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Agamemon. Justifiable Homicide
Number of Words: 453 / Number of Pages: 2
... Cassandra is the daughter of Priam, King of Troy. She was taken after Troy had fallen. Finally, Agamemnon is in great competition with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the sole survivor of Atreus' vengeance on Thyestes. Agamemnon is involved in a losing battle, even though he thinks the war is won.
The gods have their own reasons for letting Agamemnon die. Most gods frown upon pride and arrogance, both of which are plentiful in Agamemnon's demeanor. There are certain things that a person does not do if that person is trying to stay on the gods' good side. One of these things is not destroying the go ...
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January Chance
Number of Words: 1039 / Number of Pages: 4
... the poem is being read. The literal meanings are said through words like time, voyaging, and seat backs. The metaphorical terms are expressed through the more thoughtful words like white noise, time, and train.
The first stanza of the poem begins talking about the relationship between the two passengers. “All afternoon before them, father and boy” tells a reader that they are together early in the day or, metaphorically, early in their lives. Also, as stated above, the father and son do not share a closeness, and maybe this is why it is so important for the father to try and start making amends now. “I ...
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Now About Surprises
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... is the one or the group to which the surprise is being aimed or "focused in on". Surprises are very healthy, for they are full of spirit, creative mischief, are a lot of fun and usually, everyone involved is "in" on the creation or "play". Now, sometimes, like at people's birthdays, the "surprisee" never knows about it. Other times, they can feel it in the vibration of the person or people surrounding the person who is planning or orchestrating the event. However, when a surprise is "in the wind", the neat thing about it is that everyone usually works together in this kind of amusing and prankis ...
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The Odysseus: The Theme Of Love
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... that show great love and guidance. One of the most emphasized in the Odyssey is the father - son relationship. These relationships clearly support the issue of love in the Odyssey.
The father - son relationship between Odysseus and Telemachos is a little awkward because they both never really got to know each other but they still care for each other's well being. When Odysseus hears of all the suitors devouring Telemachos's future fortune and mistreating him, he wants to return and revenge the misuse of his family and property. Odysseus, like any parent, also misses his only child while he is at ...
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BARTLEBY
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... all further words, and thrust him ignominiously from my presence.” (2409) The next theme is man’s desire to avoid conflict. The narrator avoids conflict on several occasions. The first time refused to proofread a paper, the narrator simply had someone else do it instead of confronting him and resolving the issue right then. By ignoring the problem, he left the door open for more disobedience. As expected, continued to refuse to proofread and the narrator eventually gave up on asking him to do it. The narrator went to great lengths to avoid a confrontation. When refused to leave the office after b ...
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Johnny Tremain
Number of Words: 903 / Number of Pages: 4
... with the activities of the organization. He helps by gathering supporters and chopping up the tea at the Boston Tea Party. He loves the excitement and the adventures. He never doubts his physical courage till one day when he witnesses the shooting of a British deserter by the firing squad. The shooting badly unnerves him. He feels his own inadequacy. He begins to question if he really is a coward at heart.
goes through a lot of change and growth throughout the book. In the beginning he is a smart, confident and hard-working teenager. He doesn’t have patience and despises his fellow apprentices ...
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Ironclads Of The Civil War
Number of Words: 988 / Number of Pages: 4
... the men were soldiers recently assigned out of artillery regiments. And there were very few sailors in the South, so most were clueless on where to go or what to do. When everything was done and she began to move it looked like the Merrimac was capable of doing what she was meant to do.
The Northerners were warned about this ironclad “monster” and were waiting for this moment a long time. When the Merrimac came into view she fought the Cumberland and ended up destroying it. The shell burst into the rail and knocked down nine men of the Cumberland. In the end the Merrimac destroyed the Cumberland. But n ...
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Cinderella - Grimm Version Vs. Traditional French Version
Number of Words: 1108 / Number of Pages: 5
... behind, and the story would not have ended the way it did.
Another major difference between the two versions has to do with the type of person Cinderella is. In the Grimm version Cinderella was strong and clever. She was aggressive. For example, she was smart enough to ask the birds for a dress to wear to the ball. Also, she displayed her aggressiveness when she raced home from the ball and quickly changed back into her rags so her sisters and stepmother would not know that she was the lovely princess. This was very clever. On the other hand, Cinderella in the French version was more pas ...
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"The Journey Through The Twelve Forests" And "The Bhagavad Gita": The Vaishnava Community
Number of Words: 1145 / Number of Pages: 5
... one mans real life experience of the
pilgrimage known as the Ban-Yatra. It tells a slightly more true to life
story that has been carried out since the 16th century.
If one were to only read the Gita, they might assume it to be
nothing more than a fairy tale passed down from many generations that told
of a greater being, Vishnu, whose job was to “deliver the holy, destroy the
sin of the sinner, and establish righteousness”(50). It tells how in order
to achieve moksha or the release from the eternal struggle of life, one
must abandon all worldly feelings, ideas, and beliefs so that they can find
th ...
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Birdhouse
Number of Words: 967 / Number of Pages: 4
... spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is unless you had a room-mate then you were allowed to have a two to three bedroom dorm which are obviously a great deal larger then the one bedroom.
When summer was over she went back home to her mother, but soon after she left Chuffy had sent a letter informing Beverly that they wished her to back next season. Of course her mother preferred her not to, Beverly’s father had high spirit ...
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