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The Devils Of Loudun, By Aldou
Number of Words: 2345 / Number of Pages: 9
... described exemplify themes that dominated his polemical novels and celebrated essays: present is the issue of man’s ‘ongoing obsession’ with self-transcendence which was so pertinent in the excellent, infamous ‘Doors of perception’; the dilemma that recurs throughout his fiction, that of the cloistered and suppressed mind dealing with passionate human emotion, is here in extremis. On a functional level, ‘The Devils of Loudun’ seeks to oppose humankind’s tendency towards hypocrisy, malice and self denial, and expose some of the terrible results of tho ...
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Canterbury Tales - In And Out
Number of Words: 1804 / Number of Pages: 7
... (5). Life forms, first grain and then birds, grow organically from these bricks of the earth. The poet creates a chain of existence molded into a comfortable hirearchy that culminates in "smale foweles maken melodye" (9) after the mountain of nature from which they were born jabs them into action. Man drops onto this finely constructed reality from an unrelated angle. The poet explains that Men, like birds, find Spring’s call irresistable and, "Thanne longen…to goon on pilgrimages" (12). However, people do not arise from the same flow of the narrative. Rather, they relate to it by f ...
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Ordinary Men
Number of Words: 1620 / Number of Pages: 6
... Many were in their late 30s, too old for active army duty, but just right for police duty. They were old enough to know of political ideology other than that of the Nazi party, even though most were members.
Without a doubt, the men of this battalion greatly contributed to the final solution. The first action the 101st Battalion was order to do took place in Józefów. They went into the town and were ordered to "shoot anyone trying to escape" and "those that were too sick or frail to walk to the marketplace, as well as infants and anyone offering resistance or attemptin ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 479 / Number of Pages: 2
... connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast…" Collins isn't wealthy, but all that Charlotte wants, he can give her. This marriage is by far the most convenient of the novel. Another great example of a marriage of convenience is Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. This convenient marriage is not as easily seen, though one notices how formal they are with each other. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet don't seem to like each other at all. This seems to be very far from Jane Austen's view of marriage, though.
The third reason for marriage is love. Althoug ...
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In Cold Blood
Number of Words: 1672 / Number of Pages: 7
... matters very much to the symbolism of the plot.
The novel begins on the day that the murders take place. The Clutter family is going about their daily chores. Nancy, the town sweetheart, is contemplating about how she is to get all of her chores finished. Her father, brother, and mother are carrying on as they usually would on a Saturday morning. They are an extremely happy family that holds grudges with no one. Capote introduces the audience to the family on a personal level.
Just outside of the small town of Holcomb, Kansas awaits a man named Dick. He is waiting for a friend of h ...
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Essay About Odysseus, Adonis, And Thor
Number of Words: 1504 / Number of Pages: 6
... gods or from other mortals. Jason did not hesitate to ask for help from the
princess Medea. Odysseus accepted help from a simple sheep herder in order to
reclaim his home. Although these two heroes had similar adventures and shared
similar qualities, they were very different.
The first difference we notice between these two heroes is their lineage. Like
most Greek heroes, Jason was a direct descendant of the gods. Odysseus on the
other hand was not. He was a member of the Royal House of Athens and not divine
as were many of his peers and relatives. Odysseus was also more compassionate
than Jason. Ja ...
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The Great Gatsby 3
Number of Words: 670 / Number of Pages: 3
... she would succeed in the first place, giving up all her morals for the wealthy.
Undoubtedly, Tom and Daisy Buchanan exceedingly demonstrate the wealthy class’s lack of integrity. Their lives are filled with material comforts and luxuries and completely empty of true purpose. Daisy’s lament is especially indicative of this:
“What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that? And the next thirty years?”
Daisy also exhibits her shallowness when she is too restless to wait for her ‘love’, Gatsby, to return from he war, and she marries Tom. Her m ...
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Dreams
Number of Words: 674 / Number of Pages: 3
... about what could happen in the future or are an interpretation of
things that have passed. These, like almost all other dreams have significance
as a result of bodily rejuvenation processes. This type of dream has a
significance I believe in helping the person have the feeling of a good sleep,
where things have, if not in some bazaar way, been resolved.
The third type of dream is one which makes great and perfect sense to
the dreamer but doesn't have any real meaning. An example of this is dreaming
that you are flying. Although you know what you are doing, and are
comprehending this, it reall ...
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Monkey
Number of Words: 512 / Number of Pages: 2
... to acquire more than the apparent limit is more understandable to the audience, because human beings are able to empathize with this greed felt by .
All people fight with human nature to alter the natural phenomenon that occurs in life. In comparison, struggles to alter nature by demanding immortality. Human beings struggle to change nature in order to achieve higher status in society or personal satisfaction. seeks immortality to prevent nature from taking its course so that he may be able to rule his kingdom forever. Readers are able to better understand ’s adventure to find the impossib ...
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The Many Aspects Of Streets
Number of Words: 632 / Number of Pages: 3
... ends, leading to nothing but tees and houses. What a street leads to also affects the amount of activity the street has. When a street ends with only houses, as in a neighborhood, often the travelers on the road live there. Therefore, main streets and routes have much more activity because they lead to places. Each of these factors determines the form of a functioning street.
Streets also have uses and purposes, mostly for the local community. People build houses along streets so they develop into communities. Roads are used as gateways and help people communicate by enabling them to be in contac ...
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