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The Plague 2
Number of words: 1068 | Number of pages: 4.... denies him a pass. However, the humanistic personality allows him to feel sorry for Rambert. He understood his predicament and wanted Rambert to keep him informed of his progress. Rambert takes offense to this without knowing that Rieux was in the same, if not worse, situation. During a conversation with Panteloux, Rieux states, “Salvation’s a much too big word for me. I don’t aim so high. I am concerned with man’s health; and for me his health comes first.” This is a humanistic statement and shows his respect for the human. During the beginning of the novel Rieux was very professional; howeve .....
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Night Essay 2
Number of words: 1309 | Number of pages: 5.... to wear a yellow star (the Star of David) to distinguish them from the non-Jewish people in the city. Elizer is very upset about this, while his father doesn't seem affected by it at all. His father tries to comfort Elizer. The father’s argument is that wearing the star is not so terrible, it can’t kill you, but Elizer’s response says it all. He says, “Poor Father! Of what then do you die?” (page 9)
Once the Germans start to evacuate the town, Elizer is basically in disbelief, although he is still optimistic about the future. He talks about how he sits on the pavement watching everyone walk b .....
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Docter Faustus
Number of words: 1099 | Number of pages: 4.... This device causes the reader to read the lines more slowly. The pronunciation of words in a moderate fashion suggests this trance, and makes the rest of the passage more comprehensible. In contrast to the first two lines, the rest of the section can be read more easily and therefore, faster. Few caesuras are utilized in this part, making the paragraph flow better. The quick pace of the these lines indicate excitement on Faustus’ part. If this is the case, it is understandable how he loses his soul without resistance. The last line is brought back to a slower pace. The word "paramour" lends itself to a laggar .....
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The Impact Of Stalinism In 198
Number of words: 1944 | Number of pages: 8.... among the other boys by his poverty and intellectual brilliance" ("Orwell, George." 1020). After attending St. Cyprian's he attended Wellington college for nine weeks in 1917 (Shelden 59). He won several scholarships and decided upon attending Eton from 1917 to 1921. His first writings appeared in the college periodicals at Eton. After leaving Eton, Orwell traveled to Burma as assistant district superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police ("Orwell, George." 1020). On January 1, 1928, he resigned his position to go to Paris and pursue a career as a writer (Kalechofsky vii).
During the following years he lived in the slums of .....
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Revenge In Hamlet
Number of words: 1106 | Number of pages: 5.... out what the ghost has told him and see Claudius’ reaction. When the play “The Mouse Trap” is performed, Claudius is shocked by the play and storms out, which is the reaction of guilt that Hamlet had hoped for. The play is named “The Mouse Trap” because it is designed to catch Claudius so that he reveals his distress of the play and shows that he was the murderer. Hamlet is now certain that Claudius is the murderer of his father and he can now carry out his revenge by murdering him.
Hamlets first opportunity to kill Claudius that he actually considers is when Claudius is confessing to god. Ham .....
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Martin Esslin Critical Essay
Number of words: 397 | Number of pages: 2.... social position. She does not love Tesman, which becomes clear through the way she treats him. An example of this is her harsh attitude toward him serving them drinks. Esslin also comments on the incredible balance of the play with the presence of six main characters, three men, and three women. They all balance each other out, which become clear as Esslin shows the opposite character traits in the six characters. “Hedda…superior, aristocratic woman…Elvsted…her exact counterpart, socially, intellectually, and physically inferior…. better able to survive” (238). The final aspect of the play Esslin chooses to com .....
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The Divine Comedy
Number of words: 732 | Number of pages: 3.... reason he gives for being lost is that he had become inattentive and was not paying attention to where he was going. This symbolizes how he has lost his quest for salvation. His laziness, a sin, caused him to stray from the road of salvation. He can’t go back the way he came because that is the way of sin. He is lost. As he realizes this, he knows he needs to go experience the seven sacraments to cleanse himself of his sins. Only then will he join God in Paradise, rather then spend eternity in Inferno.
Most people imagine hell as an evil, dark, and scary place, burning with fire. This is also how Dante depicts it, full of v .....
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Crime And Punishment 6
Number of words: 519 | Number of pages: 2.... still drawn to Sonya’s strength. At last, Raskalnikov begins to realize that he is not alone, and it is because of this realization that the great sinner began to confess to Sonya. It can be said that, in this confession, Raskalnikov’s strength returns.
However, Raskalnikov’s confession to Sonya is not enough, and Sonya knows it. Sonya "asks only one thing of her beloved: that he should acknowledge the reality of . . . mankind outside himself, and should solemnly declare his acceptance of this new . . . faith by an act of confession to all the people." Sonya tells Raskalnikov to bow down at a crossroads, kiss the .....
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Farewell To Arms 6
Number of words: 564 | Number of pages: 3.... a tent or behind a falls.” This novel is very graphic when it comes to them having sex or while he is at the whorehouses during his leave time. Many things in this novel are inappropriate for children and adults. In more ways then one, Hemingway didn’t like women very much, one example is in chapter nine where he takes page and a half to describe how a solder dies who is not a main character in the book. But in chapter forty-one, he only uses approximately three lines to tell that Catharine dies, and she is a main character. In this novel there are a few things wrong.
“The plain was rich with crops; t .....
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Pygmalion 2 +
Number of words: 565 | Number of pages: 3.... the Doctor says, " Have I nothing to do than cure insect bites for little Indians?…I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing-and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!" (P.294)
"He is a client of mine…The doctor looked past his aged patient and saw himself sitting in a restaurant in Paris and a waiter was just opening a bottle of wine." (P.301) Under these conditions, greed in the doctor is definitely shown. With all the riches he already had, he wanted to gain more wealth. He looks past the need of the vulnerable for the sake of money. In any event, the main character of the story, Kino has the .....
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