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"From Wrath To Compassion": Archilles As A Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 337 / Number of Pages: 2
... he stood for.
[Discussion of the change he undergoes]: The story shows that anyone can
change under any circumstances and that what is true today may change
tomorrow. Archilles is more of a hero by showing compassion in that King
Priam is more respectful of him because he returns Hector's body and
actually grieves with him [Example]. This shows that hateful Archilles has
a softer side and is vulnerable and shows this hidden part of himself to
the slain Hector's father [Example]. According to Greek heroic code it
would seem he might slay King Priam as well, but instead Archilles gives
into his ...
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American History Vs. American Literature
Number of Words: 409 / Number of Pages: 2
... Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and Whitman, are some of Americans greatest American Literature authors. Their goals and writings may have been different, but all gave America a powerful look at our American History. Emerson, preached a gospel of individualism and self reliance. He wrote a series of essays about the unlimited powers within the soul. Hawthorne, was deeply concerned over the problems of sin and conscience. His novel, " The Scarlet Letter", was one of the most searching analyses of the soul of man in American letters. Melvile, was best known for his romantic writings. His experience ...
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Its Simply Red Herring
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... college could land a satisfying career through attaining a degree. Odds are this is not a good idea. According to Bird, Liberal-Arts education is supposed to provide you with a value system, a standard, a set of ideas, not a job. Bird states that colleges fail to warn students that high paying jobs are hard to come by, and they rarely accept the responsibility of helping students choose a career that will lead to a job. Bird cites The Department of Labor, it estimates there will be 4,300 new jobs for psychologists in 1975 while colleges are expected to turn out 58,430 BA’s in the psychology ...
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Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 4839 / Number of Pages: 18
... dominant male figure at Gateshead. He insists that Jane concedes to him and serve him at all times, threatening her with mental and physical abuse. Mrs. Reed condones John's conduct and sees him as the victim. Jane's rebellion against Mrs. Reed represents a realization that she does not deserve the unjust treatment. Jane refuses to be treated as a subordinate and finally speaks out against her oppressors. Her reactions to Mrs. Reed's hate appear raw and uncensored, and foreshadow possible future responses to restraints. This rebellion also initiates the next phase of her journey. Lowood Institution ...
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Changes In Macbeth
Number of Words: 1140 / Number of Pages: 5
... who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels trumpet- tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off: And pity, like a naked newborn babe, striding the blast, or heavan's cherubin horsed upon the sightless couriers of the air, shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on th' other-" This here ...
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The Farming Of The Bones
Number of Words: 750 / Number of Pages: 3
... They have left Haiti and come to the Dominican Republic because their job prospects at home are even bleaker than in their adopted country. And so this book is very much about exile, what it means to live in one place and yearn for another.
Amabelle's lover Sebastian says, "Sometimes the people in the fields, when they're tired and angry, they say we're an orphaned people....They say we are the burnt crud at the bottom of the pot. They say some people don't belong anywhere and that's us. I say we are a group of vwayaje, wayfarers."
Not only the poor and desperate for work are living in exile; so is t ...
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After Apple Picking
Number of Words: 633 / Number of Pages: 3
... speaker’s climb through life toward death and heaven and the barrel and apples left on the tree represent things he regrets having or not having done during his lifetime. But in line six he says that he is “done with apple-picking now,” which sounds as if he’s saying that what’s done is done and he must accept it. It is almost as if he is having a conflict within himself as to whether he should be content with his life or not.
The “sleep” that the speaker mentions constantly throughout the poem represents death. When he says, “Essence of winter sleep is on the night,” he is recognizing his own mo ...
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The Growth Of Coarse Language
Number of Words: 706 / Number of Pages: 3
... child would have a
productive vocabulary and understand as many as 14000 words. this means
that the child has learned 9 new words every day science he or she started
to talk. This rapid increase of learning to speak does not slow down after
this period of time, as a matter of fact it keeps increasing even more as
the child learns to read. by the time they are 17 they would have a 800000
reading word vocabulary and that means he or she has acquired an average of
13 words a day.
Now you say what does this have to do with anything, Well I will
tell you--- all these figures are from 1992 and now ...
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Honor Killings
Number of Words: 1247 / Number of Pages: 5
... an upward stroke, and the white bones splintered, and the teeth were shaken out with the stroke and both eyes filled up with blood, and gaping he blew a spray of blood through the nostrils and through his mouth, and death in a dark mist closed round about him. (16.345-350)" "Now Dekalion was struck in the arm, at a place in the elbow where the tendons come together. There through the arm Achilleus transfixed him with the bronze spearhead, and he, arm hanging heavy, waited and looked his death in the face. Achilleus struck him with the sword's edge at his neck, and swept the helmed head far away, and t ...
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Macbeth
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... Also to show human weakness or temptation, which gives the audience, a lot to listen for.
The witches appearing in Act 1 had a huge affect on the story line. Even before we meet the witches we know the next few minuets will be very important, because of the significant weather change. You notice it has become very dark and tense this instantly makes the audience aware of their surroundings. When you do meet the witches you notice a good use of pathetic fallacy because the sky is dark and gray and so is the mood of the characters.
When he meets the witches they tell him of his future as King s r ...
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