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Candide: Voltaire's View Of Human Condition
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... the contrasting device of understatement whereby something is declared by stating the negative of its opposite. In relation to it is euphemism, which it is used ironically with fine comic effect to advance the satire of injustice, crime, and folly. Caricature and parody, ways in which the author exaggerated details of one sort or another for the same purpose, are noticed evidently in the story. For instance, the old woman’s story about how she became a servant in which she journeyed through hardships of her life by pleasing her masters’ wishes.
Exaggeration, understatement, and euphemism obviousl ...
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The Role Of Women In The Odyss
Number of Words: 1230 / Number of Pages: 5
... expect from men. Also all the societies and lands Odysseus visited that were inhabited by mortals were dominated by men.
In The Odyssey women are unequal, treated differently, and are considered inferior to men. Throughout the epic women are not given an appropriate amount of respect by men. The male characters of The Odyssey expect certain traits and characteristics of women that they do not expect of themselves. Men expect that the women in The Odyssey be loyal to them, and not be adulterous or seductive. When Odysseus returns to Ithaca in disguise, he expects Penelope to be faithful an ...
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Its A Jungle Out There
Number of Words: 709 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the unsanitary details of the factory. Another character is a musician who is struggling to find work so his wife takes a job. After a while the character at the meat packing plant breaks his arm and is not received back once he heals. He learns at this that the owners do not care for their workers and will take you if you are new, but as soon as something happens they throw you out. It is at this point that the character talks to a Socialist ad he inspires him to begin traveling to the meetings. He returns to his job and becomes the manager immediately. After his first Socialist rally, he li ...
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Joyce's "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man": A Review
Number of Words: 903 / Number of Pages: 4
... debts continue to grow and they are forced to move. Once, when the
two males travel to sell of the family estate, Simon returns to his former
school and converses with his former classmates. Stephen is upset to hear of
his father's wild behavior as a youth, and of his flirtatious nature. He begins
to rebel against his strict upbringing, striking back at his familys'
traditional values and way of life.
Religion is an ever present force in Stephen's life. He attends a
religious school from an early age, and is a devout Roman Catholic. He has
great reference for the priests at his school, and eve ...
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Literary Analysis Of The Woman
Number of Words: 1902 / Number of Pages: 7
... my interpretation applies: consistency, proportionateness, adequacy, completeness, depth, sensitivity, and integratedness. Of these, my interpretation best
fulfills the evaluative criteria of consistency, completeness, and integratedness.
It is evident that the narrator, Kingston, has many conflicts with what is being taught at home and what is experienced in the American society. Through the myth and reality stories Kingston tells, she establishes her beliefs and values of the Chinese culture and contrasts them with the expectations of the American culture. The older generation, her mother, use ...
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The Mysterious Stranger: Dependence On Others
Number of Words: 733 / Number of Pages: 3
... good from evil," however Eseldorf's citizens only know what is religiously virtuous so this is how they define Moral Sense. The people think that their freewill is what separates them from the "beasts" but they do not have enough understanding of reality outside their village to utilize their freewill. All the decisions they make are based on their belief of God's will for them and are not really their own.
Satan's visit demonstrates to the people the effects of Moral Sense on their community. By interacting with different citizens like Marget, Ursula and the boys he unearths numerous facets of ...
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A Seperate Piece
Number of Words: 446 / Number of Pages: 2
... disputed as well as the wars outside and the novel expresses the acceptance and rejecting of these aspects. The struggles to create a better more Ideal life for himself occurs, and his belief that Finny is the ideal does not diminish until Finny no longer can stand on his own. The complete contrast of Finny and Gene is a boy named Leper. Leper was not interested in much and is the first of the boys mentioned to go to war. Leper introduces the boys into the adult world before entering the army. His freedom is ended by the strict rules and behaviors of the army and he then changes severely. Throughout ...
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An Analysis Of The Effects Of Spiritual Visitations On Scrooge
Number of Words: 780 / Number of Pages: 3
... much like the things his nephew said about him in the game played
at the party.
Then there was the Cratchit's who seemed to be more grateful
towards Scrooge, a man who gave them barely enough money to buy food and
shelter, then they really should have been. At first when Scrooge sees Bob
stand to toast him he's almost filled with pride or at least an enlarged
ego, but when Mrs. Cratchit says in a fit of rage "I'll drink his health
for your sake, and the Day's, not for his. Long life to him! A merry
Christmas and a happy New Year! He'll be very merry and very happy I have
no doubt!" (Dikens, 8 ...
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The Great Gatsby 3
Number of Words: 786 / Number of Pages: 3
... to the dream of business success." Willy Loman is looking for an easy way to become rich and successful. Conventionally the American dream meant freedom and prosperity for everyone and Willy is a firm believer of this. But working hard could not get him everything that he wanted or thought he deserved. He seems to measure himself as well as others by the material things they own. Unable to live his American dream in this consumer-based culture, he has a longing for things that he can not afford nor does he really need. He thinks he should buy new stockings for his wife and a new refriger ...
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The Black Cat: The Narrator Is Crazy
Number of Words: 529 / Number of Pages: 2
... This makes the narrator become even more enraged with the cat than before. So, he takes the cat out to the back yard and hangs him from a tree. This was the very same cat that, at the beginning of the story, he loved and cared for so deeply. After a short while, the narrator gets a second cat that resembles the old one, he decides he will love it immensely and not harm it in any way. However, the second cat begins to annoy him as well.
The third example of the main character’s mental instability is his attempt to kill the second cat. It was bad enough that he kills the first one, but to ...
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