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Analysis Of Animal Farm
Number of Words: 631 / Number of Pages: 3
... it, was
achieved with great ease. Jones had gotten so drunk at a bar that he did
not get home until noon and then went to sleep until late that evening.
The animal had gone unfed that whole day. Then one of the cows could not
stand it any more and broke the door to the store-shed. She and the rest
of the cows started eating the feed in the shed. This commotion awoke
Jones, and he and his farm hands came at the cows with whips. The other
animals then began the attack by butting and kicking the men. Jones and
his men then retreated and the animals had won the Manor Farm.
What happened next: ...
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The Hanmaids Tale
Number of Words: 626 / Number of Pages: 3
... officials of Gilead, are the wives’ husbands. Every so often, “ceremonies” are held where the Commander would attempt to impregnate the handmaid. If successful, the child was claimed by the wives as theirs. The handmaid was not more than a means to an end result. Violation of the norms was not tolerated. The punishment in the most cases was death, which also served as an example to the handmaids. Thus conformity with the rules was a necessity to stay alive, something she questioned if it was worth or not. In the end, Kate is accused of attending Jezebel’s with the Commander. Jezebel’s can be described ...
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Sophocles
Number of Words: 1432 / Number of Pages: 6
... was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgiving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC.” (Rexine 132)
In Sophocles’ long life he several times held public office, partly do to his fame as a dramatist and his gentle qualities as a man. “In 440 BC he was appointed one of the generals in the war which Pericles led against Samos, and in 413 BC.” (Magill, Kohler p# 1023) He was also one of the ten commissioners appointed after the failure of the expedition to Sicily, to govern Athens. Pericles once said to him “you know how to write poetry, but you certai ...
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Antigone - Creon As A Tragic H
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... Antigone. In lines 142-150 he summarizes his plans for Antigone, in which he thinks of right after talking with his son. These two decisions decided the lives of two young people, but the impulsive Creon never thinks about that. In scene 5, lines 105-108 Creon tries to correct his impulsiveness with, "Come with me to the tomb. I buried her, I will set her free, Oh quickly, my mind misgives." These lines show how he changes his impulsive decision, but unfortunately is too late.
Self-pride is the tragic flaw that Creon faces in this story. His tragic flaw causes the deaths of both his wife and son. Th ...
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Grapes Of Wrath
Number of Words: 1741 / Number of Pages: 7
... shell. The Joad’s gather together as a family to comfort and shelter themselves. A turtle feels safe when it enters his shell and the Joad’s feel safe when they gather as a family. There is symbolic significance in the names of characters throughout The . Tom, one of the main characters, is hitchhiking home when he stumbles upon a preacher by the name of Jim Casey. Jim baptized Tom, but now he is no longer preaching because he has found that everything is holy and man needs no preacher. His initials are J.C. which are the same as Jesus Christ. Jim shows similar characteristics to Jesus Christ. He sacr ...
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Dante 2
Number of Words: 1633 / Number of Pages: 6
... his veritable obsession with technique"(Smith 19). The Sicilian School, a refinement of the Provencal, had "significant linguistic effect upon his contemporaries" (Smith 20). Giacomo Lentini, inventor of the sonnet, was a prominent poet in this school along with Cecco Angiolieri and Cino da Pistoia who heavily influenced Dante. These two contemporaries, like Dante, wrote about female idolatry. They gave special attention "to gracefulness of expression"(Smith 20), as displayed in Vita Nuova where "Dolce stil nuovo"(Smith 20). Smith defines Dolce stil nuovo as being the will that directs the lover ...
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How Do Elizabeth Bennet’s Relationships Show Her Process Of Moral Growth?
Number of Words: 1450 / Number of Pages: 6
... commitment to objectivity, which translates into superficial bindings. Not at all silly like her ditzy sisters, Elizabeth is simply disengaged and she wishes to see and understand excitement. She finds her wish in Wickham, who provides her with a strange tale that is both shocking and appealing to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth perceptiveness fails her in the situation with her friend Charlotte Lucas: she makes a terrible mistake in her judgment of Charlotte. Elizabeth is shocked and amazed at her friend’s poor choice of Mr. Collins as a husband; she believes that Charlotte is not thinking correctly when ...
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Soldiering & Symbolism
Number of Words: 954 / Number of Pages: 4
... traditionally been set on the regional peripheries of a state. This makes it seem as though the only reason for their being allowed to remain part of the state is to protect it from outside invaders. With this kind of covered seclusion breeds contempt, both from the main stream people of the state as well as the “martial races” forced outside the framework of society for their differences. These people are looked upon as expendable, not needed for higher levels of society. The united States, supposedly the greatest democracy in the world, has had a long history of using “expendable” peoples for ...
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Lord Of The Flies: Characteristics Of Children
Number of Words: 1530 / Number of Pages: 6
... given the opportunity, they would rather envelop
themselves in pleasure and play than in the stresses of work. The boys
show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is
important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters
collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All
day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or
eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more
mature a nd adult like and stray to work on the shelters, while the other
children aimlessly run off and play. The other ...
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Grapes Of Wrath: An Undaunted Journey
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... emaculatly describes the long tedious
journey of a land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of his
journey, the turtle encounters many set backs. All along the way he is
hindered by ants, hills, and oak seeds under his shell. The turtles
determination to reach his destination is most apparent when a truck driven
by a young man swerves to hit the turtle. The turtle's shell was clipped
and he went flying off the highway, but stop the turtle did not. He
struggled back to his belly and kept driving toward his goal, just as the
Joads kept driving toward their goal.
Much like the turtle fr ...
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