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American Psycho
Number of Words: 1506 / Number of Pages: 6
... the overabundance of details. Why is it important to know what kind of hair gel Bateman used on Tuesday before an important meeting with his friends? What’s the point of numerous chapters of extreme analysis of Genesis, Whitney Houston, etc? Bateman’s obsessions are extremely complex but at the same time he doesn’t limit himself to one area of obsession. Bateman’s knowledge of fashion is truly amazing, but what about his knowledge of weapons. His knowledge of pain is a true genius in itself, but how many people can spit out specifications on the frequency responses of various brands of stereo re ...
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Enstragement In Hamlet
Number of Words: 1568 / Number of Pages: 6
... this stage Hamlet is suicidal and risks himself being estranged from his religious principals as he begins to think of suicide. If Hamlet were to kill Claudius, he would be violating a central religious principle against murdering another human being. Both suicide and murdering King Claudius would make him feel guilt at having violated religious coda, thus representing estrangement at the level of his religious consciousness (Knight 14). As Hamlet has the duty to avenge his father’s death by killing his father’s murderer, the King, Hamlet risks estrangement at the religious level.
Hamlet is also princi ...
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A Comparison Of The Women Of Wharton And Deledda
Number of Words: 1095 / Number of Pages: 4
... sickness
that was thought to be brought on by her taking care of Ethan's mother and her
absorption of life's burdens. In this story she is the conflicting character.
The other woman is a young Mattie Silver, the cousin of Zeena and the
housemaid of the Fromes. Mattie is about twenty-one years old and not too much
of a house keeper since she is small and weak and somewhat clumsy. But
nevertheless she caught the eye of Ethan Frome who would fetch her on nights of
town revelry, and with that grew a forbidden love. This is the conflict of the
story.
In 1920, Grazia Deledda published La Madre. Mari ...
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Miracles, Dreams, And Empowerment: A Brief Therapy Practice Note
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... able to make
his/her own decisions, and he/she forms a good relationship with the client.
The clinician's use of questions is also important in this process.
Empowerment-based practice is tied with solution-focused therapy.
Something used quite often in this practice is called “the miracle
question.” The clinician asks his/her client this question, allowing them
to visualize their future, and realize that their lives can change. The
miracle question is as follows: “Suppose that after our meeting, you go
home and go to bed. While you are sleeping, a miracle happens and the
problem that brought y ...
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They Came From Outerspace
Number of Words: 766 / Number of Pages: 3
... mortality that tormented him and sent him on a quest to find the eternal life he felt he deserved.
To accomplish this task, Gilgamesh set out on a venture to find the place where the gods went to the heavens. His intentions were to travel to the heavens like the gods. Although it is commonly believed that the Sumerian word "shem" means name, it is also deciphered as "ship". Now, when Gilgamesh says,"I will set up my shem in the place where the shems of famous men are raised", one can start to understand the context of the statement. Gilgamesh intends to join the gods in their heavenly abode! Thi ...
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Only The Heart
Number of Words: 273 / Number of Pages: 1
... makes predictions about the events which unfold later in the story. She predicts that "evil" or bad things will happen in order to restore the balance of Yin and Yang.
Since coming to Australia the Vo family has been very fortunate. As well as getting away from their communist county to a free one, Toan experiences success in school and later on as an actor. Vo Kin Tueyt believes that in order to restore the balance of good and evil something bad will happen, "good and evil, light and dark".
Near the end of the novel something bad does happen, Linh and Miro are involved in a car accident while being c ...
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A Rose For Emily
Number of Words: 644 / Number of Pages: 3
... love that resurfaces later, because it is the only way Emily knows how to love.
When Homer Baron, a construction worker, comes into Emily's life he sheds hope into her life. He offers Emily a chance to feel love and to receive the affection she has previously only dreamed of. Together they take Sunday carriage rides, and for awhile, the town's people seem to think that Emily will finally wed. It appears to them that Emily has finally found her rose.
Emily then sets out to fulfill the ultimate form of the rose dream, that of marriage. She purchases "a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters ...
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Twelfth Night 4
Number of Words: 1297 / Number of Pages: 5
... he asks Viola (pretending to be a male servant named Cesario) to approach Olivia and woo her on his behalf. Viola (as Cesario) promises to do so, but privately reveals she will not try hard, since she desires Orsino. At Olivia's house, Olivia and her servant Feste (aka Clown) trade witticisms when Maria and Toby (drunk as usual) tell her Viola (as Cesario) is at the door. Learning Viola is come from Orsino, Olivia tells her steward Malvolio to send him away. Finally, though, she agrees to see Viola. Viola speaks to Olivia about Orsino and actually tries to tell her how to distance herself from him. W ...
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Princess Bride Research Paper
Number of Words: 1202 / Number of Pages: 5
... they follow their orders. They sail away on a ship, but soon realize they are being followed by a ship that is gaining on them. He also follows them to the Cliffs of Insanity. When they reach the top, Vizzini has Inigo stay behind to kill the man following them (the Man-in-Black) because he (Inigo) is a master swordsman. When the Man-in-Black reaches the top of the cliffs, Inigo reveals he wants revenge on a man with six fingers who killed his father. Inigo and the Man-in-Black find they have a mutual respect for each other, but they must duel and the Man-in-Black wins, but does not kill Inigo. ...
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When You Are Old
Number of Words: 763 / Number of Pages: 3
... is “nodding by the fire”, taking “down this book” that she reads slowly. She is reading a book near the fireplace. She is also dreaming “of the soft look” her “eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.” Therefore, she is thinking about the times when she was young and had soft look in her eyes and her deep shadows in her eyes that she used to have.
In the first four lines, Yeats describes from broad thing then he goes into details. Being old is the broad description, and he explains what an old woman will have in her old age such as grey hair and sl ...
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