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Animal Farm 5
Words: 350 - Pages: 2.... lead the revolt in the barn after the farmer refuses to feed them adequatly. All the animals attack and defeat the farmer and his men and scare the farmers wife into sneaking out of the farmhouse and escaping.
Life after the humans leave is not the paradise the animals had dreamed about; Old majors ideals were forgotton and the pig Napolean and his pack of dogs assume leadership. Snowball, the other pig is forced to flee for his life and the other animals begin to suffer as they did before the revolution. Napplean and his pack of dogs alnog with the other pigs begin to associate with the humans they despised.
The other animals see the .....
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Cheap Amusements
Words: 524 - Pages: 2.... divided by gender. Married women’s leisure tended to be separate from the public domain and was not very different from work, but was linked with domestic duties and family relations. It was during this period that to survive families had to send their sons and daughters into the labor force to supplement the earnings of the father, while the mother cooked, cleaned, cared for the children and manufactured goods in the home. The typical wage-earning woman of 1900 was young and single.
The young single working women experienced time and labor similar to men’s rather than married women’s. They needed to, as Peiss puts, “ .....
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The Storm 2
Words: 611 - Pages: 3.... sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar [p146]." What the two of them do not know is that not only is a physical storm looming but also a disturbance to their family.
In the beginning of section two, it becomes dark and rain begins to fall and here also enters Alcee to Calixta's house. Alcee intended on just staying outside and wait for the rain to let up, but the storm grew more violent causing Alcee to go in doors. As the storm grew more bold so did Alcee's intentions. At the middle of this section we have the apex of the storm and we also have the union of Calixta and Alcee. The passion between .....
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Night, Mother
Words: 1308 - Pages: 5.... the story such as Jessie’s ex-husband Cecil and her brother Dawson, who are solely secondary characters that do not make an appearance in the play itself. However, they are often mentioned in the dialogue between Jessie and Thelma.
The setting is also quite basic as the entire play takes place in the living room and the kitchen of the house that the mother and daughter both share. An interesting part of the play is that it is meant to take place over a ninety minute period in the story, and also in ninety minutes of real time when the play is done live for an audience.
In the play, we learn that Jessie is a woman who has been left by her .....
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Clockwork Orange
Words: 1720 - Pages: 7.... an exclusive treatment to resolve that individual's case, then apply it. This is the case with the character Alex, a juvenile delinquent introduced into prisonization then conditioned by governmental moral standards. This lack of personal moral choice imposed upon Alex creates conflicting situations in which he has no control over. This is apparent when trying to readjust into society. As conflicts arise within the spectrum of criminal justice the main focus is revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element.
Within the confines of the seventies Londoner. The character, Alex is created as the ultimate juven .....
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The Great Gatsby(true Love Or
Words: 517 - Pages: 2.... up with the illusion of being with the girl of his dreams,
he will do almost anything to win Daisy’s love back and will do anything to have Daisy
be with him. Gatsby showed just how much he is willing to sacrifice, just to be with
Daisy, when he took the blame for hitting Myrtle Wilson when really Daisy hit Myrtle.
Mr. Wilson went to Tom’s house, looking for Gatsby. Mr. Wilson was carrying a gun
with him and was angry. So henceforth Mr. Wilson found Gatsby in his pool and shot
Gatsby. Gatsby paid the ultimate price to be with Daisy; Gatsby gave his life for Daisy’s
safety and innocence. .....
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Romeo And Juliet - Fate
Words: 1820 - Pages: 7.... Romeo and Juliet involve fate. They believed in the stars, and that their actions weren't always their own. Romeo, for example, 1.4.115-120, he says, "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars...by some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that hath the steerage over my course Direct my sail." He's basically saying to his friends that he had a dream which leads him to believe that he will die young because of something in the stars, something that will happen. He ends with "...he that hath steerage over my course..." which implies that he does not have control over his life if he looks to another power above himself to direct him. .....
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Plato Republic 2
Words: 548 - Pages: 2.... birth or wealth, but on natural capacities and attainments, after years of primary education. These 3 chief social functions are kept distinct and rightly performed.
Since Socrates believed that qualities of a community are those of the component individuals, we may expect to find these 3 corresponding elements in each individual soul. However, the structure of the society is based on the fact that they are developed to different degrees in different types of character. Together with the application of the law of specialization and division of labor, we can see clearly how these distinct classifications of social function can lead to the wel .....
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Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood An
Words: 1186 - Pages: 5.... 1970, p. 72). Although many authors chose to base
their stories on criminals, William Harrison Ainsworth’s Rookwood and Jack Sheppard
are two of the best examples of the theme of ‘crime and punishment’ in the nineteenth
century.
Ainsworth started his writing career as a writer of Gothic stories for various
magazines. Gothic elements are included in Ainsworth’s novel: the ancient hall, the
family vaults, macabre burial vaults, secret marriage, and so forth (John, 1998, p. 30).
Rookwood is a story about two half-brothers in a conflict over the family inheritance.
The English criminal who Ainsworth decides .....
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Heart Of Darkness
Words: 753 - Pages: 3.... something rotten would do." Since he feels this way,
he would only tell a lie in extraordinary circumstances. The first lie
was told by Marlow in extraordinary circumstances. It was told because
he had a notion it would somehow be of help to Mr. Kurtz. The lie was
to allow the brick maker to think he had more influence in the company
than he actually had. This lie would help Kurtz in two ways. Firstly
it would help Marlow to get the rivets he needed to fix the boat, and
that would provide Kurtz with a means of communication, or a way out
of the jungle. Secondly it would provide Kurtz with an ally who was
percei .....
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