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Native Son 2
Number of words: 1382 | Number of pages: 6.... the black man. At times Bigger felt that Max was only trying to hurt him but I think that deep down inside, Bigger knew Max was only there to help him.
A wave of excited voices swept over the room.
Bigger's fingers gripped the arms of the chair.
Max's hand touched his shoulder, Bigger turned
and Max whispered,
Sit still
Mr. Coroner?
Yes?
In the capacity of Bigger Thomas' lawyer. I'd
like to state that he does not wish to testify here (328).
This quote shows that Max was looking out for Bigger's best wishes. Max knew that if Bigger had testified the lawyers would have pounded him with questions and .....
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Hamlet - Ghost
Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4.... in the best it is,
But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.”(I.v.25-28)
These quotes let Hamlet as well as the audience know that the fathers death
was foul and unnatural contrary to popular belief. The spirit then reveals the
murder to Hamlet by professing this:
“A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark
Is by a forged process of my death
Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth,
The serpent that did sting thy father’s life
Now wears his crown.(I.v.35-39)
This statement not only reveals the culprit; it eludes to the manner in which the king was assassinated. Upon hearing this Hamlet a .....
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The Death Ivan Ilyich
Number of words: 561 | Number of pages: 3.... very little attention to him when he needs it the most. She remembers all the things he did to her when she was pregnant. Not only did his wife turned her back on him, his whole family did except his son. His family felt that he was not there when they needed him, so they are going to do the dame thing to him. It is sad that he could not be there for his wife so she could have been there for him. She really doesn’t care about him that much because if she really loved him she would have taken care of him even though he didn’t take care of her.
Peter is supposed to be Ivan’s best friend. When he dies Peter do .....
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Macbeth - Character Changes In Macbeth
Number of words: 840 | Number of pages: 4.... cannot reward him enough for all he has done. "More is thy due than more than all can pay." Macbeth is made Thane of Cawdor, but begins to be tempted by his own "vaulting ambition" to become king.
Another characteristic of Macbeth is his striving ambition and curious nature, which leads him and his partner Banquo to the witches who give him a prophecy. Banquo realises that there must be a trick hidden in the witches' prophecies but Macbeth refuses to accept that. Macbeth chooses to let the witches influence him, but Banquo does not. This event showed Macbeth was superstitious because he trusted the witches. The witches' prop .....
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Brutus, An Honorable Man
Number of words: 559 | Number of pages: 3.... he said "If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caeser’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caeser was no less than his". Brutus killed his dear friend because of ambition. If only today’s leaders had some ambition! He said that he love Rome more than Caeser and that is why he commited one of the most dishonorable acts a humn being can commit. After the act, Antony appropriately and sarcastically called Brutus an honorable man. Unlike Brutus, Antony knew what honor was. Even though Brutus knew that Caeser had turned down the crown three times, he still felt he was to ambitious to rule over Rome. If onl .....
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Folklore
Number of words: 1754 | Number of pages: 7.... and performances, dances and plays. Moreover, is not a science about a folk, but a traditional folk-science and folk-poetry" (Balys, 255). The term "folk" means "working class, marginalized, and grassroots" (Montenyohl, 230). The term traditionally meant, according to Montenyohl, community-based, orally transmitted, and historically rooted (230).
is an "integral part of American culture and are told and believed by some of the most sophisticated 'folk' of modern society" (Brunvand, xi) The definition of has changed throughout the changing of time. Today represents many different forms of artistic expression. The term "cont .....
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PORONO IN THE MEDIA
Number of words: 2703 | Number of pages: 10.... the result is
increased violence against women. This assumption, and it is indeed
only an assumption, is completely fallacious, however, as no concrete
and completely conclusive evidence has ever been formulated in
support of the theory. The key premise here is that the mass media
does not cause undesirable social behaviour and in actuality, the
media people should not be dubbed as the “bad guys”. They simply use
their power in the most constructive ways possible in order to promote
their ratings and popularity. One way to do that is to concentrate on
what sells: sex, violence and disaster.
Havin .....
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The Symbolism Of The Crow
Number of words: 1044 | Number of pages: 4.... for Crows and Raven)
In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth for signs of life after the flood, But the crow never came back to tell Noah what he found, so he is considered selfish. Saint Goldwin thought that in Paradise, the crows had multicolored wings, but after Adam and Eve were driven away from the Paradise, the crows started to eat carrion, So they became black-feathered. At the end of time, the crows will find their beauty again and sing harmoniously to praise God.
In the Middle Ages, it was said that crows neglect their young; he is seen as a bad omen. In India, by the Mahâbhârata, the messengers of .....
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The Natural 2
Number of words: 497 | Number of pages: 2.... to play baseball again, win the playoff game and, eventually, win the World Series.
Honor and pride was important to Roy Hobbs. Roy was proud of himself, before he became a professional player. He commented " when I walk down the street I bet people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game." p.g.31 He was proud of himself which helped him to strive for his dreams. . He did not care much of the wealth; to him it was not important as wining games. However, when he did take a bribe, he thought of "quitting the deal with the Judge. He could send a note up there saying the fix was off" p.g.243. He knew .....
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Patterns In Hemingway And Camu
Number of words: 4831 | Number of pages: 18.... letters in Frederic's name (8) and add that to the number of letters in Catherine's name (9) you get 17. 205 + 17 = 222. And if you grant that the time of the events in the novel, counted properly, is three years, then the pattern we have discovered starts to emerge as figure on ground or as lemon juice ink on a secret message when held over a candle. For what is the product of 222 and 3 but the infamous 666 of Revelations 13:18? Imagine now our delight when we discovered a similar 666 pattern in The Outsider. If you multiply the number of letters in Meursault's name times the number of letters in `Albert' times the number of let .....
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