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A Tale Of Two Cities
Number of words: 250 | Number of pages: 1.... like the aristocrats.
In seeking vengeance, Madame Defarge has acquired the very
traits of those who wronged her. She sees no focused blame
and is willing to exploit an entire class to satisfy her
need. Her vengeance emerges through her knitting, which
represents both her cold patience and her impassioned urge
to retaliate, as she knits the names of her intended
victims.
A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken in the
street. Some men kneeled down, made scoops with their two
hands joined, and sipped. Others, men and women, dipped in
the puddles with little mugs of mutilated earthenware, or
even with handke .....
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Birth Of A Monster
Number of words: 1676 | Number of pages: 7.... never considered whether this creature would even want to exist. He also didn't take enough care with the creature's appearance. Victor never considered how such a creature would be able to exist with human beings. He did not take time with the features either and created a being with a horrifying appearance. Unable to accept his creation, Victor abandons his "child" and all parental responsibility. He even wishes that his "child" were dead. "I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I has so thoughtlessly bestowed (Shelley 61)."
Victor Frankenstein because of his scient .....
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Jane Eyre
Number of words: 1104 | Number of pages: 5.... to Crimsworth the relationship between the men was cold which forced Crimsworth to find separation form ridicule and harsh criticism as did Bronte from her aunt. The novel further illustrated Bronte’s desires of seeking autonomy as the central character, Jane, represented the romantic relationship Bronte had experienced with her professor at the young age of 18. The storyline between Rochester and Eyre held true to the emotions of Charlotte Bronte because she felt the frustrations, helplessness, and happiness in a romance. “Isolation allow[ed]the heroine’s self-development, but it impede[ed] her romantic yearning to be .....
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Les Miserables
Number of words: 467 | Number of pages: 2.... book. Other characters are changed but only toward the end of the book.
Thenardier is shown as an evil man throughout the book, but it is at the end
where he contributes to the apotheosis of the good; this is the law of life
as God planned it. Javert acts like a robot, deciding always according to the
letter of the law and not its spirit, but in the long run his strength
proves spiritual weakness, until the end of the book. At the winding up of
the book, Javert encounters Valjean one last time. Instead of following his
instincts and avoiding thinking by arresting him, he slowly walks away with
a thought that mora .....
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Of Mice And Men - Loneliness
Number of words: 1842 | Number of pages: 7.... of health problems. This can be determined based on his emotional behavior. "A 1998 study showed that 50 percent of patients with heart disease who reported feeling very isolated were not married and had no one in whole they could communicate with, died within five years." (ub-counseling.buffalo.edu) At the rate Crooks is headed, he will probably die in a short period of time. Gerontology stated "seniors, who attend church at least weekly, live longer than those who don’t." By attending church, the attendees maintain a relationship with god and have the ability to relieve themselves of loneliness. They can deal with thei .....
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"Things Fall Apart" Vs. "The Second Coming"
Number of words: 480 | Number of pages: 2.... has
put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart. I
think that Achebe is trying to give William Butler Yeats some type of
recognition because in the beginning of the book, Achebe included a stanza
from the poem.
"The blood-dimmed tide is loosened, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned"
First of all, I think this means that once the white missionaries
interfere with their religion, it could encourage the whites to feel they
could do anything to their society and the people would not say anything.
For example, After the white missionaries introduced their re .....
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Use Of Symbolism In The Lord O
Number of words: 842 | Number of pages: 4.... talked with the Lord of the Flies, he learned what the real evil was, which is the evil in people's hearts. The Lord of the Flies is a symbol of the things we make up to be the cause for evil, when those things aren't the real reason. The fire is a symbol of hope and rescue. When the fire was burning bright, it was because the boys were working hard to get rescued. When the fire burnt out, it was because many boys, like Jack, didn't care anymore about being rescued. In the end, the fire that got them rescued was not meant for rescue. It was there because Jack was burning down the island to kill Ralph. This shows us that we get thi .....
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Similarities And Variations In The Writings Of Dickinson And Lawrence
Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4.... are reflected in the long
and short lines in his poem, whereas Dickinson's structure is more of a
conventional structure. Lawrence has no set number of lines per line or
stanza. Dickinson, on the other hand, has four lines per stanza and
although no set number of words in a line, the meter is repeated throughout
the poem. Once again, we see two diverse styles from the two authors.
When we examine rhyme patterns of the two poems, we begin to see
similarities between the two authors. both authors seem to ignore a strict
rhyme pattern. Lawrence appears to have absolutely no rhyme pattern what so
ever which once again refl .....
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Moby Dick
Number of words: 1345 | Number of pages: 5.... it is the dichotomy between the respective fortunes of Ishmael and Ahab that the reader is left with. Herein lies a greater moral ambiguity than is previously suggested. Although Ishmael is the sole survivor of the Pequod, it is notable that in his own way, Ahab fulfills his desire for revenge by ensuring the destruction of the White Whale alongside his own end. Despite the seeming superiority of Ishmael’s destiny, Melville does not explicitly indicate so. On the contrary, he subtly suggests that Ishmael’s survival is lonely and empty upon being rescued: "It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search af .....
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The Stand
Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2.... there is also a "Dark Man". He is always there lurking,
waiting to attack.
Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes
crazy when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart
Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold
becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it
means murder.
Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, but his dreams are
different from theirs. In his dreams the "Dark Man" offers Harold
power and respect, something Harold could never imagine in the
past. Harold knows his destiny is to go to Las Vegas.
T .....
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