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Jumping Off For Freedom
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... David and his dad had to keep up with his bad jokes, and bombastic comments, he also made inveigh comments to the Leals. David and Miguel were disappointed because he was not supposed to be on the raft, since he did not have the prerogative to be on it and they only had food and water for three persons. They were also scared of the see because they were callow, they did not know much about rafts or the ocean, but they ameliorated later, they learned from their own experience.
The author easily express her great form of writing and also share it with the reader through the plot, the plot is t ...
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Macbeth 2
Number of Words: 1336 / Number of Pages: 5
... have become true already. However, because Malcolm has just become king he cannot see how the third prophesy will come true.
Macbeth’s wife solves his problem by telling him to kill Duncan. She tells him this after reading his letter to her and after hearing that the king is coming to her castle. She decides to’look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’(I,v,63-65).
Lady Macbeth plays an important part in Macbeth’s spiral downwards into becoming a butcher by persuading him to commit his first murder. Macbeth doesn’t want to kill Duncan and ...
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Justice In Orestes
Number of Words: 1460 / Number of Pages: 6
... is one who upheld the laws of the Furies. Agamemnon's murder of
Iphegenia at Aulis was pure outrage. "Yes he had the heart to sacrifice his
daughter , to bless the war…" (Agamemnon lines 222-223) Agamemnon killed his
own blood relation in order to sail for Troy. This too, is a terrible crime,
seemingly of the same weight as Orestes' act. Clytaemnestra believed she was
justified in avenging her daughter, because her husband violated a sacred tenant
of the old gods. "Here is Agamemnon, my husband made a corpse by this right
hand—a masterpiece of justice. Done is done." (Agamemnon lines 1429-1431) ...
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Joy Luck Club
Number of Words: 1152 / Number of Pages: 5
... is that Asian people have a stereotype about food. It is just like this. If I have taken this, this is mine, and nobody can touch this. This may sound barbaric or like animals fighting for their food. This kind of thought was probably brought about because through out history we had war many times this means that only the strong people who have lots of food survived. American people all want to share everything that they have. They think that if I give something this time, I can receive something next time. I think type of thinking should be learned in Asia to promote peace. The other problem that I ha ...
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Pride And Prejudice By Jane Au
Number of Words: 554 / Number of Pages: 3
... that that her love for Bingley is unrequited. They continue by saying that the marriage of Bingley to Miss Darcy, who will be “hereafter our [their] sister” will “secure the happiness of so many” people. But towards the end of the novel, even after all their efforts and hopes of separating the two, Jane and Bingley manage to get married. Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst are forced to swallow their pride and make amends with Jane because they know that if they didn’t, Mr. Bingley would never like them. The Bingley sisters displayed their tolerance and mutual respect towards Jane after the lower social class ...
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The Main Themes In The Lord Of
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... splits off and forms his own tribe of savages. The boys eventually all join this tribe except Piggy and Ralph. The larger number of boys in Jack's tribe mean that hey can hunt pigs and obtain all the food that they need while excluding the two outsiders. With the breakdown of one tribe and the forming of another the boys depend more on the belief of survival of the fittest. This belief is built upon on the night of the feast, as the boys believed that Simon was the beast but they did not fear attacking him, as they were a strong tribe.
The breakdown of the simple society that the boys had forme ...
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One Of The Weaknesses Of The N
Number of Words: 858 / Number of Pages: 4
... been my folly.” Through this realisation, we see that Elizabeth does not have the stereotypical nature of the majority of the people in her society, who, in contrast are unable to recognise their own faults.
Vastly contrasted to Elizabeth, we have the comical Mr.Collins, who lacks the self-reflection and self-awareness that is evident in Elizabeth. One trait Mr. Collins surely portrays is that of self-importance. It never occurred to him that Elizabeth would refuse his marriage proposal, and when she does, he can only say: “…it does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance…”. Mr Col ...
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Death Of A Salesman 6
Number of Words: 787 / Number of Pages: 3
... ask themselves, “Did I succeed in life, was it all worth it?” Poor Willy is beginning to realize that he has lived his entire life for the wrong reasons.
Willy raised his two sons in all the wrong ways. He encouraged cheating and mocked hard work and true success. Everything in his life was a false standard. Willy’s view of an individual’s success was how well that individual was, “liked.” He instilled in his children all the wrong values and encouraged all the wrong things. This poor moral installment is typified in this conversation between Willy and his ...
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Taming Of The Shrew
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... her outward actions. Although Peturicho does not want to change Kate’s inward thoughts, he does not want to break her spirit. The greatest example can be quoted below.
Petruchio says, "Thy gown? Why, aye. Come, tailor, let us see't. / O mercy, God! What masquing stuff is here? / What's this? A sleeve? Tis like a demi-cannon. / What, up and down, carved like an apple tart? / Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash, Like to a censer in a barber's shop." (4.3.86-92)
Petruciho uses the beautiful gown to show Kate that she will no longer have her way. Petruicho also ...
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Antigone 9
Number of Words: 952 / Number of Pages: 4
... and Polynices spurred Creon's rite to the throne. He insisted that the body of Polynices lay to rot for all the city to see. Antigone, being his sister, couldn't stand to see this happen. She went and did her best to cover her brothers body. She got caught while doing this. She then was brought before her uncle the king. She denied nothing, and was pround to admit to the crime. Her stubborn uncle insisted that she pay the price for her crime. He took her to a rocky vault and walled her inside where she was to die for her crime. When Creon got back, his son Haemon started to argue about the f ...
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