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The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Number of Words: 1545 / Number of Pages: 6
... life to reason finds themselves needing a release, in the end despising reason, and eventually pursuing only their true happiness. After being "reasonable" for the twenty-eight years of her life, Edna breaks down. She wants to pursue love and disregard her duty to her husband and children. She falls in what she considers "girlish" love with the character Robert. She proclaims to him: "I love you . . . only you; no one but you. If was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream . . .Oh! I have suffered! Now you are here we shall love each other. Nothing else in the world is of any ...
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Great Expectations And Oliver
Number of Words: 1478 / Number of Pages: 6
... request more gruel at dinner one night. After making this simple request, "the master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle."3
The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from memories which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory ( which was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ).4 While working in the blacking factory, Dickens suffered tremendous humiliation. This humiliation is greatly expressed through Oliver's adventures at the orphanage before he is sent away.
Throughout his lif ...
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The Lonely Soul Of Dasein
Number of Words: 2231 / Number of Pages: 9
... the soul, Dasein may bridge the gaps of loneliness that occur in the solitude of single existence amongst Others. Psychology and morality provide excellent headquarters from which to launch this campaign in search of the soul of Dasein…How can one’s soul exhibit both concernful solicitude and care while experiencing existential loneliness in the face of Death? When looking at the temporality of Dasein’s existence, psychology corresponds to Heidegger’s concept of already-being as does morality to being-ahead-of-itself, in relation to the prospect of having a soul.
Psycholo ...
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A Reminder Of Manhood In The O
Number of Words: 877 / Number of Pages: 4
... For seven years, Calypso has lured Odysseus to "lay with her each night, for she compelled him" (V. 164). Using her beauty while possessing hopes of making Odysseus her husband, the enchantress becomes overly distressed when the gods announce that she must release Odysseus and permit him to return to his homeland. Reluctant to let him go, Calypso promises Odysseus immortal life if he chooses to stay with her.
Without the divine intervention, Calypso would have continued to hold Odysseus captive on her island. The gods, instructing the beautiful nymph to release him, possess power to demand her, ...
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The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
Number of Words: 3841 / Number of Pages: 14
... of Confederation'
is a misnomer since not one of these poets/authors was more than ten years old
when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. However, all of these writers
were aware of the lack of a distinctive Canadian literary tradition and they
made efforts to create one for their successors. While each of these men had
their own distinctive writing style they all sought to contribute and create a ‘
national' literature. According to R.E.Rashley in Poetry in Canada: The First
Three Steps " there is no Canadian poetry before [The Confederation Poets]
time"(98). These men were the first in ...
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Fuch's "The American Way Of Families": Is The Dream Really As Sweet As Apple Pie?
Number of Words: 1168 / Number of Pages: 5
... involves fighting to be on
top in the workplace or playing dirty to win a sporting event; almost all
Americans have the fire burning within them that compels them to reach their
goal or self satisfaction. In reading The American Way of Families, it occured
to me that the struggle for pleasing one's own self existed even in the family.
I don't think that after reading this piece that anyone can deny the
existence of this urge in themselves. The urge exists in every form. No matter
how picture perfect the family may be perceived, each member of that household
wants to please themselves. In this que ...
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Practicality Vs. Romance: Love Conquers All
Number of Words: 511 / Number of Pages: 2
... Shouldn't that be the first reason? This man has taken the practical way out. On the other hand, in Dickens's passage, the man takes the more romantic approach. He quotes, "You know what I am going to say. I love you. ...what I mean is that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain and which overmasters me. You could draw me to fire... you could draw me to any death... but if you would return a favorable answer to my offer of myself in marriage, you could draw me to any good." This man wants to marry the woman for the reason that he should: he loves ...
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Aristotle Virtue Theory
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... choice, not abilities. Therefore, virtue is a characteristic of a person that "renders good the thing itself of which it is the excellence and causes it to perform its function well." In other words, a person with a good character has virtue. The aim of all human action is for good, and any virtuous act is good. A virtuous act must be based on rationality and only acted on after careful deliberation by the individual. Therefore, a virtuous individual must be knowledgeable about what is good, must only make choices after careful deliberation, and must be a good judge of proper action. These virtu ...
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Othello Passage
Number of Words: 695 / Number of Pages: 3
... all other components, can be a key factor in affecting the reader's thoughts and mood. Of course, this being Shakespeare, meter was utilized with a definite purpose. Because this portion of the play is dramatic and suspenseful, an erratic, loose structure is appropriate. The author "changed things up" and "kept the reader guessing" with regard to the structure and meter--thus causing even more suspense than what the plot had already provided.
In this group of dialogue, Othello loses his usual poetic eloquence. His mental and emotional composure were compromised, thus impairing his diction. This ...
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Opinions On Oedipus The King
Number of Words: 704 / Number of Pages: 3
... that one of the dead was his own father Laius. Oedipus then traveled on and came across the Sphinx, which was terrorizing the countryside in Thebes. He solved the Sphinx’s riddle and was anointed king of Thebes for his heroic act.
This provides the setting for the action in the play. The action begins while there is a terrible plague devastating Thebes, and Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is trying to stop it. The answer he receives from the oracle he consults is, “Pay the killers back--whoever is responsible,” for the death of Laius. Oedipus becomes so obsessed with finding the murderer of Laius ...
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