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Beowulf: The Epic Hero
Number of Words: 988 / Number of Pages: 4
... the monster Grendel with his bare hands by ripping off the monster’s arm. Beowulf then fights against Grendel’s mother, who is seeking revenge for the death of her son. He is able to kill her by slashing her neck with a sword that can only be lifted by a person as strong as Beowulf. Beowulf is able to easily carry the head with ease; however, it takes the combined strength of four men to carry the same head back to the mead hall. “From the sea-cliff’s brim the warriors bore/The head of Grendel, with heavy toil;/Four of the stoutest, with all their strength,/ Could hardly carry on swaying spear/Grend ...
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B.f. Skinners Walden Two
Number of Words: 3221 / Number of Pages: 12
... trivial and extrinsic to his central thesis. The reader and the skeptical visitors sense he is trying to soften them up and stiffen their backs all the more. A philosophy professor named Castle is the main bearer of resistance. Skinner looks down upon philosophy as a form of navel gazing and Castle is made an easy target. More serious reservations come from the narrator, a psychology professor named Burris. However, Burris also serves as a voice for Skinner and much conversation between him and Frazier is like an internal dialogue within Skinner, himself. The party is completed by two young men an ...
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Amazing Quran
Number of Words: 10506 / Number of Pages: 39
... translation of the Qur'an to read. The merchant marine knew nothing about the history of Islam but was interested in reading the Qur'an. When he finished reading it, he brought it back to the Muslim and asked, "This Muhammed, was he a sailor?" He was impressed at how accurately the Qur'an describes a storm on a sea. When he was told, "No as a matter of fact, Muhammed lived in the desert," that was enough for him. He embraced Islam on the spot. He was so impressed with the Qur'an's description because he had been in a storm on the sea, and he knew that whoever had written that description had also been ...
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A Holiday For Murder - Summary
Number of Words: 1246 / Number of Pages: 5
... and how she was humiliated by his father with his affairs that he boasted about.
The mother was not able to devorce because of the times.
Blames his father for his mothers' death.
He had not seen his father since he started college because of a dispute between what he wanted to do and what his father wanted him to do.
Part 1, Chapter 5.
George Lee and his wife are talking about his father's great wealth. "A millionaire twice over, I believe." (George:P17)
Made his money from mining South African Diamonds.
Georges' sister died a year before the time of the book.
Harry is the brother who went travel ...
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Robert Frost And Ralph Waldo Emerson: Similarities In Nature
Number of Words: 1237 / Number of Pages: 5
... numerous
similarities. In Alvan S. Ryan's essay "Frost and Emerson: Voice and
Vision" he states that Frost and Emerson "agree on the central importance
of symbol and metaphor.
They have a common preoccupation with rural subjects. They share
basic sense of 'correspondence'. . . ."(Ryan125)Also, these two writers are
similar in that they both tend to write about the same subject matter.
Many of the titles of Frost's poems: "Mending Wall," "Storm-Fear," "The
White- Tailed Hornet," "I Could Give All to Time," and "Spring Pools" are
similar to the titles of some of Emerson's poems: "The Sno ...
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Trifles By Susan Glaspell
Number of Words: 461 / Number of Pages: 2
... that the reason that things such as the towels are not clean is because she more than likely was busy doing her many other chores of the household. They also considered how much trouble Mrs. Wright went to fix the preserves. The women reason that the uncaring concern John had for Minnie and the attention he paid to the house perhaps forced Minnie to resort to killing. Even the County Attorney, Sheriff, and Mr. Hale could not understand all the difficulties women go through. They criticize Mrs. Wright as well as insult all women. Mr. Hale says, "Well, women are used to worrying over trifle ...
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The Symbol Of The Sun In The S
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... his senses, as he cannot hear what someone else says to him. He pours with sweat, symbolizing the flow of emotions. Meursault constantly thinks about the sun when one would expect him to be mourning his dead mother. He says, "I could feel the blood pounding in my temples," which is strong imagery.At the beach with Raymond, the sun provokes Meursault to commit a crime. He says, "(the sun) shattered into little pieces on the sand and water." While going to get a drink of water, the foreign Arab uses a knife to shine the sunlight in Meursault's face. Meursault knew that all he had to do was turn around ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God 2
Number of Words: 981 / Number of Pages: 4
... security and to start a family. “Taint
Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have baby, it’s
protection.”(pg. 14). Nanny says this to Janie before
her arranged marriage to Logan. Nanny wants Janie to be
financially set with her life before she dies and leaves
Janie to fend for herself. Nanny wants her to start a
family. Nanny makes Janie think that love is just
going to come along after the marriage. Right after
Janie’s marriage to Logan, Janie says she is going to
go into her kitchen and wait for the love to begin.
Nanny lets Janie believe that you need a man to ...
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The Hobbit 3
Number of Words: 1070 / Number of Pages: 4
... was a key to helping the group succeed in the book. It allowed he who was wearing it to become invisible to others. Also, there was a black stream in Mirkwood, which Beorn had warned them of. He cautioned them that the water made whoever drank out of it suddenly very drowsy and forgetful of previous events. All of these examples and objects found in Middle Earth are physically impossible in a world such as ours.
Several of the organisms in the book are not known to exist on Earth. Hobbits, of course, are fictional characters, as are dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls. Many species of animals ...
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The British Renaissance Produced Many Types Of Literature And Was Influenced By Shakespeare, Marlow, And Spenser
Number of Words: 1014 / Number of Pages: 4
... This theory is the
premise of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love."
The Shepherd in his poem offers the world to his Love and everything with
it. He is an old man and hopes to win the girl's heart. Notice the word ‘
hopes.'
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
And so the last two lines of the poem end. Putting these lines at the very
end of the poem emphasizes the unsure gestures of the Shepherd. His age
also brings up another very interesting view of Marlowe's. In the poem,
Marlowe expresses the idea ...
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