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Conjure Woman
Number of Words: 1061 / Number of Pages: 4
... are made to perform undesirable labor. Occasionally these androids escape and attempt to blend in with human societies. Hence, bounty hunters such as Rick Deckard, are employed by the San Francisco police department. Rick and his wife Iran, are not satisfied with there lives and relationship. They have not achieved what they sought for in life, and it seems they both feel, at least partially, that the other is holding them back.
In the year 2021, the simple possession of a live animal is a large status symbol, not to mention a sanitary relief. Rick and Iran do own a sheep, yet, their sheep ...
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Behind The Urals
Number of Words: 1480 / Number of Pages: 6
... Russia was left with an entirely new system of thought in its government. This ideology viewed the working class and peasantry as the main citizens in their society, while the rich landowners were not nearly as powerful as they once were. Thus the workers of Magnitogorsk held a very important position as they had the responsibility to help the Soviet Union take flight as a country that could compete with other powerful countries of the world, all while working under the most inhumane conditions.
John Scott moved to the Soviet Union leaving the United States and in his eyes, its unsatisfactory ca ...
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Beowulf: A Hero With Courage, Strength, And Integrity
Number of Words: 434 / Number of Pages: 2
... creature Grendle, in
order to aid the Danes, whom are in the need of aid. Beowulf sits awake in
uncertainty of what comes in the depths of the everlasting night. This shows
that Beowulf has an uncanny amount of courage. He, as any human in this
predicament is obviously full of fear, but with courage he is able to control
this fear. As the infamous Grendle rushes towards Beowulf with great might, the
mighty Beowulf catches the viscous monsters claw and tears the whole limb from
its now empty socket. This definately shows a great amount of strength. To have
such great power to pull an arm from its soc ...
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Macbeth
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... was not. In ’s darkest hours, he
showed no sign of prudence and logic as he slayed king Duncan, and hired assassins to murder his friend Banquo. Macbeth displayed his temerity in act IV scene 1 saying,
"from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand. And even now, to crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done;"
Macbeth was no longer the logical, thinking man whom many admired. He had become reckless, acting with only his passion and not his mind. The tragedy of the murders he brought on fair Scotland was a direct result of this violation of the ...
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The Rocking-horse Winner
Number of Words: 391 / Number of Pages: 2
... horss and were able to win piles of money. This money he gave anomously to his mother to use for anything that was needed.
it was one night that Paul was riding his horse at full speed when suddenly a blaze of light hit him up. He screamed, "Malabar!" Then he fell off with a crash that would put him into unconsciousness; he never did recover from that fall. He died later that night.
Paul needed his rocking horse, without it he would never have felt that luck. Luck gave him a sense of worth that wold help him to know that he could succeed later in life. The rocking horse let him forget all his worries ...
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The Lost World Thesis
Number of Words: 1328 / Number of Pages: 5
... They come to a stream bed, where they are attacked by a group of unidentifiable animals. They capture and kill Diego, and Levine is nearly killed.
Malcom and his team of field researchers finally make it to the island - and Arby and Kelley stow away in one of the many high-tech trailers that they had taken on their expedition. After the first day or so goes smoothly, chaos breaks out. When three men, Dodgson, King, and Basselton decide to go to the island, thinking that no one has been there. They plan on stealing the dinosaur eggs and breeding them. In doing so, they cause a ruckus on the isla ...
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Colours Of The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 994 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the house she lives in. The Wilson's home is in "a valley of ashes... where
ashes take to form of houses and chimneys... a line of gray cars crawls along... the ash-gray men..." (Fitzgerald, 23) The author describes the part of the region in which Myrtle lives, as well as the other people of the lower class as this very hideous place full of pollution. Her life with Wilson is very colourless, she does not attended any parties with him like the rich people do. Myrtle wants colour and joy in her life and that is why she has a romance with Tom who is part of the upper class. Once she is with Tom ...
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Tess - Fatalism
Number of Words: 1871 / Number of Pages: 7
... doctrine that all things take place by inevitable necessity" (175). Fatalism is the idea that all actions are controlled by Fate, a primitive force that exists independent of human wills and outside of the controls of power of a supreme being such as God because God ultimately has no power; he is a creation of man who granted Him His power. Since He doesn't truly possess those powers, he is left without the ability to alter circumstances. In short, if one subscribes to this doctrine, you believe that Fate controls how things happen and God can do nothing to save you, even Tess. Overall, Tess seems to ...
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An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" And "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... a man preoccupied with the hidden sin which is illustrated in not only
the Scarlet Letter, but also in The Minister's Black Veil. One might even
say that Hawthorne's ancestry (Hathorne) is what he might consider his own
"Pearl", and this is why he changed his name.
Like Miller's the Crucible, The Scarlet Letter takes place in
Puritan Salem and has a tragic hero, but these are the only similarities
between the two great works.
In Miller's play, the tragic hero is John Proctor, a man whose
pride causes the demise of many women, tried as witches. Had Proctor
chosen to reveal his sin of lech ...
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The Loyalty Of Antigone To Bot
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... the hardships with Creon to see her father she loved so dearly. Their love was so strong for one another that she would do anything, even risk everything she had to please him. Antigone says in passion to her father "all you want, all will be done - I long for it,
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father, just as much as you" (Colonus 1254). Her sweet tender words flowed with belief in what her father wants and what will come true. She in a way encourages him and states that she wants the same due to how much she loves and respects him.
When Polynices enters in the location of Athens, Antigone takes it as a chance to help ...
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