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Papers on English
Langston Hughes
Number of words: 1889 | Number of pages: 7.... a caged bird. During her summer at Grand Isle she is confronted with herself in her truest nature, and finds herself swept away by passion and love for someone she cannot have, Robert Lebrun. The imagery of the ocean at Grand Isle and its attributes symbolize a force calling her to confront her internal struggles, and find freedom. Chopin uses the imagery of the ocean to represent the innate force within her soul that is calling to her. ^The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in a maze of inward contemplation. .....
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Jurassic Park
Number of words: 1242 | Number of pages: 5.... . This novel is set on a small island off the coast of Costa Rica called Isla Nubar. On this island, construction of a new, virtuostic, state of the art park is almost complete, when a gathered team of paleontologists, businessmen, and a mathematician arrive to approve of the park opening. All seems well until the "experts" lose control of the park, leaving the main attractions, genetically engineered dinosaurs, free to roam and hunt. This loss of control further contributes to the downward spiral the park experiences, resulting in numerous deaths. How, one might ask, could a team of technicians and experts let somethin .....
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The Pearl 2
Number of words: 451 | Number of pages: 2.... stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a
butcher. (742) Juana saw through the outer beauty of the pearl and
knew it would destroy them, but Kino's vision was blurred by the
possible prosperity the pearl brought. The malignant evil then spread
to a secret cult known only as the trackers. This corrupt band of
ruffians attacked and destroyed Kino's life. The very night that the
trackers learned of Kino's pearl, they tried to steal it. The next
night, Kino was attacked twice, which resulted in Kino committing
murder. After the final struggle of the night, Juana went back to
thei .....
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Setting Goals For Yourself
Number of words: 395 | Number of pages: 2.... . Long
term goals can take years even a full life time to accomplish . Though they
are usually more difficult to accomplish , they are usually more
significant . The accumulation of short term goals helps you accomplish the
long term goals .
After finishing school, I hope to get a good job , with advancement
opportunities , that I enjoy doing . I do not want to settle for a decent
job . I want to have an excellent career that will last for a long time .
Over the last several years I have made many bad decisions with my money .
Over the next couple of years I plan to have paid those debts off and to
think more wisely with my .....
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Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality Or Illusion
Number of words: 800 | Number of pages: 3.... the rose regains life nobody was drunk or
had even attempted to drink the water. "The crushed and dried petals
stirred, and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were
reviving from a death-like slumber;"(page 3) It is that clear cut, and
completely undeniable considering that five people witnessed the act and
not one had the slightest objection.
After the first drink of the potion until the last, I was still led
to the opinion that what the guests were experiencing was in fact real and
completely genuine. At this point I will point out that it is at this
exact moment where the issue of reality versus illusio .....
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Madame Bovary 3
Number of words: 1818 | Number of pages: 7.... about the witches’ prophecies on the possibility of Kingship. A variety of outstanding topics are explored, including the revelation of the true traits of characters such as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Her first thoughts are based on the reaction of the realism of Macbeth being Thane of Glamis, and possibly Cawdor as the witches predicted. This is expressed through the words “What thou art promised”. The idea of having soliloquy interacting with the witches’ predictions creates a sense of spirituality. This being Lady Macbeth’s first appearance in the play is effective as it allows the reader to asso .....
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King Lear
Number of words: 807 | Number of pages: 3.... as a form of reward to his test of love.
"Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love,
Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn,
And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters
(Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
That we our largest bounty may extend
where nature doth with merit challenge."
(Act I, Sc i, Ln 47-53)
This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in this play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego he is disrupts the great chain of being which states that the King must not chal .....
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The Use Of Animals To Portray
Number of words: 1212 | Number of pages: 5.... hare, the lion."
(Act 1, Scene 2, Line 39).the soldier is speaking of Macbeth and Banquo.
just as an eagle easily defeats the sparrow or the lion easily defeats the hare, Macbeth and Banquo defeated their opponents.
this is portraying one as an eagle and the other as a lion.
either way, there was no competition between Macbeth and Banquo and their enemies. Shows the characters of Macbeth and Banquo and how fierce they really are.
the lion and the eagle are fierce animals, whereas the sparrow and the hare are very weak. They can easily be killed.
c) "I come, Graymalkin. Paddock calls; --anon." (Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 11-1 .....
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Frankenstein
Number of words: 1474 | Number of pages: 6.... women, they would undergo birth by procreation, and consequently old age, suffering and death. She was given a box which contained all manner of misery and evils and was responsible for letting them escape, to torment humankind forever. Secondly, Zeus caught Prometheus, chained him to a rock, and each day an eagle would visit him and feed on his liver. Prometheus’ liver, however, replenished itself overnight, so he was condemned not so much to a single act of punishment but to perpetual torture. This is the price of tampering with nature. Prometheus’ ultimate downfall was caused, not by a poorly executed theft, but by t .....
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What Does Shakespeare Have To
Number of words: 2192 | Number of pages: 8.... his audience to think
certain things about his characters through their use of language. We
see this happening in our first meeting with Romeo when his use of
oxymorons, 'feather of lead' and 'cold fire', whilst talking of Rosalind
and his love for her lead the audience to believe that Romeo is in love
with the idea of being in love and therefore the only love he feels for
Rosalind is puppy love and not true love. We can also see innocence and
unawareness of what can feel like in the character of Juliet when
she tells her mother that she will not 'endart mine eye' until her parents
consent gives the relationship th .....
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