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Ceremony
Number of Words: 1106 / Number of Pages: 5
... could not understand. They feared rituals and ceremonies that seemed strange and suspicious. They feared a social unity of sharing and togetherness that they found alarming and intimidating.
The Indians woke up one morning to find that the lands they once belonged to were no longer theirs. The deeds and papers said the land now belonged to the white folk. It was taken away from them by sheer physical force, stolen, and they were sent away to live on reservations. Tayo was a part of the Laguna Pueblo reservation.
As a young kid on the Laguna Pueblo reservation, Tayo and the other child ...
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Hills Like White Elephants 2
Number of Words: 912 / Number of Pages: 4
... do it and everything will be fine"(1). She is saying that she only cares about him, and dose not care about herself. If she did care about herself, then she definatly would not get a abortion. She can not just tell him straight out that she wants to have this baby. The woman is so in love with the man, that she is willing to take the life of her unborn child. The man is in love with her as well, but also dose not want her to have the child. She was talking about the landscape around the train station, and without warning he comes out and says "Its really a simple operation, Jig, its not really a ...
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Spirits Of The Night
Number of Words: 1400 / Number of Pages: 6
... bring with it the cool air, the small
voice, the lost souls of the past. And they would pass down from street to
street, grasping for any living entity that dared to be out after dark.
After their time in the light of day that was no longer theirs. Parents
would bar and shutter the windows against the curious faces of their
children, who wished to gaze out at the spectral parade that pasted by
their houses. Come away from there, they would command, fearing even a
glimpse from the ethereal visitors would portend dreadful consequences. The
darkness was not for their eyes.
So the night would pass wi ...
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Beowulf: The Mighty Protector Of Men
Number of Words: 327 / Number of Pages: 2
... is extremely loyal to his people.
“Proclaiming that he’d go to that famous king,
Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar,
Now when help was needed”(114-116)
describes Beowulf’s reason for his journey to Hrothgar to save his people
from Grendel. In another line, Beowulf is described as: “that noble
protector of all seamen”(596). This proves he really cares about the likes
of other people and what happens to them. Another example of his loyalty
is when he is battling the dragon. After all his men deserted him, except
Wiglaf, he still made sure he killed the beast for the safety of all
people. ...
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The Cages Of Maya Angelou
Number of Words: 904 / Number of Pages: 4
... her, had hidden their racist feelings in seemingly nice remarks. Maya conveys the words of Mr. Edward Donleavy, one of the people in the masquerade, "The white kids were going to have a chance to become Galileos and Madame Curies and Edisons and Gauguins, and our boys (the girls weren't included) would try to be Jesse Owens and Joe Louises."(pp.151) Maya was forced to listen to Mr. Donleavy's stereotypes of how white children could be thinkers, and black children can only be athletes. What was supposed to be an encouraging speech, which Mr. Donleavy probably thought was sincere, turned out t ...
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Othello - The Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 802 / Number of Pages: 3
... and in control of every move throughout the play. The control is not only of power but also of the sense of his being who he is, a great warrior. In Act I, Othello has a scuffle with Brabantio, who has come to kill him, but before anything could happen, Othello said:
"Hold your hands, both of you of my inclining and the rest. Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it without a prompter" (I, ii, lines 97-100).
The power shown here is quite astounding.
The nature of Othello's character is of a dark man. Not only because he is black, but also because his whole person is very mysterious. ...
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Macbeth 3
Number of Words: 2173 / Number of Pages: 8
... yet let that be,
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
(Act 1:Scene 4:ln.55)
When Lady Macbeth heard of her husband's success and read the letter, we
almost immediately feel that a new source of power had appared in the
drama. Her words reflected a great knowledge of her husband and her
practical approach to problems as seen in the following two verses.
Glacis thou art, and Cowdor, and shalt be
What thou are promised. Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' the m ...
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Human Dignity In A Lesson Befo
Number of Words: 1359 / Number of Pages: 5
... conflict is more primal, it is the same as Grant’s struggle. Jefferson is searching for the most basic identity, whether he is man or animal. It is this conflict of meaning and identity that bring Grant and Jefferson together.
In this book, Ernest J. Gaines presents three views to determine manhood: law, education and religion. Jefferson has been convicted of a crime, and though he did not commit it, he is sentenced to death as a “hog” a word that denies any sense of worth or fragment of dignity he may have possessed in a world ruled by oppressive white bigots. Jeffer ...
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Analysis Of Good And Evil In "The Crucible"
Number of Words: 1044 / Number of Pages: 4
... she
deflects the actions and blames them on someone else, and does not care how
many lives she ruins. La ter when she grows into power and influence, she
seems to enjoy sending these innocent peopl e their deaths. She takes
pleasure in her lies, and thrives on the attention and power that th ey
bring her. All these are the aspects of being the evil character. Power,
attention, and acts of w rongful doing. Therefore she can be labelled with
being the evil character in the novel. She uses evi l actions disguised as
good by admitting who was with the devil. Of course the people she accuses
a re actu ...
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Sin And Virtue Used In Stephen
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... (Stallman 5). This emotional frenzy of revival Methodism had a strong impact on young Stephen. Nonetheless, he -- falling short of his parents’ expectations on moral principles and spiritual outlook -- chose to reject and defy all those abstract religious notions and sought to probe instead into life’s realities.
Moreover, Crane’s genius as "an observer of psychological and social reality" (Baym 1608) was refined after witnessing battle sights during the late 19th century. What he saw was a stark contrast of the peacefulness and morality preached in church and this thus led him ...
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