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A Story Of An Hour: Feelings
Number of Words: 472 / Number of Pages: 2
... that she would not be sad again, but for now she was like a bird
let out of the cage.
Mrs. Mallard was a good example of Shakespeare's line “To Thine own self
be true." She did not allow guilt to rear it's ugly head but instead just felt
her feelings. She allowed no one to witness her self assertion. But, it was
the strongest impulse of her being.
As she was projecting spring and summer days to come, a feeling that her
life would be her own again gave her a contentment that she had not felt in a
long time. No one actually knew what Mrs. Mallard had experienced behind her
closed door. Although, ...
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The Masque Of The Red Death
Number of Words: 1080 / Number of Pages: 4
... note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The “taming” of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century (Peralta). The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric, antiquated, and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors. It establishes in the first act her shrewish demeanor and its repercussions on her family. It is only with the introduction of the witty Petruchio ...
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Brave New World
Number of Words: 786 / Number of Pages: 3
... and to clean for themselves. These teachings help the individual to grow practically. The Savages also bestow good ideals in their people from which they can learn, understand, and grow. One of the most important things that the Savages are taught is self-control. The Whipping Ceremony is a good example of this. In this ceremony a young man was whipped to death in front of a large audience and throughout it he "made no sound…[and] walked on at the same slow, steady pace" (97). The man is taught that to show his strength he must use the uttermost limits of his self-control. They are also taught ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 1002 / Number of Pages: 4
... much jealousy Gene had over Finny’ s ability to stay out of trouble, no matter what he did. “This time he wasn’t going to get away with it.” (909). He would rather be in accordance to the rules and be on his best behavior, than to be a rebel who goes against everything. Finny, on the other hand was more of a rebel. “I wonder what would happen if I looked like a fairy to everyone.” (909). Finny, more of a rebel, is very outgoing; he, however shows himself off as a perfect individual. One day at Devon, he gets into small dispute because he wore the school tie as a belt. This he frees himself fro ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities
Number of Words: 335 / Number of Pages: 2
... long have made me nervous without reason? (197). The fear within Lucie Manette on that tevening foreshadowed the threat of aa revolution. The footsteps are the first example of foreshadowing.
Gaspard wrote outside of the winehsop with the spilled wine "blood," which is the second example of foreshadowing. " The fellow pointed to his joke with immense significacance" (27). Defarge quickly took mud and smeared it over, for the idea of revolution was fresh in everyone's mind "For, the time was to come, when the gaunt scarecrows of that region should have watched the lamplighter, in their idleness an ...
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Crime And Punishment 8
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... so bizarre that everyone who meets him wonders if he's insane. Unfortunately for him, several police officials, including Porfiry Petrovich, the investigator in charge of the pawnbroker's murder, hear about his self-incriminating actions. He faints in the police station when the crime is discussed; he returns to the scene of the crime and makes a spectacle of himself; and he is obsessed with the details of the murder. Even without any physical evidence against him, suspicion focuses on him.
Is Raskolnikov a criminal who should be severely punished for his crime, or a tortured young man who makes ...
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Oedipus: The Mysteries Of Fate
Number of Words: 858 / Number of Pages: 4
... The shepherd pitied the little infant so
he gave the child to another shepherd. This shepherd gave the baby to a
childless king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope. This royal couple
named the boy Oedipus, which in its Greek form Oidipous means "swollen foot."
Oedipus was brought up believing that Polybus and Merope were his real parents,
and Lauis and Jocasta believed that their child was dead and the prophecy of
Apollo was false. Many years later, he was told by a drunk man at a banquet that
he was not a true heir of Polybus (page 55). He then went to the oracle of
Apollo, to ask the god ...
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Carpe Diem Dead Poet Society
Number of Words: 359 / Number of Pages: 2
... Neil’s suicide.
The dead poet society had some more problems since the death of a dear friend such as the expulsion of Newanda and the dismissal of Mr. Keaton . Newanda was a radical student who didn’t like the idea of an all school boarding school and let it be known all over so that he would get expelled. A phone rang in the auditorium while the dean was giving a speech, it was Newanda on the other line telling them that god thought they should have girls at their school, for this reason Newanda was given a thrashing. Although this wasn’t a good idea he still was not expelled it was later in the ...
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“Barrio Boy” And The House On Mango Street Comparison
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... goals in his Barrio make it evident that the quote is correct.
Esperanza’s life on Mango Street sustains the message captured by the critical lens. Esperenza and many other characters in this short novel are determined to escape Mango Street. They all have the same goal for different reasons. Esperenza longed to leave because she was ashamed of where she lived and she did not believe that she fit in. Her thoughts determined her life. She once told Alice that she did not live on Mango Street. She felt that she did not belong. She was also ashamed to tell Alice where she lived. These thoughts contribu ...
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Twelfth Night - Character Study :Malvolio
Number of Words: 1216 / Number of Pages: 5
... by the opinion of Maria "The devil a puritan that he is". He denies himself indulgences and pleasure whilst at the same time begrudging these things of others. He makes a point of taking the moral high ground over Maria, Feste and more importantly, his social superior Sir Toby, when he scorns them for their revelries and "disorders". This in turn adds to their desire to avenge him and bring him from his level of false authority, back to his true social class of a mere steward at which he is unable to give out orders, but only to receive them.
Although he is a man of supposed puri ...
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