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Supernatural Forces In Macbeth
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... prophecies of the witches' revealed the fate of Macbeth, the
plan in which to gain power of the throne is brought up. The only way to
gain power of the throne was for Macbeth to work his way to the throne, or
to murder King Duncan. Murdering the king was an easier plan since the
motivation in his dreams urged him on. Lady Macbeth also relied on the
supernatural by her soliloquy of calling upon the evil spirits to give her ...
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Analyzing King Lears Tragic Fl
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... your majesty/According to my bond and nothing less”(1.1.100-101). Out of pride and anger, Lear banishes Cordelia and splits the kingdom in half to the two evil sisters, Goneril and Regan. This tragic flaw prevents King Lear from seeing the truth because his arrogance overrides his judgement. Lear’s arrogance also causes him to lose his most faithful servant, Kent. In addition, in the first act, Lear’s arrogance causes him to refuse to listen to Kent’s plea to look deeper into the true hearts of his two eldest daughters. Even after the king tells Kent to mind his own busine ...
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The Crucible 2
Number of Words: 785 / Number of Pages: 3
... is still a void between her and John. All commandments could be recited except for adultery. In the puritan culture, adultery is a grievous sin, one punishable by death. She has to live through each day knowing that John was unfaithful, and that he did not fulfill the commitment of marriage. She feels hurt and betrayed, but what Abby tries next is the most underhanded trick possible.
Abigail was placed in power due to her “ability” to spot the devil in people. She could see those who trafficked with the devil and who was in his book. This was an opportunity to settle the score fo ...
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Is My Papas Waltz Really About
Number of Words: 501 / Number of Pages: 2
... feelings. His love poems in the later part of his life were his most popular. Rothke was regarded as not only a great poet but also known as a great teacher. Theodore Rothke gives so many examples to show his reader this was a positive memory in his life. One was Rothke show that this is a good time in his life is "Then waltzed me off the bed still clinging to your shirt"(Rothke 357). Another example in Rothke’s poem that shows how this is loving time in his life is " But I hung on like death such waltzing was not easy"(Rothke 357). Other people see these as fighting words, however, I se ...
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Compare And Contrast The Ways
Number of Words: 1376 / Number of Pages: 6
... This means the sky was smeared with one colour, which may signify a boring colourless relationship.
“Two willow leaves glide smoothly on
The water’s shimmering skin;”
This is an example of ‘Enjambment’. It describes the leaves floating smoothly but apart from each other. The use of enjambment here helps the rhythm of the poem carry on smoothly like the leaves gliding. It could signify the two people still going on in life smoothly but not together. When he says “the water’s shimmering skin” it gives the impression of being murky below an ...
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Beloved 2
Number of Words: 1664 / Number of Pages: 7
... the cruelty and the "dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's motivation is dichotomous in that she displays her love by mercifully sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the duplistic nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arri ...
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The Catcher In The Rye
Number of Words: 1105 / Number of Pages: 5
... see through the infinite masks that make up a personality, or a first impression. Holden however, took the time to understand who a person really was, and how fake they really were being. This changed his life enormously, as it would anybody’s, because as soon as he could understand how much of a phony a person was being and who they truly were, he didn’t have to feel inferior, scared or cast out by that person.
I think these views of life could have actually been caused by his brother’s death. I think that when his brother died, his parents might have become phonies themselves. You must understand th ...
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Number of Words: 843 / Number of Pages: 4
... As in Billy Budd, Angelou uses dialect in her writings to enhance the tone of the book. "That’s right. You know, the children was readin’ me something th’ other day, Say folks dream about whatever was on their mind when they went to sleep."(Pg. 158) Angelou quoted her "momma" [paternal grandmother], and allows the reader to feel a sense as if momma was really saying something to them; she brings momma to life.
J. Moreno Pg. 2
As for the quote stated, Angelou uses what we consider to be African American slang, more formally known as "ebonics", to personalize "mom ...
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What Role Will Poetry Play In
Number of Words: 1218 / Number of Pages: 5
... poetry and prose. It seems to be that poetry can be set out in many different formats, and does not necessarily need to make complete sense (even though it has a meaning) Prose is set out in a ordered way where one sentence is always followed by
another sentence, it follows the same punctuation rules and a continuous, logical pattern.
The reason I think that everyone defines poetry differently is that we are exposed to so many totally different types of poetry.
My favourite form of poetry is song lyrics. Although not one of the most obvious forms of poetry it is becoming increasingly
p ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry
Number of Words: 765 / Number of Pages: 3
... and end, the racial term is not used to
degrade people of the African American race.
The most prevalent misuse of the word “nigger” is in the introductory part of the
novel. This racial slur is mostly abused by Huck’s father, Pap. Pap represents the
average misinformed “redneck.” In each appearance that Pap had in the book, he had
criticizing words for whatever was going on around him. For example, he was making
fun of the North because black people were allowed to have freedom. Pap had many
stereotypical views. None of those should be taken greatly into ...
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