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Julius Caesar - Mark Antony
Number of words: 784 | Number of pages: 3.... in low tones and Caesar would “Have men about me that are fat” because he feels that they can be trusted easier. Caesar trusts Mark Antony as his closest confidant due to the fact that they have been like brothers all their lives.
A conspiracy is planned, Caesar is killed, and Mark Antony becomes a skillful, planning, and vengeful manipulator. When Caesar dies Mark Antony has “Fled to his house amazed” because one of his closest friends has been killed. The conspirators have judged Antony to be a coward, and therefore do not respect him. He sends his servant to see if it is safe to speak with the conspirators. When .....
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“A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote
Number of words: 638 | Number of pages: 3.... friends’ happiness. However, after this specific Christmas, Capote is forced to move out of his house and to leave his innocence behind.
The story is not purely self-serving because Capote uses this piece not only to revisit his memories of happier times, but to also evoke the memories of the readers. The theme of a loss of childhood innocence is one that many people can relate to, as well. However, Capote composed this piece using the observant eye of a youth juxtaposed against wisdom only gained with age.
An uncommon usage of colons is employed throughout his work to present different areas of text. Although mostly used for in .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: Stanza 74
Number of words: 1373 | Number of pages: 5.... heart and might." Later, Sir Gawain finds three faults in his actions, the first being his cowardice – in direct contrast to the main principles of knighthood, the second being his covetousness, his lust for life, and the third being his lack of faith in God. Even when it is shown that God has forgiven him by healing the wound on his neck, Sir Gawain still feels that he has sinned, and is not as willing to forgive himself. He decides that more atonement is in order, so he makes the decision to wear the girdle from then on, as a sign of his eternal sin, but even then he does not feel that he has been cleansed of his sin. He .....
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The Lottery
Number of words: 784 | Number of pages: 3.... happily, women gossip, and men casually talk about farming. Everyone is coming together for what seems to be enjoyable, festive, even celebratory occasion. However, the pleasant description of the setting creates a façade within the story. The setting covers the very ritualistic and brutally violent traditions such as the stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson, who dared to defy tradition. It is very apparent that tradition is very coveted in this small, simple town. This can be proven by the ancient, black box used for and the significance of farming for the community. Farming is also the only known way of life because of tradition. The .....
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Do Unto Others, As You Would Have Them Do Unto You
Number of words: 1040 | Number of pages: 4.... that it is necessary to have friends and others around me other than my husband. Mrs. Wright did not have any connection to the outside world. She lived on an almost desert road in a house that was not very suitable and did the best she could in making it her home. Minnie Wright is a seemingly very lonely woman who needed someone or something to depend on and curb her loneliness. When Minnie got a canary for companionship, it ended up dead, with a broken neck. Because she did not have any outside connections, Mr. Wright probably was the one to kill her only friend.
The neighbor, Mr. Hale, and his son Harry were on their way t .....
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Ideas And Reality (thoreau)
Number of words: 586 | Number of pages: 3.... government but on how the people conduct their meetings, lacking the laws of the government, the society would collapse.
He also criticizes the government for not being virtuous (Ponds pg. 119 last paragraph). The American government is controlled by the people, if he wants a government that is virtuous, he should either get elected, or try to get the non-virtuous people out of office. Further, politicians who made their name elsewhere have said things to the effect of, “either you already have a name for yourself, or somewhere along the line you sell your soul…” essentially saying that virtue and politics don’t work to .....
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Jim As Hucks True Father
Number of words: 734 | Number of pages: 3.... When Pap drinks, he either physically or verbally abuses Huck. As a result of this household environment, Huck realizes he needs to escape, not just from his father, but from "sivilization".
Jim and Huck meet up and begin their adventure on Jackson's Island. Their encounter of one another is a coincidence, but Jim and Huck end up staying together for the remainder of the novel. In the beginning of their journey, the two appear to be very different. Jim, a runaway black slave, who according to society is not human and Huck, a young white boy who was raised in the values of that same society, forge a lasting bond. Before a bo .....
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Thoreau's View Of Civil Disobedience
Number of words: 523 | Number of pages: 2.... we get our rights: God. The Trancendentalists believed that you could be one with God by tapping into nature and its oversoul (which ran through all of life and we could learn from it to better ourselves). While our government has committed wrongs in the past, it is the individuals job to correct those wrongs and the State needs to respect those individuals' rights. Thoreau spoke of the Mexican war and slavery, not homosexuality. Thoreau's use of morality was based on equal treatment of people (so attacks on homosexuals would be seen as negative by Thoreau); however, morality would also say (according to word of God), that homosexu .....
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Flowers For Algernon
Number of words: 866 | Number of pages: 4.... and they got him drunk, and made him dance with a girl. Charlie had never been with a girl before and didn’t know what to do. They were tripping him when he was trying to dance with the girl. Later after the operation when he is smart he says "…people were laughing and making fun of me…" Maybe Daniel Keyes has seen something like this happen before done to someone mentally challenged. Daniel Keyes point of view of improving intelligence by artificial means, is that he is against it. In the end he told through Charlie in an odd way that he had wished he never would have had the operation because he now people will have seen .....
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Ethan Frome
Number of words: 1179 | Number of pages: 5.... Piyasena/Pine 2 over the scarlet "A" she wore. In time, Hester was subjected to so much ridicule from Pearl and others that she was forced into seclusion. Pearl represents the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl is said to be the direct consequence of sin (Martin 108). Their sins include lying to the people about the affair that led to Pearl. Hester realizes what Pearl represents when she does not hold Pearl up in front of the "A." She carries the child around because it is a direct reflection of her sin. Hester is, "wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another&q .....
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