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A Rose For Emily
Number of words: 761 | Number of pages: 3.... They found it impossible to directly confront her - to evict her for not paying taxes - to approach her about the awful stench coming from her house. Moreover, when she went to the drugstore and requested the best poison that exist, arsenic, the druggist asked her why she wanted this poison because " the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for "(417). She did not answer to his question, but the druggist let her go even so because she dominated him. Once again she succeeded in confronting people in the town, the authorities. They were trapped by their own belief that Emily was untouchable. The town did not face h .....
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Lord Of The Flies 7
Number of words: 636 | Number of pages: 3.... freedom and liberties which was not go for his society because they abused their freedom and became lazy and irresponsible. His society did not have their priorities in order because Ralph did not stress that the rescue fire and the shelters were necessary. Ralph was passive and did not keep his society in line. The were too unruly to control. Another factor in the demise of Ralph’s society was the other members. Piggy, like Ralph, was not aggressive enough. He let himself be pushed around when he knew he was doing the right thing. Piggy did not have the leadership qualities. An example of this is when he let the litt .....
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Hamlet - Madness
Number of words: 957 | Number of pages: 4.... rash, intruding fool, farewell! / I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune;/ Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger.- [Act III. scene IV, lines 31-33] and then talks about lugging his guts into another room. After Hamlet kills Polonius he will not tell anyone where the body is. Instead he assumes his ironic matter which others take it as madness. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. / A certain convocation of political worms a e'en at him. [Act IV, scene III, lines 20-21]
If your messenger find him not there, seek him I' th' other place yourself. But, indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall no .....
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The Glass Menagerie 3
Number of words: 722 | Number of pages: 3.... with Tom than any of the other
characters: Tom's habit of going to the movies shows us his longing to
leave the apartment and head out into the world of reality. A place where
one can find adventure. And Tom, being a poet, can understand the needs of
man to long for adventure and romance. But he is kept from entering
reality by Amanda, who criticizes him as being a "selfish dreamer." But,
Tom has made steps to escape into reality by transferring the payment of a
light bill to pay for his dues in the Merchant Seaman's Union.
Another symbol, which deals with both Amanda and Laura, is Jim
O'Connor. To Laura, Jim represe .....
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Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism
Number of words: 1220 | Number of pages: 5.... non-destructive side of fire. Whereas a salamander is a small lizard-like amphibian, and also in mythology, is known to endure fire without getting burnt by it. Perhaps the salamander is symbolic of Guy Montag, who is being described as a salamander because he works with fire, and endures it, but believes that he can escape the fire and survive, much like a salamander does. On the other hand, it is ironic that Guy, and the other firemen believe themselves to be salamanders because both Capt. Beatty's and Montag's destruction comes from the all mighty flame, from which they thought they were invincible.
The symbol of a Phoenix .....
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The Author Of Her Book
Number of words: 657 | Number of pages: 3.... already in print. Finally in lines 19 and 20, a mother’s unconditional love shows as she sends her child away with admonitions. In the end, Bradstreet leaves her child with the thought, be known for your own value.
A second step in analyzing a poem is to identify the main idea or point of the poem. In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet uses an extended metaphor to emphasize her dissatisfaction with the publishing of her poems (ll 3, 7, 9, 10), but tells how she cannot turn her back on her own creation (ll 12, 16, 19-24). Thus, Bradstreet conveys the embarrassment she feels due to her imperfect work. The main idea s .....
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Romeo And Juliet
Number of words: 786 | Number of pages: 3.... their secret, they would have made their children's lives
miserable; furthermore, Romeo and Juliet would not have been able to see each
other. Both of these families were very stubborn and there was hardly
any thing that would have made them become friends. In the prologue
we learn that the only way the "strife" could be ended was by the
deaths of Romeo and Juliet. We must remember that both Romeo and Juliet are the heir’s to their family as they are the only children in the family that will assume head of the house when their predecessors pass-on. "Doth with their death bury their
parent's strife". (Rom .....
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Red Badge Of Currage
Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2.... not
distributing any of the regiment.
Wilson represents the two sides of human nature. In
the beginning of the book Wilson is a mean tough guy that no
one liked. This outward act of being tuff is just a cover
of the true nature of Wilson. It is natural for people to
cover their true nature in front of new faces. Towards the
end of the book Wilson starts to care about Henry. hen Henry
is injured and he doesn't try and fight the other men
anymore. True to human nature once times start getting more
difficult and Wilson becomes more comfortable with his
surroundings he transcends into the calm compassionate
pe .....
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Story Of An Hour
Number of words: 449 | Number of pages: 2.... after those tedious, miserable years. Now she realizes the feeling approaching her and possessing her occupies her entire soul and body: his possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being. Free! Body and soul free! 72) These unbelievably radical words show her enormous hunger for freedom, her strong wish to be herself again. Her husband sudden death has made her lifetime emotional torment come to an end, and she can be as free as a man now.
On the other hand, Mrs. Mallard may cry again for the loss of her oving husband not only because of her gender role in the society, but for .....
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Hamlet - Act 1 Summary
Number of words: 326 | Number of pages: 2.... sure whether to make him suffer or just kind of blast him. My fathers' spirit has told me to leave my mother, Gertrude, to suffer until she dies. I sure hope that is a LONG time. She has helped to ruin the time that should be fun by allowing for my fathers death and remarriing so soon. I SHOULD be inhereting the throne. But no, my uncle is the new king and I must wait until he dies. Well, that won't be to long .
I shall slay Claudius soon, avenging my father and me! .....
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