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A New Day - Book Review
Number of Words: 455 / Number of Pages: 2
... his heart so they can both discover a new day.
The moment I began to read this book, I could not find myself putting it away. From the first to the final page it was filled with nothing but pleasure from reading. Compared to the Danielle Steele books which I am accustomed to reading with all the characters being rich or famous, this book had no hint of fairytale. It had real life situations and encounters.
The book was filled with suspense, especially when it came to Carol Anne and Max's relationship. You had to wonder what turn the relationship was going to take because Carol Anne was so set in h ...
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A Tale Of Revenge In The Cask
Number of Words: 440 / Number of Pages: 2
... against Fortunato in an effort to support his time-honored family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit" or "No one assails me with impunity." (No one can attack me without being punished.) Poe does not intend for the reader to sympathize with Montresor because Fortunato has wronged him, but rather to judge him. Telling the story from Montresor's point of view, intensifies the effect of moral shock and horror. Once again, the reader is invited to delve into the inner workings of a sinister mind. This part of the story is very disturbing and emotionally unstable. Fortunato undergoes a change from laughte ...
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King Lear
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a form of reward to his test of love.
"Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love,
Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn,
And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters
(Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
That we our largest bounty may extend
where nature doth with merit challenge."
(Act I, Sc i, Ln 47-53)
This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in this play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego ...
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Peyton Place
Number of Words: 915 / Number of Pages: 4
... students, college graduates, mothers, wives, and even husbands and fathers. In 1956, a sexual act such as sodomy, oral sex, and intercourse with another married person in most states was illegal. Also, abortion was illegal, and birth control was unreliable and in many cases, difficult to find. To many critics, Metalious’ book was not scandalous because of its case in point, but because of the sexual pleasures that were received and given by the female characters.
begins with Indian summer in 1939. It takes place in a very descriptive, postcardesque New England town. The main story focuses on th ...
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Perseus The God Helped
Number of Words: 1006 / Number of Pages: 4
... Perseus makes clear his courage. Truly, it is a scary and risky thing to fight a monster such as the one in the story. Any normal man would cringe at the though and promptly back away. Unlike a mare commoner, the epic hero, Perseus, goes into battle with his sward high. This displays an enormous amount of courage. Such bravery can only be classified as epic. But Medusa puts Perseus's courage to an even greater test. Any man, having only "a glimpse" of this snake-woman, will turn to stone. Because of this and Medusa's bow and arrow, men fear to enter the cave where she dwells. In the story, Perseus req ...
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Gateway To Heaven" - Tiananmen
Number of Words: 4557 / Number of Pages: 17
... of long maintained rivalries between its top students, all of us are supposed to be the best, we are to make our families proud in any way possible and build a prosperous future; because our parents and previous ancestors worked so hard so that we could have this exclusive chance.
I have always been an exceptional student, always attending the after school classes and always being at the top of my class in all the major subject categories. After the examination, when my fellow students and I had swarmed the student standings list, I always would read my name in the top three; endlessly hearing cri ...
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Time And Fate In Romeo And Jul
Number of Words: 911 / Number of Pages: 4
... happens to gaze upon Juliet, who charms Romeo. Romeo proclaims, " Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since Romeo declares his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They believe that they are in love and must marry. However, it is a genuine coincidence that Romeo and Juliet were at the same place, at the same time.
Some days after the ball, Benvolio and Mercutio are conversing, in regard to the quarrelsome weather. Benvolio declares, "The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,/ And if we meet we shall not 'scape a brawl,/ ...
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The Lottery 3
Number of Words: 443 / Number of Pages: 2
... the townspeople are still able to joke with one another. Tension increases in the story when the author, Shirley Jackson, implies to the reader that Mr. Hutchinson has drawn the marked paper. We assume he does because he walks up on to the stage with his family and they are then made to draw again from the worn out black box. Mr. Hutchinson reaches his hand in and grabs out a piece with his children and his wife following in succession. The one that holds the winning ticket is Mrs. Hutchinson.
We learn throughout the story that the power and traditional aspect of the lottery has slowly diminished. ...
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Death And The Maiden - Film Vs
Number of Words: 1139 / Number of Pages: 5
... in the characterisation of Paulina), it is much more prevalent in the movie. We can see Paulina’s strength from the start. As she strides confidently around the house and violently tears off a piece of chicken, the suggestion that she is unsuited to the domestic position which she has obviously been forced into by the side effects of her traumatic experience need not be made any clearer. Although possessing remarkable strength in both texts, the movie shows a much stronger, almost completely masculine Paulina. This Paulina has been almost entirely defeminized by her ordeal, physically, symbolise ...
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Old Man And The Sea
Number of Words: 1313 / Number of Pages: 5
... ‘Bad news for you fish’, he said and shifted the line over the sacks
that covered his shoulders. He was comfortable, but suffering,
although he did not admit to the suffering at all. ‘ I am not
religious...but I will say Ten Hail Marys that I should catch this
fish’... ‘Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art
thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour
of death, Amen.’ Then he added. ‘ Blessed Virgin, pray for the
death of this fish, wonderful as he is.’ " ...
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