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The Cask Of Amontillado
Number of words: 551 | Number of pages: 3.... and perfect for his plot.
Montressor led Fortunato into the gloomy depths of the vaults. The humidity caused Fortunato to cough so Montressor gave him more to drink. He made it seem like he cared about Fortunato's cough when he was actually trying to get him more drunk than he already was. Montressor's evil is shown when he responds to another one of Fortunato's insults by saying "Nemo me impune lacessit", which means, "No one attacks me with impunity". When he says this, it is as if he was threatening Fortunato.
When they were getting near the end of the vaults, Montressor invites the plastered Fortunato into the niche whe .....
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“Do You Believe In Fate Neo,”
Number of words: 1215 | Number of pages: 5.... a large group of white people’s false belief of superiority. With every cause there is an effect, and the effect that this burden has on Bigger turns him into an animal, living for only one thing, survival.
“There he is again, Bigger!” the woman screamed, and the tiny, one-room apartment galvanized into violent action. A chair toppled as the woman, half dressed in her stocking feet, scrambled breathlessly upon the bed. Her two sons, barefoot, stood tense and motionless, their eyes searching anxiously under the bed and chairs. The girl ran into the corner, half stooped and gathered the hem of he slip into both of her ha .....
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A Picture Of Dorian: Gray Basil's Changes As Related To Wilde's Opinion On Art
Number of words: 868 | Number of pages: 4.... different about Dorian. He sees him in a different way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to Basil, but he is also gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love with him and begins to paint the picture. Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about it, including Dorian, because he knows that there is too much of himself in it. Lord Henry discovers the painting and asks Basil why he will not display it. Lord Henry thinks that it is so beautiful it should be displayed in a museum. Basil argues that the reason he will not display the painting is because he is "afraid that [he] has show .....
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Defender Of The Faith
Number of words: 723 | Number of pages: 3.... interested in going to church instead of cleaning the barracks. Marx knowing it was unfair that they were denied the chance to attend service told Grossbart he could “attend shul”. By calling the service shul and not church Grossbart knew Marx was Jewish. When Grossbart tried to correct him by saying, “You mean church, Sergeant.” Marx was furious that he had given himself away and relented by saying, “I mean shul, Grossbart!” This was a small victory for Grossbart, one he would use to his advantage. Marx was concerned that Grossbart was right and that those who wanted to attend the service sho .....
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Odysseus: Summary
Number of words: 1163 | Number of pages: 5.... was so arid he needed water immediately. He left the hotel and
started strolling down the streets of Havana, when he decided to rob a
store to get water. Odysseus entered the next store he approached, grabbed
a bottle of water and ran out. Seconds later an alarm went off. Hearing
sirens he ran as fast as cheetah onto a side street where he hid behind a
dumpster. After Odysseus waited there for a hour he realized he was safe,
and he came out from behind the dumpster.
After he left the dumpster Odysseus walked on until he reached the
rain forest (Curtis). The dense, dim forest was full of all kinds of
animals and fri .....
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The Persian Letters
Number of words: 971 | Number of pages: 4.... require their followers to be good and just. He believes that even if there was no God these ideas can still help society function correctly. Montesquieu also criticizes numerous aspects of established religion and shows that he sees it as useless and so he responds to it with indifference. He feels God’s precepts are of the greatest importance and that is exactly what has been lost from the established church. Montesquieu’s beliefs were also similar to many of the other philosophes. They criticized the established church and “certainly opposed the ritual forms of both Catholic and Protestant worship” ( .....
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A Seperate Piece
Number of words: 446 | Number of pages: 2.... expresses the acceptance and rejecting of these aspects. The struggles to create a better more Ideal life for himself occurs, and his belief that Finny is the ideal does not diminish until Finny no longer can stand on his own. The complete contrast of Finny and Gene is a boy named Leper. Leper was not interested in much and is the first of the boys mentioned to go to war. Leper introduces the boys into the adult world before entering the army. His freedom is ended by the strict rules and behaviors of the army and he then changes severely. Throughout the novel arises the symbol of the tree which has it’s part in the many confl .....
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Identity Crisis (joy Luck Club
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Use Of Clothing
Number of words: 1203 | Number of pages: 5.... sun-up
pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke of the far horizon....The memory of
Nanny was still strong." (pg. 28) When Janie decides to leave the next morning
for, if nothing else, a healthy change, she looks down and sees the apron which
has stood for all the things she has had to do for Logan," and flung it on a
small bush beside the road. Then she walked on, picking flowers and making a
bouquet." (pg. 31) When Janie threw the apron on the bush, it represented a
major change in Janie's life, and a progression from Logan. Janie is continuing
her search for true love, although she knows already that Jody is not the
perfect f .....
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Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings
Number of words: 2807 | Number of pages: 11.... as lambs, impossibly virtuous, always well dressed, who wept copiously” (Flaubert 57). When Emma married Charles, she expected this perfect man whom she had pictured from the many romantic novels she had read. It is these fairy-tale illusions that slowly bring the world crashing down on her.
Emma’s illusion of love and grandeur came from her knowledge of romance novels. After she had married Charles, she came to the conclusion that their love was not like the ones she had read about in her beautiful books. “But the happiness that should have resulted from this love had not come; she must have deceived herself, she t .....
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