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The Bluest Eye
Number of Words: 1403 / Number of Pages: 6
... lady and her
"pretty" house. Pecola does not stand up to Maureen Peal when she made fun of
her for seeing her dad naked but instead lets Freida and Claudia fight for her.
Instead of getting mad at Mr. Yacobowski for looking down on her, she directed
her anger toward the dandelions that she once thought were beautiful. The
dandelions also represent her view of her blackness, once she may have
thought that she was beautiful, but like the dandelions, she now follows the
majorities' view. However, "the anger will not hold"(50), and the feelings soon
gave way to shame. Pecola was the sad ...
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A Rose For Emily
Number of Words: 526 / Number of Pages: 2
... her becoming a recluse, her pride also contributed to her seclusion. "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such" (225). Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emily's pride. Her pride has kept her from socializing with other members of the community thus reinforcing her solitary. But Miss Emily's father is still responsible for her being a hermit. Her father's over-protection is evident in this passage, "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 1218 / Number of Pages: 5
... assurance and they found that assurance in . reassures his people that the Dragon will be dealt with and gives them courage to withstand this threat. “ I lived in my youth through hard war-moments--- now here I am ready battle weary king battered with winters for final glory-time if that grim hall burner will come to meet me from his mound of gold” (pg. 81). wants to reassure his people that he can once again succeed in defeating his enemies. The people believe that will succeed again. ’s obligations to the people require him to slay the dragon. ’s self centeredness is what makes him an ideal ...
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Roaring Camp
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... love of an infant to change the rude into responsible. Roaring Camp will
go through a regeneration of a lifetime. All of the men at the mining camp
will strive to make Roaring Camp a suitable place for a baby to live. The
very first signs that the men are in the process of change is when they went to
see the baby for the first time. They walked in a single file line and in an
orderly fashion. Many gave the baby a contribution. The sorry state of the
camp and the men under went change immediately after the arrival of the
baby.
"Almost imperceptibly a change came over the settl ...
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LORD OF THE FLIES
Number of Words: 1564 / Number of Pages: 6
... here on in the book the younger boys are simply referred to as the "littluns" and the older boys as "bigguns" although the younger children are referred to more collectively in the story. Ralph is elected chief of the group and his first action is for Jack, Simon and himself to go on a scout to check if the island is really and island or is attached to anything else, they find that it is an island and return to the rest of the boys.
It is decided at the meeting held by Ralph that people should only be allowed to speak at meetings if they have possession of the conch, thus giving the conch a spe ...
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
Number of Words: 765 / Number of Pages: 3
... Green Knight and his chapel. Starting his crusade, Gawain was given a feast and many thought he would never return again, as some of the knights would comment, “Better to have been more prudent, to have made him a duke before this could happen. He seemed a brilliant leader, and could have been.” (II, 677) Gawain knows all of this that on his travel he would be put to death, he still went on this final crusade, to his death with utmost bravery.
Sir Gawain also shows his honor often. In accepting the Green Knight’s challenge he shows his honor to the whole court. Now, set on his ...
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Macbeth Lit. Analysis
Number of Words: 1296 / Number of Pages: 5
... lust for power, tempted by these titles, murders his rivals to the throne with his wife. As a result of his ruthless quest for power leads him to his fate. Erich Fromm (1900-1980), a psychologist once stated "greed is a bottomless pit which haunts man in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. He who comes along greed is condemned to this bottomless pit." Shakespeare demonstrates that greed that harms others, destroys the holder: mentally and morally, and eventually leads to ones ultimate destruction.
When man is driven by greed to achieving their goal, they are ...
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Realism And Credibility In Mol
Number of Words: 1965 / Number of Pages: 8
... that the authors
worked in; instead the novel was in the process of being established. The question arises whether the two works lack a certain roundness in their narrators.
In Aphra Behn's work there is both a rejection and an acceptance of traditional plots: the Surinam episodes are far from established plots. The story is innovative, for example, inasmuch as the hero is black and enslaved. Behn actually was among the first
to contribute to the image of the 'noble savage' in literature, seventy years before Rousseau did. It is now commonly accepted that Behn probably experienced this part of the plot ...
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Achilles And Socrates
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... for Achilles: dying without glory.
As a result, becoming a hero means to either kill or be killed in the pursuit for honor and glory. In order to conform to the ideals of society, Achilles becomes a tragic figure, and ultimately dies to uphold his heroic ideals. Achilles consistently reflects his overwhelming tragic flaw of pride, throughout The Iliad. His choice to not fight for the Achaians resulted in his and Patroklus' death. Achilles freely accepted this fate. Although, his decision to kill Hector and to mutilate his body drastically opposes heroic ideals. Socrates views are in complete ...
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"Age, Race, Class, And Sex: Women Redefining Difference” And “Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism”: Race Feminist Theory
Number of Words: 1530 / Number of Pages: 6
... under oppression from day one. When growing up in today’s society, “oppression is as american as apple pie” (103). She believes that it has always been that the oppressed people of society have always been expected to “bridge the gap” and change to fit in. They have been the ones to learn and adapt to the ways of the oppressor, and sometimes even are the teachers. “It is the responsibility of the oppressed to teach the oppressors their mistakes” (103). The oppressed are sometimes “called upon” to tell them of their mistakes. Our energy is wasted in telling them of their mistakes when it could ...
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