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13th Warrior Plot Summary
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... men inside were decapitated with their heads missing. After seeing the brutality by these creatures, the thirteen warriors quickened their pace towards Rothgar. Upon arriving at the small kingdom and settling into a hut on the outskirts of the town, a band of the bear-like beasts ferociously attacked and slaughtered two of the warriors and escaped with their heads. The next day the town built a small moat with large wooden poles in order to protect the city. That night a massive militia of beasts attacked the city and killed six more of the warrior squad, leaving only five warriors alive. Follo ...
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Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... with the Marquesa. The Marquesa was a crazy woman who made Pepita's life even worse then it already was. As her companion Pepita was ignored constantly and lived a life of solitude.
Pepita is that life in the novel, she is the only good love that exist in a world of those who either love too much or those who love too little. The Marquesa drove her daughter away, because she loved too much. Although she was able to realize this before she died, it was too late. She was not able to show this newfound love to anyone. In the case of Esteban, he was not able to love anyone else except for Manuel. ...
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Canterbury Tales, Franklins Ta
Number of Words: 2030 / Number of Pages: 8
... the reader a description of each pilgrim in order to understand the tales from the point of view of each pilgrim. Chaucer creates an affable and pious man with his portrait of the Franklin. The Franklin is a very pure man who is wealthy and kind to all. He has a delicate and plentiful taste for food and wine and is very hospitable. “He made his household free to all the County.” (p. 12) The Franklin is portrayed as an ideal and righteous noble, unlike most other nobles who are corrupt and take advantage of their wealth and power. Chaucer concludes with one line that effectively charact ...
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In The Skin Of A Lion
Number of Words: 1010 / Number of Pages: 4
... merely a metaphor for his vocation. "He searched out things, he collected things," (Ondaatje, pg.157) indicates that he is always searching for something. The title, “,” can also be used to illustrate Patrick's perpetual search. In the preface, Ondaatje states, "(T)he joyful will stoop... I will wander through the wilderness ." Patrick is wandering through the wilderness, searching and hunting. He has no purpose in life; he just searches. The thing that he is looking for is light. This ambiguous concept of light Ondaatje presents throughout the novel is not ordinary light, but one that illuminat ...
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Brent Staples' A Brother's Murder
Number of Words: 735 / Number of Pages: 3
... Staples does an outstanding job of describing
the severity of these problems. His brother, Blake, leads a life molded by this
street life. His official cause of death was murder. However, at the young age
of twenty-two years old, they should have noted his death as a casualty of war.
He played a part in the war of gangs and guns. If he did not live in the inner
streets of Roanoke, Va., he would probably be alive today. In most other parts
of the country, you can have an argument with one of your best friends and not
get killed over it. Blake was shot six time s by a good friend over an argument
a ...
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The Prince And The Pauper
Number of Words: 1475 / Number of Pages: 6
... Miles Hendon, a man who saves him many different times, befriends him.
The “true” Prince spends a short amount of time in jail in which he must witness as innocent people have limbs cut off, and are burned at the stake. He remembers it all though, and promises himself when he is returned to his rightful position he will rule mercifully and correct unjust laws. Due to his persistent claim that he is king, he is sentenced to twelve lashings in which Miles takes for him. Edward is greatly moved that he could be so generous. It is within; these prison walls, in my opinion, that Twain uses th ...
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Miadventures Of Don Quixote
Number of Words: 505 / Number of Pages: 2
... they were only two fools running around the countryside.
Cervantes tries to make his book more interesting with the use of point of view. Don Quixote sees what his mind and imagination create, not that which is transferred through the optic nerves in a very clean-cut scientific manner. He retreats to a world that holds meaning for him. When he first departs, he stops at an inn and his eyes make it a beautiful castle with blushing maids and noble sirs. The wench Aldonza is turned into Dulcinea, his one true love, who he swears by in his battles and contemplates when he is idle. Another example of hi ...
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Poem Analysis The Chimmney Swe
Number of Words: 430 / Number of Pages: 2
... feels hate towards his parents for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making himself look happy and satisfied.
It is clear in the last Stanza that Blake’s criticizing the Church , especially, and the state for letting a lot of these things happen. During this time many children were dying from being, either, worked to death or from malnutrition. Neither the state or the church did anything to stop this and is obviously why Blake feels so much anger towards them. The sweeper’s parents are really no help towards their own child. This makes the reader wonder, if they ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire 2
Number of Words: 989 / Number of Pages: 4
... 'savage' character of A Streetcar Named Desire is Stanley Kowalski. He is a large well-toned, territorial male with simple beliefs and a short temper. He feels threatened by Blanche because she moves in on his territory and wants Stella to leave him. At first, Stanley acts physically dominant over both Blanche and Stella; by rifling through Blanches possessions (act 1 scene 3 pg.124 ), quoting to Stella and Blanche that 'every man is a king' (act scene 8 pg.197-198 ), throwing the radio out the window in a drunken frenzy and actually striking his pregnant wife (Stella) (act 1 scene 3 pg. 152-155). ...
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Henry V 2
Number of Words: 1411 / Number of Pages: 6
... a king, his father still doubts him. As his father nears death, Henry assures him that he can handle the responsibility of being the next king. His father tells him two very important pieces of advise if Henry is to become a good and just king. He must listen to trusted advisors, and he must unite the English lords through a foreign war. Shakespeare uses that to foreshadow what Henry must do to become a good king, in Henry V.
At the time when Henry becomes king, Shakespeare gives hints that the
people are questing Henry's ability and responsibility to become a king. In Henry IV, Part II, Henry ...
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