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Canterbury Tales Chaunticleer
Number of Words: 793 / Number of Pages: 3
... in a dream and the dream came true. He may have been making
all the stories up in order to win the argument with Pertelote, but,
this seems unlikely because he does not take heed to his own advice
and stay away from the fox that encounters him later. He is educated
enough to know these supposed quotations but not intelligent enough to
understand the real meaning of them. It is if he simply brings because
they help him win the argument with his spouse and not because he
actually believes what they say. Chaucer is using the idea that the
Aristocracy has schooling throu ...
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Passing
Number of Words: 1029 / Number of Pages: 4
... she may not know it. The root of Irene’s jealousy of Clare is in these three ideas of race, sexuality, and class, making Irene despise someone who she obviously also loves.
Irene’s desire for Clare is revealed throughout the book, especially in the beginning when she is at the Drayton Hotel. She sees “an attractive-looking young woman…with those dark, almost black, eyes and that wide mouth like a scarlet flower against the ivory of her skin.” (p. 14) She is taken aback by Clare’s beauty, not fully understanding why she is so infatuated with the woman. Irene can’t help but obsess over her beauty, “t ...
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Self-Reliance: Misunderstood G
Number of Words: 450 / Number of Pages: 2
... a proud and rich land reduced to tatters- left to ruin because of her failure to accept civil reform.
Herman Melville's work in Moby Dick was considered a classic, yet Melville died a figure with lost prestige, poor and unaccepted. When he was laid to rest in 1891, he was remembered only as the author of entertaining novels of the South Seas. It was not until 1920s when his place in America's foremost writers was assured. His works are now great masterpieces of emotion that were misunderstood while he was still alive.
Another important example is democracy. In medieval times, monarchies and kingdoms ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 561 / Number of Pages: 3
... with the confrontation of the two sides, as Cassius' and Brutus' armies arrive. Antony and his partner challenge the assassins to fight, and the bloody battle begins. The armies of the conspirators fall into vulnerability many times, and their side does poorly, losing many men. Cassius hears mistakenly that one of his important soldiers has been captured, loses hope, and commits suicide, while Brutus feels that his army has been cornered, and throws himself onto another man's sword, killing himself also. They call off the rest of the battle, for Antony's army now had victory over Brutus and Cas ...
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Homers Vision Of The Duality O
Number of Words: 1247 / Number of Pages: 5
... an upward stroke, and the white bones splintered, and the teeth were shaken out with the stroke and both eyes filled up with blood, and gaping he blew a spray of blood through the nostrils and through his mouth, and death in a dark mist closed round about him. (16.345-350)" "Now Dekalion was struck in the arm, at a place in the elbow where the tendons come together. There through the arm Achilleus transfixed him with the bronze spearhead, and he, arm hanging heavy, waited and looked his death in the face. Achilleus struck him with the sword's edge at his neck, and swept the helmed head far away, and t ...
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The Analysis Of Several Works Of Joyce Maynard: Life's Not Over Yet
Number of Words: 1059 / Number of Pages: 4
... allot about what her grandmother thought about her.
I thought that the grandmother influenced the characters in a
positive way, because she made the people she influenced always want to do
the best in life, as the people seemed to really care about and want her
approval.
The second chosen story, God is Not a Fish Inspector by W.D.
Valgardson was my personal favorite, the main character was Fusi, a man who
himself knew he was getting old, but that didn't mean he had to accept it,
as Fusi was a n old man with attitude, an attitude determined to not let
himself down or life. “God will punish you.” ...
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War Poetry
Number of Words: 528 / Number of Pages: 2
... Like many other poets, he is terrified by war and was “filled with such delight” to be out. Sassoon witnessed the brutality on war, which hardened him to the idea of patriotism. “Everyone Sang” is a rejoice of freedom until the final two lines. “…O, but everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.” Sassoon is reflecting on the realities of war. He implies that even though he is “free” and will always be rejoicing, he will never be free from the thoughts and memories of war. Let alone the wars to ...
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Hamlets Insanity 2
Number of Words: 1795 / Number of Pages: 7
... of his very own mother to disturb the audience. The most troubling and powerful piece of evidence to prove his insanity is that he does not feel the slightest twinge of guilt nor the smallest sliver of remorse after he murders three innocent bystanders in cold blood. The human conscience is what separates humans from animals because human’s have the ability to question evil deeds such as murder yet Hamlet’s conscience remains untouched after the murders of three people. The lack of guilt should be proof enough that Hamlet’s mind is convoluted.
Throughout the play Hamlet conti ...
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A Clockwork Orange 2
Number of Words: 602 / Number of Pages: 3
... it appears he will soon resume. It is implied to the reader that Alex is destined for a life of evil and there is nothing he can do to change it. Alex has no free will or moral choice. The theme of the 20 chapter version is that there is no such thing as free will or moral choice. Alex is evil and he has no ability to change that. The story also ends without Alex evolving at all from the beginning of the book.
Chapter 21 gives the book an absolutely different theme. Alex becomes board with his malicious life, he begins to evolve. "I was like growing up" he says about himself in chapter 21. He decides ...
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Argumentative Essay About Coll
Number of Words: 396 / Number of Pages: 2
... within your classes. The entire college experience involves parties, football games, and drinking beer with your buddies as well as an education. As you get into the entire experience and enjoy college, you will understand and appreciate what a college offers.
The ideal time for college is now more than ever as you also have scholarships and your parents to help with the expensive money arrangement which is needed. Parents can be a great help in paying for your college, and may be willing to pay much more immediately after graduation from High School, than paying 2 years afterwards. Scholars ...
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