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Lord Of The Flies - Chapter Summaries
Number of Words: 1467 / Number of Pages: 6
... and uses them to magnify the sun's rays to heat the tinder-dry wood. The fire, although majestic, unfortunately only generates a tiny amount of smoke, so the boys stack green branches on to get more smoke. At the next meeting, Ralph decides that more rules should be introduced, including groups to be set out for specific tasks (e.g. Shelters, Fire, Hunting). Also, Piggy brings up a subject of concern. He reveals that one child is missing, and the group fear for his life.
Chapter Three: Huts on the Beach.
Ralph and Simon start to build shelters on their own and become angry because of the amount ...
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Hamlet - Claudius Vs. Lady Macbeth
Number of Words: 1378 / Number of Pages: 6
... also. She employed many conniving tricks in order to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan, such as in scene in Act I, scene seven when she says, ³From this time such I account thy love.² Here she is basically saying that Macbeth may prove his undying love for her by killing the king, thus causing him to feel that he is obligated to murder King Duncan. King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are also very good at disguising their deceit. In Hamlet, only Hamlet himself is aware of the true nature of Claudius. All others, including his Wife and subjects, think he is a wonderful and innocent King. Lady Macbeth is ...
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John Proctor Tragic, Or Pathet
Number of Words: 1322 / Number of Pages: 5
... said to be the "progress from ignorance, through a cycle of suffering, to enlightenment" (Merle 4). But what exactly does that mean and who would fit this bill of tragedy? Arthur Miller was quoted by the essayist Koon as saying "The common man is apt a subject for tragedy as kings" (Koon 5) And the same idea was reaffirmed by George Lillo who said "that tragedy need not concern itself soley with kings" (as quoted by Siegel 92). These statements seem to hold true to the measure, no one is more common then Willy Lowman and he obviously starts out ignorant about how he is viewed by others and throug ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 852 / Number of Pages: 4
... of alliteration occurs on the first line of the piece extracted from the story. "Then the dangerous dragon…" It goes on to emphasize the burdening problem the dragon, "…scourge of the Geats…" is towards the innocent Geats. When in reality, the Geats were doing as much killing as the dragon, and their killing was probably less justifiable than the dragons, considering the dragon was fighting for his own survival. In this case though the dragon was killing in a rage, over his missing treasure. Nevertheless, the Geats see the dragon as pure evil. "(He) was intent a third time upon attack…" Perhaps by ...
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The Terminal Man By Crichton
Number of Words: 702 / Number of Pages: 3
... and put in a room. After the sedatives wore off Harry snuck into a closet and stole an orderly's gown and left the hospital. He was picked up by a lady named Angela Black, who Harry killed when they got to her apartment. After the investigation of the murder of Angela Black Dr. Ross went home to take a shower. When Dr. Ross got out of the shower she found Harry standing in her living room. The computer in Harry's neck was somehow malfunctioning and shocking him every few minuites. When the computer shocked him enough times it would cause a siezure. After a few minuites of talking to Dr. Ross, Harry had ...
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Macbeth The Cursed Play
Number of Words: 608 / Number of Pages: 3
... again for nearly a century. The day of its
London revival in 1703 was noteworthy for one of the most severe storms in
English history. Because of its blasphemous content, the play was blamed
for the storm's calamities, and Queen Anne ordered a week of prayer during
which all theaters were closed.
A catalogue of disasters
Over the next two centuries the disasters continued, the curse taking its
greatest toll after the Astor Place riots in New York City in 1849. During
a performance of Macbeth by British actor William Charles Macreadyk,
supporters of his American rival, Edwin Forrest, clas ...
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Paradise Lost
Number of Words: 689 / Number of Pages: 3
... and being armed is the worst thing possible? I think not. What about when we laid in the burning lake? That surely was worse. What if the air that keeps those hot fires going blew seven times as hard and covered us in flames? Or if, from above, vengeance's arm should come down upon us and plague us? What if all of the holes in Hell were opened and fire shot out of every crevasse? War, I think, is a bad idea. How can we overthrow the being who knows everything and sees everything? All of our motions would be in vain. Should we live this life and suffer here? My advice is to stay here. T ...
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Money Is The Root Of All Evil
Number of Words: 603 / Number of Pages: 3
... but in a hatred for people; and if the evilest of the evil isn’t rooted in money then how can it be stated that money is the cause of all evil.
By definition, evil is causing harm, injurious, or a cause of suffering. Tom was subject to an evil that is ever present in today’s society, loving someone that cannot cross economic boundaries for love. Daisy originally loved Tom, but she was so infatuated with money that she could not see past Tom’s lack thereof. A love that seemed to be eternal ruined by money. Daisy is, by the above definition of it, evil. She causes great suffering on Tom’s behalf, ther ...
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A Pair Of Tickets
Number of Words: 631 / Number of Pages: 3
... the same luxuries that many Americans are fortunate to have. She later found out that she was totally wrong.
Right from the beginning she was surprised as she arrived at the train station where she saw crowds of people wearing drab Western clothes, as she described, with spots of bright colors and old ladies in gray tops and pants that stop mid-calf. She had to remind herself that she was in China because, while waiting in line to go through customs, she felt like she was in San Francisco. Even the skyline of downtown Guangzhou, from a distance to her, looked like a major American city with high rise ...
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Richard II
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... is to venge my Gloucester's death." (I, ii, 35-36)
Richard could have allowed Bolingbroke and Mowbray to fight to the death, but if he had allowed this and if Bolingbroke had won, Richard's full part in the murder could be exposed. On the other hand, if Mowbray had won, Richard would be in debt to him even more so than he already was. The only other option was to exile both Bolingbroke and Mowbray, stopping both from exposing Richard's part in the murder.
Richard chooses at first to allow them to fight to the death "... Your lives will answer it, / At Coventry upon St. Lambert's Day" (I, i, 19 ...
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