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Araby And A Rose For Emily: Comparison
Words: 637 - Pages: 3.... could tell he was hung up over her because followed her in the morning when they were walking, he would mention her in his prayers and he would press his hands together until they were trembling and murmur: “O’love, O’love” (Pg. 90). She knew that he liked her that is why she knew he would try to go to the Araby in order to buy something for her. It was only at the end that he realized that he was “a creature driven and derided by vanity” (Pg. 92). Only then did he really figure out how dumb he was and that he was only thinking with his penis (but I already knew that). So my view of him after the ending was reinforced and ev .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Words: 1399 - Pages: 6.... ability to read at an advanced level, Miss Caroline discourages it. This ironic example set by Miss Caroline seems to demonstrate the inadequate training that she had received for her occupation. Miss Caroline seems to have been instructed upon a strict standard on how her students are expected to behave, but when she encounters something different, such as Scout's advanced ability to read, she advises Scout to stop being advanced, whereas a modern-day schoolteacher would capitalize on Scout's ability to read and encourage her to read more. "You won't learn to write until you're in the third grade." (pg. 23) The strict, recipe-style, ru .....
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The Crucible: Elizabeth's Strength
Words: 785 - Pages: 3.... attention while Elizabeth was bedridden. A fiery and passionate affair scared his relationship with his wife. Elizabeth struggles with his infidelity. When Reverend Hale questions the couple on the commandments, it is evident that there is still a void between her and John. All commandments could be recited except for adultery. In the puritan culture, adultery is a grievous sin, one punishable by death. She has to live through each day knowing that John was unfaithful, and that he did not fulfill the commitment of marriage. She feels hurt and betrayed, but what Abby tries next is the most underhanded trick possible.
Abigail was placed .....
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Ambition In Macbeth
Words: 1133 - Pages: 5.... interprets a man’s lifelong ambition that seems to be fulfilled, but causes consequences that his mind cannot handle. Macbeth’s desire to gain wealth and status completely overpowers him. Macbeth becomes more ambitious as his wife and the witches make him question himself and his desires. Lady Macbeth is the biggest encouragement to his ambition, since she uses her husband’s trust to change her own future.
In Act I, Scene iii, the witches and their prophecies influence Macbeth’s ambition as he begins to consider murdering Duncan, “ If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/ whose horrid image doth unfix my .....
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The Significance Of Food In "Like Water For Chocolate"
Words: 690 - Pages: 3.... Hardly a scene goes by without someone eating
or preparing a meal and some of the more hilarious sequences surround a
pair of banquets. Each of these scenes has a meaning beyond the obvious,
however. Food is equated with life and excitement, two subjects into which
this story pursues. Sex, food and magic are mixed in sparingly in the
story, which revolves about Tita, third daughter of a Elena.
The time is the early 1900's and the Mexican Revolution is raging,
but in the kitchen of the family ranch, the emphasis is on cooking. The
family servant, Nacha, Tita's surrogate mother, teaches the her secrets and
makes her the next in an a .....
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"Miss Brill": Emptiness In One's Life
Words: 559 - Pages: 3.... aware of her surroundings and takes the time to notice every technicality. Miss Brill notices small details such as the conductor's coat, the old man's walking stick, and the women's embroidered apron. She paid extra attention to the ermine toque. She noticed the way the gentleman ignored the woman and then just walked away. Miss Brill imagined that the band knew what the ermine toque was feeling and played softly as the drum beat "The Brute! The Brute!" over and over. Her tendency to notice these things shows that she is melancholy with her own life and can find no other way to fill in her emptiness other than with the lives of oth .....
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The Andromeda Strain: Summary
Words: 1275 - Pages: 5.... of seven
satellites, the seventh bringing back Andromeda which caused the suspension
of the program. The second part was to build a major research and
containment facility where a microorganism could be isolated. They named
the facility Wildfire.
The outbreak starts when two people are sent out to search for Scoop VII.
When the two men sent neared Piedmont they noticed vultures circling the
town, watching, waiting. At their last check point there was only a scream
and static as the virus took two more lives.
Hours later a military helicopter with Jeremy Stone and Charles Burton took
off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was headed .....
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Great Expectations: Pip's Life In The Upper Class Society
Words: 495 - Pages: 2.... all have money and are high class. He lives and grows up in this new
and different society, learning how to fit in and use money not as a
precious commodity ( like he was accustomed to in his previous, low class
lifestyle) but as it were a regular, common thing that if not used quickly,
would soon be out-dated. He goes through his teens like this and finds
great differences in his new lifestyle and his old. Pip gains much with
his new found wealth. He gets new clothes; which help him fit into his new
lifestyle. Also, he makes new friends and interacts with the higher class;
Something which was looked down upon and almost outlawe .....
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Oedipus The King
Words: 3320 - Pages: 13.... As a child man crawls on his hands and knees this is the four feet to which the Sphinx refers. Also man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on others for his nourishment and well being.
Oedipus was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta would not come true. Oedipus was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the shepard spairing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own Oedipus would have died.
Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a meta .....
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The Day The World Ended
Words: 1733 - Pages: 7.... goes on to shape the life of Paul. In conjunction to this, the story of “The French Lieutenants Woman” and the main character in that story, Charles, will be compared showing similarities and differences of the relationships of women in his life.
In the story “Sons and Lovers” from the very beginning their was a connection between Paul and his mother. It was seen that a bond was formed between the two of them, but it wasn’t very strong in the beginning. The strong mother –son bond was between Paul’s older brother William and his mother. Paul appeared to be jealous of this, and it wasn .....
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