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Catch 22 - Satire
Number of Words: 1252 / Number of Pages: 5
... on the island of Pianosa, near the Italian coast and the Mediterranean Sea. (Heller) The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs on which it is more important for them to capture a good aerial photograph of an explosion than to destroy their target. Their colonels continually raise the number of missions they are required to fly before being sent home so that no one is ever sent home. Heller's satire targets a variety of bureaucrats, the military-industrial complex, and the business ethic and economic arrangements of American society. Humor rising out of the cra ...
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Comparison Between Virginia Wo
Number of Words: 1303 / Number of Pages: 5
... criticism.” He goes on to analogise the poetic process to the scientific experiment. Whilst it is tempting to see this as a negation of the creative process. Eliot’s later remarks lead us irresistibly to think in terms of the earlier alchemists and their somewhat romantic mystical aura rather than some cold clinical experiment. This attitude again presupposes the poet in the role of a catalyst.
Woolf’s ideas in ‘Modern Fiction’ are the antithesis of those of Eliot. She begins by suggesting, “it is difficult not to take it for granted that the modern practice ...
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Ona
Number of Words: 1258 / Number of Pages: 5
... the strong and powerful Agbadi, not only because of her individual desires, but because of her respect for the cultural norms of her society.
From the onset of the story we learn that Agbadi proposes marriage to . Since 's father, Chief Obi Umunna, had no sons, he raised to be very assertive and assume what is considered boylike traits. Thus, like a man, her father raised her never "to stoop to any man" (629). Does this mean that women and men are not considered equals in this society? Evidently, it seems the only reason was thought not to stoop to any man was because she was raised essentially to be ...
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By Means Of Power
Number of Words: 784 / Number of Pages: 3
... the face. Although "blood from his punctured cheeks and shoulders/is the only liquid for miles"(9-10), "my mouth splits into dry lips"(12). With the death of her boy she is willing to sacrifice her own need of any quenching of her lips. She is "thirsting for the wetness of his blood"(14) but it is more important to resist the temptation, "trying to make power out of hatred and destruction"(18).
The power displayed in the third section of Lordes Power is that of hatred. A policeman has "shot down a 10-year-old in Queens"(21). This he justifies by saying "I didn’t notice the size or nothing else/onl ...
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Tragedy In MacBeth
Number of Words: 815 / Number of Pages: 3
... was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at MacBeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But Duncan's flaw, wasn't something so horrible that he should die. Most people need to trust each other more, and just because one person did, he shouldn't have to die.
MacBeth's former best friend, Banquo was also k ...
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Romeo And Juliet Quote Essay
Number of Words: 776 / Number of Pages: 3
... they hate and fight it is their name, Montague. The section I chose reveals that the kids, Romeo and Juliet, feel that they can not have what they want because of the parents’ feuds. It makes you feel as helpless as they are, because you know that with their parents’ permission to get married, they would be happy.
William Shakespeare uses an analogy in the line “It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, [nor any other part] belonging to a man.” to say that Montague is not any part belonging to a man, and that it is just a name. In the line “That which we call a r ...
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Julius Caesar As A Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 668 / Number of Pages: 3
... Finally, Caesar had the greatest rank possible as he would have been crowned king if it wasn’t for the conspiracy’s plot. As Casca said, “Indeed they say senators tomorrow; /Mean to establish Caesar as king...” (I,iii,87-88).
Shakespeare illustrated Caesar as a tragic hero by showing that he was a historical figure with a tragic flaw which lead to his death. Julius Caesar took over most of the Roman Empire and his events are very important to history. First, Julius Caesar is very historical because if he wasn’t then, we would not be talking about him today. As Cassius ironically said, “. ...
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Do Not Judge A Book By It’s Cover
Number of Words: 518 / Number of Pages: 2
... a canal barge . . .(57, Act III)" The way he looks(dressed in a suit most-likely), may suggest that he is well-mannered, but proves untrue by his actions. Which signifies that appearance relates in no way to how a person acts.
Although the way a person dresses can symbolize something about them, the assumptions made from outward appearance do not always prove true. Eliza changes her appearance a great deal throughout Pygmalion. Henry buys her fancy dresses and throws her old, dirty clothes away. He teaches Eliza how to speak correctly and hold herself like a duchess, but who she is inside remain ...
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The Solitary Reaper
Number of Words: 579 / Number of Pages: 3
... effect on the reader.
The use of eye rhyme is shown in the first stanza, where in the second and fourth lines the last word is "lass" and "pass" respectively. These two words at first glance look like they should rhyme but actually don't when read over. This causes the reader to stop and think. They may even look over the lines again. This technique sticks in the mind.
Assonance is shown in the fifth line of the last stanza -"I listened, motionless and still". The repetition of the "I" sound in "listened" and "still" creates assonance and is easily read.
In the second stanza Wordsw ...
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Ignorance Is Strength
Number of Words: 798 / Number of Pages: 3
... the most stupid, vulgar, empty mind he had ever encountered. She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her." (Orwell, 58) This was what the Party wanted-a person so brain dead and brain washed that they willingly acknowledged as the truth anything the Party dished out. This was the Party's prototype woman, for if a citizen believed with their heart any absurdity that their leaders presented, then the Party had earned complete loyalty with no risk of rebellion or mutiny a ...
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