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Beowulf-canterbury Tale Alagor
Number of Words: 878 / Number of Pages: 4
... caught sight, on the rocky sea-cliff,
Of slaughtered Æscher's severed head.
The water boiled in a bloody swirling
With seething gore as the spearmen gazed.
The trumpet sounded a martial strain;
The shield-troop halted. Their eyes beheld
The swimming forms of strange sea-dragons,
Dim serpent shapes in the watery depths,
Sea-beasts sunning on headland slopes;
Snakelike monsters that oft at sunrise
On evil errands scour the.”
This quote is very bluntly using the lake to represent hell. Using the blood and the swirling, boiling water makes the reader think hell. I think ...
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"Billy Budd" By Herman Melville: Captain Vere
Number of Words: 466 / Number of Pages: 2
... seen much service, been in various
engagements, always acquitting himself as an office mindful of the welfare of
his men, but never tolerating an infraction of discipline; thoroughly versed in
the science of his profession, and intrepid to the verge of temerity, though
never injudiciously so.” In fact, his downfall is directly caused by his never
tolerating an infraction of discipline.
Captain Vere instinctively disliked Claggert, a man who, for his own
reasons, falsely accuses Billy Budd of plotting a mutiny. While meeting
together, the charge would have come to naught if Billy Budd hadn't killed
C ...
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Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 258 / Number of Pages: 1
... as its successes. It doesn’t pretend to offer an ultimate truth of personal freedom. It does not present an simplified picture of achieving freedom and personal integrity; in fact, it presents the very dangers inherent in defying social traditions. Jane suffers through the cruel regimen of Lowood because her aunt wants to punish her for her defiance. She suffers heart-break for her attempt to marry her beloved Rochester. When she chooses her own personal beliefs over Rochester's desires, she spends three days wandering around as a beggar and sleeping outdoors. She nearly dies for her choice and is sa ...
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The Great Gatsby: Moral Responsibility In Gatsby
Number of Words: 637 / Number of Pages: 3
... the indecency
to tell George it was Gatsby's car. Tom can also be morally blamed for the
killing of Gatsby because of his affair with Myrtle. George killed Gatsby
not only because he thought he killed Myrtle, but also because he was under
the impression that Gatsby was the one having the affair with his wife.
Tom knew George was thinking this and when George talked to him, Tom seized
his opportunity to get off the hook for his sin and directed it to Gatsby,
making himself even more morally incorrect for doing it. It is clearly
justifiable to blame Tom for Gatsby's death.
Daisy can also be put mor ...
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Themes Of Oliver Twist
Number of Words: 1645 / Number of Pages: 6
... is associated with many stories, such as fairy tales, everything
will work out for the boy or girl who has a rough life as long as they do
what is right. This is fits Oliver perfectly, he almost wasn't even given
a name, and in the beginning it was almost inevitable that he would end up
a street rat, than as he went through life learning what was right or wrong
things feel into place for him, and it was a happy ending.
As the boy Oliver Twist was born his mother died, and he was left
with no family, and was sent to go through life “despised by all, and
pitied by none” (Dickens 22). As a yo ...
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1984: Summary
Number of Words: 1282 / Number of Pages: 5
... book Winston's convictions lead us to believe that he is ethical
and the Party is unjust but it is left up to the readers discretion to decide
whether he is the criminal or just a victim of a totalitarian society. The first
instance of Winstons "criminal" nature was when he bought an illegal journal,
quill and bottle of ink to record his thoughts. Although he had so called
"criminal" thoughts before, the journal seemed to bring out the more daring
ideas in him as to how to get free from the Party's reign. This all indirectly
led to his meeting with a woman called Julia who shared his feelings and wa ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire - Sym
Number of Words: 2045 / Number of Pages: 8
... Blanche’s past one can truly understand what this quotation symbolizes. Blanche left her home to join her sister, because her life was a miserable wreck in her former place of residence. She admits, at one point in the story, that "after the death of Allan (her husband) intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with" (Williams, 178). She had sexual relations with anyone who would agree to it. This is the first step in her voyage-"Desire". She said that she was forced into this situation because death was immanent and "The opposite (of death) is desire" (Williams, 1 ...
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The Good Earth: Chapters 1-13 Summaries
Number of Words: 1105 / Number of Pages: 5
... and plans to do a lot of thing to celebrate the birth.
He plans to die a basketful of eggs red and give them out so that everyone
will know he has a son.
Chapter 4: O-lan recovers easily from the birth and sets back out in the
fields working with Wang. It tells of Wang's lazy uncle and his problems.
It is becomeing Fall and it is harvest time. Wang Lung sells his harvest
and makes a big profit. He puts the extra money in a hole in the wall in
his room.
Chapter 5: Wang decorates red stamps everywhere for good luck in the new
year. O-lan returns to the House of Hwang. She finds that the people there ...
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The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby - Shattered Dreams
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... and more than forty acres of lawn and garden” (9). Once a “
penniless young man without a past” (156), he transforms himself into a
self-made millionaire and builds an extravagant mansion, all for the love
of Daisy Buchanan. He also strategically places the mansion across the lake
from Daisy's house. From his window, Gatsby can see the blue colored lights
of her house.
Starting from the first day that he meets her, Gatsby does
everything within his power to please Daisy. Nothing has changed for Gatsby
as far as his feelings for Daisy are concerned, even though it has been
five years since their fi ...
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Frankenstein: Victor
Number of Words: 665 / Number of Pages: 3
... glacier.
Here he listened to the monster's story. How he studied and grew to love this
family living in a cottage. He wanted so immensely to be a part of their love
and smiles. He learned their language and how to write (by listening to them
teach an Arabian relative). After a very long time he walked into the cottage
when only the blind old man was there and tried to befriend him. He was very
persuasive until the children and the woman returned. The boy attacked the
Monster. He could have killed the boy, but, out of love, ran. The family soon
moved leaving the Monster so incredibly depressed a ...
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