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Hansel And Gretel Man Vs Women
Number of Words: 1185 / Number of Pages: 5
... differently than the typical child is treated. All of the adults in the story treat children as though they are property. They use them for what they are good for. "Little child, Little nubkin, Sweet as fudge,You are my blitz.
I will spit on you for luck, For you are better than money" (Sexton, 101)
In this quote Sexton is saying how parents have children in order to take advantage of the benefits of having children. If you have children society treats you much differently. You are more like the typical American family. Children can be used to draw attention to their parents. People may approac ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 852 / Number of Pages: 4
... "Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge." Sharing information with the people is flattering and it almost guarantees acceptance. He gets their sympathy by saying that he loved Caesar, daring the people to find anyone who loved Caesar more. Brutus declares that he never wronged Caesar, that he cried for Caesar's love, was happy for his greatness, honored him for his courage, but had to kill him because of Caesar's ambition. He says that the reason for killing Caesar was his great love for Rome. He justifies his actions by saying that he loved Caesar but, "Not t ...
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Kingston's “No Name Woman”: Community's Role
Number of Words: 425 / Number of Pages: 2
... aunt
could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex”
shows that she was not an immoral woman but someone who was forced into
having sex. She could not let anyone know what was happening with her. She
had no one to listen to her and understand her misery. She did not have
anyone to rescue her out of the fateful situation. Her own family treated
her as an “outcast”. They made her, the wrongdoer, be left alone. They
considered her an offender when she was not to blame. The villagers had
thrown eggs, mud and rocks at her house. “The villagers punished her for
acting like she could ...
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Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 2176 / Number of Pages: 8
... but misses it and then tries to grasp at something which he can't reach. At first, he is presented as two different people. The first impression is that he is an angry man who blames the world for his faults, he has tried to mould his children into images of himself and often contradicts himself (as shown in Act 1 where he talks about Biff being a 'lazy bum' and then saying 'there's one thing about Biff-he's not lazy'). Willy is an insecure man who has cheated his loving wife, lied to his sons, and has taught them that cheating and stealing is a way of life. But most of all, he has unachievable dreams ...
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If I Should Die Before I Wake
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... they were hostile to
Chana and her family.(80-83)
A noticeable trait shown in Chana as her character developed
throughout the book was her religious and spiritual self. In the beginning it
was only her grandmother, Bubbe who had total faith in God, and who tried
to encourage Chana to have faith also. Chana did not believe Bubbe, she
thought that God was not on her side and that he was nowhere.(34,196) She
resented God until she looked into the eyes of her shvester and then "felt
ashamed of her anger with God".(236) Towards the end of the book she prays to make Matel well.(253) ...
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My Antonia 3
Number of Words: 435 / Number of Pages: 2
... couldn’t be any happier with the life she is living. She has become grizzled, lost many teeth, and has had to work hard in this new venture. One phrase that shows Antonia's love for the farmland is when she says; “There wasn’t a tree here when we first came. We planted every one, and used to carry water for them, they were on my mind like children. Many a night after he was asleep I’ve got up and come out and carried water to the poor things.”(219) Antonia tells of how they started their farm and how she never gets lonesome there like she did in to ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... a girl that
barely knows him, and actually dislikes him. That is not a situation
where insults are likely to bring results.
This point is compounded because Elizabeth only gets slightly
insulted by this comment. Her initial refusal of Darcy was based
almost totally on his actions towards Jane and Bingley's relationship,
and his treatment of Mr. Wickham. However, she is barely perturbed by
this comment of Darcy regarding her family. This is so strange because
one would expect Elizabeth to at least be equally mad for personal
insults as well as for what was done to oth ...
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The Myth Of Perfection
Number of Words: 1278 / Number of Pages: 5
... changes or
comparisons based on what we already know. Through experience, we can tell what
is hotter or colder, but never actually tell what the absolutes are. This is a
central aspect of what makes perfection impossible to achieve. What exactly is
perfection? Seeing as we have no inherent knowledge of what is perfect or
imperfect, these ideals are usually set by the expectations of others who are in
positions of control over us. Therein lies one of the fundamental dangers in
attempting to achieve perfection. When the aims and goals of our lives are
governed by an outside force, we are transferri ...
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War Of The Worlds: Human Survival
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... and a screwin’ out. I don’t like it. I’m a-goin’ ‘ome, I am." (Wells 11) The lid fell off, and a snake-like tentacle emerged from the darkness, firing the deadly heat ray. The snake-like tentacle was an appendage on the almighty Martian fighting machine.
The humans had to overcome threats to their existence by fighting back. For many it was a constant battle to persevere in spite of their losses and for some it was the journey of escape in which to survive.
Without any chance of survival, many are killed in the line of duty as they sacrificed their lives for others. Many have been kill ...
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Waiting For Godot
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though
they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either
understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are
experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be
exact; and Beckett wants the reader to feel as if he or she were waiting
also. Along with the feeling of waiting that a reader may experience, he
or she might also understand how Vladimir and Estragon feel at times:
Unsure, not very anxious to move on, and constantly having to wait. A
feeling of timelessness is even evoked, ...
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