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The Crucible
Number of Words: 2508 / Number of Pages: 10
... going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In , Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Another girl, Betty, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devi ...
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The Mariner's Letter To Victor
Number of Words: 419 / Number of Pages: 2
... monster, when I left you it was only a dream of yours. I have heard of all that has happen, from Justine to the De Lacey’s. I do seem to sympathize with you my friend, but you must understand that you are the cause of the horror. I have learned a lot in my travels, but the most important thing I have learned is the respect for all of God’s creations. All things need love and they need to know that they are wanted. You must take responsibility for what you have done and teach this monster to live in the world. He is alive, after all. I have also found out that you can’t play God. We are not kids ...
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Tragic Hero Sir Thomas More
Number of Words: 1031 / Number of Pages: 4
... to cause damage but to send a message across. Sir Thomas loves his family with all of his heart and he tries to give them all he can, he does this in ways like giving his daughter the best education in all the land and by giving his wife a nice home and material goods. Sir Thomas More is a man of great honour and in work in the court he comes across people who try to ruin his honour by offering bribes, which he turns down easily.
Sir Thomas More was living the life of his dreams, being a lawyer in the courtroom and being named Lord Chancellor of England by the King who had great trust in him; until ...
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Writing With Mechanics
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... tiny pinpoint of reflected light to prick the cellar's gloom…She went toward it like a woman hypnotized…her old trunk had held the curled-up body of a woman." Thus, the readers can relate to the character's feelings of fear and anticipation making them more drawn to the story and its outcome.
Making the difference between whether or not a piece of literature makes an impact on the reader, a main factor is wording, also known as, diction. The idea that one perceives from a situation in a story depends on the word choice. For instance, one walking up stairs is not equivalent to when "she almost ...
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Aids- Sleep With The Angels
Number of Words: 1451 / Number of Pages: 6
... she had contracted. Mary Fischer was an ex- TV producer and White House staffer, who became a model for the education of AIDS, as she was a single mom with two preschoolers, and one deadly virus. She was a devote Republican who was a speaker for the Republican Party for many years. Her long list of important friends ranged from George Bush, to Betty and President Ford. You could clearly see that this was a prominent and important person. She was not gay, she was not a drug user, and she did not sleep around, so to say Mary Fischer was everything but your typical HIV case was very accurate. Becaus ...
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The Pearl
Number of Words: 322 / Number of Pages: 2
... him is wrong, and he refuses to give in to that.
The main idea of the story is that good things can have bad effects. While its intentions were good, brought about the downfall of the protagonist. Due to the greed of dealers, and partly becasue of Kino's own lust for wealth, his son is killed and he loses almost everything he owns.
I beleive that this was a very good book. I enjoyed the variety and color with which Stienbeck portrayed his characters. The story itself was well written and I felt very close to the main characters of the book. ...
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Oedipus
Number of Words: 2651 / Number of Pages: 10
... by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta would not come true. was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the shepard spairing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own would have died. Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. meets up with a band of travelers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently has killed his own father. then answers the riddle of the sphinx and becomes king of Thebes. By becoming king ...
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“A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote
Number of Words: 638 / Number of Pages: 3
... be found in the simplicity of the three friends’ happiness. However, after this specific Christmas, Capote is forced to move out of his house and to leave his innocence behind.
The story is not purely self-serving because Capote uses this piece not only to revisit his memories of happier times, but to also evoke the memories of the readers. The theme of a loss of childhood innocence is one that many people can relate to, as well. However, Capote composed this piece using the observant eye of a youth juxtaposed against wisdom only gained with age.
An uncommon usage of colons is employed throughout hi ...
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Death Of A Salesman - A Dead End Dream
Number of Words: 994 / Number of Pages: 4
... things will get better as time passes. His habit of distorting the past, never allows Willy to realize what is going on right then and there in the present. At one time, when Willy goes off down memory lane, he "says" to Biff and Happy, "America is full of beautiful towns and fine, upstanding people. And they know me, boys…the finest people…there’ll be open sesame for all of us, ‘cause one thing boys: I have friends. I can park my car in any street…and the cops protect it like their own" (31). Willy makes this distortion of the past in order to make himself believe that he has ...
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Hamlet Character Analysis Of K
Number of Words: 1049 / Number of Pages: 4
... skills by diverting Young Fortinbrau’s revenge on Denmark and it’s citizens. The Fortinbrau issue helps Claudius to prove to the court that he is “most immediate to the throne”. Claudius also takes advantage of this opportunity for his own self-promotion.
Claudius had successfully gained the loyalty and respect of the court, his Queen and the state of Denmark. However, Claudius had not been able to gain any amount of loyalty and respect from Hamlet, his stepson and former nephew. Hamlet clearly does not accept his new “uncle-father” nor is he pleased wi ...
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