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A Doll House
Number of Words: 1475 / Number of Pages: 6
... to her character. Nora is oppressed by a variety of “tyrannical social conventions.” Ibsen in his "A Doll's House" depicts the role of women as subordinate in order to emphasize their role in society. Nora is oppressed by the manipulation from Torvald. Torvald has a very typical relationship with society. He is a smug bank manager. With his job arrive many responsibilities. He often treats his wife as if she is one of these responsibilities. Torvald is very authoritative and puts his appearance, both social and physical, ahead of his wife that he supposedly loves. Torvald is a man that is worr ...
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Comparison And Contrast Of Two Sermons, "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" And "A Message From Hell"
Number of Words: 1296 / Number of Pages: 5
... authors
deliver their sermons to foment the emotions of the audience to take
advantage of the situation and express the urgency of repentance.
Edwards and Andrews both preach of the darkness and terror in hell
and want to spread the word of Jesus Christ to ensure that those unsaved
can escape this trepidation of hell. Trying to inform the audience of the
same message, these two authors use different means of persuasion. While
Andrews expresses God's love and want for those to repent, Edwards uses
grisly details and preaches that God is angry and wants to castigate the
heinous sinners. Edwards inti ...
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Exotica - Character Analysis
Number of Words: 1700 / Number of Pages: 7
... as he portrays five principle characters, each with separate desires, and unifies them via the complex and tangled narrative in such a manner that by the end, these people are so tightly wound up together that if you took one away, their world would collapse. After the first few scenes of the film, we are taken to club Exotica where we are introduced to Francis (Bruce Greenwood), the tax auditor. At first, we assume he is a typical man seeking entertainment of a sexual nature from the young and innocent, (as depicted by her "school girl" ensemble) Christina (Mia Kirshner). However, as the story ...
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Ode To The West Wind
Number of Words: 1593 / Number of Pages: 6
... in Paradiso for the image to have an effect on the reader.
The various cycles of death and rebirth are examined with reference to the Maenads who were fabled to have destroyed Orpheus’s body and spread it around the world. This is the underlying theme to the poem with Shelley alluding to the breaking of Christ’s body on the cross and how that was essential for humanity to reach salvation. The onslaught of Autumn is the ‘Destroyer’ in one sense but also the ‘Preserver’ as it forms an intricate part of the cycle of life and death. Without the death of Jesus Christ the world would not have been saved a ...
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A Serialization Of The Charact
Number of Words: 1926 / Number of Pages: 8
... accompanies his ambition as well. As a noble he is an active one, fighting against the rebel hordes and Norwegians in defense of his king, no doubt for the purpose of gaining notoriety and other rewards. This is further illustrated by his gracious acceptance of credit for his deeds. He is a political figure in the highest sense, and show ambition in this way. However, there is no sign of him altering his course of loyal nobleman until outside influences begin to intercede. The people with greatest impact on Macbeth are the witches, his wife and Lady, and King Duncan of Scotland. The witches introduce ...
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Beloved, Unity In Community
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... the support (137). As if the weakness Baby was suffering from their disapproval was not enough, the family was hit with another blow, when Sethe was imprisoned. As Sethe is being taken away by the sheriff, the community who was already looking unfavorably upon the family's pride, asked the questions: "Was her head a bit too high? Her back a little too straight?" (152). These questions foreshadowed how, as long as 124 continued to be prideful, the community would keep their support withdrawn from the family that lived within. As a result, Baby Suggs, Sethe and the rest of the family was left to ...
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Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 1029 / Number of Pages: 4
... doing what he's done for a lifetime. When he reaches the point where he can no longer handle working, he doesn't realize it, he puts his life in danger as well a others just because he's pig-headed and doesn't understand that he has to give up on his dream. He complains about a lot of things that occur in everyday life, and usually he's the cause of the problems. When he has to pay for the repair bills on the fridge, he bitches a lot and bad mouths Charley for buying the one he should of bought. The car having to be repaired is only because he crashes it because he doesn't pay attention and/or is tryi ...
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Literature: Tool For The Masses To Grasp And Form Opinions On A Subject
Number of Words: 2838 / Number of Pages: 11
... This was Paine's first foray into the world of protest literature, and
it clearly whet his appetite. Paine soon became fascinated with the ongoing
hostility in Anglo-American relations, and, much to the dismay of his publisher,
could not seem to think of anything but. Therefore, in late 1775, Paine had
begun what was to become a 50-page Pamphlet known as Common Sense. In this work,
Paine stated that:
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is
but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer,
or are exposed to the same mise ...
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Madame Bovary
Number of Words: 547 / Number of Pages: 2
... truth throughout the novel. It is Emma’s early education, described for an entire chapter by Flaubert, that awakens in her a struggle against what she perceives as confinement. Her education at the convent is the most significant development in the novel between confinement and escape. Vince Brombert explains “that the convent is Emma’s earliest claustration, and the solitations from the outside world, or through the distant sound of a belated carriage rolling down the boulevards, are powerful allurements.” (383) At first, far from being bored, Emma enjoyed the company of the nuns; “the atmosphere of t ...
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1984 Reading Journal
Number of Words: 340 / Number of Pages: 2
... a couple more minutes before going back to work. He remenbers a dream where O'Brien tole him he would meet him in a place wher there is no darkness. He washes his hands and hides the diary
Reaction
Major ideas, conflicts and themes are introduced. We are shown how the earth has changed, into 3 main contenients. we are also introduced to the main character and how he fits into the new world. Also we are shown how the computer age has taken over peoples minds. The language is easy to understand, it has not really changed much over time. Seems like nothing left after nuclear war, just ruins remainin ...
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