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Macbeth - Summary
Number of Words: 811 / Number of Pages: 3
... there are quite a few similes in this scene, which have no real effect except to provide a few simple images for the reader.
Act IV Scene III
Context: This scene's purpose is to give the reader a feeling of how much is being built up against Macbeth. There is a great contrast in this scene because it opens with despair, and ends in friendship and confidence.
Language: Incredible amounts of contrast in this scene in the language.
The first part is all about evil, despair, and crime. The second part is about courage, and hope and confidence. Many metaphors in this scene:
"I think our country sink ...
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Friend Green Tomatoes
Number of Words: 1275 / Number of Pages: 5
... Idgie takes his passing with difficulty: "You never saw anybody hurt so much. I thought she would die right along with him" (Flagg, p.37). Another example of the love felt within a family is Stump (Buddy Jr.), who is Ruth's son, Ruth herself, and Idgie. Stump's father is murdered, and grows up with Ruth and Idgie as his parents. Ruth and Idgie do everything possible to try and keep Stump happy. In fact, when Stump is feeling self-conscious about being with a female in the sexual sense, it is Idgie who arranges for him to have intercourse with a friend of hers: "'It's just that I'm scared, Aunt Idg ...
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American Dream, The Great Gats
Number of Words: 262 / Number of Pages: 1
... who fulfills the American Dream; being rich. Her lifestyle revolves around money. It is impossible to imagine her without it. When observing Daisy, it is natural for the reader to experience envy. She has a rich husband, owns a beautifully furnished home, and has a lovely daughter. Who could ask for more? Daisy can. She is in love with an old acquaintance, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is an incredibly rich man, who attempts to win his love with his money. He knows that without his money, his chance with Daisy is impossible.
Excluding the Wilson’s, each character is given the easy path of life. Money br ...
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Our World Or Brave New World
Number of Words: 1888 / Number of Pages: 7
... to determine whether these new realities of life will enhance life, or if they will cause the destruction of society and life as we know it. When thinking of progress, most people think of advances in the scientific fields, believing that most discoveries and technologies are beneficial to society. Are these advances as beneficial as most people think? In the novel Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley, warns readers that scientific advances can be a threat to society. This is particularly evident in the fields of biology, technology and psychology.
One scientific advance of which Huxley warns re ...
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The Chimmney Sweeper
Number of Words: 436 / Number of Pages: 2
... of woe." It is very obvious the sweeper’s feels hate towards his parents for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making himself look happy and satisfied.
It is clear in the last Stanza that Blake’s criticizing the Church , especially, and the state for letting a lot of these things happen. During this time many children were dying from being, either, worked to death or from malnutrition. Neither the state or the church did anything to stop this and is obviously why Blake feels so much anger towards them. The sweeper’s parents are really no help towards their ...
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Sexuality In Wiseblood
Number of Words: 1239 / Number of Pages: 5
... with curiosity. So badly he wanted to view this "EXclusive" show. After glancing at the body, he first thought that it was a skinned animal. When he realized what it was, he at once left the tent, ashamed, and perhaps frightened of the object before his eyes.
Hazel’s reaction was not unnatural. The sight with which he was confronted would invoke both fear and embarassment within most ten-year-olds. Not only was the body nude, but it was inside a casket as well. The author parallels this vulgar display of sexuality with death itself. But Hazel reacted to more than just the sight of the object. He ...
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Slavery Reparations Are Wrong
Number of Words: 1697 / Number of Pages: 7
... nor that they are not worthy of reparations, but that
perhaps reparations are not an adequate solution to this situation, and
indeed will only serve to worsen.
Africa is a continent in dire straits. European colonization and
colonialism damaged the native structure and society - some might say that
this simply proves that European man caused, and ought to pay for, the
damages done to Africa and her people. However, I would argue that simply
placing a 'band-aid' blanket over Africa, would serve only to mask their
problems, and relieve us of our guilt. It was this same attitude that the
early ...
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Cyrano De Bergerac - Book Revi
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... that she loves Christian. He promises
that he will help teach Christian. Cyrano also is known as a hero
because he saved his friend and fought off over a dozen men.
Cyrano meets Christian and tells him that he will help him win
Roxane.
The next night, Cyrano and Christian meet at Roxane's
balcony. However, Christian refuses to take a letter Cyrano wrote
for him to give to Roxane. Christian tries to explain to Roxane
that he loves her but she gets mad at him. Cyrano then helps
Christian win a kiss at her balcony by telling him what to say to
Roxane. DeGuiche is a general ...
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Odysseus Vs. Achilleus
Number of Words: 458 / Number of Pages: 2
... their army. This shows that Odysseus was smarter and cleverer than Achilles. Odysseus also showed cunning when he came up with the plot to defeat Troy, using the Trojan Horse.
Odysseus fought bravely throughout the entire Trojan War, whereas Achilles spent quite awhile in his tent pouting after Agamemnon kidnapped his prize maiden, Chryseis. He also lets his best friend, Patroclus, go into battle alone to die by Hector's spear. It takes a great loss like this for Achilles to get up and fight again. Even then he was not fighting out of bravery, but purely out of anger, with the desire of reve ...
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Of Mice And Men 5
Number of Words: 1940 / Number of Pages: 8
... reading background was both varied and intense, but he couldn't adjust to the disciplines necessary for a college degree, and never graduated. He had gone to college at Stanford University for five years, but also worked on ranches, and had a variety of other jobs. In the process he met friends that would later be characters in his novels.
In one of Steinbeck's weaker books he put in a statement that which he believed was true while he was growing up: "Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try" (Gray 50). Steinbeck tries to tell people that man owes something to ma ...
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