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Animal Farm: Utopia
Words: 1090 - Pages: 4.... of man. Old Major then teaches them the song the Beasts
of England which teaches them the "great" life without man and with no more bad
leaders:
Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken to my joyful tidings,
Of the golden future time.
Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England,
Shall be trod by beasts alone.
Rings shall vanish from our noses,
And the harness from our back,
Bit and spur shall rust forever,
Cruel whips no more shall crack.
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Describing Biblical Parallels In Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"
Words: 413 - Pages: 2.... as extremely tempting.
However, these fruits have been deemed prohibited by God. The plant in
Rappaccini's garden is a large flowering bush. The flowers on this bush
are unlike any others and extremely exquisite. The two plants share the
trait of “forbidden,” but in different ways. The fruit on the tree in
Genesis was forbidden simply because that was the way God made it. The
plant in Rappaccini's garden was forbidden because it was poisonous. The
only people immune to the poison of this plant were Beatrice and Dr.
Rappaccini.
In Hawthorne's story, a parallel between Giovanni and Adam is
established. Both are young men, an .....
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Feminism In Jane Eyre
Words: 1399 - Pages: 6.... many parts of society. The absence
of advanced educational opportunities for women and their alienation from
almost all fields of work gave them little option in life: either become a
house wife or a governess. Although today a tutor may be considered a
fairly high class and intellectual job, in the Victorian era a governess
was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount of
knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect, security, or
class one may certainly feel that an intelligent, passionate and
opinionated young woman such as Jane Eyre should deserve and be capable of
so much more. The insecurity .....
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Sister Carrie: People Driven By Desire
Words: 466 - Pages: 2.... that she does not love Hurstwood. Carrie essentially has no feelings for Drouet of Hurstwood yet involves herself with them because of the prospect of money. Once Carrie became accustomed to a comfortable lifestyle, her subconscious desire gave her the will to do what it takes to avoid change.
Drouet is born bachelor whose desire is flirtation and courting women. For him this is almost a natural instinct, as soon as he saw Carrie on the train he felt an obligation to introduce himself. “He loved to make advances to women, to have them succumb to his charms, ...his inborn desire urged him to that as a chief delight.” He is moderatel .....
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Bram Stokers Dracula
Words: 747 - Pages: 3.... an open-minded but ingenious professor, a
psychologist, an American, a rich man, as well as Jon an Harker and his
wife Mina, learn of the Count's sinister plan and pledge to destroy him
before he can create an army of un-dead vampires. They systematically
destroy his coffins with holy wafers and chase him out of England back to
Castle Dracula. There they carry out an ultimate plan to destroy Dracula.
The Author uses suspense as a storytelling device rather effectively
throughout the story. There are a fair number of parts in which the reader
is left suspended on the edge of seat, eager to find out what is to happen
nex .....
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The Culture Of Censorship In F
Words: 462 - Pages: 2.... novel focus on the destruction of books through fire as a form of entertainment and also focus on material things as pleasure seeking activities. The entire culture revolved around advances in technology such as T.V's, radios, and self-buttering toasters. These material things gave people happiness. A good example of someone who was brain-washed by the material possessions was Guy Montag's wife Mildred. She was so convinced by the people on the television that she was unable to think for herself. When Montag eventually questioned the mindless pleasure seeking, his wife was too wrapped up in her life to think twice.
The mindless pleasure see .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Arthur - Tragic Hero Or Merely Tragic?
Words: 1300 - Pages: 5.... they will not forgive him. He is too weak to admit his sins openly and in their entirety. Instead, he allows his parishioners to lift him in their esteem by confessing, in all humility, that he is a sinner: "The minister well knew--subtle but remorseful hypocrite that he was!--the light in which his vague confession would be viewed." (127) They love him all the more for his honest and humble character, and this is Arthur's intent. Even as he plans to run away with Hester four days after their meeting in the forest, he comforts himself with the knowledge that he will give his sermon on predestination on the third day, and thus will lea .....
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Antiheroism In Hamlet
Words: 834 - Pages: 4.... from the reader since Hamlet feels the pain of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? (IV, ii, 12-14) The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenster .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Hero Among Them
Words: 827 - Pages: 4.... The townspeople of Maycomb, Alabama hold Atticus Finch in high regards because he is always the same. For example, Miss Maudie tells Scout that he is the same in his house as he is on the street. He treats all people with respect and decency. During the trial of Tom Robinson, Atticus speaks to Mayella Ewell with a respect that she is not accustomed to receiving. This respect is shown to Mayella simply because it was the right thing to do. Additionally, Walter Cunningham is treated as a guest, while in the Finch home for lunch, not as a poor person in the community Atticus shows Walter respect for the hard work that he contributes to .....
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Joy Luck Club - Literary Analy
Words: 1031 - Pages: 4.... all of them about mother-daughter relationships and how the mothers compared them and expected to much of them. When mothers compare and expect to much from their children disastrous consequences occur.
Jing-Mei, the piano player in The Joy Luck Club, felt the most pressure from her mother, because her mother had to follow behind the word of the prodigy in town. '"Of course you can be a prodigy, too '" (141) Jing-Mei's mother, Suyuan, tells her after receiving the news of Waverly, the chess prodigy. The expectations for Jing-Mei have heightened now that her mother's friend's daughter has been held in such a spotlight, as to be called a .....
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