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Papers on English
Educating Rita
Number of words: 1336 | Number of pages: 5.... for the development of the story.
"He opens his umbrella and dashes off Strandwards, but comes into collision with a flower girl who is hurrying in for shelter, knocking her basket out of her hands. A blinding flash lightning, followed instantly by a rattling peal of thunder, orchestrates the incident"
A common example of a popular misconception is when two people accidentally meet in odd circumstances. In this case two people coincidentally bump into each other on the street: a flower girl and a man who is in a higher class than her. It is this collision, with "a rattling thunder" which "orchestrates the incident" that e .....
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Beowulf 8
Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2.... this because being the intelligent man that he is, he knows that he will need it if the dragon is to breath the fire on him. Beowulf's intelligence is well spoken for him because he knows what to do in all sorts of situations without having to think about them.
The last one of Beowulf's qualities is that he's strong. Beowulf is talked to be one of the strongest men alive of all his nationality. He holds this title because he can do what no other of his kind can, with their strength. Beowulf is so strong that he pulls off Grendel's arm with his bear hands. Any man that can hold something that is ten times their size should b .....
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Supernatural In Shakespeares P
Number of words: 879 | Number of pages: 4.... ghost speaks, and only then after
Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following it, ³What if it
tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful summit of the
cliff².
The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a
catalyst for Hamlet¹s later actions and provides insight into Hamlet¹s
character. The information the ghost reveals incites Hamlet into
action against a situation he was already uncomfortable with, and now
even more so. Hamlet is not quick to believe the ghost, ³The spirit
that I have seen may be a devil... and perhaps out of my weakness and
my melancholy..abuses me to damn me .....
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Living In The Present Causes More Harm Than Good
Number of words: 518 | Number of pages: 2.... the previous. Life, love,
and friendship are the most precious things on this earth, it is very
important for each to find his true love and friends, and live his life
with them to its fullest potential.
The past is just that, the past. There is nothing you can do about
it except learn from it. In the last year I have spent countless hours
contemplating what I could have done different to change the events that
took place last October. The death of Jen Elliott, my friend, was the
hardest thing I have ever experience in my short life. I would have given
anything and everything to go back and change those events, and I still .....
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Crime And Punishment 3
Number of words: 613 | Number of pages: 3.... it is to be interpreted
in this way.
On the same token, Raskolnikov's compassionate side could be
represented by the little boy. The child, watching the beating,
realizes the absurdity of it. He even rushes to Mikolka, ready to
punish him for killing the mare. This illustrate s Rodion's internal
struggle while contemplating the murder of Alyona. His humane side,
the child, tells him to live and let live. And his "extraordinary"
side, according to his definition, tells him that he should eliminate
Alyona altogether, for the good of man kind.
On the other side of the coin, Raskolnikov could be r .....
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Johnny Got His Gun
Number of words: 1256 | Number of pages: 5.... Only in that state can a person really appreciates life. to fight for a cause, but what was that cause? Was he fighting to make the world safe for democracy, was he fighting for glory, for honor, for patriotism? He was used just like many other foolish young and old men who went to fight. They did not really understand what war was all about until they saw the guts of they guy they lived next to their entire childhood spilled across the muddy trenches. Using Johnny and his experience during the war and after lying in bed for 7 years Trumbo points out his views against war and injustices.
deals with other aspects which Tr .....
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The Stranger: Quote Analysis Expansion
Number of words: 1197 | Number of pages: 5.... than it feels and much more than it believes. In direct parry to this social thrust, Meursault’s lawyer is given an extremely difficult role in this novel; he is forced to attempt to not only understand Meursault, which he cannot, but he also has to portray Meursault to the world as a creature of normal society, which is impossible, since the idea that Meursault is representative of the whole of society, falls no where near the reality of the situation. Meursault’s faceless lawyer, crippled by Meursault’s honesty and chastised by his own floundering in the muddy waters of what is and is not socially acceptable behavior, acq .....
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The Odyssey
Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3.... plan worked, until the Akhaians caught her and forced her to finish it. She was extremely crushed, and disappointed. The Akhaians told Telemakhos that,
"He has to dismiss her mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers."
The Akhaians tell her that they'll never go anywhere else, until she takes and Akhaian to liking. Several incidents like this occurred throughout the book, and every time, Penelope refused. She believes very strongly that her Lord Odysseus will return home, partly because they have always had a strong marriage, partly because she's not ready to accept that he's "gone," a .....
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King Lear
Number of words: 744 | Number of pages: 3.... her dowry and in turn no none would marry her except the King of France. Giving the land to the two daughters was the first of Lear's mistakes, for the daughters did not love him as much as Cordelia did, but they wished to have his riches. When Goneril and Reagan are in power they try to make Lear appear to be incompetent. They refer to him as "The Idle Old Man" in front of everyone and start to make even Lear think less of himself. Although the two sisters do this they also realize that Lear still holds a great deal of power in their areas, so they decided something must be done about it. The "loving" daughters command Lear to let .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac 2
Number of words: 499 | Number of pages: 2.... Christian is brought back dead. Not telling Roxane that it
was him and not proclaiming his love to her then was Cyrano's tragic flaw and he suffered
tremendously because of it.
In this play Cyrano is also a hero. He is a hero because he helps many people including
the baker and Christian. He helps the baker fight one hundred men in order to get into his
house and he helps Christian by writing letters to Roxane and talking to Roxane for him. Cyrano
also takes very little credit for the deeds he has done and this is another thing that makes him a
hero.
"I Know that it will to today,
My own dearly belo .....
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