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Hamlet
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with . Laertes voices his concern of ’s true intentions towards Ophelia and advices her to be wary of ’s love. Laertes impresses upon Ophelia, is a prince who most likely will have an arranged marriage. ’s strong love for Ophelia withers after she rejects his affinity. ’s extensive love for Ophelia resulted in grave suffering for once his affection was rejected. ’s appearance decays due to the rejection of his love for Ophelia("Pale as his shirt, his kn ...
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Life
Number of Words: 639 / Number of Pages: 3
... that the author experienced.
Some chapters are not finished and will be completed at a later
time. Some chapters are blurred, because not even the author knows what
happened, or what he wishes would happen. And some chapters are blank pages,
waiting to be filled. More than once, the author has wished he could go
back a few pages and rewrite it differently, but alas, the book has already
been published, and cannot be changed.
As the book ages, it loses some of its shine, pages tear and fade,
and the binding becomes loose. Some pages suddenly become so clear, you
can't understand why you didn't see i ...
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Free Will Versus Determinism
Number of Words: 1082 / Number of Pages: 4
... omnipotence, which is unacceptable to some. The other
argument for determinism is causation, or causes and effects. This argument
depends on relationships that should happen with the same results every time,
such as a baseball breaking a window, breaking the window. Basing on this,
everything in the universe has a cause. And if all the causes and the events
were known, then it would be possible to easily predict the future. If
everything can be foreseen, then this proves that nothing that anyone does can
change the courses of the future. This, of course, is not possible.
Determinism says that ...
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Great Expectations
Number of Words: 1669 / Number of Pages: 7
... of abuse. For example, while suffering from starvation
and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver was chosen by the
other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner one night.
After making this simple request, "the master (at the orphanage) aimed
a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and
shrieked aloud for the beadle."3
The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from
memories which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking
factory ( which was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ) ...
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The Plague By Albert Camus
Number of Words: 498 / Number of Pages: 2
... the vomiting that he seemed paralyzed. Mr. Rieux tried to help the man the best that he could, but he ended up dying. Michael was the first person to die of this illness. After his death, many cases of this illness were reported widespread. Again more details of sickness and death, this is the parallelism for this novel.
As the reports of sickness and death came to inform Dr. Rieux, he tried to comfort and cure the plagued patients. About ninety percent of the people infected had died. He wanted a stop to this plague. Quickly he linked the rats with the people. He knew that the rats began to get sick b ...
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Beloved
Number of Words: 927 / Number of Pages: 4
... days after Sethe's arrival, Stamp Paid brought them two huge buckets of delicious blackberries. With these Baby Suggs and Sethe decided to share the pies they would make from the berries with Ella and her husband John, and from this their generosity escalated into a full-fledged feast for all the colored people in the area. The area folks accepted the generosity, but resented the bounty of Baby Suggs and her kin. They disapproved of the uncalled-for pride displayed at 124, and were offended by Baby Suggs's excess. Because of this they failed to warn Baby Suggs and Sethe that four white men o ...
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Where Are You Going, Where Hav
Number of Words: 1496 / Number of Pages: 6
... and dream about boys and the idea of a perfect life and relationship is the main target of a clever malicious stalker, a man who intends to kidnap, rape and murder her. “She (Connie) is caught between her roles as a daughter, friend, sister, and object of sexual desire uncertain of which one represents the real her.” (Short Stories For Students 259) Creighton writes “Oates captures so well the viciousness, cheapness and narcissism of life for Connie and her friends who have nothing better to do than to stroll up and down a shopping center plaza looking for excitement.” Conn ...
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Great Expectations 7
Number of Words: 477 / Number of Pages: 2
... if the kiss was money or a gift. With every cold-hearted action, Estella furthers herself from any true feeling.
Though she advocated it, Estella's actions weren't entirely her fault. Motivated by a jilting on her wedding day, Miss Havisham adopts Estella to raise her into a heartless instrument of revenge against men. Estella makes unwise decisions mostly based on Miss Havisham's teachings. She marries Pip's rival Walter Drummle who beats her. Miss Havisham pushes Estella to the limit, and ends up hurting Estella, and herself as well. Miss Havisham's expectations for her isolates Estella into a cold, ...
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Frankenstein, Every One Needs
Number of Words: 1465 / Number of Pages: 6
... from you; and, happy and beloved as I have been, is it not hard . . . a hope of meeting you in another world” (42). Elizabeth is expected to fill in as the role of the mother by taking care of and protecting the young children. Although she replaces the role of the mother, there is still the fact that a family member is missing. A mother is impossible to replace; you can’t have a stepmother because she will never be a replacement for an original mother. Nor can a mother be bought, but Victor uses his knowledge from Ingolstadt to create a being to fill in that missing figure.
In the later p ...
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Macbeth 3
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... relatively peaceful. The United Nations has sought to keep the peace throughout the world, with many successes and there are numerous charity groups and nonprofit organizations that are trying to make the world a better place.
Society has also become more open to the lifestyles of others. Very recently same-sex marriages became legal and accepted by most people, whereas in the early 1900s, it was considered morally wrong and shameful to be homosexual or bisexual.
We have also come to accept divorces, remarriages, and stepfamilies. We no longer think that the "perfect" family consists of a mother an ...
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