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Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 956 / Number of Pages: 4
... is a "dime a dozen" and declares that Biff is merely failing to spite him. "I want you to know...where ever you go, that you cut down your life for spite!" (129). By blaming Biff for his problems, Willy clears himself of all guilt. Willy cannot realize that it was his ineptitude as a father that created Biff's character. If Willy was a little more aware of his son's situation, his true character, Biff may have realized sooner that he was not "a leader of men." When asked whose fault it is that he never accomplished anything, Biff answered "...I never got anywhere because you (Willy) blew me so fu ...
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Montana 1948
Number of Words: 496 / Number of Pages: 2
... the remainder of the novel, but for the next forty years, to be ignorant of Frank’s crimes, and therefore of much of what is happening although his parents do not realise that he has overheard their discussions. David’s previous image of Frank along with happy memories therefore were gone, never to return, and within six months of the funeral both him and his family left Bentrock, confirming his earlier, somewhat bitter judgement that “were the ones getting the shitty end of the stick”.
A loss of David’s innocence also appears during his killing of a live magpie. This brings about a an evil in h ...
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The Evolution Of British Poetr
Number of Words: 905 / Number of Pages: 4
... era gave birth to an entirely new way of writing poetry. The Neoclassical era was a time of reason and though. It was more formal than the love induced poetry of the Elizabethan era. Neoclassical poets loved the classic form of literature with its strict regimen and form. The change between these two forms could be defined as a rebellion of sorts.
Neoclassical poets rebelled against the writing of traditional things such as love and relation ships and instead wrote about untraditional things like self-enlightenment and the idea of proverbs. Neoclassic poetry suspects that the reader is mo ...
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Of Mice And Men
Number of Words: 2056 / Number of Pages: 8
... has an ample amount of. George and Lennie are the perfect example of how opposites attract.
The two of them have spent the majority of their adult lives together and know each other better than they know anybody else in the entire world. They share their hard times and the good, their victories and their defeats, but most importantly they share a common dream. That dream is of having “a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs an’ live off the fatta the lan’”(14), where Lennie can take care of the rabbits just as George has been taking care of him over the years. This is Lennie’s c ...
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Things Fall Apart 5
Number of Words: 705 / Number of Pages: 3
... to impregnate and hope they would produce the sons he desired. In Things Fall Apart, the book seems to depict men as getting all the benefits of polygamy, or do they?
What about the relationships between the wives? Do they all get along? Are they jealous of one another? Can a man really live with more than one wife in total peace? For example wife number one bears no children. Wife number three bears four sons while wife number two produces two daughters. By tradition, wife number one is to have more respect and power, but wouldn't a man that desires son's have to smile more favorably on wife there ...
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Social Issues
Number of Words: 1727 / Number of Pages: 7
... "But while Joseph was in the prison, the Lord was with him." This is the subject matter for which Rembrandt choose to do his representational painting by. The content of the painting all reveals Rembrandt's interpretation of the story This is the account from the Bible of the accusation of Joseph by Potiphar's Wife. Rembrandt Van Ryn chose this particular story as the subject of his narrative painting completed in 1655, under the title of "Joseph Accused By Potiphar's Wife". Before researching this painting, I noted my fist perception of Rembrandt work of art. I realized through that as a result ...
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Katherine Mansfields Short Sto
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... the story when Miss brill is happy the fur is also happy, and when the fur is insulted then Miss Brill is also insulted. Perhaps the best example of this bond is when Miss Brill is sitting in her cupboard like room and putts her fur away, and thinks that she hears "something crying"(36)
Miss Brill's "room [is] like a cupboard"(36). This allusion Mansfield gives to Miss Brill's room is valuable because of two reasons. First, it is a "thread" is sewn into the story in order to keep every vital detail together. This term was first used to describe the odd, funny, old people that Miss Brill perc ...
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The Wild Duck
Number of Words: 1454 / Number of Pages: 6
... which
the poor Old Ekdal 'does some extra copying,' and in return receives a
small income. The inside room, representing wealth, is Old Werle's
dining room where he was hosting a party. The distinctions of these
two lit rooms contrast Old Ekdal and Old Werle.
"In contrast to Werle's party, the lighting is of comparative
poverty 'on the table a lighted lamp'"(190), explains critic, F.L.
Lucas. Unlike Old Werle's expensive and exquisite illumination, a
small inexpensive lamp lights the Ekdals home, displaying poverty.
This dissimilarity shows another significant distincti ...
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A Room With A View
Number of Words: 486 / Number of Pages: 2
... encompass Lucy’s life until George Emerson’s “caddish,” yet never the less passionate, display of affection in the bed of violets throws her into an internal struggle of transformation. George’s powerful advice, “Courage and love (p.66),” uttered just before he kisses Lucy, gives her the strength to begin her strength to overcome convention in favor of passion, and lights the fire of her transformation.
Next, Foster brilliantly introduces the character of Cecil Vyse, a “medieval” and high standing Englishman who, while is an acceptable suitor, really only sees Lucy as another pretty possession ...
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Lord Of The Flies 9
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... where he is about to kill a pig but did not have the heart to do it. However as the novel proceeds, his environment, the forest, and his new role of hunter will change him to an uncaring, selfish savage. The other group that will co-exist is one that will stay behind and do non-violent work such as building huts or creating weapons.
As a result of having two groups within the whole, a leader must emerge in order to keep the two groups working efficiently. Since there is no adult on the island to take on the responsibility, the character’s environment once again forces them to elect a leader. ...
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