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Old Man And The Sea, Santiago
Number of Words: 873 / Number of Pages: 4
... should kill him or not. He decides to kill. " 'I'll kill him though,' he said. 'In all his greatness and his glory.' Although it is unjust, he thought." The tragic man can endure pain and does not fear death. The old man sits in his skiff with the fishing line wrapped around his back. He is in a very uncomfortable position and the moving rope slices his hands. "I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter. I can control mine. But his pain could drive him mad." Santiago endures all his pain while fighting the fish just like a tragic man would always suppress it.
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge
Number of Words: 729 / Number of Pages: 3
... like those fall into the category of cruel and unusual. A simple deduction in his pay would have been suitable, Henchard however decides to humilate him. Hardy is showing that, even in the most powerful people, human flaws make people do the worst of things. Hardy further shows this in Henchard’s relationship with Donald Farfrae. Farfrae is a young Scottish man that Henchard woes to become the manager of Henchard’s wheat business. As time passes, Henchard becomes wealthier because of Farfrae’s talents. Farfrae becomes the intergral part of Henchard’s business. Without ...
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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie Becoming Smart
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... Charlie tells Frank that he does not want to drink,
because he already drank before and he felt sick the next morning. Frank
did not listen to Charlie. Instead, he spiked Charlie's drink to make him
look like a fool. Charlie did not know this and thought that the drink
just let a funny taste in his mouth. He started tripping over people's
feet and Frank says, "I have not laughed so much after we ditched him at
Muggsy's". Charlie started to blush and Joe called out to one of the other
girls that were there, "What did you do to Charlie? He never acted this way
before". Charlie was embarrassed a ...
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Once And Future King
Number of Words: 973 / Number of Pages: 4
... of fear.
In Wart's next transformation into a hawk he soared into the castle's mews. All the birds in the mews had a military rank. Their leader was an old falcon, who was kept for show. The birds who ranked below the falcon, held her in highest regard because of her age. She applied her power over the other birds with no concern for their lives. In one instance, Wart is ordered to stand next to the cage of a crazy hawk who almost killed him. On the other hand, her age brought respect. The falcon was much older than the others because she had not been released once she outlived her usefulness as ...
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Candide The Satire Of An Age.
Number of Words: 644 / Number of Pages: 3
... Enlightenment, because nobles, are stupid and must have philosophers to make them Enlightened. For example L’Hospital’s a French Noble had in his “possession” mathematicians that developed new ways of taking limits (a Calculus idea). Yet in today's society we call this way “L’Hospital’s Rule,” not Bernoulli’s rule who is the one who “invented” it (Stewart 310).
Candide is consistently being brainwashed by reason (Pangloss) saying that we live in “the best of Yet it quite obviously that he does not. For how can there be, in t ...
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Macbeth 2
Number of Words: 1231 / Number of Pages: 5
... the King of Scotland. Macbeth was a very greedy and thoughtless person.
In a way, Macbeth could be classified as jealous. He was obviously a bit jealous of Duncan because Duncan had everything, including happiness. Duncan was the King and Macbeth was not. This could cause a lot of jealousy. Macbeth had desires and wishes but they were unattainable with Duncan around.
In the end of the story everyone loses respect for Macbeth and realizes that he was the one who killed Duncan. Macbeth was killed. This seems like a high price to pay just to be King. The strange thing is that Macbeth was filled ...
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Things Fall Apart 2
Number of Words: 421 / Number of Pages: 2
... palm tree for palm wine or harvesting yams. The women were also there to produce children. A good wife could produce many children. In today’s society some women might cook or do other comforting chores, but so do many men. Men take care of children as well as women. In Okonkwo’s village, taking care of children was a woman’s chore. The children even played a different role in the novel’s society. Basically, the young men helped their father and the young women helped their mother. The boys might carry around their father’s stool or tap his father's palm trees. Th ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... with the actions that took place on the Western Front. The soldiers on the front were devastated during the first bombardment and all the mental and physical conditions of the soldiers deteriorated from that point on. The values of the Renaissance were the opposite of those that arose on the battlefield.
The fantasy of solving their own national problems disabled Germans in viewing other countries war aims. Over confidence destroyed the troops.
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In the movie “All Quiet on the Western Front”, young inexperienced German soldiers eagerly enter World War I, but their enthusia ...
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Pride In The Iliad
Number of Words: 561 / Number of Pages: 3
... result of Hectors pride
was his death and the betrayment of his fellow warriors and friends.
Another person within the Iliad whose pride was the downfall of his
character, was Patrocleus. Patrocleus was a great warrior, friend, and
asset to the Achiens. But, he made foolish choices on account of his pride.
For instance he chose to wear Achille's armor into battle when Achilles
refused to fight. This was only for his self-glorification. "…Once you have
beaten off the lethal fire, quick, come back to the ships-you must not
battle Hector!" After going into battle brandishing the armor, Patrocle ...
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The Pelican Brief: A Review
Number of Words: 1398 / Number of Pages: 6
... and stayed on the best-sellers lists for nearly
a year. In 1992 his third book, The Pelican Brief was published and it
became and enormous success. At the same time "A Time to Kill" was
republished and this time it became a best-selling book. In 1993 "The
Client" was published and "The Chamber" came the year after that. His two
most recent books are "The Runaway Jury" (1996) and "The Partner" (1997).
All of his books are or will be movies, five of them already are (The
Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, A Time to Kill and The Chamber). In
1990 he gave up his job as a lawyer and resigned his seat in t ...
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