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Bella
Number of Words: 1945 / Number of Pages: 8
... from her family. And on the first place in the candidate list was always I.
As soon as I was taken off from mother’s chest, I have started having conversations with the teacher – an aged rat with a nickname Mavr. He told me about the world in which we live, about the people who become a ruling race on the ground, about our antagonism with human civilization and at the same time - our relation to it. His stories, as I now realize, were rather poor, because, being pulled out from a cellar, I have seen so much interesting, new and mysterious, that the Mavr’s lessons seemed miserable abstracts of ge ...
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The Letter Sent By Elwin Leppi
Number of Words: 814 / Number of Pages: 3
... is pivotal because it comes right at the rise in Gene and Phineas relationship. Finny hadn't realized yet what actually transpired when the incident at the tree occurred and Gene was at one of his sanest levels. As we have seen, it was usually Gene who ruined the friendship or wounded it. As the story unfolds, we learn to expect that whenever there is a rise in the emotional closeness or physical state of friendship between the two it will end in a downward spiral.
To understand the letter, let's look at the basic structure of the letter and what Leper was actually trying to say at the time. H ...
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Remains Of The Day
Number of Words: 2953 / Number of Pages: 11
... as the only thing that matters in the world. Every time Stevens ends his lines with "sir," he is repressing his true identity. Ishiguro makes the reader wonder how on earth a person could get to be like this, for the sole reward of having the best silver in the house or the best-starched suits.
The old service culture of butlers in England was destined to change dramatically after the two world wars; by the time Stevens decides to change his lifestyle the old ways are already gone forever.
Stevens even relates the subdued nature of English scenery to the proper way of dignified behav ...
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Iago In Shakespeares Othello
Number of Words: 923 / Number of Pages: 4
... Moor Othello, Iago says, "With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio." [Act II, Scene I, Line 163] His cunning and craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed.
Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of trust and uses it as a tool to forward his purposes. Throughout the story he is commonly known as, and commonly called, "Honest Iago." He even says of himself, "I am an honest man...." [Act II, Scene III, Line 245] Trust is a very powerful emotion that is easily abused. Othello, "holds [him] well;/The better shall [Iago's] purpose work on ...
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The Bronte Sisters, Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 2625 / Number of Pages: 10
... beauty of the moors (23). By comparison, the bleak, lonely moors of Yorkshire serve as the same setting for two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights (“Bronte” CD-ROM). According to an essay written in The Eclectic Review in 1851, Charlotte and Emily Bronte were at home amongst the moors; therefore, a vividness and graphic power in their sketches present them before the reader (108). “The Bronte’s work was shaped by the wild and lonely moors where they spent most of their lives. Although quiet and withdrawn women, they possessed ...
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... very little is known about this terrible genocide and is a wonderful and interesting learning tool. Brown has written many books about the life of the American Indian, including Creek Mary's Blood and Killdeer Mountain, but is clearly his greatest work.
Brown made sure to include songs, quotes, and portraits sprinkled throughout the book. These are very important as they break the monotony of page after page of text. The portraits are well selected and placed, as are the quotes, and help present a wider picture of the point in history.
helps to open a door into our past. It forces us to look ...
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Oedipus - Fate
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... sin, blind to the horror of it" (Sophocles 428). Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning as if he did not understand what Teiresias was talking about.
The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions. According to Miller, a person who is great, who is admired everywhere, and needs this admiration to survive, has one of the extreme forms of narcissism, which is grandiosity. Grandiosity can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, ...
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Quartet Behind Teh Scarlet Let
Number of Words: 1160 / Number of Pages: 5
... she could do this, seeing that she lived in the Puritanical village of Salem. In fact, she seems to be a feminist
in this aspect, daring to rise up and challenge the laws about women (Crowley 63). After this incident, she was taken
back to her prison cell and there she waited until the magistrates decided to release her. At first, she was definitely
isolated from society, but there are still traces of intercourse with society (Axelson 77). However, her needlework
fascinated many people and was fashionable among the upper ranks of the Puritans (Newberry 5). Yet she feels that she
has been taken ...
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The Taming Of The Shrew - Mist
Number of Words: 792 / Number of Pages: 3
... only wife who comes when she is beckoned. The other wives only make up excuses. This shows how Kate has a mistaken identity becuase she appears rude and insolent. This situation is one of the ways Shakespeare uses mistaken identity to display theme.
Another part of the theme is that when a person changes outfit's and roles, their personalities and attitudes stary the same. The first and most prominent role change is the one between Lucentio and Tranio. Lucentio, in order to marry Bianca, exchanges outfits with his servant Tranio in order to become a tutor for Bianca. Although Tranio appears to be a ...
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Suicide In The Awakening
Number of Words: 760 / Number of Pages: 3
... decide to take a midnight swim. Despite having had a hard time learning to swim, she realizes her ability and swims farther out than she ever had before. She overestimates her power and almost doesn't make it back. She has a "quick vision of death". The experience scares her, but she has tested her limits and survived the sea for a while. Metaphorically, she has come close to death but resisted it.
Falling asleep can be associated with the idea of death as well. Whenever Edna falls asleep, it is noted in the story; across the bay at church and the first night once her husband has left are examples. ...
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