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Hamlets Impractical Thinking A
Number of words: 1169 | Number of pages: 5.... to truly ease the suffering of his father’s spirit, he must avenge the murder immediately.
Hamlet initially meets his challenge with zeal, promising the Ghost that he will produce quick results:
Yea, from the table of my memory
I’ll wipe away all trivial, fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,
That youth and observation copied there,
And thy commandment all alone shall live
Within the book and volume of my brain,
Unmixed with baser matter. Yes, by heaven! [1.5: 105-111]
Yet despite this stirring vow to sweep to revenge, one major obstacle lies ahead: Hamlet’s impractical thin .....
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Margaret Atwood`s The Handmaid's Tale
Number of words: 489 | Number of pages: 2.... force people to conceal
their true emotions. In "The Handmaid's Tale" the main female characters
find ways to escape their situations rather than deal with them.
Offred from The Handmaid's Tale uses different tactics to cope with her
situation. She is trapped within a distopian society comprised of a
community riddled by despair. Though she is not physically tortured, the
overwhelming and ridiculously powerful government mentally enslaves her.
Offred lives in a horrific society, which prevents her from being freed.
Essentially, the government enslaves her because she is a female, and she
is fertile. Offred's reminisces about the w .....
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Self-delusion In Death Of A Sa
Number of words: 637 | Number of pages: 3.... the boys. Despite what she might think or feel personally she tries to influence Biff and Happy to listen to their father stating; “attention must be paid” and encouraging them to participate in his delusions. By giving into Willy, trying to keep peace in the family and trying to avoid hurting him she is actually causing more harm than good. Biff is irresponsible and unable to find happiness. He learned from Willy the way to achieve success is through lying, stealing, and powerful acquaintances. His disillusionment with his father stems from the discovery of Willy’s adulterous relationship and unfaithfulnes .....
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Hawthorne's Use Of Symbolism In Young Goodman Brown
Number of words: 563 | Number of pages: 3.... own forbears' actions during
those times. Brown goes on to say that he could not bear the shame of
betraying his faith while the Devil is naming people known and respected by
Brown to try to show him that it wouldn't really be that bad if Brown
joined the witches' coven. When Goody Cloyse is encountered, Brown learns
how she truly feels about him; also, Goody Cloyse freely takes up the
Devil's staff. Proud of himself for denying the Devil, while again using
his wife's name to strengthen his resolve, Brown discovers that his
respected Minister, Deacon Gookin, and even the Indians are all servants of
the Devil. When Brown learns t .....
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Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri
Number of words: 1868 | Number of pages: 7.... of the "Dear Boss" letter sparking even more public interest in the crimes, the Financial News offers a further 300 pounds toward the award for the capture of the murderer. On top of that the Lord Mayor offers his own 500 pound reward. Sir Alfred Kirby offers a 100 pound reward and fifty militia men to help apprehend the criminal. His offer was declined. Queen Victoria herself telephones the Home Office at 3:30 pm that day to express her shock at the murders, but does nothing else.
Later that day the "Saucy Jack" postcard is received by the Centeral news service and is published by the Star in the evening edition. The ha .....
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Morality In Frankenstein
Number of words: 746 | Number of pages: 3.... of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a chance that the monsters will not keep their promise and stay in Europe evoking fear into townsfolk.
The good doctor, trying to act morally, destroys the monster for the good of the world. The monsters can potentially take over whatever they please. "A race of devils would be propagated,"(pg. 163) thinks Frankenstein to himself in his study. The monsters, if powerful enough, could possibly take over Europe. Frankenstein realizes that he ca .....
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A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, And Violence
Number of words: 575 | Number of pages: 3.... like to express his emotions directly. An example of this is when Finny says that they are good friends, Gene has trouble accepting it. Gene is a person who is dissatisfied with his life and wants to set up an ideal person. Finny is that person because they are so different .
Finny on the other hand is athletic who moves with perfect coordination . He has never made an awkward movement until he falls out of the tree. That was the first time anyone has ever seen him make a clumsily move like that. Finny does things in which no one ever thinks of. An example of this is when he comes up with "Blitz Ball". He made up th .....
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An Analysis Of Brave New World
Number of words: 998 | Number of pages: 4.... to his advantage, fulfilling his subconscious wish
of becoming someone important; a recognized name in the jumble of society.
This ends when the curiosity of others ends, and as a supreme result of his
arrogant behaviour, he is exiled.
The instigator of this curiosity as well as the author of Bernard's fame
(and folly), is an outsider know as the Savage. The Savage is brought in
from outside of the utopian society by Bernard as an experiment. He faces
"civilized society" with a bright outlook, but eventually comes to hate it
bitterly.
Lenina, the supporting role of the novel, is the most pronounced example of
the ideal citi .....
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Phineas And Gene A Comparitive
Number of words: 1437 | Number of pages: 6.... and unboastful accounts of all three."(101). If Phineas was not a confident person, he would not have shared his story with a complete stranger. Gene, on the other hand, was a very insecure person. The reader was able to see Gene's insecurities when he first tried to have a conversation with Phineas. His roommate was being very explicit in revealing the stories of his past, but when it came for Gene's turn to tell his stories he felt his "ideas would have been as dull as catechism after his;"(101). If Gene was confident, he would have been comfortable in partaking in the
conversation between him and his roommate. Another example .....
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Ethan Frome: Failure
Number of words: 656 | Number of pages: 3.... a bright light upon
his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was
always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always
nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had loyalty to his wife.
Being married to the wrong person proved to be Ethan's first failure.
Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His
wife claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed
more help around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie
had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision.
His wife also dec .....
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