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Macbeth 5
Number of Words: 627 / Number of Pages: 3
... again when Macbeth says "Me thought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more, Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep"(II.ii.64-66). Here again we see Macbeth is starting to hear voices and he is starting to go a little crazy. Here is where things really start to head downhill, and they go down fast. Because of Macbeth’s ambition for king he has killed the current king. Now he thinks he is hearing voices that keep him from getting his sleep. And as we will later see, Macbeth will eventually die due to his over eager ambition to become the new king. The event of killing the king will set ...
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The House On Bluestone Road
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... need of help. When Sethe asks the girl what her name is, she replies by saying it is Beloved. This comes as great shock, because that is what Sethe had wrote on her dead child’s tombstone.
Beloved soon ends up staying with the family for months. Mysteriously Paul D leaves the house. Beloved becomes strongly attached to Sethe. Soon peculiar things start to occur. Things such as Beloved humming the exact tune that Sethe made up and had sung to her children and only they knew it. Things such as Beloved asking Sethe about her earings. How did she know about her earings? Soon everything came int ...
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Lord Of Fliez
Number of Words: 595 / Number of Pages: 3
... the story is the human relationships, that take place between both of the main characters. These character relationships are completely different. The narrator has many problems with her mother, and her best friend. The main conflicts that take place between both of the stories are the principal characters and their parents. However, one of these conflicts is more visible in one story than in the other. Myra’s conflicting relationships with her parents are not visible, but can be understood because her parents have left her with full responsibility for her younger brother. Which causes Myra to ...
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A Christmas Memory Vs. The Gra
Number of Words: 679 / Number of Pages: 3
... They lived in the tree together, as well as dancing with each other. Likewise, Buddy and Cousin have a close relationship and do many things do together. Buddy and Cousin make fruitcakes, find a Christmas tree, and make presents for each other. Buddy describes his relationship with Cousin by stating, “We are each other’s best friends.” Not only are the friendships in “A Christmas Memory” and The Grass Harp parallel, but the main characters lives are quite.
The main character of each story is a young boy. In “A Christmas Memory,” Buddy is the main character. In The Grass Harp, the main characte ...
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Othello
Number of Words: 511 / Number of Pages: 2
... An example of this is when Desdemona says, " A most unhappy end. I would do much t' atone them, for the love I bear for Cassio?" gets mad and calls her a "Devil" and slaps her in front of everybody. (Page 859-860) Throughout the whole story the women were portrayed as whores to the men but they were something more. Even though Desdemona did nothing to ever hurt she was still considered a whore because Iago told lies about her. If really and truly loved Desdemona than he would have let her explain herself before killing her.
Iago portrayed all women as hoes. He was the jealous type of guy that ...
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The Monsters
Number of Words: 741 / Number of Pages: 3
... is afraid and worried about Johnson’s face because his face will surely scare the whole town. Dr. Trescott does not listen to him and keeps taking care of him. Dr. Trescott takes Johnson to the house of Alek Williams so that Williams can take care of him, but one night, Johnson gets out from the house and wanders around the town. When people see his face, they are terrified, and among them, one "hurled backward with a dreadful cry"(100). The chief of police comes to Dr. Trescott next day and says that he’s got Johnson in the jail. He suggests that when Dr. Trescott comes to ...
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Othello
Number of Words: 967 / Number of Pages: 4
... 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 should notice what a deceiver looks like and lastly, if looks at her he may find that she is not as fair as he thought--the opposite of fair being bla ...
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Cry The Beloved Country
Number of Words: 502 / Number of Pages: 2
... this poem. the idea that crumbling is progressive is supported by the last two lines of the first stanza, which state,
"Dilapidation’s processes
Are organized Decays"
This means that crumbling is a result of dilapidation, which is caused by gradual decay. The deterioration that results is progressive: one stage of decay leads to the next until crumbling inevitably comes along. The second stanza contains four images of decay: "cobweb, rust, dust and borer in the axis." These images are combined with specific details which give them a deeper meaning. The dust is ...
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American Beauty
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... account of how women created the cosmetics industry and how cosmetics created the modern woman. You don't need the latest census to tell you that America is, more than ever, a rainbow of faces with worldwide roots. More and more women of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American heritage are celebrating their own personal beauty, and the cosmetics industry is responding. Viramonte uses the character of Champ to show the changing mood in America towards the need to fall in line for men and the cultures expectations. Arlene is from an older generation that requires a man for survival. This wa ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath 5
Number of Words: 1830 / Number of Pages: 7
... this time to California. This is where Tom’s family is introduced to us. There is Ma, Pa, Grampa and Granma, and Noah, the oldest son. The daughter, Rose of Sharon is pregnant and dreams of finding a nice place in California. Connie, Rose of Sharon’s husband who deserts her when they reach California, Al, the sixteen-year old son, and Ruthie and Windfield, the two youngest children. Tom is now informed that the banks had foreclosed on all the farms. Casy decides to go with the Joads to California. While they are getting ready to go Muley stops to say good-bye one last time. ...
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