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Contrast In Do Not Weep, Maide
Number of Words: 410 / Number of Pages: 2
... out the poem, which is not what most people would use to describe the war. That is probably the reason that the certain phrase was used. By saying that war is kind, it made the reader think, really think, about why would Crane use that phrase about the war. The reader then would figure out that the war wasn't kind, and think of reasons why it wasn't kind. That wouldn't have happened if Crane had stated that the war is not kind in the first place. By using a phrase that isn't usually one that describes the war, it involves a deeper level of thinking then just reading it and regestring it into the m ...
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The Great Gatsby 6
Number of Words: 634 / Number of Pages: 3
... mind of her own, rediscovering her love with Gatsby while still married to Tom. All of these round and dynamic characteristics add different complications to the plot, and dimension to the meaning Daisy adds to the book.
The previously mentioned characteristics help to understand and create some of the main conflicts. For example the conflict between Daisy and Tom having a mistress. Another example is Daisy's love affair with Gatsby quickly allowing him to fall in love with her because of Daisy's clear sweetness and innocence towards his character. However, her innocence and ignorance of the meaning of ...
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The Odyssey By Homer
Number of Words: 1353 / Number of Pages: 5
... during a wedding. Menelaos also does not pressure Telemachos into answering any questions before he eats and enjoys the festivities; nor does he give any indication that he wants Telemachos to leave. He says "stay here in my mansion for ten or twelve days and then I will give you a good send off and a handsome gift, three horses and a chariot: I will give you a fine chalice too, that when you pour your drop to the immortal gods you may think of me all your days". This statement shows that not only does he wish Telemachos to stay but that he is a very generous man indeed. Due to kindness of both men goo ...
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Hamlets Antic Disposition
Number of Words: 2049 / Number of Pages: 8
... Act I, scene v. In the preceding scene Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus are seen waiting for the Ghost Horatio had encountered the previous night. When it appears before them, Hamlet agrees that the Ghost bears a striking resemblance to his deceased father and it calls him forth to engage in some discourse-as during the previous night, The Ghost eluded the queries of Horatio and Marcellus to retreat at the call of a crow. At this point none of Horatio, Hamlet or Marcellus are certain whether the Ghost had come bearing evil or good sentiments. Hamlet is obviously intrigued by this spectre, and agrees to fo ...
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Far From The Madding Crowd
Number of Words: 2891 / Number of Pages: 11
... Bathsheba replied, ‘Yes.’ His immediate reaction was to compliment her by calling her a lady, illustrating his natural tendency to see most young ladies he comes across as merely objects for personal conquest. Flattery is of course his chief weapon in charming and conquering the female heart. One of the main reasons that Bathsheba fell for him in the first place is her own vulnerability to flattery, as she is such a vain young lady. From this point on, on the occasions that he meets her, he continues to remark on how beautiful see looks, concentrating on praising her appearance. His first attempt at c ...
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The Crucible
Number of Words: 963 / Number of Pages: 4
... and screaming. One girl feels the urge to get naked and dance around. By now the governor has entered the scene. The maidens see him and recognize him. They all frantically run away, except two. One is screaming because of what she has seen. She claims to not be able to move. The other one is holding her staring off into an endless gaze.
Aside from the audio and visual points, there are various camera angles used. When everyone is circled around the boiling pot the camera man uses a stedicam shot to circle around and show everyone’s face. When the viewer is seeing a girl take off he ...
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A Story From America
Number of Words: 1285 / Number of Pages: 5
... noticing him or her". "You’ve got a point there", I responded, what was on her mind ? That blue dress certainly showed her fine curves, actually I coundn’t get her of my mind most of the time. "Well, her apartment lies on the corner of Main Street and Baker Street, there’re three windows, one on Baker St. and one Main St. plus one in the middle. That night Mrs Alpher was shot, it was very warm, and if she then had a window open. A person could have shot her in hers apartment, from his or hers own window", she looked satisfied after finishing her composing. "So what y ...
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Candide-Purposeful Satire
Number of Words: 1164 / Number of Pages: 5
... find that everything goes wrong in
our world; that nobody knows his place in society or his
duty, what he's doing or what he ought to be doing, and that outside
of mealtimes...the rest of the day is spent in useless
quarrels...-it's one unending warfare.
By having this character take on such a pessimistic tone, he
directly contradicts the obviously over-optimistic tone of Candide.
In the conclusion (page 1617) an old turk instructs Candide in the
futility of needless philosophizing by saying that "...the work
keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty." In ...
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Opinions And Social Pressure
Number of Words: 495 / Number of Pages: 2
... continues, and he may do things like pause before he speaks or speak in a low voice..... According to the author (338). The subject does not know that the rest of the group has been instructed by the experimenters to purposely give the wrong answer six out of the eighteen times.
Asch and his colleagues placed a total of one hundred and twenty three college males in the experimental situation. Under ordinary circumstances, Asch had found that a wrong answer is given less then one percent of the time. Under these circumstances however, 36.8 percent chose the wrong answer...... According to the ...
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Symbolism In Young Goodman Bro
Number of Words: 1280 / Number of Pages: 5
... tortured the Puritan, constantly reminding him of his sin and the battle in his own heart. Hawthorne used the presence of these demon in “Young Goodman Brown” by demonstrating, through Brown, the Puritan Journey towards Justification. Going through the forest towards Justification was marked by the disappearance of the self. In place of the self, was the awareness of helplessness and the illusions of sin. This awareness would then assist the moral man to no longer depend upon material things or people, but to put his faith solely upon God. Hawthorne’s knowledge of the histori ...
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