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Young Goodman Brown And The Birthmark: The Benefit Of Dreams
Number of Words: 657 / Number of Pages: 3
... personality, as the realization that he will stop at nothing in order to destroy the slight imperfection on the cheek of Georgiana. Dreams are often viewed as a perception of a person's unconscious mind. Aylmer is not a selfish man in his wishes for his wife to have her birthmark removed. He is just unable to control himself, much like children do. As a result of this new view of Hawthorne's character, we are now aware that Aylmer will not be held back by anything in his pursuit for what he believes to be perfection.
Young Goodman Brown's dream near the end of his story has a huge effect on ...
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The Great Gatsby: Is Nick Genuine?
Number of Words: 498 / Number of Pages: 2
... time that Nick shows his development into a more genuine
person is when he helps rekindle the love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy. He
does this by setting up a surprise meeting at his house. Gatsby knew of
this because he had asked him to do it. At this time in the novel is when
Nick says "I'm going to call Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here to
tea." (Gatsby, p.82) This shows that Nick is genuine because he is trying
to rekindle the love between Gatsby and Daisy. After this period in the
novel Gatsby and Nick became even closer friends.
Getting closer to the end of the nov ...
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The Dead
Number of Words: 452 / Number of Pages: 2
... deals with him, and he gets angry/heated. c. Page 12 Gabriel gives a coin to Lily, the caretaker’s daughter, and she tried to refuse but he just keeps on walking. After leaving he was disappointed that a person would refuse his offers. He offered the coin to Lily to boost his ego. d. Pages 21-23 while dancing with Miss Ivors, she mentions to him that she has noticed his article in a Briton paper. Henceforth she gets on his case and he admits to not liking Ireland. He believes that the Irish are of lower standing, not very educated and uncultured. 3) What is realized with Gretta? What does he realize ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: The True Sign Of Maturity
Number of Words: 835 / Number of Pages: 4
... thing, though he realizes they are lying. "But I never said nothing,
never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no
quarrels, and don't get into no trouble...I hadn't no objections, 'long as
it would keep peace in the family." (19). It is now clear to Huck that
these men are not going to be a blessing to him and Jim. Still, he never
says a thing, and just wants to have a friendly atmosphere between all of
them. He goes as far as to refer to them as family. Huck even treats liars
with kindness and concern.
More of Huck's kindness is shown during the Peter Wilk's scam. He ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 902 / Number of Pages: 4
... taken to a hospital where there were many wounded
soldiers. Some soldiers had to have parts of their bodies amputated in order to
survive. When Kemmerich was in the hospital, Müller ask for his pair of boots.
The boots was a visible reminder to the boys of the cost of war. Paul then has
to face his own conscience when he kills one of the Frenchmen. He doesn't see
the face of an enemy but just a face of another human being. He tries to
comfort himself by promising to help the fallen soldier's family. After Paul is
relieved from the front line, he decides to go on leave and return home. But
when he ...
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Eating Disorder
Number of Words: 3059 / Number of Pages: 12
... for all but a very small percentage of the
population, is compounding this problem. It is a very serious issue when
someone's body shape is determined by genetic disposition and yet they try to
alter it to fit some kind of imaginary ideal of how a person should look.
Thus, one of the most serious problems is that female nature is not what
society says it should be. Some researchers theorize that anorexia is a young
woman's way of canceling puberty. Since they lack body fat, anorexics don't get
their periods and often lose their sexual characteristics such as public hair. They
remain, in other ...
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Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of Words: 475 / Number of Pages: 2
... us just how strong Dimmesdale actually is, by allowing him to
hide his sin and bear the weight of it, he creates an extremely interesting and
tremendously strong character.
The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain and
self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he is as much
at fault for Hester˙s torment as any common villager, if not even more so.
Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the punishment for both
of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to believe that he also
condemned her. During those long seven years he ...
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The Influence Of Paradise Lost And Frankenstein
Number of Words: 346 / Number of Pages: 2
... an aspect of the novel and stated;
"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being...I was wretched, helpless and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition (pg. 135-136)
Other echoes of Paradise Lost are as follows:
Frankenstein hopes to be the source of a new species, but ironically his creature evolves into a self-acknowleged Satan who swears eternal revenge and war upon his creator and all the human race. The monster reflects that hell is an internal condition which is produced and increased through loneliness. His only salvation is the c ...
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Polonius Is Folish
Number of Words: 1749 / Number of Pages: 7
... in France of the best rank and station (Are) of a most select and
generous chief in that. Neither a borrower or a lender (be,) For (loan) oft loses both itself
and friend, And borrowing (dulls the) edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self
be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
(1. 3. 71-87) The advice that Polonius gives to Laertes is simple and sounds foolish being
told to a person of Laertes’ age. Martin Orkin comments on the nature of Polonius’
speech: 2 “Shakespeare’s first audience would recognize in Polonius’ predilection for such ...
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Billy Budd - Individualism
Number of Words: 801 / Number of Pages: 3
... opportunity to gain new experiences (Ellis), "He rather liked this adventurous turn in affairs, which promised an opening into novel scenes and martial excitements" (Melville 49).
A final way he shows individualism is when the chaplain approached him at the end of the story trying to explain to him how to gain salvation before his death, but Billy stayed true to his beliefs about God (Wood),"…one whom though on the confines of death he felt he could never convert to a dogma; nor for all that did he fear for his future" (Melville 121). An individual sets out to do what they want to do. Here Billy Budd d ...
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