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Shakespear In Love
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... on while Shakespeare thinks the
young boy is the nephew of the nurse of viola but on a boat ride back to the castle
Shakespeare finds out that the young boy is but the viola who he has fell in love with.
Shakespeare follows her and this is where he sleeps with her. Then for the rest of the
rehearsal’s the two are both knowing that they are in love. But, viola is to be married to a
rich man who has permission of the queen to marry her. Viola is heart broken but, she
goes on with the play. The two make the play “Romeo and Juliet” from their own love
experiences together. ...
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Cymbeline
Number of Words: 714 / Number of Pages: 3
... be the
rightful man for Imogen. Not only are they sold on the idea, but Cloten is
as well. He tries every second he can to, in some way, try and do
something to look great in front of her. His life, sadly, revolves around
trying to do what his mother thinks is right and winning Imogen's
affections. Much to his dismay she is not only annoyed, but uninterested.
Giacomo is the next in line to hurt Imogen. With the bet he made
with Posthumus in mind, he tries to woo his way into Imogen's heart and her
bedroom. He is a very sly and rude character who will do whatever he can
to get ...
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Every Gain There Is A Loss
Number of Words: 1014 / Number of Pages: 4
... ability to see color, to smell, or hear music. All in order to keep peace and avoid conflict. After dinner, families are forced to discuss their feeling with another and not allowed to keep any secrets. But this boy, Jonas, realizes just how shallow these people are. They claim anger, but have never felt the blood-boiling rage of a fatal injustice. They profess sorrow, but have never lost anything dear to them. Indeed, they've never been endeared to anyone or anything. Such a bland society isn't really living. They're existing, but without emotions or struggles, there's no meaning to that exist ...
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Les Miserables
Number of Words: 1332 / Number of Pages: 5
... the same time, must meet increasing finances for her daughter from the Thenardiers. Fantine looks for money and does everything possible such as selling her hair, her central incisors, and then turns to prostitution. She is arrested one day but is saved by Madeleine. Fantine moves in with Madeleine and gets very sick. Fantine wants to see her daughter which Madeleine promises her that he will bring her to her before she dies.
However, Madeleine has some problems of his own. A man gets arrested under the name of Jean Valjean and is about to be condemned for his crimes. After a night of de ...
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The Taming Of The Shrew
Number of Words: 1012 / Number of Pages: 4
... in the society of the late sixteenth century and of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a society to be accepted in it. Although the play ends with her outwardly conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind. Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still retains her assertiveness.
Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by having Christopher Sly believe he is someone he is not and t ...
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The Invisible Man 2
Number of Words: 2394 / Number of Pages: 9
... speech he is planning to give expresses the view that humility is the essence of progress. Subconsciously, the words of his grandfather prevent him from truly believing the thesis of his own speech, but he gives it anyway. Instead of being shown respect for his work, however, he is humiliated by being made to fight blind-folded against other young black men, and then being shocked by an electrified rug. He pretends not to be angered by these events, yet his true feelings escape him for a moment when, while he is reading his speech, he accidentally says "Social equality," instead of "Social responsibil ...
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King Lear Analyzing A Tragic H
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... Because of his good qualities, we experience pity for him and feel that he does not deserve the severity of his punishment. His actions are not occasioned by any corruption or depravity in him, but by an error in judgment, which, however, does arise from a defect of character. Lear has a "tragic flaw" - egotism. It is his egotism in the first scene that causes him to make his error in judgment - the division of his kingdom and the loss of Cordelia. Throughout the rest of the play, the consequences of this error slowly and steadfastly increase until Lear is destroyed. There must be a change in the ...
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Superstitions In Huckleberry F
Number of Words: 740 / Number of Pages: 3
... is here. Jim gets a hair-ball
that is the size of a fist that he took from an ox's stomach. Jim
asks the hair-ball; Why is Pap here? But the hair-ball won't answer.
Jim says it needs money, so Huck gives Jim a counterfeit quarter.
Jim puts the quarter under the hair-ball. The hair-ball talks to Jim
and Jim tells Huck that it says. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what
he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he
spec he'll stay. De bes' way is tores' easy en let de ole man take
his own way. Dey's two angles hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv'em is ...
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of Words: 298 / Number of Pages: 2
... actions are
determined by his position until he deserts the army.
Floating down the river with barely a hold on a piece of
wood his life, he abandons everything except Catherine and
lets the river take him to a new life that becomes
increasing difficult to understand.
The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book that
set a tone of ugliness in the world that was only dotted
with pure love like Henry's and Cat's and I knew the story
couldn't end with bliss in the slopes of Montreux. In a
world where the abstracts of glory, honor, and sacrifice
meant little to F ...
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Lord Of The Flies 4 -
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... , but they were tormented also. The tormenting eventually led to the killing of others who weren't in the group.
III. CHARACTERS
I believe there are two main characters in the book. One of them is Ralph, for his coolness and consideration, and another is Jack, for his leadership roll. Another reason I picked Jack and Ralph as main characters is because they have a conflict throughout the whole story.
1. Ralph
Ralph is a medium sized, fair haired, boy, seemingly of about 12 years of age, making him one of the older boys in the story or a "bigun". He was the first person focused on in the ...
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