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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 964 / Number of Pages: 4
... MacBeth was evil, yet he was a tragic hero, because
he had free will. He also had only one flaw, and that was
pride. He had many good traits such as bravery, but his
one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't
have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero
dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction".
In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks
out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a
wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful
step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about
tragedi ...
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Stephen King
Number of Words: 2048 / Number of Pages: 8
... returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact on King’s life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, recalls how his family life was altered: "After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet." My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low paying jobs." Stephen’s first outlooks on life were influenced by his older brother and what he figured out on his own. While young Stephen and his family moved around the North Eastern and Central United States. When he was seven years old ...
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King Lear
Number of Words: 1116 / Number of Pages: 5
... a blessing against his will. If thou follow him,
Thou must needs wear my coxcomb- How now nuncle? Would I had two
Coxcombs and two daughters!
(I, i: 96-103)
When the Fool offers King Lear his coxcomb, he is offering him wisdom. King Lear is unaware of his ignoble actions and this is the fool's attempt to make him realize how inadequate his actions are. In another rhyming jest, the Fool, in his cleaver manipulation of speech, tries to desperately to warn King Lear to be careful with what he has or be left with nothing:
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest, ...
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The Great Gatsby 2
Number of Words: 806 / Number of Pages: 3
... because Nick is the narrator one can consider the descriptions of different characters as filtered. Nick has a different perception of each character and therefor it is important to stress the different views on the different characters. The descriptions by Nick of the others are based on how they present themselves to public, or in this case, Nick. Another factor that speaks for Nick being the narrator of this novel is the way Nick stands to each different relationship of the novel. Nick is mainly an outsider, who has no real connection to either of the other characters. This is what relates Nick to t ...
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Grapes Of Wrath
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... it may split them up. After the news of tom and al staying is told to ma she starts to flip out because she doesn't want the family to be split up. Tom explains that when the get the jalopy going again that they will catch up in no time.
Dreams may be shattered in California. The Joads are moving to California because they heard it was nice, lots of work, land and money.
The Joads start to believe that California is not all that they had hoped for when many more people say that California is far from what they had hoped. Or just brush it aside by saying that they don't want so many people out ...
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Exploration Of The Theme Of Or
Number of Words: 841 / Number of Pages: 4
... that God is the sole proprietor of order and justice. Joseph, the youngest of twelve sons, is provided with a prophecy of his future greatness which he tells his brothers: “behold we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose...your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf...and behold the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.” This is the first indication that God is at work defining and orchestrating events in the world. When Joseph’s brothers later decide to sell him into slavery, they are attempting to circumvent God̵ ...
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Raisin In The Sun
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... be basically be happy. In the beginning of the play Mama anticipated the insurance money coming. She hadn’t decided right away on what to do but she the basic idea. From the time she didn’t have money to a little bit after, Mama began to really see what her family was put through. Before the money came, the family began to have their own dreams and Mama listened. They varied, of course, but they had one primary meaning; to get out of this rut they were in and head to somewhere big. Once Mama got the money, it took a little time but she had her mind set, she went and bought a house. She felt it would b ...
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Roger Rosenblatt's "The Bill Of Rights": Inescapable Dilemma
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... Isn't taking away the opportunity to live
life morally wrong? There are many more questions that face the doctor as
well as the mother of the fetus. So, as the mother and the doctor are
faced with this dilemma, sometimes what they feel is morally correct is
not legal- as abortion is illegal in certain states.
Another example of an inescapable dilemma is guns. Should it be
legal for man to have the power to purchase such an item whose sole
purpose is to drain life in general; let alone human life? With the many
stories of accidents because of children experimenting with guns, safety
is ...
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Spoken Words Versus Written Words
Number of Words: 451 / Number of Pages: 2
... times. If present time information would be written down today, tomorrow the information may be absolete. Censorship is always a major issue; the speaker gets to express his or her opinions to their intended audience without offending anyone. If the opinions were to be written, their beliefs would open up to the unintended audience. Anyone can put something in writing even if the information is false and that could lead the reader into thinking that false information is true. If a speaker who has earned the credibility of the audience through professional views or first hand experiences this woul ...
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Robert Frost Ideas
Number of Words: 591 / Number of Pages: 3
... which the mower
chose to leave intact. The patch of beauty left by his fellow worker
causes the speaker to feel that he is no longer alone. There is a sense
of understanding between the speaker and the mower, because an
appreciation of beauty unites them.
Frost uses peaceful images to relate the feeling of his poem. The
setting is in a grassy field with a brook running through it. The
tranquil feeling is added to by a silent butterfly, who searches for a
flower upon which to land. In keeping with the peaceful surroundings,
Frost speaks of a long scythe ³whispering to the ...
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