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The Cherry Orchard
Number of words: 523 | Number of pages: 2.... the cherry orchard now grows. He cares not about the sentimental value the orchard holds, but the money that could be made selling it. When told the personal value of the orchard, Lopahin replies: "The only remarkable thing about this cherry orchard is that it’s very big." He also says: "There’s a crop of cherries once every two years…that’s hard to get rid of…nobody buys them." Though this does not make Lopahin a greedy or uncaring person, one might think this is quite awkward.
Pishtchik on the other hand is only out for himself. He too was once wealthy, but had problems spending his mo .....
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Night 2
Number of words: 405 | Number of pages: 2.... when Wiesel comes back from a day’s work, he sees three gallows being assembled. The whole camp has to witness the hangings. Among the 3 people who would die that day, was a young child. Wiesel wondered what that poor innocent boy had done to deserve to die in this manner. Wiesel watched the boy struggling between life and death. The death was a slow agony. At this point Wiesel lost all faith in the existence of God. "Where is God now? Where is He? Here is - He is hanging here on this gallows..."(62) After this incident Wiesel could no longer believe in God. He felt that no one could believe in God when one saw innocent child .....
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Novel Outline Of The Pearl
Number of words: 1813 | Number of pages: 7.... characters, the introductions only take about three to four pages. Also, in the first chapter, the background is set: a poverty stricken village on the shore of an island and a wealthier town in the mainland. The conflict, which starts the plot of the story, is also present here: a scorpion has stung Coyotito, Kino’s son, and Kino need to find a pearl to pay the doctor to help them. This leads to the discovery of the great pearl.
The story starts on a beach where a poor village lies. Kino and his Family are living happily together and living just fine. Even though they don’t have everything in the world that they ne .....
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Psychoanalysis Of Hamlet
Number of words: 3921 | Number of pages: 15.... in dreams, in language, in creative activity, and in neurotic behavior (Murfin ).
This theory of repression also is directly correlated to Freud's Oedipus complex. The Oedipus complex deals with Infantile sexuality as well, by explaining that sexuality starts at infancy with the relationship of the infant with the mother, not at puberty. The Oedipus complex assesses that the infant has the desire to discard the father and become the sexual companion of the mother (Barry 97).
In analyzing Hamlet, the Oedipus Complex is clearly apparent to the reader. As a child, Hamlet always expressed the warmest fondness and affection for .....
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In The Skin Of The Lion
Number of words: 1039 | Number of pages: 4.... blind woman's remaining eye "darting", "moving with delight", "and alighting", all easily visualized. Later in the story, Carvaggio watches a woman in the boathouse. "In this light, and with all the small panes of glass around here, she was inside a diamond, mothlike on the edge of burning kerosene, caught in the center of all the facets" (198).
Moths are part of the insect imagery in the book. These insects formed part of Patrick social network as they served as a form of communication for him. His father being a man "withdrawn from the world" raised Patrick and with no mention of a mother, any siblings or school friends, we can .....
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Agamemon. Justifiable Homicide
Number of words: 453 | Number of pages: 2.... She was taken after Troy had fallen. Finally, Agamemnon is in great competition with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the sole survivor of Atreus' vengeance on Thyestes. Agamemnon is involved in a losing battle, even though he thinks the war is won.
The gods have their own reasons for letting Agamemnon die. Most gods frown upon pride and arrogance, both of which are plentiful in Agamemnon's demeanor. There are certain things that a person does not do if that person is trying to stay on the gods' good side. One of these things is not destroying the gods' temple, which Agamemnon did while in Troy. Another taboo would be the obviou .....
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The Crucible
Number of words: 1734 | Number of pages: 7.... accusing Betty of dealing with the devil, leaving her unconscious. Parris denies all witchcraft accusations, and refuses to believe his household was involved in dealing with the devil. Showing that he is solely consumed with thoughts regarding his reputation, Parris says to his neice, Abigail Williams, "They will topple me with this"(Miller 17). This displays Parris is obviously insecure with his place among the people, and concerned with the effects this event many have on him rather than his daughter. Parris wants to stop the rumors, and therefore calls upon Reverend Hale, a supposed "witch-craft expert" to mediate th .....
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Courage Shown In The Book To K
Number of words: 464 | Number of pages: 2.... people in Maycomb,
Mrs. Dubose. Even though it was a punishment to make him read to her, he
could have been miserable about it. After a while though he thought it wasn’t
to bad. He was reading to the meanest person, and doing it with no
complaints, after a little. He also shows a lot of courage by going to the trial
of Tom Robinson with Scout and Dill. He knew that he wasn’t supposed to
go to it but did anyway, because he wanted to see what it was like.
Finally, Boo Radley showed the most courage, in my point of view.
When he went out that night to save Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell, it was
the first time in a .....
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In Despair About Nothing
Number of words: 1348 | Number of pages: 5.... y pues nada y pues nada y pues nada” (202). As existentialists, men are forced to make all decisions in their lives for themselves, with nothing to believe in except for the positive result of their choices. Existentialists are plagued with dread over their potential confrontation with nothingness, an anxiety that comes with the impossibility of finding ultimate justification for the choices they must make. In contrast, men of religious faith have little fear of nothingness because they believe that there is a reason behind decisions they make based on the intent of their higher power. Light, cleanliness and order play impor .....
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Lifes Many Obstacles - Catcher
Number of words: 865 | Number of pages: 4.... adult world. The conversation with Faith was a long one but inevitably led to nothing. An incursion into the adult world, or what Holden considers it to be, had been thwarted. In part, the failure happens because he doesn’t really know the rules, and also because loneliness is not a substitute for experience.
Habitual lying is a trait not only found in adolescence but also in people of all ages. It is sometimes generated from a lack of self-esteem, boredom and self-preservation. Holden exaggerates many truths not out of a conscious decision to deceive, but rather to lend emphasis to facts he is unsure of as when he states .....
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