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Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... they vowed they would never do. In addition to verbal and situational irony, we can too find some dramatic irony. When Boxer is sent off to be slaughtered, the characters trust Squealer when he says Boxer is being taking off to a hospital, but the reader knows the truth. While that is a good example, the best, perhaps, is the ending where it is stated that the onlooker could not tell the difference between pig and man.
The two most prominent themes in Animal Farm, freedom and oppression, play a very important role in the novel’s irony. While the animals’ ultimate goal is to break fr ...
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The Crucible--a Harsh Reality
Number of Words: 448 / Number of Pages: 2
... snobbish character is apparent through her statements to John Proctor about his wife Elizabeth. She says, "Oh, I marval how such a strong man [can be with] such a sickly wife" (23). Abigail obviously thinks highly of herself: she is worthy of Proctor's love, but Elizabeth is not. Abigail shows a character of superiority by her authoritative, prejudiced, and snobbish remarks.
Abigail Williams also shows a tinge of resentment in the play. When Mary Warren confesses that the witchcraft is only pretend, Abigail is angry. She accuses Mary of being a witch, too. Abigail's resentment of her friend ...
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Comparison: Dover Beach And Do
Number of Words: 1285 / Number of Pages: 5
... that one might hear in a bar. The speaker could easily be the local bartender in any town. He indulges a listener and begins to tell a tale about a woman whose only thought about her time on the cliffs of Dover with Matthew was how nice his whiskers would have felt on her neck. In the original poem the girl is there with Matthew but barely mentioned because he is too wrapped up in his own thoughts to notice her. In the parody, however, the woman is the main subject of the poem but ironically enough she is not there. This is the crux of how the original’s introspection is debased. Ther ...
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Review Of Ernest Hemingway And Writings
Number of Words: 1492 / Number of Pages: 6
... to break away came when he volunteered as a Red Cross ambulance
driver in Italy. In July of 1918 while serving along the Piave River, he was
severely wounded by shrapnel and forced to return home after recuperation in
January 1919. The war had left him emotionally and physically shaken, and
according to some critics he began as a result "a quest for psychological and
artistic freedom that was to lead him first to the secluded woods of Northern
Michigan, where he had spent his most pleasant childhood moments, and then to
Europe, where his literary talents began to take shape." (CLC, 177) First he
t ...
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The Tempest - Bringing It All Together
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... but the most interesting part of this monologue is what Shakespeare himself is saying. "Now that my charms are all o'erthrown, and what strength I have's mine own" means, now my plays are over, and it's no longer my characters speaking. The "Island" or stage Shakespeare is on is now "bare" and it is time for "you" the audience to release Shakespeare and his actors from this play with the "help of [y]our good hands." Shakespeare was not only being released for the performance of the play, he was being release from his career as a playwright. But there are more reasons to clap besides t ...
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The Scarlet Letter 8
Number of Words: 795 / Number of Pages: 3
... her appearance becomes and the more plain she dressed. Once she meet with Dimmesdale in the forest, she told him of Chillingworth, which shows she had grown strong enough to not let him hold her down. When she gained that strength, her beauty was expressed by:
Her sex, her youth, and the whole richness of her beauty, came back from
what men call the irrevocable past.
Chillingworth had not been able to harm Hester because of her inner strength. At the end of the book, she is the only one who has survived emotionally.
Chillingworth wanted a woman who would love him, but when that failed, he fou ...
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Inherit The Wind
Number of Words: 1120 / Number of Pages: 5
... to the death, they entered Hillsboro planning to put every single legal idea and tactic they had used and believed in over the years to work, believing that they had followed the correct path and that their long thought over battle plan was superior to the other’s.
Brady loved the public. He knew that, even before the time of radio and television, if he controlled the media, he controlled the masses. Thus, his first move every time was to choose the side which the public sided with, knowing that people listened to what they wanted to hear, which would be him, so he would essentially become the ...
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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
Number of Words: 796 / Number of Pages: 3
... He is mostly being praised for his long journey to face this terrible monster. says, "Grendel is no braver, no stronger than I am! I could kill him with my sword; I shall not" (677). feels that he can defeat Grendel even without a weapon. The first night, they have a celebration in the mead hall, and the warriors fall asleep in the hall. Grendel makes his usual nightly visit and finds many victims waiting to be killed (725). To his surprise, he meets his match, which happens to be (748). After a brief confrontation, rips Grendel’s arm off, and Grendel runs away to die (823).
is considered ...
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Gender Testing In The Odyssey
Number of Words: 1633 / Number of Pages: 6
... They are tested both on their individual sex role and their relationship with each other. Penelope is portrayed as a strong, smart, cunning, faithful, and virtuous woman. Odysseus and she are very much alike in this way. He is a well-respected, honorable “hero” admired for his strength and courage. Both Penelope and Odysseus are heroes in their devotion to each other and in their smart and cunning ways of finding their way back together. Odysseus had to overcome many trials and tribulations to return home to her. His wit is shown in Book 9 when he tricks the Cyclops by saying his name ...
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