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All My Sons- Arthur Miller
Number of Words: 485 / Number of Pages: 2
... inner circle, the only world that Keller allows himself to recognize. When Keller sees that his inner circle is only a tiny speck in the greater outer circle - and that those people, whom he thought were unrelated to him, were actually all his sons - he takes his own life, an acceptable ending for the reader.
As Miller's play ends, the personal beliefs of each character come into question. Chris is forced to look at his father, and his father's guilt, in the harsh light of reality for the first time. ‘Father' had always meant the personification of goodness and infallibility to Chris. When re ...
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Socialist Utopia In Nineteen E
Number of Words: 1501 / Number of Pages: 6
... of revolt, as these purposes soon become exact opposite outcomes. The original designers seek to create an ideal social order out of England that is beneficial to all. Marin Kessler, a literary essayist, agrees that these “utopians…had hoped to construct a perfect society in which men and women could enjoy that ultimate degree of happiness which, it was implied denied through the folly and wickedness of their present rulers” (304). Besides being founded on the concept of a Utopia, the revolutionaries believe they could achieve their goals through Ingsoc, a variation on English soc ...
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Georgians Transformation
Number of Words: 850 / Number of Pages: 4
... [the birthmark] there in token of the magic endowments that were to give her such sway over all hearts” (Hawthorne 11). Georgiana’s casual approach towards the birthmark reveals while she answers “No, indeed,” when her husband asks her “has it never occurred to you [Georgiana] that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?” (Hawthorne 10). Aylmer however visions the birthmark as Hawthorne says “small blue stains which sometimes occur in the purest statuary marble . . .” (11).
Later on “Georgiana soon learn(s) to shudder” as her husband ...
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The Crucible 10
Number of Words: 858 / Number of Pages: 4
... of her as a maid, and put her on the road. When she is talking to her uncle, Reverend Parris, she even mentions that “She [Elizabeth Proctor] hates me, uncle. It’s a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman...” (page 12). It is clear that Abigail is speaking with a jealous tone, and that Elizabeth only did what seemed to be the best way to keep her family together. Abigail, however, does not understand nor accept this, since she is deeply in love with John Proctor, and sees Elizabeth as her adversary.
Once the word “witchcraft” has fallen in Salem, the girls who ...
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Old Man And The Sea - Santiago Is Hemingway
Number of Words: 1122 / Number of Pages: 5
... lifestyle and Hemingway's cannot be ignored or passed off as coincidence because they are much too precise. Already, from these prominent identical traits it is evident that Hemingway modeled the character of Santiago after his own person.
Hemingway had a very characteristic view of life. He believed it was admirable to risk one's life in order to test one's limits. His love of bullfighting clearly demonstrated this. Raymond S. Nelson, Hemingway scholar, states, "He saw bullfighting as tragic ritual, and he lionized the better bullfighters as men who risked death every time they entered the ...
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Heart Of Darkness 5
Number of Words: 883 / Number of Pages: 4
... in which he is taken aback. This includes the travels through the marsh and swamp lands, the treatment of the natives, and the appearance of the new environment. When defining his surroundings he often uses transitions that revert back to the title of the work, allowing him to keep a theme of fear, death, and most significantly darkness. The setting is notably a major focus point in Conrad's work, and although time plays little role in the novel, the background encompasses much of the story line, and teaches the reader the conditions of the time period.
Heart of Darkness not only informs ...
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Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" And Poe's "Masque Of The Red Death": Elements And Techniques To Create And Convey The Theme
Number of Words: 429 / Number of Pages: 2
... goes off the people of the town are doing normal activities because
they don't know the bomb even went off. The people die from the bomb and
all but one house is left standing. Ray Bradbury uses the conflict man v.s.
nature to convey his theme that technology will outlive humans.
In The "Masque of the Red Death", Edgar Allen Poe conveys his
theme through the setting. The seven rooms of Prince Prospero's castle
symbolize the life of a person. The seven rooms of the castle are colored
coded with the last one being black which stands for death. Prince
Prosepero wanted to isolate himself from the peopl ...
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Oedipus The King
Number of Words: 908 / Number of Pages: 4
... by saying "This day will give you parents and destroy you" (Sophocles line 428), Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning. The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions.
According to Miller, a person who is great, who is admired everywhere, and needs this admiration to survive, has one of the extreme forms of narcissism, which is grandiosity. Grandiosity can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, and t ...
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Bloody Merdian
Number of Words: 793 / Number of Pages: 3
... man cannot dance and thus cannot live. Is this why the Kid must die in the end of the book? Because he had chosen to stray away from the fate the Judge had set for him and “elect therefore some opposite course (pp.330)?”
The opposite course the Kid elected for himself was one without pointless slaughter, and meaningless bloodshed. The kid wants desperately to get away from the “vast” and “broken” world of the desert and elects to complete his “circle” instead of staying out west. He chooses his own path out of the desert, one that “calls for the ...
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Canterbury Tales - Analysis Of Wife Of Bath
Number of Words: 1171 / Number of Pages: 5
... men*s hearts. Her husbands fell into two categories. The first category of husbands was: rich, but also old and unable to fulfill her demands, sexually that is. The other husbands were sexually vigorous, but harder to control. The first three were rich, old, and jealous. She tamed them by accusing them of promiscuous behavior, that she herself practiced. Her fourth husband had a mistress, so she "gave him a real cause for jealousy". Her fifth marriage was unhappy because her husband who is half of her age beats her. To anger her fifth husband, the wife of Bath tore three pages from his book. After th ...
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