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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 1786 / Number of Pages: 7
... from the fact that even though he is often very reserved and distant, the one time he shows emotion it is directed towards her. The act takes place towards the end of the novel, after Darcy announces to him his intention of marriage. The reader first notices that he is not his usual self when Lizzy walks into the library. He is not cool and composed as in other times he is present, but instead is "walking around the room, looking grave and anxious." (Austen, 334) As he starts to speak it becomes clear just how much Darcy's announcement affected Mr. Bennet. "My child, let me not have the grief of ...
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The Awakening Concepts Of Morality
Number of Words: 524 / Number of Pages: 2
... that moment have done other than denied and resisted (P.31)." Her insistent attitude also made her self-righteous and neglectful of other persons.
In other ways, Mrs. Pontellier’s morality led to a dreadful deceit of her own children. Her self-righteous mindset was damaging to her children’s vitality. The ways that she treated the children were full of neglect. As in a certain night, Mr. Pontellier returned home from work to find that one of his children had a fever. Mrs. Pontellier refused to look at the child because she stated that "He had gone to bed perfectly well . . . and no ...
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The Enlightenment Writers
Number of Words: 301 / Number of Pages: 2
... writers were similar in
the way that they tried to convey reason and learning. They differed of
the premise of the techniques of writing. The pre-Enlightenment writers
were mostly made up of the educated class of clergy and the upper class,
who would afford to go to school. The clergy wrote mainly for the purposes
of the church, such as transcribing books or writing works on God or
religion. The upper-class writers would be of the nobility, so they would
usually write for aesthetic purposes or to write essays to impress their
peers.
Many great ideas were presented and defended by the Enlightenm ...
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Emerson 3
Number of Words: 1821 / Number of Pages: 7
... simply “Walking.” Though very different in general subject matter, both pieces contain very similar philosophies, applicable to many areas of life and society. The application of these philosophies from one work to the other, show not a taste of plagiarism, but rather act as a testament to the influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson on the thoughts and ideas of Henry David Thoreau.
One recurring theme of this era of American literature was the idea of establishing independence for the United States from the historical ties to Europe. A cry went out for Americans to marvel in the wonders o ...
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The Theme Of Diversity In Novels
Number of Words: 1080 / Number of Pages: 4
... a moment
later she was swimming back to the side of the pool, her head of
shortclipped auburn hair held up, straight ahead of her, as though it were
a rose on a long stem." (Roth 3) He sees her only as a beautiful woman and
allows that to get in the way of actually realizing the true reasons for
her actions. Brenda on the other hand is using him to be her "slave."
This is seen with all her actions that show that she honestly does not care
about his feelings, his wants or desires. "‘We'll be right back,' Brenda
said to me. ‘You have to sit with Julie. Carlota's off.'"(Roth 13) She
finds Neil very ...
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Character Change Brought On By
Number of Words: 2335 / Number of Pages: 9
... his survival. He shows that it is not nature one should fear but rather man, nature is a neutral force that only provides context for man to behave a certain way. To illustrate this point, Dickey places four individuals, born and bred in suburban society, into wild and lawless nature. Confronted with the "uncivilized" setting around them, Dickey shows how different men can react to the same situation. The character with the most significant and profound change is Ed Gentry.
Ed agrees to venture out on the river with the hopes of gain a new perspective on the life that has been draining him menta ...
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Hard Times 2
Number of Words: 747 / Number of Pages: 3
... he was not an unkind man at all. He believed absolutely that he was doing a good deed. He was affectionate in his way; but he studiously repressed all forms of spontaneous affection and as his children grew up, it came to be realized that he was not in sympathetic touch with them. This was especially apparent with Mr. Gradgrind's two older children, Louisa and Tom. Tom became morose and discontented, while Louisa stayed somber and hopeless and neither of them like their home, which in actuality, the Gradgrind school was based on and it's teachings were very similar.
The rigorous program tau ...
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Antigone, War Of Beliefs
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... religious person, and acceptance of her brother by the Gods was very important to her. She felt that "…I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me." (Page 341). Creon's order was personal to Antigone. His edict invaded her family life as well as the Gods. In Antigone's eyes, Creon betrayed the laws of the Gods by not allowing her to properly bury her brother, Polynices. She believed that the burial was a religious ceremony, and Creon did not have the power to deny Polynices that right. Antigone's stron ...
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Analysis Of The Machine That W
Number of Words: 461 / Number of Pages: 2
... faulty data, this caused some of the battle plans to be unreliable. His
internal conflict between himself losing his job and wanting to keep it made
him jingle with the programming until it seemed right.
This foreshadowing helps the reader to see that someone is going to
have to act upon Henderson’s faults if the war is to be won. Swift, the
military commander, received these battle plans that Henderson had ‘printed
up’ out on the front (the front being the battle front).
He, realizing that some of these plans were outrageous, had to act upon
a different form of machine. Swi ...
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Analysis Of The Love Song Of J
Number of Words: 851 / Number of Pages: 4
... When Eliot said, "Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets…"(ll 3-4 Eliot) it showed that Prufrock was numb. He had no feeling for anyone or his surroundings. J. Alfred Prufrock only felt one thing. He felt the fear of life and death. In some ways, he spent his entire life preparing for his death. Prufrock knew that his life had not provided the world with anything of great significance. Eliot pointed this out by juxtaposing Prufrock with Michelangelo. In lines 13-14 Eliot said, "In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo ...
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