / Number of Pages: 4
... hand, gives her more credit than she deserves. He regards her as well
very educated, sophisticated, sensitive and loving, with the last characteristic
being the one she lacks most. Soon after Emma marries Charles we see her
unhappiness, and we are faced with a dilemma, why did she marry him? There are
numerous possible answers to this, but the end conclusion is the same: if she
had not married him it would have been better for both of them. Emma would not
have been so miserable and depressed throughout her life and Charles would have
found someone who would return his love and who would appreciate hi ...
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Comic Relief Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 1397 / Number of Pages: 6
... the success of any striving. Hamlet often finds humorous occasions especially after he has done something that affects another character. He takes the “inside joke” to the limits and smiles upon the defeat of his enemies. This is especially true with the relationship between him and his father-by-marriage. Hamlet puts on the play so that he may have a reassurance that his true father was wrongfully killed by his uncle Claudius. Once the play had ended so abruptly Hamlet smiles upon the dismay of Claudius knowing that he has finally found the source of revenge. This is not so much h ...
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The Pardoner And The "Brothers"
Number of Words: 564 / Number of Pages: 3
... to
go buy wine, the other two greedily plot to kill him so they can split the
treasure only two ways. Even the youngest decides to "put it in his mind
to buy poison / With which he might kill his two companions" (383, 384).
The greed, which is evident in the character of the Pardoner, is also
clearly seen in the tale.
Another trait that is displayed by the Pardoner and a character in his tale
is hypocrisy. Although the Pardoner is extremely greedy, he continues to
try and teach that "Avarice is the root of all evil" (6). The characters
in his tale display great hypocrisy as well. As the tal ...
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King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table: An Epic Hero For Modern Times
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... difference in character that I found was that in the introduction
to Morte d' Arthur, Mordred is referred to as King Arthurs nephew. Later in the
text, when Arthur and Mordred are fighting (p. 96, para.1) it says, ". . . so he
smote his father King Arthur with his sword holden in both hands, upon the side
of the head . . ." In Camelot, Mordred is Arthur's illegitimate son, although
he keeps this a secret. This possibly explains the contradiction of Mordred's
position in the two pieces. Another difference in the two works was that in
Camelot, Mordred tells Arthur, "I despise the sword, loa ...
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Young Goodman Brown: The Downfall Of Young Goodman Brown
Number of Words: 2426 / Number of Pages: 9
... Goodman Brown comes back at dawn; he can no longer look at his wife with
the same faith he had before.
When Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that the
reason he was late was because "Faith kept me back awhile." This statement has
a double meaning because his wife physically prevented him from being on time
for his meeting with the devil, but his faith to God i psychologically delayed
his meeting with the devil.
The Devil had with him a staff that "bore the likeness of a great black
snake". The staff which looked like a snake is a reference to the snake in the
sto ...
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The Lottery By Shirley Jackson
Number of Words: 573 / Number of Pages: 3
... one running the lottery. Summer is just around the corner and the lottery must be held for it to be a good one. The man who also helps with the lottery is named Mr. Graves. That gives us a hint that death is involved. Old Man Warner "warns" the town against change. Finally, when Tessie enters the crowd she sends a farewell to Mrs. Delacroix. The word "farewell" and "Delacroix" should be noticed. The word "farewell" is used as foreshadowing to the climax of the story. Normally when a person enters a crowd of people they are greeted. Not in this case because Mrs. Hutchinson is leaving. The wor ...
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Analysis Of King Lear
Number of Words: 1277 / Number of Pages: 5
... grandest possible fashion. Cordelia finds that she is unable to show her love with mere words:
"Cordelia. [Aside] What shall Cordelia speak? Love,
and be silent."
Act I, scene i, lines 63-64.
Cordelia's nature is such that she is unable to engage in even so forgivable a deception as to satisfy an old king's vanity and pride, as we see again in the following quotation:
"Cordelia. [Aside] Then poor cordelia!
And not so, since I am sure my love's
More ponderous than my tongue. "
Act I, Scene i, lines 78-80.
Cordelia clearly loves her father, and yet realizes that her honesty will not please him. He ...
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Billy Budd
Number of Words: 1336 / Number of Pages: 5
... He is "strength and beauty.
Tales of his prowess [are] recited. Ashore he [is] the champion, afloat
the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost"(9).
Despite his popularity among the crew and his hardworking attitude,
Billy is transferred to another British ship, the Indomitable. And while
he is accepted for his looks and happy personality, "…hardly here [is] he
that cynosure he had previously been among those minor ship's companies of
the merchant marine"(14). It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says
good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart,
the ...
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