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Heart Of Darkness
Words: 4065 - Pages: 15.... sailboat. On the boat, Marlow begins to tell of his experiences in the Congo. Conrad uses Marlow to reveal all the personal thoughts and emotions that he wants to portray while Marlow goes on this "voyage of a lifetime".
Marlow begins his voyage as an ordinary English sailor who is traveling to the African Congo on a "business trip". He is an Englishmen through and through. He's never been exposed to any alternative form of culture, similar to the one he will encounter in Africa, and he has no idea about the drastically different culture that exists out there.
Throughout the book, Conrad, via Marlow's observations, reveals to the reader t .....
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Devil S Advocate
Words: 352 - Pages: 2.... is necessary in a film such as "Devil's Advocate".
One of the observations I made about the film was that Kevin's legal talents are the Devil's instruments of choice. It is his legal practices that destroy his wife and eventually lead to her horrifying death. An important quote which I recall was when Milton (Al Pacino) says, "nobody on earth could do his bidding better than a well trained band of attorneys". Kevin is working for Milton, and the more pampered he becomes, so much the better for Milton. It wasn't until this point when I finally realized the true meaning behind the film.
The movie ends with the quote by Milton, "Vanity i .....
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Tartuffe
Words: 773 - Pages: 3.... all his land to the deceitful . The other comic elements such as the unmasking of the villain and the happy ending are also present in .
It is in the duality of Orgon, who is a believing and devoted subject, and , the manipulating hypocrite. Moliere takes his shot at the extremes of enthusiastic belief. plays the role of a man whose greedy actions are cloaked by a mask of overwhelming piety, modesty and religious passion. Orgon is the head of a household who has taken in, and given him shelter and food. Everyone in the family, except Orogon’s mother, knows that is a fake. In this play Moliere uses Cleante to emphasize pious qu .....
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LES MISERABLES
Words: 506 - Pages: 2.... no feelings or any form of intelligence. They are also not given the right to vote, which makes them not citizens of that nation.
This theme is universal because every nation in the world has some sort of outcasts in their land. In America, this theme can be related to the blacks. In the beginning of the twentieth century they did not have as much rights and oppurtunities as the whites. Another example of how this theme can be related to America is how a person with a southern accent is perceived as less intelligent, which is a false misconception.
The theme -how criminals are viewed by society- can be seen by how Jean Valjean is tre .....
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Essay On "Poetics For Bullies"
Words: 388 - Pages: 2.... example of Push's evil mind is when he meets with the new boy, John Williams. When he first saw John, he immediately hated him. To Push, John appeared to be perfect. Then, he greeted Push and began to be nice to him.
Shortly after this, everyone began to be nice to Push. He absolutely hated this. Only someone of pure evil would hate it when people are nice to them. Because of this, Push tried to make people hate John, thinking that everything would go back to being normal again.
This did not work, and everyone still liked John, and everyone was being even nicer to Push. This infuriated him. It made him so mad that he .....
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No Work, No Food
Words: 387 - Pages: 2.... a very valuable lesson for some youngsters.
When life gets to ruff, normally we tend to slow down a bit. Often the younger generation, healthy and strong, perceives that the older generation should take it easier than normal. However, in China, the Chinese Zen master doesn’t seem to fit this scenario. They seem to carry the philosophy that each carries their own weight no matter what the consequence. The younger pupils felt the Master was working extremely to hard and knew that he would not to a break. Having this information, they concocted a plan to hide his work tools so he would have no choice but to take a break.
As the day slow .....
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Battle Royal
Words: 1238 - Pages: 5.... narrator’s father to keep up the fight. The father then tells the narrator what the grandfather told him. This was just being passed down through the different generations. This to me shows the loving relationship that the grandson and the grandfather share. Near the end of the story however, his grandfather’s presence scares him to death. The grandfather’s advice was a little too much for the narrator to handle. "Live with your head in the lion’s mouth…overcome them with yeses…let ‘em swoller you till they vomit." This scares the boy. These last words that his grandfather tells him makes him feel like that there i .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 504 - Pages: 2.... at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding." Roger was an authoritative big'un that didn't seem to care about the consequences of his actions. Not only was his appearance gloomy, but his personality tended to be as well. "Roger, uncommunicative by nature, said nothing." His physical appearance led the reader to believe that Roger was a completely corrupt character, inside and out.
Roger seemed civilized near the beginning of the novel. Even though he was civilized, he still had the tendency for evil. While he threw rocks at Henry, he aimed to miss. "Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them…Here, invis .....
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To Build A Fire
Words: 580 - Pages: 3.... to bestiality. When the man tries to carry out this insane idea, the dog demonstrates his lean towards human characteristics.
Another example how the man is beginning to move and act like an animal. It reads, “After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands. In this fashion he carried it to his mouth...” At this point, the man’s hands are so cold that he can no longer grasp objects, such as matches. In order to get the matches he has to use the heels of his hands just like paws. This also shows his increasing relationship to the bestial characteristics.
As the story, proce .....
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The Crucible: Background Notes
Words: 707 - Pages: 3.... the most is the gold medal that he was
awarded for dramatic arts from The National Institute of Arts and
Letters in 1959.
As an American writer, Arthur Miller published dramas including:
All My Sons (1947)
Death of a Salesman (1949)
The Crucible (1953)
A View from the Bridge (1955)
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
After the Fall (1963)
Incident at Vichy (1964)
The Price (1968)
The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
Arthur Miller's first and only screenplay that he produced was released
in 1960, and was called "The Misfits", starring Marilyn Monroe. He also .....
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