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The Author Of Her Book
Words: 657 - Pages: 3.... equates the embarrassment she feels due to her as-yet-unperfected work to the shame a parent feels due to an ill-tempered child. She continues in line 10 through 14 to tell her desire to erase any error in the poem, but in lines 15 through 17 she realizes that this cannot be done because it is already in print. Finally in lines 19 and 20, a mother’s unconditional love shows as she sends her child away with admonitions. In the end, Bradstreet leaves her child with the thought, be known for your own value.
A second step in analyzing a poem is to identify the main idea or point of the poem. In "The Author to Her Book," Brads .....
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Huckleberry Finn - Critical Essay
Words: 1610 - Pages: 6.... Journal by Thadious Davis, Fall 1984 and Spring 1985). Yet, again to counter that is a quote by the great American writer Ernest Hemingway, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn…it’s the best book we’ve had…There has been nothing as good since" (The Green Hills of Africa [Scribner’s. 1953] 22). The controversy behind the novel has been and will always remain the crux of any readers is still truly racism. Twain surely does use the word ‘nigger’ often, both as a referral to the slave Jim and any African-American that Huck comes across and as the epitome of insult and i .....
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The Curse By Andre Dubus
Words: 955 - Pages: 4.... things you cannot change.
The main character is Mitchell. He is round and dynamic. He is round because the story revolves around him. His thoughts and actions are crucial to the story and are described in great detail. He is dynamic because he changes from a relatively carefree, self-assured man into an impetuous man who feels old and becomes consumed with guilt. After witnessing the rape: “He did not know what it was like to be very old … but he assumed it was like this: fatigue beyond relieving by rest, by sleep.”
Dubus uses all three methods of indirect characterization in describing Mitchell; he uses words, action .....
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Julius Caesar
Words: 1722 - Pages: 7.... like.
The time before Caesar’s death has many differences in how events happened rather than if events happened. Both historical accounts record that Caesar had recently returned from a long military campaign that sent him to the far reaches of the Roman Empire. Shakespeare’s account tells of a recent victory over Pompey but does not say that Caesar returned from a massive campaign. In Komroff’s account, The conspirators had planned for much longer than the other authors recorded. Komroff wrote that the conspirators convinced the Senate to offer Caesar the crown. The conspirators then placed a crown on a statue of Caesar that was qu .....
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Much Ado About Nothing
Words: 770 - Pages: 3.... is sent to fetch Benedick for dinner, and Benedick notes "some marks of love in her," and he decides to take pity upon her and return her love. In Act III, Scene 1 Beatrice is deceived as she overhears Hero and Ursula talk of Benedick's affection for her. Beatrice then decides to allow herself to be tamed by Benedick's "loving hand," and return his love. Beatrice and Benedick re made to fall in love through the deception of those around them, and ironically find happiness more readily than Claudio and Hero.
The relationship between Claudio and Hero is a seemingly pure and happy one at the start of the play, but as the play go .....
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Othello
Words: 798 - Pages: 3.... course you please, which the time shall more favorably minister. “ (Pg. 673)
Roderigo does this for Iago promises it will make him look good in front of Desdemona. Iago needs to make Cassio suffer and manipulates Roderigo to do it by playing on Roderigo’s desire for Desdemona. Iago also uses Roderigo for his money as well as helping his evil plans,
“ Roderigo: I am changed: I’ll go sell all my land. Exit.
Iago: Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gain’d knowledge should profane,
If I would time expend with such a snipe, But for my sport and profit. “ (Pg. 665)
Simply put Iago expl .....
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The Road Not Taken - R. Frost
Words: 703 - Pages: 3.... appealing. It is apparent the narrator has a difficult choice to make and is carefully considering his options.
In the first stanza, the emphasis is on the road that was not traveled. The persona wants to travel both roads, but he cannot ”and be one traveler.” There is a strong sense of wonder before the choice is made because he knows that in one lifetime he cannot travel down every road. And that at this point in time one of the roads must be chosen.
After the choice of roads is described and considered, Frost writes "Oh, I kept the first for another day! /Yet knowing how way leads on to way, /I doubted if I should ev .....
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Character Analysis - Tybalt -
Words: 789 - Pages: 3.... generations.
On one occasion, Tybalt tries to protect the honor of his family and show his hate for the Montagues. One example of this happened at the beginning of the play. He enters into a quarrel between two of the Capulet’s servants and Benvolio. Tybalt, of course, drew his sword and tried to pick a fight with Benvolio to protect the family’s servants and to defend them in his family’s honor. As shown in the following quote, Tybalt goes on instinct but has his family’s intentions at the top of his priorities.
“What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities 2
Words: 462 - Pages: 2.... Darnay in this trial. Sydney Carton saves Darnay from death in this trial with his miraculous wits. Through this Darnay is given another chance at life ,and therefore was "recalled to life."
The last and most significant instance of someone being "recalled to life" is found in the last chapters of this book. Sydney Carton has recently switched places with his look alike, Darnay, and is awaiting the guillotine. While Sydney awaits his death he thinks, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, then I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." Through these words Sydney recognizes that by sacrific .....
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Wuthering Heights
Words: 512 - Pages: 2.... Catherine finally realized that money and social class were not as fulfilling as her desire to have passion in her life, a desire which could only be met by Heathcliff. Throughout the book, Catherine tried to discover who she was and what exactly she wanted. In chapters 6 and 7, Catherine thought that she had finally discovered who she was and what she wanted. These chapters are the pinnacle of the story. It was the point in the book where the social classes were determined and Catherine¹s love for Heathcliff was forced to be supressed. Heathcliff and Catherine were still young and playing together innocently one day. This was before Cat .....
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