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A Freudian Turn Of The Screw
Number of words: 950 | Number of pages: 4.... are ghosts, where as a more logical thinker with a literal sense of mind would probably search out the explanation in psychopathology. The decision is really left up to the reader.
Henry James use of symbolism in The Turn of the Screw seems to be the easiest way to sway the reader’s opinion toward the psychological theory. There are several types of symbolism used throughout the story but the three that seem to be the most prevalent are: mirror symbolism, name symbolism and space symbolism. These symbolisms are easily overlooked, but when they are discovered is undeniably obvious.
Mirror symbolism is the most obvious of the t .....
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Macbeth Thematic Essay
Number of words: 852 | Number of pages: 4.... the rest of the play. Macbeth's hopping back and forth between fully believing the prophecy and thinking about its distance from a real possibility. After hearing this from the witches, Macbeth begins to be driven by a negative type of ambition. Macbeth's very first words in the play are, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (I.ii.38). These words, of course, remind us of the witches, and they link Macbeth with forces of evil before he ever meets the witches.
Macbeth's ambition is also driven other people in a negative connotation. Another flaw Macbeth display's is his weak mindedness. Lady Macbeth accuses Macbeth of .....
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Friends Cannot Be Objects (zen
Number of words: 359 | Number of pages: 2.... in common to be such good friends, they'll have enough patience with the other person to compromise. Compromise is an important part of any relationship; no friendship would last without it.
Phaedrus was a lucky and, at the same time, unfortunate man in many ways. He got new chances in at life but also lost a lot that he loved. People or other things shouldn't be taken for granted, that's a big point in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Everything needs to be appreciated or else, without paying enough attention, it'll disappear and then you'll understand what you had all along. No one likes to be an object, .....
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Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of words: 475 | Number of pages: 2.... by allowing him to hide
his sin and bear the weight of it, he creates an extremely interesting and
tremendously strong character.
The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain
and self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he
is as much at fault for Hesterÿs torment as any common villager, if not
even more so. Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the
punishment for both of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to
believe that he also condemned her. During those long seven years he made
no move to lessen her load or his own. Now Dimmesdale has had all .....
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Evaluation Of Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave
Number of words: 300 | Number of pages: 2.... They resent those who force them to recognize that they are ignorant”.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave greatly symbolizes man's struggle to reach the light of knowledge and the suffering of those left behind who are forced to sit in the dark of their ignorance and stare at shadows on a wall. I think the problem is with those who choose to stay in the dark. People are afraid, why, or is it simply that they are not ready? For the truth and reality both require change. People can only learn and acquire knowledge through reasoning and open-mindedness. I believe that some people just naturally have a higher level of intelli .....
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The Most Effective Endings Lea
Number of words: 602 | Number of pages: 3.... with their father and husband downstream on the Patuca River, in a quadriplegic state, his limbs not working, Allie is only able to speak and scream. Due to Theroux’s guidance of Allies character throughout the novel, for the reader it seems likely that he could jump up and regain control over his family and the direction of the novel at any moment. Here, Allies character is used very well to make the reader afraid.
Not only does Theroux use Allies character to its peak of effectiveness, but Charlie’s character is used well also. Throughout the novel Charlie has been trained by Allie to overcome any obstacle put .....
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Obasan
Number of words: 320 | Number of pages: 2.... a thoroughly gut-wrenching story of a Japanese family's efforts to survive the trauma of separation from home and each other. Forced to live in squalid conditions, sharing quarters with complete strangers, without enough food or supplies to adequately live, what happens to the Japanese is very similar to what happened to the Jews when they were gathered, collected, and assigned quarters in the ghettos of Europe. Personal belongings - from clothing and precious jewels to sacred texts and gold-capped teeth - were stolen by the Germans. The Japanese lost a great deal, too, but where the story of and the Japanese differs is the conc .....
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For Whom The Bell Tolls - Summ
Number of words: 1208 | Number of pages: 5.... her skill at various times within the text, most notable however, in dealings within her group. She constantly battles with the various men of the camp, demanding absolute respect, and becomes the leader of the group. In nearly every occasion she commands the utmost respect from the various members of the group. Pablo in contrast, once a brave leader and a proud man, who turns into a dangerous and unreliable coward. In his prime, Pablo led a group of enraged villagers to kill multiple Fascist soldiers and twenty known fascists. However, in the present he illustrates his cowardice by stealing and discarding Robert’ .....
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Billy Budd 2
Number of words: 638 | Number of pages: 3.... being, an “alien eyes of an uncatalogued creature.” Furthermore, as opposed to his initial image, Melville compares the man to a “hungry lurch of the torpedo-fish.” Melville deliberately transforms Claggart’s demonic trait to a more extreme level.
Billy Budd plays a role of a good-hearted and simple peacemaker. His winsome looks and innocent nature wins the loyalty of many sailors except for John Claggart. During Billy’s brief moment of his stay in Captain Vere’s cabin, one can see that his angelic image morphs into an image of a deadly creature. When John Claggart shocks Billy with t .....
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The Canterbury Tales: Analysis
Number of words: 244 | Number of pages: 1.... a
shrine where the archbishop Thomas A. Becket was murdered in 1170. This was the
pilgrimage the twenty nine characters would make. They would start at the
Tabard Inn in Southwark, which is near London.
The characters in this story tell the stories themselves. This style of
writing is called framework. There are twenty-four different stories told by
the characters who interact with each other throughout the entire tale. The
stories are mostly old familiar ones revamped and retold with the Chaucer style.
Most of the stories relate some kind of moral lesson or value. The story starts
out with a prologue where Chaucer introdu .....
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