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Papers on English
A Gathering Of Old Men
Number of words: 513 | Number of pages: 2.... importance. A friendship has been established. Death is Medea’s friend. She uses it as a weapon to get what she views as justice. "Then if you have a dog eyed enemy and needed absolute vengeance . . . Unchild him, ha? And then unlife him"(23). Medea believed with great depth to get vengeance upon Jason. She wanted to go through with her vengeance and hurt Jason as Jason hurt her. Jason left Medea for another woman thus leaving her miserable and craving for revenge. Thus, she went on taking the life of his bride-to-be and the life of their children. She also wanted to wash herself from the impurities of Jason’s t .....
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C And C Huck Finn, Ethan Frome
Number of words: 1058 | Number of pages: 4.... and followed his own morality. Love was also shared between two characters in Ethan Frome. The love shared in this novel was different from the love in Huckleberry Finn, for Ethan's love was of sexual nature. Ethan Frome was married to Zenobia Frome who suffered from illness during the later stages of her life. Zeena's young cousin, Mattie Silver, was hired to relieve Zeena of her household duties. Ethan was attracted to Mattie because she was the antithesis of Zeena. While Mattie was young, happy, healthy, and beautiful like the summer, Zeena was seven years older than Ethan, bitter, ugly, and sickly cold like the winter. .....
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Antigone: Summary
Number of words: 716 | Number of pages: 3.... Haimon's mother, Eurydice, learns of his death and she too kills herself, leaving Creon alone and unhappy.
Characters -
Antigone - Haimon's fiancé and daughter of the former king.
Ismene - Antigone's sister.
Creon - King of Thebes and Antigone's uncle.
Eurydice - Haimon's mother and Creon's wife
Haimon - Antigone's fiancé and the son of Creon and Eurydice.
Setting -
Antigone mostly takes place in Creon's castle in Thebes.
Conflict -
In the play Antigone two main types of conflict occur, internal and external.
An internal conflict occurs when the servant sees the corpse sprinkled with dust. He must decide whether o .....
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Water Symbolize (the Stone Ang
Number of words: 239 | Number of pages: 1.... have some water.” (256, The Stone Angel) Water is used as an aid all the time, to help digest certain things. In this case Hagar is taking a two-ninety-two and a sleeping pill. Water just makes it taste better and it is easier to swallow. At the end of the novel, Hagar drinks a glass of water right before she dies. “I wrest from her the glass, full of water to be had for the taking. I hold it in my own hands. There.” (308, The Stone Angel) This symbolizes that Hagar was dying in peace.
All over the novel, one will find that water plays a significant role in the development of the storyline. Margare .....
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Great Expectations
Number of words: 1119 | Number of pages: 5.... inquiries, she threw a
candlestick at Joe, burst into a loud sobbing, got out the dustpan --
which was always a very bad sign -- put on her coarse apron, and began
cleaning up to a terrible extent. Not satisfied with a dry cleaning,
she took to a pail and scrubbing-brush, and cleaned us out of house
and home,..." Truly, a frightening creature is that that may destroy a
household by cleaning when anger besets her. Third, the comedy also
has a serious side, though, as we remember our mothers exerting their
great frustrations upon the household tasks of cleanliness. So,
Mrs. Joe serves very well as .....
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A Modern Macbeth
Number of words: 414 | Number of pages: 2.... On August 8, 1974 Nixon announced, without admitting guilt, that he would resign. He left the Oval Office the next day: an obvious fall from grace.
So how does this former leader of the free world compare to Macbeth? Before they achieved their positions of power to govern or rule all, both Nixon and Macbeth spent many years being heavily respected amongst their peers. Nixon spent many years as a respected congressman and Macbeth as a soldier and Thane of Glamis. They used the way people viewed them to their advantage to gain a position of power. Nixon used his experience to get him elected president. Macbeth was made Thane of Caw .....
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Summary Of Equus
Number of words: 1373 | Number of pages: 5.... because they see his green face and then Dysart wakes up again.
6. Hesther visits Dysart again. They talk about Alan and that he began to talk to Dysart after two days. Dysart mentions that Alan has nightmares in which he screams out the word "Ek". Dysart tells Hesther that Frank (Allan's father) did not allow Allan to watch TV. Allan told Dysart that his mom (Dora) wasn't as strict as Frank and that she is a schoolteacher. Dysart plans on visiting Alan's family to find out more about Alan's background.
7. Dysart visits to Strang family. He talks separately to Frank and Dora. He finds out that Alan likes horses, but never rode on o .....
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Poe As A Romantic
Number of words: 955 | Number of pages: 4.... In
Annabelle Lee, To Helen, and Ligeia, Poe uses eloquent words to describe
the objects of his affection. The beauty of the women in these poems was
tremendous, not only physically but spiritually. Poe saw beauty in all
things, and strove to incorporate it into all of his stories. Often,
though, the object of great beauty dies. Poe does this on purpose, for to
him, the death of a beautiful woman was the most romantic subject of all.
If a beautiful woman died then that beauty was preserved for ever more.
Beauty was very important to the romantic author, and indeed it was to Poe.
Love is another very meaningful element in .....
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Themes Of Change
Number of words: 850 | Number of pages: 4.... his mother sheltering him during most of his life. Sammy compares himself to another cashier who works at the A&P, Stokesie. Stokesie is twenty-two and Sammy is nineteen. Sammy sees a reflection of himself when he looks at Stokesie because of his lack of ambition and wanting to become nothing more than a manager of the store. When Queeny comes into the store, showing all of her leadership abilities, he sees the total opposite of himself. Queeny is like a shepherd leading a flock of sheep; she is in control. Sammy recognizes Queeny’s headstrong attitude and he admires it very much. Queeny is just how Sammy would like .....
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Macbeth 3
Number of words: 1683 | Number of pages: 7.... struggle 7. Thane: title of nobility in Scotland
3. choke their art: make it impossible to swim
4. kerns and galloglasses: lightly armed soldiers and heavily armed soldiers
5. all's too weak: all his efforts were inadequate
IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM THE SCENE:
"No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death
And with his former title greet Macbeth." (Lines 63-65)
Act 1 Scene 3:
The Witches talk about the dreadful things they can do to men. As Macbeth and Banquo enter on their way home from their victory, the Witches prepare themselves to charm Macbe .....
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