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Papers on English
Kurt Vonneguts Who Am I This T
Number of words: 481 | Number of pages: 2.... to know others. She seemed to slip into her own “protective bottle”, moving from place to place almost mechanically, making it
harder for people to get to know her. By joining the Mask and Wig Club, in North Crawford, she was given the opportunity to open up to others and meet new people, thus making many friends. We can see that by emerging from her protective shell, it was easier for her to get to know the people around her and for them to get to know her as well.
Among the things we have learned to hold important in our lives, is loving someone. In the story, Helen Shaw shut herself off from others so much that wh .....
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Pleasantville And The Scarlet Letter
Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2.... in Pleasantville, was red. Red
was also symbolic in The Scarlet Letter, where the letter was scarlet, or
red. Red represented the heart. Not literally, but the human soul and an
individual’s feelings. The letter on Hester’s chest revealed her desires
which she acted upon, which were normal. What started with red in
Pleasantville, turned into every color representing individualism and
emotion. In these stories, color represented reality and life. Their
societies made color out to be sin. Not coincidentally, both of the
creators of these stories used color to represent emotion, showing not only
how societies have maintained .....
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The Lottery: Symbolism
Number of words: 442 | Number of pages: 2.... of this is when the children are enjoying a break from school, playing and being children, and suddenly they are being joined by "rational" adults in stoning a mother to death. It appears that tradition has blinded these people in an irrational way, making them unable to think of a reason why this possibly should not be happening.
When forced with the possibility of death, human nature in all its complexity, comes down to one instinctive urge, that of survival. When Tessie was in no danger she was gossiping with the other ladies and even encouraged her husband to go and pick a piece of paper. When Tessie wins the lottery; sh .....
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Equus
Number of words: 506 | Number of pages: 2.... he did not want to be like his father. Allen is driven to all his father hates, such as television and religion. When Alan sees his father coming out of the porno movie theater, he is devastated because he is caught acting like his father.
The relationship between Alan and Dysart is one of mutual envy. Dysart envies Alan because of his passion. Dysart lives a boring life with a wife he does not love. He resents her for lacking passion, when he lacks passion himself. He is sarcastic when he speaks of his relationship and his life. He has no passion for anything. He is saddened because his job is to cure Alan and in doing .....
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Scarletletter Symbolism
Number of words: 493 | Number of pages: 2.... for sure. At the second scaffold scene Dimesdale is on the scaffold and Hester and Pearl come up and join him. Dimesdale is wearing down by the burden of his sin he committed. He goes to the scaffold to confess to God and ask for some kind of forgiveness. Then a cloud forms the letter “A” in the sky and everyone thinks this stands for angel because that’s how they view Dimesdale. Then when Dimesdale goes to leave he leaves his glove on the scaffold to symbolize he was there and that he should have been up there with Hester and his daughter in the first place.
Then when you think everything is going to turn ou .....
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Grapes Of Wrath - Characterization
Number of words: 692 | Number of pages: 3.... has killed two men and is now in hiding. Ruthie's revelation endangers Tom and forces him to abandon both his hideout and family. Ma, whose primary goal has been to keep the family together, must bid another painful farewell.
Through his speech, Muley reveals that he is stubborn and refuses to accept the fact that things have changed. His home has been seized, and his family migrated to California, but he refuses to leave the land. Muley roams the countryside alone, sleeping and eating like a wild animal.
Evidence/ Quotations from the Text
"John shook his head. "No. Go on. Ain't goin'. Gonna res' here. No good goin' back. No g .....
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Macbeth 2
Number of words: 836 | Number of pages: 4.... why, chance may crown me, without my stir.’ Macbeth was gullible enough to believe the witches and thus led to his very own deception and demise. He brought himself to an even greater status than he began with but only through a gigantic web of lies which could not be untangled. He then felt lost and alone with nobody left to turn to. ‘ Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.’
However Macbeth was not the only influence in this great tragedy. Lady Macbeth played a large role as Macbeth’s seductress and brainwasher. Lady Macbeth .....
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Beach Burial - Kenneth Slessor
Number of words: 1267 | Number of pages: 5.... for years) I though that for it to have ANYTHING to do with national identity I would have had to use my creative ability to dissect and warp aspects of the poem that COULD have something to do with national identity if the poet had actually CHOSEN to write about national identity. Basically a lot of windbagging- and as much I was looking forward to see how great my powers of persuasion were I finally realised that they wouldn’t be necessary. I realised that even though Slessor’s Beach Burial doesn’t ramble on about the Australian lifestyles and the Australian landscapes, It is a poem solely based on the importance o .....
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Minutes Of Glory
Number of words: 797 | Number of pages: 3.... to overthrow Duncan's rule of Scotland. As a king, Duncan is well received which perhaps allows him to consider himself untouchable. He assumes that no one would have any reason to hurt or disobey him and so he allows his personal safety standards to fall to dangerous levels. This lack of concern also accounts for the manner in which he is unprotected while sleeping at Mabeth's castle. Duncan is governed by his ego to such an extent that he dismisses this breech of security by killing the disloyal Thane rather than try to correct and prevent the problem in the future. Macbeth's first meeting with the three witches shows his will .....
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Nine Guardians
Number of words: 299 | Number of pages: 2.... the point of insanity and property damage, just as revolts before it.
Death is caused by a revolting Indian, attempting to stop a “help letter” from arriving at it’s destination. Ernesto was the messenger and the indian killed him thinking it would send a strong message to Cesar that the Indians meant business and wanted their share of Chactajal. This show of lack of authority expresses their disrespect for Cesar and his family thus putting them lower than the Indians which humiliates the family name. The Indians also put so much strain on Matilde, mentally by way of introducing their dark ritualistic ideology to Francisca .....
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