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English 2
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.”
In Citizen Kane’s final shot, a reversal of the film's opening images, a dissolve shows the exterior of the Kane's palatial mansion at dusk, panning up with the black smoke of his burning possessions pouring from the chimney of his palace and filling the sky. The smoke of Kane's youth, his sled, disappears into the night sky. The camera pans down the chain-link fence where the sign "No Trespassing" is visible again as it was at the film's start. The film fades out on the "K" of the crest of the Kane estate. The film’s shot of ...
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Edmund In King Lear
Number of Words: 1497 / Number of Pages: 6
... to her land, and is cast from the kingdom after she does not profess her love to her father right away. With Cordelia stripped of her heir, her share is cut amongst the remaining daughters to be ruled by them and their husbands.
The Earl of Gloucester has a similar problem to that of Lear, since his two sons were internally battling for right to control his lands at the hands of his death. Edmund, who is the younger of the two sons, is considered to be an illegitimate offspring, taking away any right to become the heir to the estate he is so close to ruling. However, his older brother Edgar is n ...
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The Chocolate War Book Report
Number of Words: 966 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the novel was on the eleventh day of the chocolate sale when Jerry was supposed to start selling the chocolates but he didn’t.
As a result of Jerry not selling any chocolates, the other students’ sales began to plummet during the falling action of the story. Brother Leon began to feel nervous and had to go to Archie and the Vigils for help. Incredibly, the Vigils turned the whole school against Jerry and made selling chocolates the “cool” thing. Students began to look down upon Jerry for not conforming to the chocolate sale tradition. Someone even vandalized Jerry ...
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Barn Burning: The Symbolism Of Fire
Number of Words: 508 / Number of Pages: 2
... his father. Sarty was sick of his family’s way of life and was ready for a change no matter what it would take, even going against his own blood.
Abner's behavior makes him unwanted in any community so he is constantly moving his family from place to place. The family has become so used to this nomadic life, that they have few memories of a stable place to call home. This causes them to know life under the stars as well as they do under a roof. The scene in which the family moves to the next town, after being kicked out of their last one, offers a tremendous understanding into the state of Abner' ...
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Othello
Number of Words: 1055 / Number of Pages: 4
... wounded by Iago. Another example of this theme occurs between the main characters of the play and Iago. Since is a seasoned warrior and leader of the Venetian army, he believes that everyone underneath him will abide by his rulings and commands. And since has had a long term relationship with Iago, he has even more trust and faith in him. But Iago sees this and decides to take advantage of . This is first observed when Iago and Roderigo are speaking of their plan to get against Cassio. After Roderigo exits, Iago lets the audience know of how he will be able to control and lead around. Beca ...
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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 Evils In The Chrysalids
Number of Words: 1024 / Number of Pages: 4
... as they were playing Sophie's foot became caught between two stones. When David helped her free her foot he saw that she had six toes on each foot. Her toes really did not bother David in fact it made their friendship grow deeper in trust. They enjoyed going down to the stream to go catch little creatures. Sophie now felt quite comfortable around David and often took off her shoes to reveal her six toes. Their world came shattering down when Alan Ervin saw Sophie's footprint in the dirt that clearly showed her six toes. Sophie was now discovered. She and her family had to flee because the community of ...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Number of Words: 589 / Number of Pages: 3
... is trying to say is even though you’re getting older and you know the time is coming you haven’t shown a sign of death you ‘re still have life so fight against death. Then in third stanza the poet describes someone who lived a good life but doesn’t want to let go "Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their deed might have danced in a green bay, rage rage against the dying of the light." It was as if he was saying had he lived longer things could haven been better. In the fourth stanza " Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, and learn, too late they grieved it on its way, Don not go ...
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Dr. Suess
Number of Words: 1197 / Number of Pages: 5
... is equally important
to what is learned from it, and millions of people enjoy the stories of Seuss each day.
Seuss helps the reading process along by making reading fun for children. He uses rhyming words, like in his book Fox in Sox. The line "When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles..." makes reading slightly easier for young readers by repeating words as well as using words that are similar to each other giving children an advantage when learning to read. Ever since before I could read, my favorit ...
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Animal Farm Relating To Russia
Number of Words: 1462 / Number of Pages: 6
... a Stalin is, the more power a Stalin has; and the farther from Utopia are the lives of the common people.
Napoleon’s ideas and actions in Animal Farm were similar to those first of Lenin and later of Stalin during the development of the Soviet Union, which resulted in the deaths and terror that deeply affected the lives of tens of millions of Soviet citizens. For example, Napoleon had made other high-status animals confess to things they had never committed. When the eggs of the three hens were crushed really by Napoleon’s dog, they were forced to confess, “…Snowball ha ...
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