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Hamlet 2
Words: 1189 - Pages: 5.... use Ophelea to determine the cause of Hamlet’s madness.
Polonius: At such a time I’ll lose my daughter to him:
Be you and I behind an arras then;
Mark the encounter: if he love her not
And be not form his reason fall’n thereon,
Let me be no assistant for a state,
But keep a farm and carters
And in Act II, scene 1, Ophelia tells Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, making Polonius believe that Hamlet has gone insane. Thus the death of Ophelia is a tragedy because she did nothing deserving of her horrible death, besides allowing herself to be used by others.
One of the most important elements of tragedy, according to .....
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A Farewell To Arms
Words: 599 - Pages: 3.... to celebrate with. The inn was dark and smoky inside and afterward when you went out the cold air came sharply into your lungs and numbed the edge of your nose as you inhaled. The simplicity and the sensory richness flow directly from Hemingway's and his characters'--beliefs. The punchy, vivid language has the immediacy of a news bulletin: these are facts, Hemingway is telling us, and they can't be ignored. And just as Frederic Henry comes to distrust abstractions like "patriotism," so does Hemingway distrust them. Instead he seeks the concrete, the tangible: "hot red wine with spices, cold air that numbs your nose." A simple "good" becomes .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Connection To The Title
Words: 924 - Pages: 4.... to the meaning of the novel's
title, The Catcher in the Rye. Holden hears a little boy singing to himself a
verse which makes Holden very happy: "If a body catch a body coming through the
rye," (Page 115). It is difficult to understand why Holden is made happy by the
little boy's singing unless one has an idea of what the song means to Holden.
The little boy is described by Holden in gentle caring terms: "The kid was
swell. He was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, but right next
to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the
way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming." ( .....
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A Review Of "The Cay" By Theodore Taylor
Words: 843 - Pages: 4.... people who should have the same rights as whites and he
decides to ignore his mother's predujices and respect the people with
dignity.
Plot
Phillip lives in Williamsted with his mother and father.They had lived
in the United States but they moved there when Phillip's father was offered
a job in an oil refinery nearby. Williamsted is very quaint and the harbour
is always full of black people on their fishing boats, called schooners.
One day a German U-boat is spotted near the harbour. The whole harbour is
on edge . When everyone calms down, the first tanker in a week sets sail
with gallons of crude oil on board. The whole population i .....
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The Prediction Of 1984
Words: 1958 - Pages: 8.... of the society.
The first section of the book introduces the reader to the totalitarian society in which Winston, the main character, lives, and Winston’s growing awareness of his resistance against the society, The totalitarian society is governed by the seemingly Oxymoron principles of “the three slogans of the party
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”2
By the totalitarian society , Oceania, being in a constant state of war, their economy never goes down for lack of demand on a supply. Furthermore, because the society is in a war the citizens assume that things like “the electric current was ( .....
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The Women Of The Grapes Of Wra
Words: 595 - Pages: 3.... up just for a short time until the car is repaired she threatens him with a jack handle. She knows that all they have in the world is each other and without that themselves to hold on to the have nothing. There is a saying "one finds comfort in numbers" however in this case it is "comfort" is replaced with survival. In addition, near the end of the book, when the boxcars have flooded and it seems all hope has been lost Ma leads the family to higher ground. Despite the despair she feels she overcomes it to do what must be done to insure that they survive to live another day. Her strength gives her the power rise above adversity an .....
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
Words: 1155 - Pages: 5.... has taken a turn off the beaten path and decided it's much more to her liking. As well, Fowles appears to have written Sarah with a modern woman in mind; she is truly unsuited for 19th century living and she is shunned by her community because, as she says: "I have a freedom they cannot understand." (Fowles 142). She is an admitted non-conformist as is evident when she states: "I am a doubly dishonored woman. By circumstances. And by choice." (Fowles 142). Her status is not something she is ashamed of; in fact, she does not wish to give it up. Sarahs' choice to be different is what has given her her freedom. The reader can easily r .....
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The Lord Of The Flies
Words: 809 - Pages: 3.... is an important object. To Jack it is a sacrifice for the beast. This object shows that people will make religions and rituals to control their world, even when what they think is not true. is also a symbol of Satan, or the Devil. When Simon talked with , he learned what the real evil was, which is the evil in people’s hearts. is a symbol of the things we make up to be the cause for evil, when those things aren’t the real reason. The fire is a symbol of hope and rescue. When the fire was burning bright, it was because the boys were working hard to get rescued. When the fire burnt out, it was because many boys, like Jack, didn’t care .....
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Wright's Black Boy: Intolerance
Words: 697 - Pages: 3.... was the terror from which I
fled." [Page 303] Wright characterized himself in a society of racial
consternation in which he was bound to deliberately undergo. He was
confronted with the nurture in which he was soon frightened to reveal. His
inexperienced nature encumbrance with obscene phenomenon in which he fled.
His conception narrated his childhood, and correspondingly, the inhumane
ethnic critique that was intimidating to his innocent intellect. And beyond
reasons, affiliated both interpretations in a rationalized manner by
utilizing the environmental factors as a part of growing up and indirectly
criticized the acrimonious racism. .....
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A Review Of Lord Of The Flies
Words: 3443 - Pages: 13.... presentation - why ?
I think that the author compare this little abandoned island, with the real
world. On the island there were war, peace, etc. just like in the real
world. It`s not hard figuring out why there's war in the world, when
abandoned kids on an deserted island can't make peace. The happenings on
the island are something that the author uses as an image of the world war
2, were Jack symbols Adolf Hitler, a dictator. Ralph and Piggy symbols the
judes - the hunted ones.
The Plot
A group of boys has been dropped on a tropical island somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean, their plane having been shot down. A nuclear war has taken
place .....
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