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Macbeth - Downfall Of Macbeth
Number of Words: 868 / Number of Pages: 4
... rise never, till the wood / Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth / Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath / To time, and mortal custom." (IV, i. 106-109).
Lady Macbeth is a second major influence on Macbeth. As soon as Lady Macbeth learns of the witches' words from Macbeth's letter, we learn Macbeth is considered kind and without cruelty. She intends to influence him to kill Duncan. She says, "Hie thee hither, / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, / And chastise with the valour of my tongue / All that impedes thee from the golden round, / Which fate and metaphysical aid dot ...
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A Rose For Emily
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... power held over her, which Emily interprets as love, is gone.
Emily never experiences a normal relationship. The townspeople do not feel affection for her in the traditional sense. Instead, they regard Emily as "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town." Emily is somewhat of a recluse. After her father’s death, she is not seen “for a long time.” Two years later, after her lover Homer Barron disappears, she stays alone inside her house for at least ten years. During this time, her only relationship with another person is with her manservent, or “Negro,” Tob ...
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Antigone Individual Vs. Laws O
Number of Words: 875 / Number of Pages: 4
... of extreme loyalty, freedom was only enjoyed with the assumption that when the time came, every able bodied man would be willing to fight for his people. Indeed political leaders and local authority figures were usually heroes of war. Creon, the king in "Antigone", states that "Alive or dead, the faithful servant of his country shall be rewarded." This statement exemplifies the values within Greek culture.
As the dictator of Thebes, Creon simply wants to enforce these values of loyalty. He sets the standard of his reign and makes a public example of Polyneices by not allowing anyone to give him ...
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Nihilism
Number of Words: 1653 / Number of Pages: 7
... base our conduct on what we recognize as useful... the most useful thing we can do is to repudiate – and so we repudiate" (123). The base concept of is to deny or negate, and as we learn later in the same paragraph, to negate everything. With this ‘destruction’ of everything from science to art there is no building for nihilists, as Bazarov says "That is not our affair" (126). Nihilists view the current structure of society as concerned with such trivialties as ‘art’ and ‘parliamentism’ while ignoring real life issues such as food,freedom, and equally. Nihilists are aware of these social woe and hence ...
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The Killer Angels
Number of Words: 424 / Number of Pages: 2
... and cavalry commander General John Buford. Probably the best way to write about a battle is to tell it as the men who fought it saw it--and that's just what Shaara does in this, brilliantly written novel. Michael Shaara also finds time, among the strategies and tactics, to offer some insights into the nature of men (Killer Angels) and war. He states that the war was fought because of a clash in cultures. I also felt that the Union Army fought, not for plunder or conquest, but to make a people free. But I also understood that the Confederate leaders and soldiers also fought for their sense of freed ...
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The Way We Live Now
Number of Words: 372 / Number of Pages: 2
... only by voices in the conversation, have had to come to terms not only with the impending loss of their friend, but with their own various and
unsettling responses. The disease, clearly AIDS, is never mentioned by name.
The person at the center of the story serves as a mirror and sign of his friends' own vulnerability. They don't really know how to become a functioning healing and helping community, but figure it out as they go along. The dark side of this story is its exposure of the lack of friendship and good intentions; some friends just back off.
In our struggle for a perfect live, we s ...
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Marriage In The Canterburry Ta
Number of Words: 1654 / Number of Pages: 7
... Then, the merchant leaves on a business trip and leaves his wife alone in their home, along with the monk. With the merchant never once questioning their honor, the wife and the monk take advantage of his leave in order to consummate their relationship. Although later the wife almost gets caught, ultimately her husband never learns that his wife has lied in anyone's "arms all night" (Chaucer, 165) that weren't his and the merchant is seen as a blind fool. The relationships in this tale are all defined, at least in part, in terms of finances:
“The wife defines her relationship with her husba ...
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Becoming A Stronger Person
Number of Words: 516 / Number of Pages: 2
... anger, responded by slapping Dolores across the face. The small, reticent child had turned into a courageous, young woman.
In the early years of her life, Maya had always been pretty dependent on her grandmother or brother. However, when she got older, she realized that she needed to do something on her own. As a result, she went out and found herself a job. Being a black girl, finding a job was not simple, but she managed without giving up. Her sedulous work granted her the position as the first black trolley conductor in San Francisco. She had succeeded independently and did not give up without put ...
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In Our Time
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... so long ago that it has slipped completely from my memory. He is one of those authors that I always connect with my father and his college years for some reason, although I'm not entirely sure why. I've always wanted to read Hemmingway, but I've always wanted to read all of Shakespeare, Homer, and Eliot, too. The edition I'm reading has the short stories separated by "Chapters" which do and don't tell a story. The "Chapters" strongly remind me of Pink Floyd's The Wall. I was also surprised at how simple it is to read them. They are perfect examples of how Poe defined the short story: quick, (sometimes) ...
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Silas Marner
Number of Words: 787 / Number of Pages: 3
... attitudes changed when Eppie arrived. Godfrey knew that he could marry Nancy now beacuse his old wife had died. This also showed how shallow he was. Godfrey thought he could throw money at Silas and he would be very compliant to give Eppie back to her ‘rightful’ father. Yet at the final moments of ths confrontation Eppie’s arrival unleashed a side of Silas not seen for fifteen years. He became a caring human being again. Silas took great steps to
insure Eppie’s happiness even going to church again and associating with the other villagers. While the Church part was somewhat bewildering to him, the vi ...
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