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Othello 2 -
Number of Words: 969 / Number of Pages: 4
... this alliance.
But Brabantio`s comment tells us that everything is not all right: (I.iii.293-4) "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:/She has deceived her father and may thee." By disobeying her faher Desdemona has shown herself able to betray the person she is supposed to love and--according to Venetian norms--obey. The phrase "look to her" suggests several things: that Desdemona needs to be watched closely, in other words; she cannot be trusted, or that Othello should notice what a deceiver looks like and lastly, if Othello looks at her he may find that she is not as fair as he thought- ...
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Analyzing The Creek
Number of Words: 1821 / Number of Pages: 7
... between the two. He allows Eve to manipulate him into thinking and doing things that he normally would never do. When she gives him a copy of the PSAT, he jumps at the chance to bring his friends in on the "jewel." When the test turns up missing, he immediately blames his friends, but allows them to make the decision to return the test anonymously. He trusts his friends enough to believe that they will return the test. When he finds that no one has confessed to swiping the test,
Eve hints to him that Pacey was the culprit. Dawson allows her to manipulate him into believing that Pacey actually ...
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Sonnet 43
Number of Words: 805 / Number of Pages: 3
... of words within the same line.
The first two lines of start with the speaker declaring that he sees best when he closes his eyes, for all day he views things that go by unheeded, or are unworthy to look upon, when compared to the looks of the beloved. There are not many literary mechanisms in the first two lines. Both lines are end stopped, the first with a comma, and the second with a semi colon. This shows that the both line and two of the sonnet are individual thoughts that could stand alone, even though they are tied together.
Line three tells of how the speaker sees the beloved when he s ...
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Dubliners
Number of Words: 1335 / Number of Pages: 5
... to evolve. From 1801 onwards, Ireland had no Parliament of it's own. It was ruled by the Parliament in Britain which consisted of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Meanwhile, in the 1840's, a small group formed out of the Young Ireland movement. The leader, Thomas Davis, expressed a concept of nationality embracing all who lived in Ireland regardless of creed or origin. A small insurrection in 1848 failed, but their ideas influenced the coming generations.
This small nationalism was illustrated in the stories "Evelyn" and "A Painful Case." In the latter, Mr. James Duffy, despite his dislike ...
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To Kill A Mocking Bird 2 -
Number of Words: 464 / Number of Pages: 2
... times, it was alright to shut him up, Mr.
Radley conceded
(ch.1, pg.15)
This quotation shows that his dad is saying he is not a crazy freak. If anyone
would know, it would be his dad.
In this way, Arthur Radley reflects the mocking bird by not coming out of his
house, so he is misunderstood.
The second person who reflects the mocking bird is Tom Robinson. Who
prejudice is because he is black.
In our courts, when it’s a white man’s
word against a black man’s, the white
man always wins. They’re ugly, but those
are the facts of life.
(ch., ...
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Hard Times 2
Number of Words: 747 / Number of Pages: 3
... he was not an unkind man at all. He believed absolutely that he was doing a good deed. He was affectionate in his way; but he studiously repressed all forms of spontaneous affection and as his children grew up, it came to be realized that he was not in sympathetic touch with them. This was especially apparent with Mr. Gradgrind's two older children, Louisa and Tom. Tom became morose and discontented, while Louisa stayed somber and hopeless and neither of them like their home, which in actuality, the Gradgrind school was based on and it's teachings were very similar.
The rigorous program tau ...
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The Story Of An Hour The Story
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... the death of Mrs. Mallard’s husband. She takes the news hard at first, but when she is alone in her room, the setting of the room does not convey a scene of sorrow. The setting of the room shows many signs of renewal or rebirths. It suggests that it is a rebirth for Mrs. Mallard. In many respects, it shows a much bigger scene. Mrs. Mallard could be thought of as a symbol of all young women and the death of Mr. Mallard could be the death of the age-old idea that woman should get married. The window is open and the outside world envelops the room. It is springtime and there is new life hurry ...
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Battle Royal
Number of Words: 762 / Number of Pages: 3
... in understanding and seeing the relationship between morality and reality. The characters in this story, namely the grandfather and his grandson, reveal to us their individuality, principles, morals, and ethics doing so they unfold a map that reveals their mental reality. Because their principals, morals and ethics reveal to us their mental reality, then their mental reality discloses the reality of the society in which they live in. However to clarify my thoughts I will use Book 5 of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" to elaborate more about reality and morality. And from that I will show you how the gr ...
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
Number of Words: 571 / Number of Pages: 3
... bravery. By accepting the challenge of the Green Knight, he takes the first step towards this new cycle.
Gawain’s choice to behead the Green Knight shows bravery in the highest degree. He knew that if his action did not kill the Green Knight, his fate would be death in one year and one day. He was prepared to face this fate and continued his actions as planned. As it turns out, the knight did not perish, and so Gawain was forced to go through with another segment of the passage rites. Several months after, Gawain had to travel through the treacherous icy wasteland with only one companion, hi ...
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Hera
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... his children. Zeus was the only one out of the six of them not swallowed. When Zeus was old enough he fought his father, and forced him to disgorge his other brothers and sisters. was entrusted to Ocaenus and Tethys, by Rhea, to be raised while Zeus struggled with the Titans. later returned after Zeus won the war.
Zeus and got married on the summit of Mount. Ida in Phrygia. Together they were the parents of; Ares the god of war, Hephaetus the god of fire and metal work, Hebe the goddess of youth, and Elithyia the goddess of child birth. Ares was unpopular with both gods and humans. Although he w ...
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