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The House On Mango Street
Number of Words: 714 / Number of Pages: 3
... gullibility is obvious when Cathy tells Esperanza
that "...[her] father will have to fly to France one day and find
her...cousin...and inherit the family house. How do I know this is so?
She told me so.". Another error in trusting others is that Esperanza
is susceptible to betrayal. In 'Red Clowns' Esperanza is betrayed by
Sally because Sally told Esperanza that the circus would be a fun
experience, but instead she was raped. Esperanza blames Sally, the
magazines, and the movies for lying to her about the circus. Esperanza
is a very idealistic person. She assumes every ...
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The Spirit Catches You And You
Number of Words: 921 / Number of Pages: 4
... all of her other children slept undisturbed a few feet away, and woke only when they heard the cry of their newborn brother or sister. After each birth, Nao Kao cut the umbilical cord with heated scissors and tied it with string. After the birth, Foua washed the baby with water she had carried from the stream earlier that day. Foua conceived, carried, and bore all her children with ease. If there were any problems, she would use a variety of remedies that were commonly used by the Hmong culture. Some Hmong couples chose to not conceive. Some Hmong woman could even also take certain precautions to av ...
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Boll's "The Laugher"
Number of Words: 340 / Number of Pages: 2
... The laugher's married life is not like any others. Boll writes "
During the first years of our married liek my wife would often say too me "
Do Laugh !"" This quote show that his wife never heard his real life. She
had always heard his " fake " laugh. She is telling him to laugh on
purpose. She is encouraging him to laugh so the she can hera his " real "
laugh. Boll writes " SO our marriage is a quiet, peaceful one, because my
has also forgotten how to laugh: now and again I catch her smiling and I
smile too." This quote protrays that they have never seen eeach other smile.
This shows that they h ...
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Phyllis Wheatley
Number of Words: 1392 / Number of Pages: 6
... of a higher force. And in that, they are hoping to find freedom in
knowing that their lives are less empty and without direction.
It may seem that we can hardly relate the televangelist audience of the 20th Century to
poetic views on Christianity of the 18th Century, but surprisingly, there lies many similarities
between the two.. Both Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley appeal to Christianity after their
own personal tragedies. These women, like the many viewers who watch Church-TV everyday, have
lost everything and are left with nothing. In an attempt to fill the void in their lives, ...
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Balder: God Of Light, Joy, Purity, Beauty, Innocence, And Reconciliation
Number of Words: 444 / Number of Pages: 2
... ask for an
oath. Loki immediately left for the west and returned with the mistletoe. He
tricked Balder's blind twin brother Hod to shoot with a mistletoe fig. Not
knowing what he did, Hod threw the fig, guided by Loki's aim, and Balder fell
dead, pierced through the heart.
While the gods were lamenting over Balder's death, Odin sent his other son
Hermod to Hel, the goddess of death, to plead for Balder's return. Hel agreed to
send Balder back to the land of the living on one condition: everything in the
world, dead or alive, must weep for him. And everything wept, except for Loki
(who had disguised ...
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Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
Number of Words: 1189 / Number of Pages: 5
... of two women of
"ripe but well-cared-for middle age," it becomes clear that stereotypes are at
issue (Wharton 1116). This mild description evokes immediate images of demure
and supportive wives, their husbands' wards. Neither woman is without her
"handsomely mounted black handbag," and it is not until several paragraphs into
the piece that Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley even acquire first names (1117). Thus,
without even disclosing any of the ladies' thoughts to the reader, Wharton has
already revealed a great deal of their personal worlds. They live in a society
which expects women to act largely ...
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Journey Of The Magi
Number of Words: 1291 / Number of Pages: 5
... as the determination to avoid them in the future." In the first stanza, this "spiritual sorrow" is apparent by the contrast Eliot uses, of the Magi’s difficult journey. In fact, the central focus of criticism has been on the journey; the "cold coming" (line 1) during "the worst time of the year" (line 2), emphasising the climatic statement of the stanza: "A hard time we had of it" (line 16). The Magus talks of their sorrowful past life of ease, the times they "regretted…the silken girls bringing sherbet" (lines 8-10), and in the same way that the ...
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Comparison Of Augustus And Beo
Number of Words: 2663 / Number of Pages: 10
... was filled with pride while accomplishing all that he did. He remained true to his units and they thought too thought of their leader as a great leader and hero. Some might say he was the best they ever had. All of these characteristics can be seen through the eyes of those who lived during his time. An intelligent leader was what they saw. Augustus too saw these qualities in himself as well. He was not a boastful man, however leadership qualities such as his were hard to ignore.
Emperor Augustus of Rome was born with the given name Octavian. He took the name Gaius Caesar Octavianus afte ...
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Antigone 5
Number of Words: 766 / Number of Pages: 3
... Creon was warned about this and later found the culprit. He issued the death sentence for Antigone’s action. Creon informed his son, Haemon, of his fiancee’s deceit. Haemon, however, defended his beloved. He told his father that the whole city was on her side, but were afraid to say anything. He was instead accused of “being a woman’s accomplice”, “fighting on her side, the woman’s side.” Creon continued to threaten him with witnessing the execution of Antione. She was to “die, now here, in front of his eyes, beside her groom!” Haemon ...
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Guilt As Reparation For Sin In
Number of Words: 5522 / Number of Pages: 21
... day after Hawthorne’s funeral, in May 1864, [Ralph Waldo] Emerson wrote in his journal: ‘I thought him a greater man than any of his works betray…’” (Martin 37). Hawthorne, however, was not so well thought of by people who did not know him well. Someone who would rather be creative and write than have a “real job” was not very well respected in Hawthorne’s day. A writer who wrote fictional tales was even less respected than an author who wrote of actual events was. These unjustified opinions of writers influenced Nathaniel Hawthorne throughout his ...
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