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Friendship Of The Musketeers
Number of Words: 881 / Number of Pages: 4
... when
d'Artagnan was pursuing the man from Meung and ran in to Athos, who was
freshly wounded in a small skirmish with the Cardinal's Guards. D'Artagnan
asked Athos to pardon him and let him be on his way but Athos being the
brave and gallant musketeer, demanded a better aplogy, d'Artagnan was very
insulted by this so he challenged Athos to a duel at twelve o'clock. The
d'Artagnan ran towards the door, in the process of exiting, he ran into
Porthos who was just entering the door, while talking to a fellow musketeer.
D'Artagnan asked once again to be forgiven for his mistake, but Porthos
also wanted a be ...
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Abbey, And His Fear Of Progress
Number of Words: 1417 / Number of Pages: 6
... time. They have to deal with things such
as: car troubles, traffic, hotel rooms, other visitors pushing them onward,
their bored children, and the long trip home in a flood of cars. Many of
them take tons of pictures, possibly so that they can actually enjoy the
park without all of the hassles (Abbey 58). Without leaving their cars
they will never actually experience the beauty and wonderment of the parks.
They will only find the stress and chaos that they sought to leave at home
(Abbey 59).
There is a minority though, that prefers to be able to get away from the
modern world completely, and ...
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Redemtion And Salvation In A T
Number of Words: 1286 / Number of Pages: 5
... sure death in the Bastille. Dr. Manette's story begins when he is imprisoned unjustly for eighteen years. The solitary time spent in the prison waiting for his certain death is so excruciating it makes Manette go insane. When Dr. Manette is finally released he does not even know his own name: "one hundred and five north tower" (Dickens p 37) is all he says when asked. Mr. Lorry and Lucie Manette have the emotional stressful task of restoring Dr. Manette back to health: "to restore him to life, love, duty, rest, comfort" (Dickens p 22). It took more than five years for Mr. Lorry and Lucie to rein ...
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A Worn Path: What Was Phoenix Jackson Doing Out There?
Number of Words: 858 / Number of Pages: 4
... she was to shy to ask for help or she had to strong of a will and is "going to bend over backwards" for her grandson and will do whatever it takes to make sure that her grandson is healthy until she can not any longer. Another thing is the doctors and nurses know about the condition of her grandson and did nothing to help other than give her some medicine and sent her on her way. This was just one description of the lack of respect that was present in her society. In our society, were are taught always to respect our elders and help them in any way that we can. Why was there none shown for Phoenix?
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Billy Budd - Criminal Without
Number of Words: 1334 / Number of Pages: 5
... see the man as an innocent boy. Billy’s innocence sparked the Dankser to give Billy a nickname because “…whether in freak of patriarchal irony touching Billy’s youth and athletic frame or for some other and more recondite reason, from the first in addressing him he [the Dansker] always substituted ‘Baby’ for ‘Billy’”(35). The characteristics aforementioned verify Billy’s innocent nature, just as Jesus Christ held the same innocent disposition. After Billy’s capture from the Rights of Man, by impressment, he shows no remorse toward his old captain and shipmates for not protecting him. Billy, as wel ...
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Hamlet, The Social And Psychol
Number of Words: 772 / Number of Pages: 3
... has told him by setting up a “play something like the murder of (his) father’s” (2.2.624) for Claudius. Hamlet will then “observe his looks” (2.2.625) and “if he do blench” (2.2.626) Hamlet will know that he must avenge his father’s death. In the course of Hamlet avenging his father’s death, he is very hesitant, “thinking too precisely on the event” (4.4.43). “Now might I do it…and he goes to heaven…No” (3.3.77-79) and Hamlet decides to kill Claudius while “he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in thR ...
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Merchant Of Venice Shylock Stu
Number of Words: 447 / Number of Pages: 2
... that he holds grudges that aren’t usually solved without revenge. The other person that Shylock wants revenge from is his daughter Jessica. When Jessica and Lorenzo fall in love they decide they are going to elope. They do this the night that Shylock goes out for dinner when he goes Jessica steals some of his money and his dead wife’s ring. This made Shylock furious and he said, “ She is damned for it.”(page 44) Shylock seems to go after anyone that crosses his path, it is for good reason though being a Jew in Venician society. In a way you may feel sorry for him until you ...
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Jane Eyre 2
Number of Words: 1667 / Number of Pages: 7
... criticizing and punishing her. In one example Jane was keeping to herself, reading a book when her cousin John Reed decided to annoy her. John then grabbed the book and threw it at her knocking her down and cutting her on the head, which bled and was very painful. Mrs. Reed then punished Jane by sending her into the red room, the room her uncle died in, for the entire night. While in the red room Jane became terrified and thought she saw or heard the flapping of wings. The treatment Jane received caused her to become bitter and to truly dislike Mrs. Reed.
Jane then goes on to live at Lowood ...
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Dickens And "The Jew"
Number of Words: 2068 / Number of Pages: 8
... in any other light would have to give the impression that Jews just might be humans after all.
In reading this story, I discovered Fagin to be somewhat likeable and misunderstood. Though revolting to look at, having a repulsive disposition, and having manners and hygiene left to be desired I could not help but to feel sorry for the old guy. All he wanted to have was security in his old age. For example, when Fagin sees Oliver looking at him while admiring his treasures, Fagin asks the boy if he had seen any of his pretty things. Oliver tells him that he did. "Ah!" said the Jew, turning rather p ...
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Love And Communication Bringing Together Huck Finn< Ethan Frome And Jay Gatsby
Number of Words: 1058 / Number of Pages: 4
... helping Jim he "will go to hell," but took this risk and followed his own morality. Love was also shared between two characters in Ethan Frome. The love shared in this novel was different from the love in Huckleberry Finn, for Ethan's love was of sexual nature. Ethan Frome was married to Zenobia Frome who suffered from illness during the later stages of her life. Zeena's young cousin, Mattie Silver, was hired to relieve Zeena of her household duties. Ethan was attracted to Mattie because she was the antithesis of Zeena. While Mattie was young, happy, healthy, and beautiful like the summer, Zeena ...
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