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Guy De Maupassants The Necklac
Number of Words: 514 / Number of Pages: 2
... started to hate her. She had it pretty good. She had a husband that loved her and was willing to do anything to please her. Even if it meant giving up something he had been saving up for, a shotgun, just so she could feel like Cinderella for one night and get a dress that suited her needs. She was unable to stop at a dress though: she needed to have jewelry. It could't be just any jewelry either, it had to be a diamond necklace.
Mathilde was a success at the party, she was noticed and sought by all. She found happiness in vanity until she arrived at home and discovered the necklace was gone. Unable to ...
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King Oedipus By Sophocles
Number of Words: 852 / Number of Pages: 4
... from the Sphinx, he believes that no one could know more than he, especially if he is the one to be accused of a crime he “knows” he didn’t commit. In response Teiresias argues, “You are please to mock my blindness. Have you eyes, and do not see your own damnation? Eyes and cannot see what company you keep.” This is a pivotal component to the irony behind the idea of blindness throughout the play. Although Teiresias is physically blind, he is able to accept and “see” the truth, while Oedipus physically being able to see is left in the dark rejecting truth. The blindness of Oedipus leads to the dar ...
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The Crucible: Issues
Number of Words: 1130 / Number of Pages: 5
... void of the world that they hadnt experienced. Personally I feel that many of the people in this play had an inner sense of shame and guilt among them but nobody could express it because of the fear of being persecuted. To me that is not a religion. That is a trap. Or a “catch 22” if you might. These people were so caught up in God that they forgot the morals and values of life and got caught up in making God happy. When they were really just committing their own sins.
Also in this play you can feel a strong relation to the maturity of the mind and the ignorance and abuse of power. I find it hard ...
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Battle Between Sexes Critical
Number of Words: 1938 / Number of Pages: 8
... she is the political pawn of a "feminist" Senator, Jordan O'Neill agrees to become the first woman to train with the elite fighting force. If Jordan succeeds, then she will strike a blow for the idea of women in combat, but no one expects or even really wants her to succeed. Jordan, appearing as masculine as possible, bravely endures humiliation, ridicule, sabotage, and physical torture to prove she can do it. O’Neil suffers each of these indignities, and even shaves her hair to escape its encumbrance.
O'Neil finds herself fighting for respect and survival among the officers, the fellow trainees ...
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
Number of Words: 740 / Number of Pages: 3
... an ambitious young man like Duddy. He springs from humble beginnings, but clearly, he is very eager to become a successful and powerful man. "...his bony cheeks were criss-crossed with scratches as he shaved twice daily in his attempt to encourage a beard." This clearly indicates to the readers that Duddy wants and tries to be someone that he is not. He wants himself and others to think that he is of great significance. The fact that his friends, family and others reject him make his self-projected image even more preponderant. He must convince himself and others that he is a very important figure and ...
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When Loss Is A Gain Bean Tree
Number of Words: 458 / Number of Pages: 2
... four cemeteries on the way to the Pottawatomie Presbyterian Church of St. Michael... and each on them Turtle called out, Mama.(215)” She gains maturity by sticking with Taylor learning from each other’s strength. Growing up with a different guardian looking over her, referring her as “Mama”, realizing Taylor is the one to love and protect her. Turtle’s trauma teaches Lou Ann and Taylor how much they love Turtle and each other.
Taylor leaves a lot behind her with her journey from Kentucky, but her loss leads her to meet others and to become responsible. By leaving her ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 890 / Number of Pages: 4
... he were writing
about himself. "Every novel contains an element of autobiography-and
this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only explain himself
in his creations."(Kimbrough,158) The story is written as seen through
Marlow's eyes. Marlow is a follower of the sea. His voyage up the
Congo is his first experience in freshwater navigation. He is used as
a tool, so to speak, in order for Conrad to enter the story and tell
it out of his own philosophical mind. He longs to see Kurtz, in the
hope's of appreciating all that Kurtz finds endearing in the African
jungle. Marl ...
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Eve S Apology
Number of Words: 1051 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the fruit is inexcusable because he is supposedly stronger than Eve and should have been able to resist her temptation. "What weakness offered, strength might have refused, Being lord of all, the greater was his shame…For he was lord and king of all the earth, Before poor Eve had either life or breath" (35-36, 39-40). This statement is ironic because Lanyer does not believe that women are weak or that men are stronger. She goes on to chide Adam for "lay(ing) the fault on Patience' back" (49) and wonders why women must put up with the stigma attached with being held responsible for th ...
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Julius Caesar-mark Antony
Number of Words: 1009 / Number of Pages: 4
... am I with you all, and love you all...” (III i 220). This act symbolizes that
Antony has made a new friendship with the conspirators, but in reality, he is
plotting to seek revenge so he can take over Rome. Antony is also able to
flatter the vast angry crowd in order to get his way. He is first able to get the
crowd to feel sorry for him. This feeling is evident when the second plebeian
says, “Poor soul, his eyes are red as fire with weeping” (III ii 116). Antony is
then able to turn the people in the crowd against Brutus by teasing them with
Caesar’s will ...
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Bartleby Essay
Number of Words: 277 / Number of Pages: 2
... Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P," the conflict of the individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions for conformity occurs with the characters who were different.
Initially, a scrivener is someone who copies things for a living. The title "Bartleby, the Scrivener" describes Bartleby the complete opposite of what he actually is. He is asked to "join this interesting group." The narrator describes Bartleby as enclosing himself behind the walls of his office. These walls represent the walls Bartleby builds - not physical wall, but commu ...
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