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Odysseus By Homer
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... new information Polyphemus prays to his father, Peoeidon, to have Odysseus and his men punished. because he agnered Peoceidon, Odysseus must wander throughout the sea while his men slowly die one by one. Odysseus learns that bragging can have ill effects and uses this knowledge on the island of Phaecians and Ithaca when he does not openly brag about his deeds and his journeys.
Odysseus also learns to pay close attention to the instructions of the gods, or he might have to face a terrible price. When Odysseus and his crew landed at the island of Aeolus, they were given a parting gift that would have he ...
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Scarlet Letter Symbolism
Number of Words: 510 / Number of Pages: 2
... is extremely smart, pretty, and nice. More often than not, she shows her intelligence and free thought, a trait of the Romantics. One of Pearl's favorite activities is playing with flowers and trees. (The reader will recall that anything affiliated with the forest was evil to Puritans. To Hawthorne, however, the forest was beautiful and natural.) "And she was gentler here [the forest] than in the grassy- margined streets of the settlement, or in her mother's cottage. The flowers appeared to know it" (194) Pearl fit in with natural things. Also, Pearl is always excited and joyous, which is defi ...
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Power
Number of Words: 1257 / Number of Pages: 5
... identity. In “No Name Woman”, Kingston’s aunt had no identity except for the story her mother told her and in “Mary” Marguerite’s new boss, Mrs. Cullinan changed her name to Mary which then, in a way, removed Marguerite’s original identity and gave her a new one, one she didn’t want.
By changing Marguerite’s name, Mrs. Cullinan proves how much she has over a little black servant like Marguerite. A rich white member of the society, in which Marguerite grew up, has more and control over things than someone of a poor background or a black background. Mrs. Cullinan wasn’t the first to incite the d ...
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Brave New World: Comparing Life In The World State With Life In The US Today
Number of Words: 1148 / Number of Pages: 5
... both of which
would interfere with the community and its stability. Nobody is allowed to
become pregnant because nobody is born, everyone is a "test-tube" baby.
Many females are born sterile.
The ideas and ways of obtaining happiness are not too much
different in the brave new world than in our lives here in the United
States. The only difference is that these pleasures are looked at in
different ways. Sex is a very large part of our society's pleasure and
everyone is allowed to have any partner that he/she wants, but this idea is
not taught at a young age and everyone in our society do ...
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Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Number of Words: 1005 / Number of Pages: 4
... are factors that will never allow him to leave Starkfield. Unable to find any solutions to this problem, Ethan and Mattie decide to commit suicide by sledding
into a tree. They figure it is the only way they can be together. The attempt fails, and the two are left paralyzed. Now Ethan's wife must care for the two for the rest of their lives.
There were many themes found in Ethan Frome, but the greatest of them all is loneliness and isolation. In college Ethan acquired the nickname "Old Stiff" because he rarely went out with the boys. Once he returned to the farm to care for his parents ...
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The Way A Man Breaks The Bonds
Number of Words: 1366 / Number of Pages: 5
... wife. Montag thought:
"It…[is]…a pleasure to burn, to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in…[my]…fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in…[my]…head" (3)
He thought all there is to life, is TV and burning books. He liked to speed around at upwards of 300 mph, just like everyone else, hoping to hit an animal or a person, just for fun. He believed everything that was fed to him. But he changed.
TV walls are a technology that caused Montag to be the way he was, but they are ...
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The Great Leapfrog Contest And
Number of Words: 1616 / Number of Pages: 6
... the reader towards the character Joe. Similarly, Mrs. Mortimer is portrayed as comforting, kind and gentle and this womanly nature is conveyed when she says to Joe “I want you. Don’t be afraid of that.” Hence, the relationship established between the farm couple is one of mutual friendship and love. The reader is positioned to respond favourably towards the two characters.
In much the same manner, the short story “The Great Leapfrog Contest” also develops the main characters so the reader responds to each in a positive manner initially. Rosie is portrayed as a tomb ...
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Heart Of Darkness - Racism
Number of Words: 1476 / Number of Pages: 6
... confusedly in the greenish gloom" (34-35). The natives were not "helpers", but slaves who were forced to work till physical exhaustion under the orders of the White colonist. To further support the idea of racism as seen in this novel, consider the description that Marlow gives about an incident he encounters, "And whiles I had to look after the savage who was a fireman…to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind-legs…he was useful because he had been instructed" (63-64). From this, Conrad acknowledges that although the natives take o ...
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A Clockwork Orange
Number of Words: 2187 / Number of Pages: 8
... evil inside of him and all that was bad. Alex is given injections and made to watch films of rape, violence, and war and the mixture of these images and the drugs cause him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. He is released after two weeks of the treatment and after a few encounters with past victims finds himself at the home of a radical writer who is strongly opposed to the new treatment the government has subjected him to. Ironically, this writer was also a victim of Alex’s but does not recognize him. This writer believes that this method robs the recipient of freedom of c ...
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Othello
Number of Words: 768 / Number of Pages: 3
... a plan to ruin . Iago was resentful because of the fact the had gotten the job he wanted, and because of this Iago seeks revenge on by ruining his life and career. Iago cannot accept that meant no harm to him, and will not rest until he thinks he is even with him. Iago lies to and makes him believe that ’s wife Desdemona has been unfaithful to him, and that she has been cheating with Cassio. Iago states his intentions best when he says:
…Till I am even'd with him, wife for wife,
Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor
At least into a jealousy so strong
That judgment cannot cure…
(Shakespeare, ...
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