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A Raisin In The Sun
Words: 877 - Pages: 4.... his job; instead he takes it out on his wife Ruth. Also, the job that he holds can only provide so much to the family. He's not even capable of providing his son Travis with some pocket change without becoming broke himself. Walter Younger is thirty-five years old and all he is, is a limousine driver. He is unhappy with his job and he desperately seeks for an opportunity to improve his family standing. He tells his mother how he feels about his job when she wouldn't give him the ten thousand dollars to invest in a liquor Store," I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, "Yes sir; no sir, ver .....
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Power, Authority And Corruptio
Words: 1347 - Pages: 5.... He was labeled, "brave Macbeth" [Macbeth, I, ii, l: 18, p.13] for his actions in battle. During a conversation between Duncan and a soldier, the soldier describes how Macbeth brutally slew the rebel Macdonwald:
"Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valour's minion carved out his passage…
Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,
And fixed his head upon our battlements" [Macbeth, I, ii, l: 17-23, p.13].
In his speech, the soldier describes Macbeth's violence to indicate qualities as a good warrior, thus showing that he has respect for Macbeth. There can be no doubt that Macb .....
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Everyday Use
Words: 818 - Pages: 3.... matter where we choose to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends" (Walker 63), letting everyone know that she thought she was too good to continue to take part in her heritage. Maggie was portrayed as a flat character. The reader is not told much about her, and she never changes throughout the whole story. The mother would be the static character. She is seen as an older women set in her ways from life experiences, and from what she had been taught growing up black in the south. She made up her mind that the two family quilts would go to Maggie and she did not give it a second thought. Dee is also th .....
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Race Is Ever Where
Words: 881 - Pages: 4.... characters that have racist attitudes are Iago, Brabantio, Roderigo and Emilia, with the hatred of Othello as the basis for their racist actions and comments towards him.
Iago is the most racist character in the book as he has it in for Othello right from the start. What sparks off Imago’s hate towards him is the fact that when Othello chose his lieutenant, it was Cassio who was chosen instead of Iago. What made Iago angry was the fact that Cassio had no experience in war when he did and Cassio was chosen instead of him. Iago does not say anything racist to Othello's face but he has a lot to say against him behind his back. He schemes .....
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Good Vs. Evil Miltons Paradise
Words: 2075 - Pages: 8.... believe. This levy of good vs. evil carried on throughout the poem with the interaction of Satan and his fallen angels with God and his son in Heaven.
The common representation of sin and evil came from the lead character in the battle against God, Satan. His name means "enemy of God." He was a former high angel from Heaven named Lucifer, meaning, "light bearer" (John). Satan became jealous in Heaven of God's son and formed an allegiance of angels to battle against God, only for God to cast them out of Heaven into Hell (Milton 35). This did not bother Satan at first since he became the leader in Hell rather than a servant in Heaven. Sa .....
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Hamlet Character Analysis Of K
Words: 1049 - Pages: 4.... comfortably reign and carry out the affairs of the state of Denmark. He continues on with his speech to discuss the plans that he has developed to remedy a situation that is brewing with Young Fortinbrau. Claudius demonstrates great strategic planning skills by diverting Young Fortinbrau’s revenge on Denmark and it’s citizens. The Fortinbrau issue helps Claudius to prove to the court that he is “most immediate to the throne”. Claudius also takes advantage of this opportunity for his own self-promotion.
Claudius had successfully gained the loyalty and respect of the court, his Queen and the state of Denmark. .....
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My Antonia
Words: 1037 - Pages: 4.... all the colored figures from Austria stood out clear and full of meaning against the green boughs. Mr. Shimerda rose, crossed himself, and quietly knelt down before the tree……" History shows that the Bohemian people were constantly revolting for their freedom. This was probably one of the reasons for the religious Shimerdas move to America, to get away from those many "hard times." "All the time she say: 'America big country; much money, much land for my boys, much husband for my girls…my mama, she want Ambrosch for be rich, with many cattle." This must have been the main factor for the move from their "kawn-tree." Unfortunately, no .....
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A Jury Of Her Peers - Case Dismissed
Words: 764 - Pages: 3.... for clues. The women do indeed find the clues to implicate Mrs. Wright and the men do not. The ladies decide not to turn in Mrs. Wright because they feel sorry for her. The reason that the ladies do not tun in Mrs. Wright is because she is a sensitive, creative, and submissive woman.
The bird that Mrs. Wright has and cares for shows the sensitivity of her soul. When the women step into the kitchen one of the first thing that they notice is the bird cage. The bird was sold to her by a door to door salesman. The bird also suggests the lonliness she has. Mrs. Wright cared for the bird so much that when her husband killed it, she a .....
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Magic: I Know The Secret!
Words: 710 - Pages: 3.... that get to nudge and point when a magician is up on stage
performing his art and showing off his skills. If all people could knew
how the trick or illusion was done then they too could do it and this would
as we know it would become a much happier and mystical place. It is true
that all magicians and performers of that nature would have to take up new
professions and that most of them would become broke and most likely
homeless. But it is also true that everyone would be having the time of
their lives performing those tricks for their friends and family.
Just think about all of the conveniences that magic would bring to
our fast p .....
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Epic Of Gilgamesh
Words: 1649 - Pages: 6.... people and how they act out of human nature. He, like many of us, does not want his existence to end when he leaves this world. He is not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. The is a story that we, as people, can relate to. There are similarities between Gilgamesh’s journey and our own journey through life. Some of the texts that will be compared with The , are the Bible, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters of these stories are all have that burning desire to be successful in life, which we can relate to. These texts span across different time periods an .....
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