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A Raisin In The Sun - Women
Number of words: 652 | Number of pages: 3.... She goes on to say, "God is just one idea I don't accept… I get tired of Him getting credit for all the things the human race achieves through its own stubborn effort. There simply is no God- there is only man and it is who makes miracles." (p. 39) Lena rises across the room and slaps Beneatha in the face. She is so intolerant of Beneatha's beliefs that she makes her say, "In my mother's house there is still God." (39) In a sense, she is right. Lena is so demanding and intolerant; she is the God of the house.
Lena and Beneatha also disagree about marriage. Beneatha says, "Mama, Asagai-asked me to marry him today and go to .....
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The Dead Butcher And The Fiend
Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3.... him so well in on way, because if the saying The dead butcher and the fiend like Queen was made after the production was Witch it must have been because you would have had to see the play or read it before you made that assumption. So that would mean Macbeth would have been dead and he could have had a job as a butcher for all we know, or he could have done a bit on the side at week ends like a Saturday job. But that is probably very unlikely and an easy way to get out of a piece of coursework.
Near the beginning of the script of Macbeth it seems that Macbeth is being loured into doing it. But not just by Lady Macbeth but .....
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Dr Faustus
Number of words: 1105 | Number of pages: 5.... deeper to try and find something that sounded more sensible to me. I would have to say that it was eight lines in scene five that were spoken by Mephastophilis in response to a question from Faustus. These Lines were (pg.442 lines 110-125): Mephastophilis. Now Faustus, ask what thou wilt. Faustus. First will I question thee about hell: Tell me, where is the place that men call hell? Mephastophilis. Under the heavens. Faustus. Ay, but whereabouts? Mephastophilis. Within the bowels of these elements, Where we are tortured and remain forever. Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place; for where we are is hell, And wh .....
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The Taming Of The Shrew - Humo
Number of words: 819 | Number of pages: 3.... depiction of Petruchio conforms to Shakespeare’s technique of using false realities, in order to create humour. This can also be seen in the false identity that Petruchio puts forth in his quest for dominion over Kate (that of the eccentric egomaniac). However, these false realities are not enough by themselves, as the audience has nothing to go by but what they see before them, and so they are not to know that this is not Petruchio’s true personality, and so Shakespeare employs another essential element of humour: he lets the audience know what is truly transpiring, while the characters themselves remain oblivious to the t .....
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A Separate Peace
Number of words: 1002 | Number of pages: 4.... s ability to stay out of trouble, no matter what he did. “This time he wasn’t going to get away with it.” (909). He would rather be in accordance to the rules and be on his best behavior, than to be a rebel who goes against everything. Finny, on the other hand was more of a rebel. “I wonder what would happen if I looked like a fairy to everyone.” (909). Finny, more of a rebel, is very outgoing; he, however shows himself off as a perfect individual. One day at Devon, he gets into small dispute because he wore the school tie as a belt. This he frees himself from quickly, explaining, “It goes with the shirt .....
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The Parable Of The Doorkeeper
Number of words: 554 | Number of pages: 3.... of law, can be considered to the “incarceration” that K was put under. Although, it appeared that the greater part in impeding entry into the house of law, can be compared to the judges.
When the doorkeeper says that maybe K will be allowed entry later, it reminds one of the Inspector. He attempts to act as K’s friend, and gives him no solace, by saying that he knows nothing. The Inspector says, that he knows nothing about the man’s charge, and is probably the only one who’s on his “side”. The doorkeeper never says this to the man, but the man finds the doorkeeper his only friend. The attitude that the doorkeeper dis .....
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Macbeth Tragic Hero
Number of words: 1308 | Number of pages: 5.... The tragic flaw cannot be from the outside it must be contained with in him. For if he did not have a tragic flaw he would merely be an ordinary, run of the mill hero. This tragic flaw could be almost anything for example it could be that the character was too greedy that then led him to want too much. Alternatively, it could be that the person was too gullible and so was easily drawn into traps.
The third essential point is that the tragic hero's position or rise to power in Macbeth's case must show a decline in any period. Lastly, the tragic hero must be able to redeem himself despite the flaw in himself and that in the en .....
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The Scarlet Letter (forest)
Number of words: 998 | Number of pages: 4.... can be established. Here, nobody watches to report misbehavior, as they do in the settlement. Here, people may do as they wish. The forest seems to beg Hester, “Throw off the shackles of law and religion, come to me and be matterless”(Hawthorne 176). She takes advantage of the forest’s “offer” when she meets up with Dimmesdale. She openly talks with Dimmesdale about subjects that would never be mentioned in any other place but the forest. As they sit on a moss bed, Hester tells Dimmesdale “What we did…” Hester reminds him, “Had a consecration of its own. We felt it so, .....
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Wuthering Heights
Number of words: 3150 | Number of pages: 12.... the storm is a presence of sin and unnatural desires. After ejaculating that his "wretched inmates deserv[ed] perpetual isolation from [their] species of churlish inhospitality," (WH-p.29) for leaving the gate locked during a storm, Mr. Lockwood is let inside, by a woman whom he thinks is Mrs. Heathcliff. His experience here within this Gothic house in quite unpleasant, paralleling Harker's in the Count's dark castle. While waiting for Heathcliff in silence he notices how the women "kept her eyes on [him], in a cool regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable." (WH-p.30) The arrival of Heathcliff "relieved" (WH-p. .....
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12 Angery Man
Number of words: 667 | Number of pages: 3.... Vance takes on the leading role and handles it well. He also brings organization into the jury room by organizing the juries, the discussions, and the votes. With the excellent traits that Vance brings into the jury room, he allows the trial to run smoothly and effectively.
Dorian Harwood’s profession as nurse also shapes his actions in the jury room. In the jury room, he acts with compassion and respect. As a nurse he does the same. His compassion lies in caring for another. He relates that to the trial by thinking of the boy as one of his patients. He wants him to have a fair chance at life, and therefore w .....
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