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Evil In Human Nature
Number of Words: 356 / Number of Pages: 2
... and also a town's ability to pry and gossip. Emily was so in love with her lover that even after he died she slept with his corpse. Her actions did not allow the young man to rest in peace. Her actions were turned from love to evil without even realizing it. the townspeople were extremely worried about Emily literally locking herself up in the house but their actions also portrayed evil. Many of them were not concerned for her but were out to "get her" in a sense. They did not try to help her; they only talked about her and ridiculed. In conclusion, evil is a part of human nature. It travels and l ...
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Lightning Mine Vs Archangel
Number of Words: 649 / Number of Pages: 3
... of killing Mariba’s wife.
The resolution of the book fits in well with the theme. Namarrkon: The Lightning Spirit, the guard of the sacred site, stirs up a freak electrical storm, and totally destroys the mine. Furthermore, the CEO, Sir Peter Gables, gets killed by the storm whilst in a helicopter trying to escape the wraith of the storm. Mariba gets shot, but is amazingly saved by Shoemaker, who is a changed man by this time.
What the novel focuses on is that it takes a supernatural event to stop such capitalist progress, but it can happen.
My International novel was set in a very diffe ...
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Number of Words: 688 / Number of Pages: 3
... Alec, and he could not forgive her, even though it
was all Alec's doing. Thus it is clear that casual wrong follows her and yet
the wrong is not made by her.
Tess' true strength is her determination to overcome her misfortunes.
When the Durbeyfields' horse, Prince died, Tess took control of the situation
of the horse's death and the beehive delivery. She takes care of the kids and
she had done well in school, even though Tess seems to go nowhere. Also when
she leaves her job of taking care of the flock at the d'Urberville household,
because of her experience with Alec, it showed she tried to take co ...
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Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener": Introduction Of Character
Number of Words: 223 / Number of Pages: 1
... himself greatly increases its effectiveness. The lawyer
begins with the words, “I am a rather elderly man.” This first “I” begins
a long, autobiographical narrative in which the lawyer reveals much of
himself to the reader. Because the story is centered on the lawyer's life,
it is imperative that the reader have this close view of him.
The repetitive “I” in these paragraphs is important because it
comes from the lawyer's thoughts of himself. For this text to flow in it's
intended path, the reader must know a great deal about the lawyer and his
employees. In fact, it is these characters whi ...
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Slavery In The Tempest
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... organ pipe, pronounced the name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i' th' ooze is bedded; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded and with him there lie mudded." He is telling us that Prospero is in control of him.
Prospero, Trinculo, and Stephano are in control of Caliban, the deformed son of Sycorax, and therefore Caliban is their slave. "Monster lay-to your fingers; help to bear this away where my hogstead of wine is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom. Go to, carry this. In act 4, scene 1, lines 250-253, Stephano told Caliban to carry something for him, or he would be ...
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A Clockwork Orange
Number of Words: 894 / Number of Pages: 4
... him in his crimes are Dim, Pete, and Georgie. Throughout the story, the author creates his own language called "nadsat", which is used by the youth of the futuristic world. "Nadsat" is a mix of Russian, English, and the slang words of both.
The story begins at the start of a wild and violent night with Alex and his friends sitting in a diner. To start a typical night they encounter an old man walking the streets, so they harass and hit him. However, this is not just any ordinary harassing episode but more of a complete and utter pounding. They beat the defenseless man until he is all bloody and disfig ...
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The Crucible
Number of Words: 407 / Number of Pages: 2
... Rev. John Hale, Betty awakes and tells of her visions of many women the the town with the devil. Those women who were accused were to be tried in court for contact with the devil through witch-craft. As a God-fearing communtiy, any evidence of evil could not be denied. Because they believe that if they deny evil, then at the same time they are denying goodness, which is God. So no defense of accused peoples could be based upon evidence, simply because evil can not be seen. So any accused person must confess to it and be rehabilitated, or will be hung if they are willing to show pride in their innocen ...
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David Korten's "When Corporations Rule The World"
Number of Words: 2158 / Number of Pages: 8
... as the are today.
Through economic globalization they have become very powerful. "Corporations
have emerged as the dominant governance institutions on the planet, with the
largest among them reaching into virtually every country of the world and
exceeding most governments in size and power" (54). Prior to the Civil War,
owners were personally responsible for any liabilities or debts the company
incurred, including wages owed to workers. Early Americans feared corporations
as a threat to democracy and freedom. After the Civil War, owners and managers
of corporations pressed relentlessly to expand th ...
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Color Symbolism In The Scarlet
Number of Words: 579 / Number of Pages: 3
... chest. The first encounter with red is the description of a wild red rosebush growing outside the prison where Hestor was imprisoned. This is representing Hestor's pride and passion, growing in a place not fitting, similar to how Hestor's passion did not fit in with the Puritan society. As the sunlight shines through a red and yellow window in the governor's house, a red light shines throughout the room. This is symbolizing Hestor's passion spreading throughout the Puritan society.
Hawthorne also uses black and darkness as symbols throughout The Scarlet Letter. Black is used to represent evil ...
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John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
Number of Words: 1292 / Number of Pages: 5
... buildings in which the
immigrants lived. The majority of Americans resented the immigrants because
they represented lost jobs. the only people who did like the influx of
immigrants were the rich because they represented a large pool of labour
that cost next to nothing.
America was very much separated from the rest of the world. The Monroe
Doctrine of 1823 was still a big part of life in the United States Of
America and politicians made sure that they did n not get involved in
European affairs. They remained unchanged until the first World War when
America joined in on the side of the Allies. ...
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