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Flowers For Algernon
Number of words: 1902 | Number of pages: 7.... need to do this race? Algernon is 3 times smarter than other mice because he has had an operation. Charlie must race against him now so that after his own operation, the doctors can see how much progress Charlie has made. 8. What is Charlie's IQ before the operation? After? What does the operation do? 68. ~204 to 210. The operation triples intelligence in the subject. 9. How do the two doctors decide if Charlie is right for the experiment? 1. He is mentally retarded. 2. He has motivation (like Algernon, but the mouse wants food), because he works hard to learn. 10. What kind of class does Charlie go to at night? A night school .....
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Man For All Seasons 2
Number of words: 527 | Number of pages: 2.... was as a sacred institution and an instrument of God’s will, and which ought to be outside politics. The King saw the church as a political institution, one that was to bend for him in certain political matters. That is basically the story.
The question now facing us is …. were his actions morally right or wrong.?
This is an easy question to answer because Thomas overall was a morally good man. He stayed true to his beliefs. He saw the laws coming from natural laws, created by God. He thought that all laws needed to originate from the natural laws, and if he was to give in to the King he would be going ag .....
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Oedipus Rex 4
Number of words: 515 | Number of pages: 2.... murdered King Laius. He thinks that Creon and Tiresias plotted against him, saying that he was the one who murdered the king. Oedipus believes that Creon did this so he could become king.
The last example of when Oedipus’ pride gets the better of him was when he is demanding that the messenger tell him all he knows about who his real parents are. Again the messenger is trying to tell him that things would be better left untold, but Oedipus has to keep going on and on and find out. Finally the messenger tells him that Polybus is not his father, already Jocasta has figured out that she is his mother. Oedipus asks the mess .....
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Macbeth Summary
Number of words: 811 | Number of pages: 3.... no real effect except to provide a few simple images for the reader.
Act IV Scene III
Context: This scene's purpose is to give the reader a feeling of how much is being built up against Macbeth. There is a great contrast in this scene because it opens with despair, and ends in friendship and confidence.
Language: Incredible amounts of contrast in this scene in the language.
The first part is all about evil, despair, and crime. The second part is about courage, and hope and confidence. Many metaphors in this scene:
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;" Shakespeare usually carries his metaphors quite far, and this is no .....
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Joy Luck Club 2
Number of words: 466 | Number of pages: 2.... , unfortunately she had no other choice. Once they had a show where she was supposed to play or “show off” as June called it. Her Mom invited all her friends because she wanted to raise her reputation and show how talented daughter was. June messed up on the song that she was supposed to play. She never forgot or forgave that moment. Her Mom looked so low in the eyes of the other Mothers like poor in the eyes of rich. She never had enough patience with June which is critical for parents to have, to be good parents.
June was like summer, kind, caring and warm. From seeing her mother being so angry at life and especiall .....
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Tess 2
Number of words: 834 | Number of pages: 4.... obey.
Yet, Tess was able to overcome her affair with Alec because she possessed a keen sense of justice and morality. She realized that she had sinned, but also came to the conclusion that she should not be punished eternally for one mistake. This realization also reflects upon Tess’s maturation mentally. Moreover, because her affair with Alec also resulted in a child, she was forced to mature much more quickly than she would have liked. Tess also had the habit of blaming herself for everything that would not go as planned. The whispering that Tess endures during her visit to Church after her affair with Alec only serves to .....
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King Lear - The Role Of The Fool
Number of words: 355 | Number of pages: 2.... mad. This shows that the Fool is Lear’s view of reasoning because when a person goes insane they cannot think straight or reason and therefore after act three there is no need for Lear to have a Fool as he is mad.
The Fool also tries to help Lear to feel a bit better about what is going on by putting a humorous spin on the words he is saying. The Fool uses poetry and song to get his view across to Lear. In act one, this is visible in numerous ways. For example, in scene four the Fool sings:
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a King should play bo-peep
And go the fools among. .....
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LES MISERABLES
Number of words: 506 | Number of pages: 2.... of the twentieth century they did not have as much rights and oppurtunities as the whites. Another example of how this theme can be related to America is how a person with a southern accent is perceived as less intelligent, which is a false misconception.
The theme -how criminals are viewed by society- can be seen by how Jean Valjean is treated after he is released by prison. Although, he has served a sentence of nineteen years, he is still chased and wanted. In that period of time when a person commited theft it was viewed as a crime against the community and that person should be punished to the most extremes.
That t .....
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Macbeth: Tragedy Or Satire
Number of words: 2067 | Number of pages: 8.... and song. Most important is the plot, the structure of the incidents. Tragedy is not an imitation of men, but of action and life. It is by men's actions that they acquire happiness or sadness. Aristotle stated, in response to Plato, that tragedy produces a healthful effect on the human character through a katharsis, a "proper purgation" of "pity and terror." A successful tragedy, then, exploits and appeals at the start to two basic emotions: fear and pity. Tragedy deals with the element of evil, with what we least want and most fear to face, and with what is destructive to human life and values. It also draws out our ability t .....
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Ariel By Sylvia Plath
Number of words: 1200 | Number of pages: 5.... the poem is positive, "Plath turns on herself, identifying with her oppressor, and sadistically punishes her body in the process of
recreating it" (Bundtzen 237).
Plath did not see the rebirth process as a pleasant experience, but one that is expected of her "I guess you could say I've got a call" (Plath 245). She, however, sees the benefits that come from her suffering and continues the process again and again. “Fever 103" is also about a women releasing herself from a man, but in a different manner — she desires to have androgyny. She realizes she cannot enjoy sex because her body is being drummed into use by a will tha .....
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