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Wordsworth And Coleridge
Number of Words: 709 / Number of Pages: 3
... Wordsworth was concerned for all responses from all mankind and not only his personal response. He emphasized and focused on the common man in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads by writing in a common language that the ordinary man can easily understand and appreciate. There are no phrases or figures of speech in his poems that would not be found in conversation between the ordinary, working man. "Because men hourly communicate with the best objects from which the best object is derived; and because, from their rank in society and the sameness of their intercourse, being less influence of social vanity ...
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Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
Number of Words: 2001 / Number of Pages: 8
... of Düsseldorf. During summers he worked as a hired hand on nearby ranches, "nourishing" his impression of the California countryside and its people (Lisca 32). He made occasional exciting trips to San Francisco with his family and more frequent trips to the Monterey peninsula (Fontenrose 2). In 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and almost died, but he was able to recover. After graduating from Salinas High School in 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University, taking courses in English and Marine Science (Bloom 11). He was always an excellent student, eager to learn both in and out of school ...
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The Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 1267 / Number of Pages: 5
... the right to speak uninterrupted. However, as the boys' society decays, and the conch fades, becoming "fragile and white"(171), its power diminishes until it is finally crushed. With the intentional smashing of the conch, all order on the island is effectively lost.
, a pig's head on a pike, one symbol in the novel for evil, or Satan. To Jack it was meant as a sacrifice to the "beast" which controlled the boys through fear. When Simon talked with he learned what true evil was, it's "part of you, close, close, close!" The enlightened Simon never got the chance to explain to the others that the ...
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The Worries Of Aging
Number of Words: 860 / Number of Pages: 4
... and “How should I presume?” repetitiously. This shows the narrator is unconfident with himself mentally and physically. Lines 41 and 44, “(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)”, and “(They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)” indicates he is terrified of what will happen if people see his balding head or his slim and aging body. He feels that people will think he is old and useless and that they will talk about him behind his back. Another suggestion of aging and how it anguishes the emotions is the stereotype old ...
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The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlo
Number of Words: 1327 / Number of Pages: 5
... to run away from it. For example, when the narrator asks, “why the house had stood so long untenanted,” he just laughs at her and doesn’t even investigate about it, which proves that he just let it go and does nothing about it. And that is what he does throughout the whole story. Also he “scoffs openly at any talk.” This means that he doesn’t talk about his problems and he would prefer to keep things bottled up then to express how he is really feeling. He is also always “going into town for more serious cases.” This is another way in which John d ...
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A Midsummer Nights Dream - Hermia And Helenas Relationship
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... passed quickly, whilst the time spent apart was slow and seemed pointless.
"When we have chid the hasty-footed time
For parting us-O, is all forgot?"
(Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 200 - 201, Helena)
Although Helena and Hermia were two separate people, they were, "a union in partition", compared to a double cherry.
"Two lovely berries moulded on one stem."
(Act 3, Scene 2, Line 211, Helena)
Their friendship was so strong that they seemed to be connected, the same person in two different bodies.
"So with two seeming bodies, but one heart,"
(Act 3, Scene 2, Line 212, Helena)
This had lasted all th ...
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Justice In The Republic
Number of Words: 999 / Number of Pages: 4
... Thrasymachus enters into the fray. He states that justice “is nothing other than advantage of the stronger” (Republic 338c), and also that the greatest life is that of perfect injustice, to be found in the life of a tyrant. This definition leaves no room for the common good because it creates a life of competition and materialism, where only the strong survive. Group endeavors are not possible according to Thrasymachus’s definition for there can be only one person who comes out on top. Although he leaves no room for the common good in his definition, his life seems to allow for some common good. ...
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Describe The Elements Of Death
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... 643). As he moves back henry
sees a line of injured soldiers including his friend Jim
Conklin,who is badly wounded and another friend called “the
tattered man”. Trying to make up for deserting his friends, Henry
tries to help Jim Conklin who is dying.After Conklin dies, the
tattered man probes deeply into Henry’s conscience by repeatedly
asking “where ya hit”(Bowers 132). Henry deserts the tattered
man.
When Henry stops another soldier he asks him the novels most
important question which is “why” The soldier hits henry on the
head for starting trouble. Ironically this wound becomes ...
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Waiting For Godot
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... explaining Lucky's behavior, Pozzo says, "Why he doesn't make
himself comfortable? Let's try and get this clear. Has he not the right to? Certainly he has. It follows that he doesn't want to...He imagines that when I see how well he carries I'll be tempted to keep him on in that capacity...As though I were short of slaves. Despite his miserable condition, Lucky does not seem to desire change. Perhaps he is happy, or maybe not miserable enough. Perhaps, as the compliant Vladimir and Estragon, he cannot envision himself any differently. The relationship between Pozzo and Lucky does not, however, ...
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Foreshadowing
Number of Words: 533 / Number of Pages: 2
... with in the later part of there stories.
Another thing forshadowing can add to a story can clue the reader in on what will happen to the characters. A good example from O’Conners story is when she is describing what the grandmother is wearing then adds this line, “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady” (pg. 355). One might assume that the family would have an accident while on their trip. On the other hand the reader could think that one or more of the other characters would die. At the end of the short story the reader finds out that bot ...
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