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Oedipus Rex - Compared To Hamlet
Number of Words: 615 / Number of Pages: 3
... save themselves, but instead the child ends up in a new castle and is raised by another couple as their own child. They never tell Oedipus that he is not their own. When Oedipus hears he is to kill his father and marry his mother, he leaves his parents and searches for a new residence. Except he meets up with a man on the road and kills him. He then finds a castle that is being terrorized by a sphinx and answers the riddle it asks. He then marries the Queen and rules over the kingdom. In the end, the city is threatened by a plague that the oracle said will cease when the city gets rid of the one who ...
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Ku Klux Klan The History Of
Number of Words: 1283 / Number of Pages: 5
... and established a reign of terror and violence throughout the whole war-torn South. The first era of the K.K.K. lasted about three or four years, than faded. The arose again after World War 1. The overall story starts with many generations of Americans learning hard lessons of life. These experiences led to fierce individualism, surprising inventiveness, and the thought that they could be whatever and go wherever they wanted to. Other things occurred along with these thoughts. "Frontier Justice" was an instant, private and violent method of settling differences without law officials. This was a large ...
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Doll House 2
Number of Words: 330 / Number of Pages: 2
... be more open to him. You have to talk to him about your problems and explain them to him. Stop hiding your cookies for him and stop lying about them, that just make the “rat wheel” to start and spin again. Tell him that you love these cookies and make him respect that. You should have faith in your husband and believe in his ability to respect you and your actions. He will do this because he loves you very much.
So for the both of you: Have faith in each other and talk about your problems. And the most important thing keep the love for eachother. ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 979 / Number of Pages: 4
... characters as a means of demonstrating it's importance as a theme of this novel. Lady Catherine is one of the main offenders, her airs, arrogance and pride are fuelled by other characters like Mr Collins who is put there to satire proud people and their followers. Another important character to note is Mr Darcy. He is an extremely important character in this novel, a major character, and I think that the fact that he was perceived to have been 'proud' at the beginning of the novel by the reader, Elizabeth, and the community of the shire, and our perception, along with Elizabeth, of his character, h ...
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Once A Warrior King - Review
Number of Words: 784 / Number of Pages: 3
... could not envision the death and mutilation of children.
American intentions in Vietnam were muddled, thus forces were misguided and outcomes were unfavorable. Originally the American presence in South Vietnam was mainly to push for the social betterment of the Vietnamese people. Soon however, an offensive stance was required in the face of socialist expansion into the region. America feared that communist control of Vietnam would tip the balance of world power in Russia's favor. This led to much criticism of the US for its role as an international police force.
Effects on Vietnamese ...
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Chesterton's "On Lying In Bed": Understanding Human Nature
Number of Words: 619 / Number of Pages: 3
... find their desires
in places that are rather customary. We, however, are not looking for a
place to paint. In the many items we covet, many can be found in regular
locations. Frequently, we look in unusual places for these items, when
they are actually located directly "under our nose." This shows the first
part of the human nature presented by G.K. Chesterton.
The second part of Chesterton's essay displays his next theory on
human nature. This second theory, that humans promote unimportant values
and cheapen important values, is shown by examples in the next part of the
essay. He interweaves t ...
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Black Like Me
Number of Words: 1749 / Number of Pages: 7
... shift back into white society, and the reaction of those he knew prior his experonce the book was published and released.
John Howard Griffin began this novel as a white man on October 28, 1959 and became a black man (with the help of a noted dermatologist) on November 7. He entered black society in New Orleans through his contact Sterling, a shoe shine boy that he had met in the days prior to the medication taking full effect. Griffin stayed with Sterling at the shine stand for a few days to become assimilated into the society and to learn more about the attitude and mindset of the common blac ...
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Antony And Cleopatra: The Role Of Enobarbus In Acts I And II
Number of Words: 875 / Number of Pages: 4
... and waters sighs and tears; they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can report. This cannot be cunning in her; if it be she makes a shower of rain as well as Jove.
(I, ii, 147-152) After Antony reveals that he has just heard news of his wife's death, we are once again offered an example of Enobarbus' freedom to speak his mind, in that he tells Antony to "give the gods a thankful sacrifice" (I.ii.162), essentially saying that Fulvia's death is a good thing. Obviously, someone would never say something like this unless they were in very close company.
While acting as a friend and promote ...
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Tintern Abbey Seeing Into The
Number of Words: 1317 / Number of Pages: 5
... sense to say that we recall “unremembered pleasures”? If they are unremembered, how can we be thinking about them? This strange phrase might point to some vague pleasant experience in the past, one that we cannot clearly name. But it could also mean that we can now remember pleasures that previously not only unremembered but actually unnoticed. The thought of an unnoticed pleasure might seem strange as well. But is it so odd to think that, in memory, our pleasurable experiences take on new meaning and greater substance than they had at the time? Pleasant experiences are often over q ...
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No Name Woman: Bewitching Creation
Number of Words: 1792 / Number of Pages: 7
... is that man, and he knew that no one could resist the inspiring temptation, but while getting people to submit to their base desires, he also managed to convert them to the sinful lifestyles he himself led.
Gation lives in a five-story mansion with his personal financial advisor and a lover, Alexandra. They share the mansion with their one-year-old baby, who was born out of wedlock, and his two daughters from a previous marriage. This cold, calculating man is often very rude towards his employees, and yet it was through them that his house of sin was so successful. He used these "demon's helpers ...
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