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Cymbeline Essay
Number of Words: 716 / Number of Pages: 3
... should be the
rightful man for Imogen. Not only are they sold on the idea, but Cloten is
as well. He tries every second he can to, in some way, try and do
something to look great in front of her. His life, sadly, revolves around
trying to do what his mother thinks is right and winning Imogen's
affections. Much to his dismay she is not only annoyed, but uninterested.
Giacomo is the next in line to hurt Imogen. With the bet he made
with Posthumus in mind, he tries to woo his way into Imogen's heart and her
bedroom. He is a very sly and rude character who will do whatever he can ...
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Hammlet
Number of Words: 1117 / Number of Pages: 5
... for their personal preservation, which served as Gertrude's mask. Gertrude was brought up to believe that when a woman protests her innocence, in any matter, too much then people will begin to think otherwise. Gertrude revealed the idea of her mask, when responding to Hamlet inquiry of her likes to the play, her response was a bold reply, "The lady doth protest too much methinks" (Gertrude - 3.2.254), while viewing "The Murder of Ganzago." Hamlet's disgust with his mother's lack of strength, in regards to Claudius' sexual temptations, was evident in his soliloquy, after Gertrude begged him to ...
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The Catcher In The Rye
Number of Words: 2254 / Number of Pages: 9
... knew that he had a problem, that he need to do something about his face; but Stradlater thought that he was a great guy. He actually thought that there was nothing wrong with never washing his razor. I think that what mad, Holden so made Stradlater was perpetrating in other word being "phony" every time he went out all GQ after using that filthy razor.
Another instance is when he calls that girl in New York, Faith Cavendish, that Eddie Birdsell had brought to a dance at Princeton. Anyway he called her and she almost went off until Holden drooped Eddie's name. Then all of a sudden "she was getting fri ...
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... something the grandmother has said or done. At the very beginning of the story, she starts off by stating that she does not want to go to Florida. She would rather go to east Tennessee and tried anything she could to change Bailey’s mind (Page 426). Later in the story, as they began the trip to Florida, the grandmother talked the entire time. She would tell stories of her youth to the grandchildren and lecture them about being more respectful to their native state, and to their parents. Although the grandmother is the protagonist, it is her fault that the trip ended in the devastating wa ...
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East Of Eden
Number of Words: 750 / Number of Pages: 3
... According to the town Cathy
lived, Cathy had a scent of sweetness, but that is just what Cathy
wanted
the town to see and think when Cathy planned her kill. On page
114-115, "The fire broke out... the Ames house went up like a
rocket... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were
two bodies." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into the safe
to steal the family's money. As the investigators scoped the place,
they noticed that the bolts stuck out and there were no keys left in
the locks. They knew it was not an accident. Cathy's body was never
found, bu ...
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Crime And Punishment - Suffering
Number of Words: 725 / Number of Pages: 3
... arise from recurrent visions of the crime. Raskolnikov never
again recalls the massive amounts of blood everywhere, the look on
Lizaveta's face when he brings down the axe on her head. These things
clearly show that the crime isn't what might cause him suffering, or
pain, it is something else.
After Raskolnikov is sent off to Siberia, he doesn't feel
remorseful. His feelings haven't changed about his crime, he feels
bad at not being able to living up to his own ideas of greatness. He
grows depressed only when he learns of his mother's death. Raskolnikov
still hasn ...
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A HANGING AUDIENCE
Number of Words: 683 / Number of Pages: 3
... to understand the way the guards and superintendent felt towards the prisoners. We see this when the superintendent is upset because the execution is running late, and says, “For God’s sake hurry up, Francis.” And “The man ought to have been dead by this time.” This allows the reader to see the disrespect the authority has towards the prisoners.
We see that the author’s purpose is to allow the readers to understand that the prisoners were not treated humanly, and allows us to see the negative attitudes the authority had towards the prisoners.
Knowing and understanding the author’s purpose, we see w ...
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Frederick Jackson Turner: Closing Of The Frontier
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... state of Wisconsin purely in terms of "germ" theory because of the profound influence of Native American Indian culture in the region.
Turner said that "the frontier divided the primitive from the civilized, the natural from the institutional, the savage from the cultured, the elemental from the complex." (Simonson, p.9) Though at first, the wilderness mastered the pioneer, the pioneer slowly transformed the wilderness. The pioneer underwent a process that "Americanized" him and freed him from his dependence on Europe. Subduing nature became the Americans' manifest destiny.
Turner said that the f ...
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The Masculine Dismissal Of A Women's Quest In The Odyssey, A Room Of One's Own, And Northanger Abbey
Number of Words: 1281 / Number of Pages: 5
... that will guide
him throughout his struggles:
"For if some god batters me far
out on the wine-blue water, I will endure it,
keeping a stubborn spirit inside of me,
for already I have suffered much and
done much hard work..." (The Odyssey 9. 12-16)
So the hero of The Odyssey displays the manifold ability to overcome beings
of all kinds, one after the other. Always he comes to fore as the master,
and by his extraordinary greatness, leaves all others behind him. From
Odysseus, the readers can learn to conquer life. But there is an issue of
uncertainty within the Greek-value system, ...
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Animal Farm
Number of Words: 634 / Number of Pages: 3
... the Russian Imperial rule and its replacement by the communist regime.
In this light, the characters introduced in Chapter I represent real, historical figures: Mr. Jones is the Czar, Old Major is Lenin and Marx at the same time and as for the rest of the animals, their role will become clear as the story progresses.
The animals on Manor Farm (Imperial Russia) ended live in unacceptable conditions, as is evidenced.
One of the ironies in this chapter is that the animals are not aware of their lamentable living conditions. This is shown the night that Old Major organized the meeting in the big bar ...
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