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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 1413 / Number of Pages: 6
... he has made about her, she is anything but drawn to the man.
"Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him.(pg.12)"
The two seem destined to become worst enemies, in fact they seem to become anything but a couple in love, which is exactly what they end up to be.
Soon after their original meeting at the ball, Elizabeth and Darcy’s paths cross again. This time it is at the home of the Bingleys where Darcy is staying, and where Elizabeth comes to visit Jane, her ill sister. When Darcy see her this time, his reaction to her is quite diff ...
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Making Decisions
Number of Words: 438 / Number of Pages: 2
... important decision someone must make is if or when to get married. When someone feels that it is the right time for them to make such a serious commitment many questions may enter their mind. They must decide if they feel they are ready to spend the rest of their life with someone. Also, if they can financially, mentally, and emotionally support another person. Getting married is a tremendous decision in ones life that must be thought through completely before that decision is made.
One other significant decision in a person’s life is whether or not to start a family. With having children man ...
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An Appreciation Of The Poem Di
Number of Words: 1930 / Number of Pages: 8
... about this. A certain level of courage accompanies his ambition as well. As a noble he is an active one, fighting against the rebel hordes and Norwegians in defense of his king, no doubt for the purpose of gaining notoriety and other rewards. This is further illustrated by his gracious acceptance of credit for his deeds. He is a political figure in the highest sense, and show ambition in this way. However, there is no sign of him altering his course of loyal nobleman until outside influences begin to intercede. The people with greatest impact on Macbeth are the witches, his wife and Lady, and King ...
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Indian Boarding School
Number of Words: 1597 / Number of Pages: 6
... general. With that fact, the reader must remember that although the words are from the runaways' point of view, there are not necessarily any real runaways.
From the point of view at which this is told, the runaways are eager to find their way home. They do not necessarily really try to runaway, it may just be in their fantasies, "Home's the place we head for in our sleep." (line 1). The first use of personification is in the line, "The rails, old lacerations that we love,"(line 4). It is not yet quite clear why Erdrich would compare the train tracks with old lacerations until the lines, "shoot paral ...
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Dust Over The City
Number of Words: 1563 / Number of Pages: 6
... newly wed and the problems that each other face may or may not be normal.
Alain and Madeline were a very unhappy married couple and there were many things underlying their true feeling about each other. This is proved when Madeline meets someone. Alain is confronted with this great big beast of a man who works in a bare and owns the restaurant. The only thing Alain could do to survive the marriage and win Madelines live back was to fight back despite the unequal balance and size of strength and the poor odds of winning. When the author writes "The man was the size of a great black bear ...
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Decartes
Number of Words: 781 / Number of Pages: 3
... of material substance that provokes thought within him rather than it being conceived in his mind completely independent of anything else. Descartes then considers those reasons that have inclined him to believe these material things exist in the past.
“I know by experience that these ideas do not depend upon my will, nor consequently upon myself, for often I notice them against my will... I feel heat, and therefore I believe that this feeling or idea of heat comes to me from something other than myself, namely from the fire I am near. Nothing is more obvious than the judgment that this o ...
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Prometheus
Number of Words: 1156 / Number of Pages: 5
... a son, and naming him . He had a brother who was named Atlas. (Encyclopedia Americana, 576) (Picture taken from Microsoft Encarta, 1998)
isn’t really in charge of anything, except bringing fire to mankind and creation on man. When responsibilities were handed out, was left out, possibly because he was a Titan, no one really knows.)
is recognized by his nudity, the stalk of fennel that he carried fire to mankind in, and the crown of sticks and leaves that sits atop his head. (Tripp, 439)
A giant, roaring fire symbolizes , most people understand why, and that is because he gave the gift of fire to ...
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The Scarlet Letter 2
Number of Words: 401 / Number of Pages: 2
... he is actually dead. He knew what he did is wrong he just could not tell anyone because he was ashamed of it, but this is not saying that he’s not in love with Hester because that’s why it happened. That is his second punishment being denied the wish of spending the rest of their lives together.
Chillingworth committed the worst sin out of all of them. He wanted to get back at Dimmesdale so he was trying to commit revenge. In fact his punishment for this was watching Dimmesdale dye but not by any fault of his own but by the secret he had kept from everyone else. Chillingworth fate was to ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 1048 / Number of Pages: 4
... brotherly love, and such-like…" (Twain 90).
Huck with his anti-society attitude, you would presume that he would have no problem in helping Jim. Yet he fights within himself about turning over Jim to the authorities, by this action within Huck shows that he must have feelings that slavery is correct so that the racial bigotry of the time may be seen. This decision for Huck is monumental even though he makes it on the spot. He has in a way decided to turn his back on everything that "home" stands for, this allows us to leave our thought of bigotry behind and begin to see Jim for what he rea ...
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Brave New World
Number of Words: 979 / Number of Pages: 4
... instead of collapsing the fragile social structure. At the beginning, Bernard was willing to give up his position in the new world so he could further his studies in finding a society more suited to his needs; but, in the end, he did not want to give up his rank and failed in finding an ideal society.
It becomes apparent that anyone who will not give up a major part of themself will fail in their quest for a greater society. John is not willing to give up anything, be it antiques to happiness. In the end, however, he ended up making the ultimate sacrifice— his life. By ending his li ...
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