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Plato's Simile Of The Cave: Artist's Work Is Based On Illusion
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... or imitation may be dismissed as ‘play’, but when artists imitate what is bad they are adding to the sum of badness in the world; and it is easier to copy a bad man than a good man, because the bad man is various and entertaining and extreme, while the good man is quiet and always the same.
Artists are interested in what is base and complex, not in what is simple and good. They induce the better part of the soul to ‘relax its guard’. Thus images of wickedness and excess may lead even good people to indulge secretly through art feelings which they would be ashamed to entertain in real life. We e ...
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Master Harold: Differing Influences On Fugard
Number of Words: 936 / Number of Pages: 4
... to
believe it" (1301). Sam believes that "Jesus Christ" (1302) was "a man of
magnitude" (1300). Hally is obviously against Sam's suggestion of Jesus
Christ, because Hally makes it clear that he is "an atheist" (1303). This
disagreement between Sam and Hally is really just an example of the
religious tensions in South Africa during Fugard's lifetime between the
"Theory of Evolution," (1301) which was becoming more accepted, and
Christianity, which was taught by Jesus Christ.
A second discussion between Sam and Hally that occurs after Hally learns
that his father has gone home demonstrates the racia ...
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Summary Of Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men" With Background About Steinbeck
Number of Words: 1975 / Number of Pages: 8
... start walking again.
George told Lennie that he heard of a ranch that was four miles
ahead of them and they could get a job there. George told Lennie that if
he would get into trouble at the ranch, that he should come back and hide
in the bush. Sunrise had came and the two men began their walk to the
ranch. When George and Lennie arrived, they saw a huge long rectangular
building where the bunks were inside, the walls were white and the floor
was wood. The old swamper showed Lennie and George to their assigned bunks.
While George and Lennie were getting settled in, a stocky man stood
in the do ...
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Catcher In The Rye, Compares T
Number of Words: 742 / Number of Pages: 3
... again, ending with a bloody nose
for Holden. Afterwards, although Holden was somewhat offended by
the actions, he did not seem to care about his dripping nose. He went
directly over to Ackley’s room, not even stopping to wipe up his nose.
He also did not seem to care about the overall fight, because he
talked of it like it meant nothing to him. “I had a little goddam tiff
with Stradlater,” he explains to Ackley. “Do you feel like playing a
little Canasta?” This quick forgetting shows that the fight had little
affect on Holden, and that his injury meant little to him.
While ...
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The Great Gatsby And The American Dream
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... but watches them from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (83)." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want.
Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of ...
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Character Personalities In The Canterbury Tales
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... to give color and flavor to my preaching, and to stir them to devotion." (Chaucer, 339)
To think that anybody would bluntly tell of their deceitful ways to people that confided and believed in everything they said is another tactic used by Chaucer to exaggerate what he is trying to get his audience to see. He provides many exaggerated examples of the Pardoner deceiving, fooling and lying to the people throughout "The Pardoner's Tale."
"Everyman" is a play teaching of moral values. The author mainly uses irony to show what he may feel as necessary to prove of the things you've done before giong to ...
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New Passages: Living Life On The Edge
Number of Words: 634 / Number of Pages: 3
... presence is found only when we have reached the mountain summit. Yet, this greatly limits God’s presence in our life. Most people have often felt the presence of God in the deepest, lowest corners of thier lives. These experiences are also considered your horizons. A time to make changes in order to always keep moving forward.
As the Bible says, “To every thing there is a season . . . a time to break down, and a time to build up.” “So it is with us. This little death is a necessary winter, to rest, consolidate, nourish, and prepare for the very long growing seasons ahead.”
In these lowest ...
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A Rose For Emily
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... a hermit, her pride also contributed to her seclusion. "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such.” The town and Emily thought that she was of higher status because of her family name. Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emily's pride. Her pride has kept her from socializing with other members of the community reinforcing her solitary. But Miss Emily's father is still responsible for her being a hermit. "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away…” If he had not refused the men who wanted to go out with Miss E ...
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Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 1548 / Number of Pages: 6
... my first declaration of independence, contending that I will no longer be a secondary member. The love that gives desire and power which sustains life, is obvious by the fact that my “fear” of the consequences of a fully developed emotional response leads to its own destruction (Blom 91). Because I am “too passionate” – that is angry, rebellious, and prone to retreat into my richly imaginative inner world for solace, all takes part in winning the love of others. I cannot “bear to be solitude and hated” by others (Blom 91). To gain real affection, I am willing to struggle, both against external circums ...
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Things Fall Apart
Number of Words: 1570 / Number of Pages: 6
... was able to do this, he became very successful in the Ibo tribe and had gained a very high standing in the tribe. It was his goal to become an elder in the tribe, and it looked like he was going to achieve that goal. Okonkwo was banished form the tribe for seven years for killing a boy, and was forced to live with his mother's tribe for the seven years. Okonkwo lost all of his titles and his standing in the Ibo tribe. After the seven years had passed, Okonkwo went back to the Ibo tribe and had to start his live over. Over the seven years that Okonkwo was away, the Ibo tribe changed a lot. Most of t ...
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