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Little Women
Number of Words: 996 / Number of Pages: 4
... dies. By the end of the book, they really have turned from
little women into real women.
Jo was the second oldest of the four sisters. Her birth name was
Josephine, but she always thought that it sounded too feminine, so she
shortened it to Jo. Clearly, Jo was one of the main characters of the
story because many of the events centered on her and the audience learned
more about who she was. She was a tomboy at heart and hated all the prim
and proper ways of the ladies in those days. Jo was very blunt in her
speaking and always said exactly what was on her mind. However, most
peopl ...
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Romeo And Juliet - Mercutio
Number of Words: 1414 / Number of Pages: 6
... lie "in bed asleep, they do dream things true" (I, iv, 52).
This suddenly launches Mercutio into a speech that alters the entire pace of the scene. Up to now, the conversation has been typical of a group of people walking through the streets-short phrases, a generally relaxed mood. With Mercutio's words, "O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you!" he plunges into a forty-two line speech which is actually composed of only two sentences, giving him barely enough breath to pause between phrases. The gist of the speech concerns Mab, whom Celtic mythology considered to be the midwife of the fairi ...
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Martin Williams' Play: "Past Meridian"
Number of Words: 488 / Number of Pages: 2
... straight and defined as was his southern accent. Finally,
his father was an alcoholic who abused him, therefore he was loyal to his
mother. All of these aspects define the character of Tennessee Williams.
Ernest Hemingway was a man who believes that he differs greatly from
Tennessee Williams, but comes to realize that they share a common battle.
Ernest Hemingway was depicted as a man who enjoys being a traditional man -
- drinking beer and relaxing as a male on this earth. On the other hand
Tennessee Williams is a very straight-laced and smooth-talking individual
who is not fond of beer. In co ...
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The Great Gatsby The American
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... before he could move from his door the business was over. The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend. Michaelis wasn't even sure of it's color---he told the first policeman that it was light green. The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick, dark blood with the dust."Pg.144-145). For all this he got for all his h ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 1134 / Number of Pages: 5
... such as any other case that he had ever dealt with before, for he new that this one would most likely change his life. The reason: Tom Robinson was a Negro. At the time, segregation was very common among the citizens of his town, and therefore he knew that he stood no chance in winning this indictment, especially based upon the fact that Robinson was charged with a transgression such as rape. Atticus was courageous in this situation for many different reasons, but mainly because he stood up for what he believed in; in this case it was that blacks should have equal rights as whites in a court ...
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If I Cant Have Her, No One Can
Number of Words: 690 / Number of Pages: 3
... the girl and Barry, the old woman is informed that she must hand over the girl. Feeling helpless and having no control over the situation, she feels forced to make a major decision to prevent the young girl from, what she feels, would be a grave predicament.
Old Woman Magoun most likely feels responsible for Lily’s situation and her own daughter’s demise and has learned to fear men as a result of it. She fears the girl’s father because he represents the part of herself that she cannot control, Lily. She has no choice but to give up her granddaughter and she cannot bear to lose her ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird 2 ---
Number of Words: 369 / Number of Pages: 2
... Children played
games making fun of him because he never came out of his house.
Boo came to Jem and Scouts rescue when they were attcaked by
Bob Ewell going home from the Halloween Party. Its very easy to
make assumptions about other people who they do not know about.
People viewed him according to what they had heard. Its easy for
one false rumor to spread into something that hurts one
individual’s identity.
The characters were thought to be outcasts just because of
skin color and just simply becasue they are not the same. If these
two individuals on a inner or personal lev ...
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A Picture Of Dorian Gray: Basil's Life Changes As Related To Wilde's Opinion On Art
Number of Words: 883 / Number of Pages: 4
... "Price Paradox." Although Dorian and
Basil end up hating each other, they do enjoy meeting each other for the
first time. Basil finds something different about Dorian. He sees him in
a different way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to
Basil, but he is also gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love
with him and begins to paint the picture.
Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about
it, including Dorian, because he knows that there is too much of himself in
it. Lord Henry discovers the painting and asks Basil why he will not
display ...
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The Souls Of Black Folk
Number of Words: 2105 / Number of Pages: 8
... on the premise that "one may know the soul of the race by knowing the soul of one of its members."
In effect, Du Bois seeks to expose his own soul through his tribulations as a black American. But he speaks of a double consciousness whereby the Negro can only see himself through the "revelation of the other world." That is, of white America. He makes a distinction between the American soul and the Negro soul as the two "warring and conflicting parts of the African American identity, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder"(5). In this paper I will explore Du Bois' concept ...
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Loves Alchemy
Number of Words: 947 / Number of Pages: 4
... This would be analogous to alchemists, who, after many attempts, have been able to extract gold from other metals. Due to the diction that Donne uses and the manner in which he expresses himself in these two lines, it is possible to extract their sexual meaning that serves to ridicule the claims and means of the Platonists as well as the alchemists. The words “digged love’s mine” can be interpreted as the sexual act. And when combined with line 2, we can interpret these two lines as saying that true happiness lies in sexual pleasure. It seems as if Donne is implying that the Platonis ...
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