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Margaret Atwoods Surfacing - A
Number of Words: 1827 / Number of Pages: 7
... references to jars, bottles and tin cans. These items represent methods of containing or imprisoning life : "I put the worms in a can and some dirt for them." They also represent the narrator's own emotional life which has been put into jars preventing her from being able to feel. The narrator knows that she has feelings, but the trauma of having an abortion has caused her to become extremely desensitized.
It can be deduced that the narrator has always felt trapped in places she did not want to be. On page 58, she says that Anna could be her at sixteen, "sulking on the dock, resentful at bei ...
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King Arthur And Beowulf: A Comparison
Number of Words: 547 / Number of Pages: 2
... the weapons of the king.
The noble King Arthur utilized the arms of his time, opposed to Beowulf's
unarmed way of battle.
Described as the strongest man in the world, Beowulf voyages across seas
slaying evil demons with nothing but his bare hands. "…Knew at once that
nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands where harder." In the
confrontation of Grendel and Beowulf, our hero brings forth a force greater than
the unmerciful dragon. Weaponless, Beowulf slays the dragon with his divine
tools of god. "And was instantly seized himself, claws bent back as Beowulf
leaned up on one arm." Beowulf w ...
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The Character Of Macbeth
Number of Words: 620 / Number of Pages: 3
... He was afraid of the aftereffects and didn’t deem it right to kill a king who was just and of such high stature. Unfortunately for Duncan, Macbeth’s ambitions slowly overpowered his morals and loyalty. Even though Macbeth was uncertain, his ambition for power was able to take over his mind, and provided him with a sufficient excuse to murder King Duncan.
Macbeth had now achieved his goal, being the King of Scotland. His urges should have diminished, but they didn’t. Macbeth was now dead set on retaining his new power. He became paranoid and feared Banquo, whose integrity a ...
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Birches
Number of Words: 1237 / Number of Pages: 5
... This fantasy also allows the speaker, not Frost, to escape from the reality of the destruction of the earth. For these reasons, this poem illustrates the battle of the speaker between the youthful thoughts of fantasy and the older, more plausible, facts of reality.
The description of the boy swing from branch to branch could also be construed as a metaphor: a boy's actions swinging from represents his learning through feeling out situations and making mistakes while growing. Of course, a boy will learn of balance and heights while climbing trees, but there is an underlying admission that he is ...
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... ain’t late, am I?" is the first thing he says to her when she opens the screen door. Connie replies by saying, "Who the hell do you think you are?", a typical response of someone in that situation. If a complete stranger showed up at my house and talked to me as though we were best friends I would respond the same way.
Throughout the story Oates continues to use vulgar language to illustrate the story and show how much Arnold Friend knows about Connie. The more Arnold talks, the more he reveals about his knowledge of Connie and the things and people around her. Soon, Arnold starts n ...
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Catcher In The Rye 4
Number of Words: 970 / Number of Pages: 4
... mind was how Holden thought about the many stories that D.B. would read him at night. When thinking of this it would remind Holden of the good times at home, this was a time when he felt comfortable and was a memory that made him feel good at almost anytime. And finally D.B. affected Holden by remembering there visits to the movies with Pheobe to watch old movies. "But I didn’t enjoy it much. I just don’t see what’s to marvellous about Sir Laurence Olivier, that’s all" (pg 117). They would go to the movie and spend the whole time critiquing it and saying what they woul ...
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Compare And Contrast Thomas Be
Number of Words: 2052 / Number of Pages: 8
... take pertaining to their specific circumstances.
Two characters that follow the hero journey are Job of the wisdom books of the Old Testament and Murder in the Cathedral’s Thomas Becket. Job is a fortunate and distinctively devout man. Satan wants to prove to God Job’s faith will falter if his blessings are obliterated. Satan creates an agonizing event sequence Job must suffer through. Job’s children, livestock, land, and health are taken away from him, and his comforters--three friends and a wife--believe Job deserves the turmoil and tell him he must repent his sins to regain ...
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The Master Speed
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... his daughter has the ability to enjoy her existence and the commitment she is about to make.
In the second quatrain, Frost tells the reader his daughter was given her “special abilities” so that “in the rush of everything to waste, that [she] may have the power of standing still.” By this, Frost reiterates his theme by stating that if you travel through life to fast you will lose all the fun and enjoyment it has to offer. Respectively, Frost suggests that everyone especially his daughter should stop at the “master speed” to take in the beauty that resides ...
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Julius Caesae
Number of Words: 292 / Number of Pages: 2
... the Ides of March. Caesar, who studies the man and his words, exercises poor judgement in dismissing both.
In Act I, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar, a Soothsayer calls out from the crowd to Julius Caesar, warning him to “Beware of the Ides of March!” (Line 21). Caesar asks the Soothsayer to come forward and repeat the warning again and decides, “He is a dreamer, let us leave him” (Line 29). Caesar’s extreme vanity leads him to believe that he is absolutely secure from attack by mere humans. Brutus repeats the fortuneteller’s warning, but Caesar ignores him as well. The Soothsayer’s warning to Caesar is one o ...
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Learning To Really Learn: Through Oral Communication
Number of Words: 2381 / Number of Pages: 9
... to the quality comprehensive listening and speech production in the child depending what he/she may learn in his home environment. When school begins so does the self-consciousness of the child start to be affected; the child may not even know how to express him/her self effectively in an out of home setting. (Children and oral communication) This is why the teacher's role in child development is very tricky and from careful research by Strickland and Loban we now know the action needed to be taken by the schoolteachers. Testing to see if listening comprehension is going at a satisfying rate can ...
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