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The Crucible Essay
Number of Words: 1091 / Number of Pages: 4
... that the devil called out to her.
“He say Mr. Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no goodly
man, Mr. Parris mean man and no gentle man, and he bid
me rise out of my bed and cut your throat! But I tell him
“No! I don’t hate that man. I don’t want to kill that man.”
But he say, “You work for me, Tituba, and I make you free!
I give you pretty dress to wear, and put you way high up in
the air, and you gone fly back to Barbados!” And then he
come one stormy night to me, and he say, “Look! I have
white people belong to me.” And I ...
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The Taming Of The Shrew - Anal
Number of Words: 1032 / Number of Pages: 4
... woman coping with how she is expected to act in the society of the late sixteenth century and of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a society to be accepted in it. Although the play ends with her outwardly conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind. Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still retains her assertiveness. Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by having Christo ...
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Ethan Frome Character Flaws
Number of Words: 309 / Number of Pages: 2
... with him to Florida. He tries to run away from his problems instead of facing them.
A fourth flaw is reveled when Ethan and Mattie are sledding down the hill. Mattie says that she never wanted to leave the hiss, so together they slid down the hill and into a tree, trying to commit suicide. In my opinion, this was rather stupid when they had a bottle full of poison in the barn.
In this paper I have demonstrated four character flaws of Ethan Frome. There in include being weak willed, adulterous, immature, and suicidal. This movie definitely belongs in the “Jerry Springer” archives. ...
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Emerson's “Self-Reliance”: Optimistic But Unrealistic For The 21st Century
Number of Words: 843 / Number of Pages: 4
... when he says not to overlook today’s
youth. I think we need to put things into perspective and realize that kids
aren’t going to stay kids forever. They will grow up to be adults and we
have to teach them now to make good decisions because they will be running
the world in the near future.
The unrealistic side to Emerson’s philosophy is that now-a-days we
all want to be appreciated. We don’t look towards the future and what our
actions now will lead to. We think about the present. Emerson says that
Pythagoras, Socrates, Jesus, Luther, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton were
all misunderstood. And ...
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The Theme Of Father/Son Relationships In Beowulf & The Song Of Roland
Number of Words: 1623 / Number of Pages: 6
... father-son
relationships were trying to say about various different aspects of life during
their time.
In Beowulf, the function of the relationship between Hrothgar and
Beowulf helps to further the plot in several ways. Whenever there is a reliance
on family in any literary work, it gives any story more meaning and significance.
When Beowulf first arrives in Hrothgars' hall, we get a sense of the old and
incapable state Hrothgar is in "old and gray-haired among the guard of earls"
(Beowulf, pg. 62) is how he is first described. When hearing who Beowulf's
father is he states in a joyous tone "I kn ...
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The Author And His Times
Number of Words: 2199 / Number of Pages: 8
... that he was troubled in any way by having to do this. The stories he
told were familiar ones, from popular storybooks or from English and
Roman history. Sometimes they were adapted, as Hamlet was, from
earlier plays that had begun to seem old-fashioned. Part of
Shakespeare's success came from the fact that he had a knack for
making these old tales come to life.
When you read Hamlet, or any other Shakespearean play, the first
thing to remember is that the words are poetry. Shake ...
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Grapes Of Wrath, Ma Joad
Number of Words: 381 / Number of Pages: 2
... fear, the family did too. "Since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt and fear, she had practiced denying them in herself." She always kept calm in front of the family because she knew if she showed fear, she would lose control of the family. She also knows her family inside and out. She knows the inner need of each member of the family. She knows if Pa is defeated, the family will collapse so she makes sure he doesn't. She knows how Rose of Sharon is troubled by her pregnancy. She knows Tom has a quiet strength. She knows Al doesn't know how to ...
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Beowulf Man Or Myth
Number of Words: 1294 / Number of Pages: 5
... a myth than a man. So with all this in mind, in the epic Beowulf he's portrayed as almost inhumane, so was he indeed a man or merely a myth?
Beowulf is described as…"greater than life"…than anyone in the world and in order to prove himself as a hero, he has to fight against something superhuman (Donaldson 10). "Beowulf is the prime example of an epic hero. His bravery and strength surpass all mortal men, his loyalty and ability to think of himself last make him reveared by all" (Bolton 2). "Beowulf's deeds must be marked by a nobility of purpose to accumulate rewards and personal fame are good exampl ...
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The Crucible--comparing Play A
Number of Words: 982 / Number of Pages: 4
... "stricken" girls, which indeed had a greater number than did the group in the play, left the church meeting at the beginning of the movie to see about Betty's condition. Betty seemed to be much more violent in the movie and she tried to jump out of the window, which did not occur in the play. These details were most likely added to augment the idea of "mass hysteria." A scene was added in the movie, showing the hangings and cheers of the crowd watching, also to add to that effect.
Next, Tituba was not whipped into confession in the play, whereas she was in the movie. This was most indefinitely added t ...
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Number of Words: 1172 / Number of Pages: 5
... she starts off by stating that she does not want to go to Florida. She would rather go to east Tennessee and tried anything she could to change Bailey’s mind (Page 426). Later in the story, as they began the trip to Florida, the grandmother talked the entire time. She would tell stories of her youth to the grandchildren and lecture them about being more respectful to their native state, and to their parents. Although the grandmother is the protagonist, it is her fault that the trip ended in the devastating way that it did. She, unknowingly, led her entire family to their fate. She is even more re ...
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