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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Number of Words: 502 / Number of Pages: 2
... strong;
He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along.
With sloping masts and dipping prow,
As who pursued with yell and blow
Still treads the shadow of his foe,
And forward bends his head,
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast,
And southward aye we fled.
And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold; ...
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Odyessy - Circe And Calipso
Number of Words: 1080 / Number of Pages: 4
... Odysseus, he is “wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish” (156). Even though, Odysseus resides on a beautiful island with a goddess who takes care of him, he still wishes to be at home. Odysseus recognizes that fact that the island is beautiful, but he still longs to be at home. Additionally, Odysseus remains faithful to Penelope, not by modern day standards, but he chooses Penelope over the goddess. When Calypso questions Odysseus, he recognizes that fact that Calypso is more beautiful. Odysseus even mentions that Penelope “falls far short” (159) of Calyps ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath
Number of Words: 1675 / Number of Pages: 7
... are many characters who played a vital role in the development of . Each and every character has something to add to the book as a whole.
For example, chapter 3 expresses the struggle of a turtle trying to get across the highway. An ignorant reader might take the chapter literally, missing the underlying message that Steinbeck is trying to reveal. As the turtle attempts to cross the road, he is twice nearly crushed by passing motorists, and is flung off the road by a motorist who tried unsuccessfully to purposefully squash the turtle in it’s tracks. The turtle, in actuality, completes ...
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The Odyssey - A Creton Lie
Number of Words: 794 / Number of Pages: 3
... the island of Ithaca. He wants to get a feeling of how Penelope feels towards him before he reveals himself to her.
The beggar assures Penelope that he has really spent some time with her husband in Amnisus because there was a terrible storm and, “Then on the thirteenth day the wind died down and they set sail for Troy (Homer 397, 19.233-234).” There are two statements that reassure Penelope that the beggar does know Odysseus. “So I took Odysseus back to my own house, gave him a hero’s welcome, treated him in style....”(Homer 396, 19.222-223) and “A dozen days th ...
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Of Mice And Men
Number of Words: 630 / Number of Pages: 3
... fat of the land," as Adam and Eve did before their fall.
In a way, Lennie is always described in an animal sense. In the beginning of the novel he is referred to as having paws or he snorts like a horse. Every single minute someone is taking care of Lennie. First Aunt Clara has the responsibility then George.
Lennie always wants puppies or talks about rabbits that he will tend on their future farm. All these fury little creatures are symbols of Lennie's personality. "He has no meanness in him" George describes to one of the other workers. This statement is a lack of understanding that Lennie ...
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Pocahontas
Number of Words: 1521 / Number of Pages: 6
... it was no more savage than the English customs of public disembowelment of thieves and the burning of women accused of being witches.
In May of 1607, English colonists arrived on the Virginia shoreline with hopes of great riches. They established a settlement that they named Jamestown. Little watched as these strangers built forts and searched for food. She eventually became quite familiar with them and brought the near starving settlement food from time to time.
In December of 1607, Captain John Smith led an expedition and was taken captive by the Indians. He was taken to Werowocomoco, 12 ...
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Othello: Iago The Con
Number of Words: 923 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the Moor Othello, Iago says, "With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio." [Act II, Scene I, Line 163] His cunning and craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed.
Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of trust and uses it as a tool to forward his purposes. Throughout the story he is commonly known as, and commonly called, "Honest Iago." He even says of himself, "I am an honest man...." [Act II, Scene III, Line 245] Trust is a very powerful emotion that is easily abused. Othello, "holds [him] well;/The better shall [Iago's] ...
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1984, The Book Vs. The Movie
Number of Words: 934 / Number of Pages: 4
... personal freedom is concealed, is bound to have some anxiety grow within the peoples. People will eventually try to rebel and go against the government and their principles. This is what Winston and Julia had. Their love showed to us their hatred to the Party, and it only seemed natural because of the constant suppression of Oceania. But, on the other hand, they are slaves to the Party and did everything the Party asked of them. In their heads, though, they know they hate the Party. The movie showed this quite well, though editing a lot of parts. When the lovers were in the rented room, Wins ...
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Spring Silkworms
Number of Words: 655 / Number of Pages: 3
... poor economy. Things such as predicting harvest by the amount of sprouts that a garlic put out, the way they isolated Lotus believing that she would bring bad luck to them just because her family had a bad harvest, and Huang's interest in Taoism, they were all somehow reflection of Mao's affection. Just around the same period of time, he has been encouraging the peasants for abandoning the worship of Gods and rejecting Buddhism. T'ung Pao hated the foreigners. Since they brought in foreign goods in, in other words, they brough in competitions. The global power seemed to have shifted irrevocably from E ...
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The Times They Are A Changin
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... two lines begin “Don’t” which indicates a stronger will and mind set. “For he that gets hurt/Will be he who is stalled,” illustrates that if there is resistance to young people’s ideas against the war in Vietnam, the idea of free love and the distaste for accepted social structures, that peace may not be an option. Dylan goes as far as to say “There’s a battle outside/And its ragin/it’ll soon shake your windows/and rattle your walls.” These stanzas are not literal in the sense of war, but lends emphasis to the will of the revolutionist&# ...
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