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Beowulf: A Hero
Number of Words: 428 / Number of Pages: 2
... his men are at Herot, Beowulf does not attack Grendel with a sword or any other weapon, but with his bare hands, the same as Grendel. He then wrestles with Grendel without the aide of any of his men, one on one with the monster, and tears off one of Grendel's arms. This certainly demonstrates great courage on the part of Beowulf.
Beowulf also demonstrates a very noble character. He is gracious, loyal, and above all truly valorous. Beowulf, should he have wished it, most likely could have taken Hrothgar's place as king of the Danes. He had proven his worthiness and in some ways, that he was better ...
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The Use Of Characters By Hawthorne And O'Connor To Teach Morality
Number of Words: 1737 / Number of Pages: 7
... because they were thought to be witches. In today’s times that sounds absurd, but at that time it was a real fear, to think that they would be corrupted by these demonic beings and they would be kept from heaven.
Goodman Brown was a church going man and most people would have thought him to be good. He came from a lineage of good Christian people, who the old stranger says, “I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem: and it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian villa ...
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Philosophy - Socrates
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... sense. In order for Philosophers to
examine their world accurately and learn the truth accurately, they must remove them selves of all
distractions. These not only include physical distractions, but they include mental distractions and bodily
distractions as well. Philosophers must get used to viewing and examining the world with out any senses.
Senses merely hinder and obscure the truth. Sight for example can be fooled easily with optical illusions
which occur normally in nature. Sound can be very distracting as well when a philosopher is trying to
concentrate. All of these cloud the judgement, ...
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The Devil And Daniel Webster
Number of Words: 731 / Number of Pages: 3
... years time he would relinquish his soul to the Devil; known in this story as “Scratch” (194).
Jabez becomes very prosperous, but there exists an underlying anxiety deep inside that grows with each passing year. Jabez’ anxiety turns to sick horror as a moth-like creature desperately pleads to him for help. Jabez soon learns that the creature that had fluttered out of the Devil’s black pocketbook is the soul of his spry mean neighbor; Miser Steven (190-191). Like Jabez, frustrated ordinary people feel dismay when bad judgement leads them to making the wrong decision. Although th ...
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The Great Gatsby 4
Number of Words: 406 / Number of Pages: 2
... different methods of achieving it. Gatsby wants Daisy, and Myrtle just wants to be higher in society. Gatsby plays the god-like character in this book so his means are good but both him and Myrtle do bad things to get higher in a crowd that will never take them in. To make themselves appear better to the other crowd, they lose some of the moral fiber that was there to begin with.
(Fitzgerald, -page 83-)
Loss of morals in the 1920' in America caused the American dream to vanish. The god-like character of the book Gatsby, was a good person but he did bad things like bootlegging and joining in organi ...
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Use Of Symbolism In The Lord O
Number of Words: 842 / Number of Pages: 4
... also a symbol of Satan, or the Devil. When Simon talked with the Lord of the Flies, he learned what the real evil was, which is the evil in people's hearts. The Lord of the Flies is a symbol of the things we make up to be the cause for evil, when those things aren't the real reason. The fire is a symbol of hope and rescue. When the fire was burning bright, it was because the boys were working hard to get rescued. When the fire burnt out, it was because many boys, like Jack, didn't care anymore about being rescued. In the end, the fire that got them rescued was not meant for rescue. It was there becau ...
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Monsters Point Of View
Number of Words: 1232 / Number of Pages: 5
... But upon creating life, Frankenstein becomes horrified by his creation, and flees from the anguish and fear he feels from the monster. Frankenstein abandons his creation, therefore shunning the monster from him, leaving the monster with no one to love or acceptance him.
Shelley conveys to the reader that the monster has learned to speak and read by observing the De Lacey family who resided at a cottage which had an adjoining lean-to, in which he resided. Shelley also conveys that the monster learned about love by observing Felix De Lacey and Safie's love for each other, and by reading a novel ...
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The Runaway Jury
Number of Words: 2509 / Number of Pages: 10
... laborious job of jury selection. The tobacco industry has on their payroll a man by the name of Rankin Fitch. Fitch foresees the selection of the lawyers and consultants. Fitch and the consultants foresee the selection of the jurors. Each perspective juror is investigated and watched. The defense as well as the plaintiffs want to secure a verdict so they only want jurors sympathetic to their side. Fitch along with Rohr, the plaintiff’s lawyer, also had high priced detectives tailing perspective jurors. Anyone who was the least bit wrong for their cause had to be eliminated from the proc ...
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Little Women Book Report
Number of Words: 998 / Number of Pages: 4
... Beth, dies. By the end of the book, they really have turned from
little women into real women.
Jo was the second oldest of the four sisters. Her birth name was
Josephine, but she always thought that it sounded too feminine, so she
shortened it to Jo. Clearly, Jo was one of the main characters of the
story because many of the events centered on her and the audience learned
more about who she was. She was a tomboy at heart and hated all the prim
and proper ways of the ladies in those days. Jo was very blunt in her
speaking and always said exactly what was on her mind. However, mo ...
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To An Athlete Dying Young
Number of Words: 641 / Number of Pages: 3
... to a casket being carried on the shoulders of others, a sad and mournful time.
Rather than join the others in mourning, however, in the third stanza the speaker is instead reflecting on how lucky the young athlete was to have died when he did:
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Dying was better than lingering on outlasting the glory of his victories. He speaks of how lucky the young athlete was to have died before anyone could break his records or before his accomplishments were forgotten.
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