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To Kill a Mockinbird
In the widely known novel To Kill A Mockingbird there are two families that are very diverse and are text book examples of complete opposites on the moral ladd
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The Effect of Prejudice on Society
Prejudice stems from many things. It can come from any person at any time. Sometimes it is a part of a person when they are born. A whole town, state,
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Artificial Contraceptives
Artificial Contraceptive should be eliminated. This is my argument. Why you ask? Well, although my v
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Mr
Kafka's Perspective of the truth in Jim Naureckas's, "A Conspiracy of Dunces: Right-Wing Distortion Goes Mainstream." Kafka's viewpoint on the truth of Pro
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In C. K. Williams' "Grief," the speaker explores the all too common experience of losing a loved one. The speaker describes the pain involved in si
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1984
The film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001 A Space Odyssey made in 1968. As the name would suggest, the fi
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Hamlet
The study of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well as enormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an
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love
Tillie Olsen’s I Stand Here Ironing, and Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, both address the issue of a mother’s guilt over how her ch
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The Storm1
i titled mine "Nature's Passion" but you do what you will with it...it hasn't been graded or i'd give you the grade. good luck..............:)
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a midsummer nights dream
In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the mortal teenage characters fall in love foolishly, and the character Bottom states, "O
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Pigs and People
The purpose of the Russian Revolution was to fix problems from Czar Nicholas II. The purpose of the Animal Farm Revolution was to make life better for al
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The Imperial Woman
In 1852, a Manchurian girl, Orchid, clan name Yehonala, was summoned to be viewed by the Emperor of China. On the twentieth day of the sixth moon, the last Em
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Phoenix Rises From The Ashes
When asked by a white hunter “ Doesn’t
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colobine hight school
There has been a lot of events that have happened over the years that have changed the that people veiw t
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hamlet movie review
The movie of Hamlet was an excellent, as far as book-movies go. I believe it was produced with focus, reason, and logic. The
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Gullibility Vs Hypocrisy
In Flannery O’Connors’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” “Good Country People,” and “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,&
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unknown
the foils of hamlet In his plays, Shakespeare often puts the antagonists in circumstances similar to or resembling the problems of the main character or hero.
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A SEPARATE PEACE
It was a hot and humid summer, while World War Two was in progress. The summer holidays was the time when all the friends were together a
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My Antonia
"THERE was a curious social situation in black hawk. All the young men felt the attraction of the fine, well-set-up country girls who had come to town to earn
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Macbeths inner look at acts 456
Today is the true day of all death. For shame, I am lonely in a world of lost hope. I have been deceived to the greatest extent. Those three weird sisters have
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1984 vs Brave New World
In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley’s Brave New World, the authoritative figures strive for freedom, peace, and stability for all, to develop a u
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the world of freedom
If you have ever opened the midnight color doors, you have been in the world know as DV8. A world within a dance club, where the
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mother courage
In 1939, on the eve of the Nazi Holocaust, the great German playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote Mother Courage and Her Children. For the setting of his play, he ch
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The Scarlet Letter2
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is considered to be one of the greatest examples of true American literature. Its excellency of topic, cha
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A Rose for Emily Symbolism
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is a remarkable tale of Miss Emily Grierson, whose funeral drew the a
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to his coy mistress
Andrew Marvell writes an elaborate poem that not only speaks to his coy mistress but also to the reader. He suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitabl
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Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare writes the Tragedy of Julius Caesar. This tragic play is based on historical facts of the life of Julius Caesar. It displays the events b
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Christian Elements in Beowulf
The praised epic poem, Beowulf, is the first great heroic poem in English literature. The epic follows a courageous warr
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Explanation of The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most masterfully written document of Western civilization. This essay seeks to illuminate that artistry by probi
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AWAY
Throughout “Away” many characters go through changes, Gwen changes from a nagging housewife into a sy
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad In Joseph Conrad's novel, 'Heart of Darkness', the term "darkness" can be related to a few different meanings. Co
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The Fall of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby
'THE GREAT GATSBY AND THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM' The book 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald was an 'icon of its time.' The book discusses topic
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Dueling
Throughout time, the image of the duel has transcended into our collective consciousness, so th
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henrik ibsen a biography
Henrik Ibsen was born at Skien in Norway on March 20, 1828. When he was eight, his father went bankrupt. This event made a deep impression upon him. After the
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ivan illych
Leo Tolstoi the author of the short story "The Death of Ivan Ilych" was born into wealthy family in Russia. Tolstoi became tired of goi
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narrator
What is narrator? Narrator is the voice the author creates to tell the story. The possible ways of telling a story are many, and more than one way can be worke
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Imagery in Macbeth
In his plays, Shakespeare uses many forms of imagery. Many forms of his imagery are used in his play 'Macbeth,' including the forms of cl
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macbeth
1) Early in Macbeth we see Lady Macbeth as the strong, rational, determined, ambitious, even ruthless woman ; on the other hand we see a more vacillating , fea
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the yellow wallpaper
The Effect of Major Symbolic Elements Women in literature are often portrayed in a position that is dominated by men, especially in the nineteenth century,
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In the style of twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is said to be " the source from which all great American liter
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their eyes were watching god
Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, (1937) presents strong evidence of love as a symbol of a true friendship that lasts forever
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first kiss
"Linda, why don't you meet your boy friend today?" "Oh, Amy, Are you crazy? Meeting a jerk like him right before my birth day is like a nightmare." "But still¡
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Epic of Gilgamesh
“But then I ask the question: How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?How long will it take?If we can catch
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Mary Shelley
Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin Shelley was the only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollenstonecraft, a quite dynamic pair during their time. Mary S
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Cloning
ALL CONSTRAINTS UPON CLONING SHOULD BE LIFED Cloning has been a very controvers
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animal farm vs marxism
Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar
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The Great Gatsby – Buying the American Dream "Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objec
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The Characters in Othello
This is main character in the play. He is a Moorish General and head of the army of Venice. He is a warrior, honest, and lov
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Y2k bug
Less than one year until the year 2000, two seemingly small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal nightmare. With comp
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themes in odyssey
Skylla: Twelve Legs, Six Heads, and Three Themes When Homer wove the characters of The Odyssey into a story, he undoubtedly left room for interpretation of
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Understanding the Cause of Homelessness
"Being homeless is often defined as sleeping on the streets. Although this is the most visible and severe form of homelessness, there are many other types of a
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My Antonia1
Which character in this work reminds you of people you know? In the novel My Antonia, Anton Cazak reminds me of my neighbor. Anton Cazak is a considerate good
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critique on A Rose for Emily
"A Rose for Emily is a very popular short story because of its, style , climax, and plot. The author, William Faulkner, was a "Southern" writer from Oxford, M
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Cask of Amontillado
"I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenge
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Puddnhead Wilson
The book, Pudd’nhead Wilson, seems like a modern day soap opera. It has one main theme with other stories and subplots that revol
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Huck Finn Small Town Life
In Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” he talks about small town life in Southern Mississippi. He portrays it as gossipy, a place where
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The Notorious Wife of Bath
Upon a first reading of the Wife of Bath’s Prologue, it’s hard not to feel the need to pat her on the shoulder and say
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The Common Hemingway Protagonist Soldiers Home
The Common Hemingway Protagonist: Soldier's Home Various authors, through years of discipline, develop their own style in creati
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history
Maury Klein’s “A Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad,” gives a new perspective of reliable transportation. During much of the 19th century railroads domi
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death of a salesman
In Arthur Miller’s, dramatic play, Death of a Salesman the Loman family presents its self as being the perfect nuclear family as opposed to
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Jane Eyre1
Lennie- At a glimpse, Lennie appears as a huge brute, capable of great destruction. He is huge and capable of great dest
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A clean welllighted place
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899. He was the son of Dr. Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small town called O
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Ann Radcliffes The Italian
In Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first thing that we see described is a veiled woman: "It was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the year 17
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dimmesdales sin
Dimmesdale is no exception. He was held above the rest, and this is proven in one of the first scenes of the book. As Hester is above the townspeople on
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da peoplz language
I wuz goin to da markit ta pik up sum food, when I said "yo G, wus up wit you." He got pot an dope all ova ‘is coat, he got unuf *censored* ta fill up a
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Draculas strengths vs weaknesses
1. Speaks of history as if he was there 2. Legend in the story states that “un-dead” will go on for eternity
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ergard allen poe
Many people label Edgar Allen Poe a horror writer, plain and simple others refer to Poe as the father of the detective story, but over all he´s one Americas g
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Hemingways Works
Ernest Hemingway pulled from his past present experiences to develop his own thoughts concerning death, relationships, and lies. He then mixed these ideas, al
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Tess of the DUrbervilles
Oral: Structure, point of view and narrative techniques in Tess of the d’Ubervilles. Ok well this isn’t really an essay as such
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Catcher in the Rye1
The title of the book A Catcher in the Rye is reflected in the mistaken words of a poem by Robert Burns. Holden thought it was "If a body catch a body coming t
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Metamorphosis
What is reality? Every person has his or her own "reality" or truth of their existence. For some it may be nothing they e
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Walt Disney
When people think of animated cartoons, one name immediately comes to mind "Walt Disney." He is the most popular and known animator in th
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Secrets
There is one part of my life that no one knows about. This secret has caused me to act in ways I thought I wasn't capable of doing. For the past five years,
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The Plague
The novel that I chose to do this report on was, "The Plague", by Albert Camus. It is about a plague
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Fridays Moral Triumph
The "primitive" Friday demonstrates exceedingly good values superior to those of th
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Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was a malevolent ending to an already bitter and spiteful event in American history, the Civil War. John Wilkes Booth and his
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handmaids tale propaganda
Early in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, Offred says, after having seen a group of Japanese women wearing short skirts, rather than the typical, compu
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grendel
"Nihil ex nihilo, I always say"(Gardner 150). These are the words of the infamous Grendel from the novel, titled that same character, by John Gardner. They
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Down Goes Hurston
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s is a great time for black artists; it is a rebirth of art, music, books and poetry. In Zora Neale Hur
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote is one of the greatest authors of all time. He was born in 1924 and died in 1984. Sincehis early childhood, he has written many books and he h
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friend or fiend
The persona of a psychopath appears to be much like any human. In many cases, one woul
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The Extraordinary Wife of Bath
Many characters in The Canterbury Tales are only described in the smallest detail. Only a handful are given a physical description and even fewer are actually
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The Lottery
Shirley Jackson’s, The Lottery, has raised questions in the back of every reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. A reflection o
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The Scarlet Letter3
The virtue of truth and the evil of secret sin are clearly illustrated in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The three main charac
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To be or not be
They talk about Japanese immigrants who worked on Strawberry plantation fields. They a
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Literature values
Literature can have many and different values on a person. It is all depending on the story and the value or moral issue the a
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Lord of the Flies3
In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of boys revert from civilized children to savages. The boys are stranded on a tr
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Great Gatsby2
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, deals with the difficulty of attaining the American dream. The American dream is different for every individu
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A rose for emily
Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses c
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The Handmaids Tale
The creation of Offred, the passive narrator of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, was intentional. The personality of
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Ricard Cory
Who are "the people on the pavement"? We certainly know what kind of person Richard Cory was. Richard Cory was a true gentleman from head to toe, the epit
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Education Learning By Communism
Through Freire’s “ The Banking Concept of Education,” we see the effects this concept has on it’s students and als
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Hector vs Achilles
In The Iliad, many of the male characters display heroic characteristics consistent with the heroic warrior code of ancient Greece. They try to win glory in ba
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Four Summersa review
I found the story Four Summers to be a very odd and different piece. I thought it was a very true and realistic story, but the way it was told threw me off a
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The Downward Path to Wisdoma review
The Downward Path to Wisdom was, to put it simply, a very confusing story for me to read. I am not exactly sure what message or meaning the author was hoping
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Im a Foola review
I very much enjoyed reading the short story I’m a Fool. It was very readable and it made a lot of sense to me. I know exactly what the narrator was fe
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The Use of Forcea review
The Use of Force illustrates very well the feelings and emotions of a normally rational person, who, for any reason, is subjected to a situation that causes m
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The Girls in Their Summer Dressesa review
This story is one that I can certainly understand and have quite intense feelings about. I must hold my tongue, though, as I do not wish to offend, but to ra
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The Sky is Graya review
The story The Sky is Gray was a very interesting and somewhat sad story for me to read. I was very interseted in James and his plight as a young colored boy
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Barn BurningSarty static or dynamic
In the story Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the character Colonel Sartoris Snopes, or Sarty, exhibits many interesting trai
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An Analysis of The Ache of Marriage
An Analysis of "The Ache of Marriage" In "The Ache of Marriage," Denise Levertov attempts to explain the pain this marriage experiences. It is a pain tha
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Brave New World
Brave New World opens in a technically advanced future world. In the beginning of this book, we see the Direct
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Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is the belief that matters of ultimate reality transcend, or go beyond, human experience. Transcendentalist thinking began during the Ameri
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Cukoo
McMurphy, 35 years old, plays the role of a mental patient. He was brought into the ward because he pretended to be crazy and everybody believed him
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how a check is processed
Checks are written everyday at almost every place of business. At age 18 anyone with the adequate amount of money can open a checking account of his or her ow
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Failure to succeed
Success at Failing to Succeed at Failing to Succeed at Failure Pay attention! Read, listen and learn from the master. Failure, as an objective, is much l
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Notes on Theories of Mass Communications
Essay 1 - GSC2411 (Theories of Mass Communication unit, Monash University, Australia) This is NOT an essay - it is a collection of notes which are the foundat
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Drug Offenders Made Harden Criminals
For John Russell it was just another ordinary night. At 2:00 A.M. he was calmly sleeping. He arose to a cracking noise outside; just then the po
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Fathers and Sons
Nihilism In Turgenov's Fathers and Sons Turgenov's Fathers and Sons has several characters who hold strong views of the world. Pavel believes th
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Strong Response
The expansion of the American frontier played a large part in the history and making of the United States, but how big was that role? Histo
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hard times
"A Modest Proposal"Jonathan Swift wrote this essay as a satirical proposal for the purpose of exploiting social and economic issues in a sophisticate
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The crucible by Arthur miller
English - The Crucible by Arthur Miller The True Devils in Salem In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness o
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Gilgamesh
The main character in the book The Epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh himself. In the beginning of the book one realizes that
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Jane Eyre2
In Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, the main character faces many struggles. One of the struggles she faces is the temptation to run away with the man she loves and
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Frankenstein1
How to Take Responsibility for Your Newborn Monster Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we can see
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Crucible
A crucible, as defined by the Merriam-Webester Concise Electronic Dictionary, is “the state or fact of being tested (as by suffering)”, which attests to what E
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Language in The Crucible
one of the most remarkable aspects of the crucible is miler's creation of believable dialogue for his 17th century puritans
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Road not taken
Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of the
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AE Housman Scholar and Poet
Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and poet, was born in Fockbury in the county of Worcestershire, England on March
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of mice and men
In many pieces of literature authors discuss human potential. In the novel Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck Illustrates human potential
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Suicide in the Awakening
What is suicide? "(Suicide is) the act of self-destruction by a person sound in mind and capable of
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Character evolution of John Procor
John Proctor is a character from the Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, Throughout the play he changes from being a troubled, self-exiled, sinner to becoming a
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A Worn Path by Eudora Welty
“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandchild. It tells a story of sheer determination as Pho
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Nineteen Eighty Four Short Essay
In Canada, we have the freedom to do almost anything. In the novel Nineteen Eighty Four, there is no freedom. Although
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hurricane
Natural disasters are meant to cause destruction and to break thing apart. Sometimes they end up bringing people together. In September of 1996 Hurricane Fr
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My Struggle
Since I was young, there have always been a struggle between my parents and I. This situation began when my father passed away when I was three years old.
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A snap and a pop and it was over
To love something so much and to be so good at it, but then have it stripped away from you when you least expect it is tragic. Soccer has been the sport of my
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Antigone
In Ancient Greece, life was full of complicated questions centered around the expanding field of science. Freedom of religion was encouraged
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Who is at fault in A Dolls House
Question Being Answered: In what ways do you find Nora a victim? In what ways at fault? Nora Helmer, the wife of Torvald Helmer and mother of 3 children, i
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Symbolism in Great Gatsby
Cary L. Pannell Eng. 206 Mrs. Sanders 20 May 1997 Symbolism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgeral
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Story of Jonas
The day was still, not a cloud in sight. The glowing sun lit the tumbling waves. The white foam smeared along the san
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Actors biography
A Diary as a Documentation of One’s Performance in One’s private Life Alec Guinness writes My Name Escapes Me - The Diary of a Retiring Actor - in purpose o
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AP
Essay #2-F: “Sammy is a sexist pig who suddenly sees the light” In John Updike’s short story, “A & P,” the main character, S
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Langston Hughes and The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African-American culture. Many famous people began their writing o
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The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs despondency, and lamentations.
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about elephants
Somewhere in eastern Canada, there is a place where elephants live. Elephants seem to enjoy the place where they live, they even seem to enjoy the cold weather
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the taiming of the shrewcharacter analisis
Katherine: She is called the shrew, even by her father. She is always put second in her
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Frankenstien Morality
Morality. People, honored by people, have questioned it and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one
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Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the
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essayfirefighter politics A
Every election year brings on the same hurdle for the firefighter’s union. The mayoral candidates approach the union and ask for their support throughout the
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The Kings of Hamlet
There are many differences between the Kings Hamlet and Claudius with very few similarities. Perhaps the similariti
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Analysis
Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” is about a family taking a trip to Florida that all get killed by an escaped convict, how calls him
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Leadership Caesar
Selecting a good leader for a country is like setting up a set of dominoes. If the leader does his job correctly the country will be strong, but if he does not
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Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Essay In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain the main character, Huck Finn, grows and learns many lesson
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themonkeygarden
Aging promotes the loss of childhood and innocence. Little girls go from skinned knees and imaginary friends, to runs in their p
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Robinson Crusoe
By definition, a savage is an uncivilized person. Friday would not fit this description because he was civilized. He was a product of the civilization that s
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Heart of Darkness1
1. How does Marlow change during and after his experiences in the Congo? What evidence is there of these
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Scarlet Letter Bewilderment at the Hands of Sin
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude with
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Faith or Destiny Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne made his mark as a major American writer in 1850, with the publication of The Scarlet Letter. His work appeals to di
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brave new world
For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future
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The Parable of the Cave
"The unexamined life is not worth living," In The Apology, Socrates relates that the mo
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WitchHunts Salem and McCarthyism
Imagine what it would be like to be labeled a Communist for the mere fact that you happened to sport a goatee? It happ
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marijuana
Marijuana is a relatively harmless drug that governments around the world have made illegal. If legalized, mari
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DiscriptiveEssayHotels
My vision of the perfect ending to a stressful day is easily described. I walk through the front door, and I am greeted with a cheerful smi
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weed
Marijuana is a relatively harmless drug that governments around the world have made illegal. If legalized, marijuana can be beneficial to society in a numb
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IRememberEssay
 I Remember..... I remember the kid next door with whom I grew up, a short and stocky lad
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ComparativeDrivers
 Drivers In the road of life there are many kinds of drivers. Some pleasant and
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Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero
Willy Loman, the troubled father and husband in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," can be classified as a tragic hero,
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Pardoners Tale
The Pardoner's Tale: Deception and Foolishness There are several types of foolishness being described in the Pardoner's Tale itself. He describes gluttony
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Cause and Effect
When I was eleven years old, my best friend Michelle Baker and I thought that we would look more grown up if we started smoking. My parents smoked, so we d
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classification
When I was a very small child, I fell in love with books of all types. I could lose myself for hours in Alice and Wonderland, Black Beauty, and Tom Sawyer
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process
The problem with committing murder is the high risk of being caught. When you decide that murder is justified, the problem of how to
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A Tale of Two Theories
Macbeth(c.1607), written by William Shakespeare, is the tragic tale of Macbeth, a virtuous man, corrupted by power and greed. This tag
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crucible
The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It begins with a sense of witchcraft in the air, when we find out that Re
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Animal Testing
For centuries, animals have been used in medical research. Since 1875, animal experimentation has been an on going heated debate on whether
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Cry the beloved country
Dan Witcher Cry the Beloved Country "Opinions founded in prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence."(Jeffery) The theme of the book Cry, the B
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Oregan Donation
As of 1995 there were 30,000 people on a waiting list to receive an organ transplant. Another person joi
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work ethic
In today’s society I believe we have lost the traditional work ethic of long ago. Being brought up in a traditional family and around a population mainly comp
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Huckleberry Finn Racism Debate
There is a current debate that the description of Jim in the novel "Huckleberry Finn" is racist leading to some sch
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Mores Utopia
In Thomas MoreÕs book Utopia, there is a great deal of irony in the way the people of this mystical place live and prosper. Much of what the people of
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Emersonian Person SelfReliance
e most Emersonian person that I have ever known would be with out a doubt be Frederick Jones. I spent two summers working with this man on the Linville
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Richard Adams Through the Eyes of an Animal
Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngest of three children, a sister
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A Letter From Birmingham Jail An Outsider in the US
Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay, A Letter From Birmingham Jail has become a classic for good reason. Martin Luther King was an exce
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Masks of Altered Reality
In Timothy O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried, a number of insightful themes are forwarded by the author. One theme in particular interests me the most
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Moby Dick
A. The culture this great author was a part of was the time in American history where inspiring
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Bailey White
In Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living, Sleeping at the Starlite Motel and Other Adventures on the Way
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Courage Humanity and Belief
---- Paper based on Stephen Crane's works How do we grow up through the hardships of live? What can a stressful environment bring out in human? And how do
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Analysis of Swifts Essay A Modest Proposal
In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statement
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Catch 22
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House of Mirth Loneliness
Lily Bart's Loneliness: A Self-Realization Loneliness is a prevalent theme throughout Edith Wharton's novel,
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Morality in Cat on a Hot tin roof
The dominant morality in Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” can not be discussed in terms of a single, easy-to-understand theme. Rather, I detected
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Malcom X
Malcolm was a racist, violent Black Man. He has been an anti-white all through his previous life as he had confessed, and has remained the sa
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asbestosWhats this stuff
Six months ago, my husband and I purchased a small piece of property in Manhattan, Kansas to start our own computer repair
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Parellels between Mary Shelley and Frankenstein
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The Declaration of Language
[WR122 paper, using Jefferson’s "Declaration of Independence" as a model]-RJ
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The Scarlet Letter4
“Wilt thou let me be at peace, if I once tell thee?” asked Hester. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around
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Dracule
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Evil often triumphs, but never conquers.
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Of Mice and Men2
The fact that Curley's wife is not given a name foreshadows her own isolation. In fact, probably reason why she is not given a name, is because she is totally
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest1
A hero is considered to be any man noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose; especially, one who has risked or sacrificed his life. This describes
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Tom Sawyer
Book Report #4 Ben Mark Twain’s, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer,
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a doll house
This inferior role from which Nora progressed is extremely important. Ibsen in his "A Doll's House" depicts the role of women as subordinate
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Black Buy
A word is just characters (letters) put together to make a meaning, statement, or idea. In the South, whites wanted power over the blacks, and
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Effects of lonliness in of Mice and Men
Have you ever been alone walking or lying on your bed thinking about how lonely you are? Do you ever wonder why you are som
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Scarlet Letter Essay
The Scarlet Letter involves many characters that go through several changes during the course of the story. In particular, the young minister Dimmesdale, who
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A seperate Peace
Literary Analysis for ‘A Separate Peace’ By John Knowles  Self Reflection- Last week I was driving around Redlands with a friend. We were headed t
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Sonnet
The sonnets, 130 and 292, written by William Shakespeare and Francesco Petrarch, both shows their passionate love towards their woman and it is very interestin
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The Awakening
Throughout Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, numerous scenes of birth and renewal are depicted. Various symbols placed throu
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Call to Arms
World War One. The first great tragedy of humanity. That is of course excluding love and life. Combine all three and you find one of the most masterfully
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Holden Caufield
In JD Salingers' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title
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dress code
At the beginning of the 20th century there wasn't much discussion about the dress code in schools. During that time kids weren't dressing so prov
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Huck Finn
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn," according to Ernest Hemingway. Along with Ernest, many others beli
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Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was an American playwright who was born in 1915. He grew up in New York to a Jewish family. He
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Fahrenheit 451
(1.) Fahrenheit 451…The Temperature at Which Books Burn Fahrenheit 451 portrays censorship i
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Candide a gelastic story
Candide on the surface is a witty, gelastic story. However when inspected deeper it is a philippic writing against people of an uneducated status. Candid is a
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one flew
What is reality? The novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey, explores living in a mental institution through the mind of a patient. As the
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12 angry men
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Foils
A character that might parallel yet contrast another is said to be a foil. A foil is used to clarify character traits as well as issues in stories an
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Rebecca
As Daphne du Maurier finished her novel, she said to herself, "So it was. A finished novel. Title, Rebecca. I wondered if my publisher
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original writing
"Just calm down would you. For a few moments at least. You have got ages to think about what you are taking with you, 20 minutes before you have to be out of t
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Wuthering Heights
Throughout the novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë effectively utilizes weather and setting as methods of conveying insight to the reader of the personal fe
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Catch22
The novel, Catch-22, is a comedy about soldiers during World War II. However, this comic scenes and phrases are quite tragic when they are
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Absurditycatch22
ABSURDITY OF CATCH-22 The novel, Catch-22, is a comedy about soldiers during World W
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wuthering heights summary
Emily Bronte was born in Thorton, Yorkshire, in 1918. Wuthering Heights was Bronte's only book; however, she died in 1848 and
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Suffering in Crime and Punisment
In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of every character's role. However, the
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Huck Finn1
The conflict between society and the individual is a theme portrayed throughout Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accord with the accepted ways
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the grapes of wrath
John Steinbeck’s purpose in The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath entails a story of perseverance in dealing with oppressive labor conditions faced by migr
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Summary The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the reactions of a man and his friends to his sufferin
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Cyrano de Bergerac v Roxane
Cyrano de Bergerac, the Play vs. Roxane, the Movie In an effort to attract the audience of today, the producers of the movie Roxane retold the play Cyrano
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Once and Future King
In the book, The Once and Future King, T.H. White shows the importance that education relies heavily upon ones own personal expe
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red badge of courage
Adolescence brings about many changes as a youth becomes an adult. For many people this passage is either tedious and painful or simple and barely noticeable.
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Hamlet2
The story of Hamlet comes from a long line of revenge tragedies in which a character attempts to avenge the murder of a family mem
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Evil Macbeth
Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. For instance, a black cat, a dark night, a dark place are all symbols of evil. There are only a
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Maggie A Girl Of the Streets Book Report
The book report for this marking period is one that is enjoyed by millions and millions of people; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, by Stephen
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Lord of the Flies Simbolizism paper
The conch was a symbol of authority. Piggy was the first to discover the conch. He always respected it along with Ralph. “We can use this to call the ot
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Count of Monte Cristo Character Review on Fernand
Fernand Mondego was a simple fisherman who led a dull, monotonous life and was not very important in the socia
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Whats Love Got To Do With It
My life is terrible. Every time I fall for someone, I get hurt. I just don’t understand what I am doing wrong. I do everything I can possibly think of.
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Refutation
Sending Out an S.O.S
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metamorphosis
In society today, there are many stereotypes and prejudices against people who do not fit into the "norms" of society. Society tends to regard the
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The Great Gatsby1
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set in 1922 in the New York City area.
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Cool Hand Luke movie
Of all the films that were released in 1967 few had the power and stamina of displaying detailed characterizations in
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wuthering Heights
The novel Wuthering Heights has a very complex storyline and the characters involved are also quite intricate. The story takes place
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mrs dalloway
In her writings, Virginia Woolf wanted to capture the realness of life, as one would live it. In turn, Woolf’
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Frankensteinin depth paper
Through Frankenstein, Mary Shelley shows the values of companionship, fear, trust, and happiness. All of these values the monster wants or po
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Lord of the Flies5
This was the most interesting book I have ever read. It is sort of a cross between Alive and Hatchet. Because th
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Macbeth2
Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some are more serious than others. For example, some people have addictions to gambling, while
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Time The Final Frontier
The temporal world in which we live encompasses everything we know. All of our knowledge comes from a trust of five and a half billion people that have no ide
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the letter and human frailty
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, tells a tale of human frailty and sorrow through each and every characte
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Invisible Man
Dolls. We are surrounded by dolls. G. I. Joe, Barbie, Polly Pocket, and WWF action figures. Prior to our plasticene friends we ha
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Character in Barn Burning
In William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” the main character is Colonel Sartoris Snopes, or “Sarty” for short. This young boy is torn between loyalty to his fath
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Beowulf Analysis
Beowulf is steeped in a pagan tradition that depicts nature as hostile and forces of death as uncontrollable. Blind fate picks random victims; man is never re
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JFKLincoln Assasinations
The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman? Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany durin
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Odyssey
The Odyssey is an epic poem, which shows the maturation of Odysseus throughout his long journey home from the war at Troy. Odysseus grows from an arrogant, se
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Fifth Business
Robertson Davies’ novel, Fifth Business, revolves around guilt, competition, and two men who are foils of each other. Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd S
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i never promissed you a rose garden
In I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN we see how one mans reality is not necessarily that of another mans reality. We as humans do not think exactly the sam
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how can we acheive clarity through writing
How can we achieve clarity through writing? “To judge anything with any degree of clarity and accuracy we would need all the information past, present, and f
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WERE THE RED FERN GROWS
"I was walking along whistling when I heard the dogfight", Billy starts the story. He rescued an redbone hound dog and took it home. This brought memori
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Beowulf3
The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with
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Young Goodman Brown
"Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story that is thick with allegory. "Young Goodman Brown" is a moral story which is told through the per
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A P
The story "A & P" by John Updike is a tale of a young man who lets his desires and his anger get a little to far ahead of him and in the end winds up quitting
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othello
Othello, written by William Shakespeare is the story of Othello, the protagonist and tragic hero of the play. A Moor commanding the armies of Venice, he is a c
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The Eyes of the Dragon
The book that I read was The Eyes of the Dragon. The author was Stephen King. It was published in 1987. Stephen King grew up in Maine and has lived most of
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Maggie Obituary
Margaret Johnson, only daughter of Mary Murphy: found dead in the East River at age 23 Margaret Johnson, also called Maggie, was a successful seamstress an
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gilgamesh flood story vs biblical flood story
The amazing stories of the great flood that are described in, The Epic of Gilgamesh which is translated by N.K. Sandars and “The Story
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A Tale of Two Cities1
In the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities, Dr. Alexander Manette is a prisoner in the Bastille. This was in 1767. From this point it jumps to 1775. At this tim
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Dantes Inferno
EH4-03 Kiwon Sue Mr. Gern
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Of Mice and Men3
Loneliness is one of the main emotions Of Mice and Men. Lenny must have been lonely and George too. When we meet them in Of Mice and Men they already know
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Huckleberry Finn the racism part
In Mark Twains’ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the main character Huck, makes two very important decisions. The first one is how he tre
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OedipusThe Tragic Hero
In "Oedipus the King," Sophocles concocts one of the most famous and intricate characters of Greek drama. A tragic her
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WILLA CATHER WROTE WHAT SHE LIVED
Sara Orne Jewett, a local colorist from Maine, once suggested that Willa Cather write from her own backgrou
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eecummings
E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even le
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hi
The purpose of human life is an unanswerable question. It seems impossible to find an answer because we don't know where to begin looking
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All Quite on the Western Front Generation Gap
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast
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None Provided7
In "All Quiet On The Western Front", the soldiers were forced to suppress their feelings. It was these emotions that made the soldiers human. Because of the
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The Theme of Goodness in To Kill a Mockingbird
The Theme of Goodness in To Kill a Mockingbird What is goodness? The American Heritage Dictionary defines goodness as “the state or quality of bein
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death to a salesman
In the first B.C dramatist known as Aristotle started to write a series of plays called the tragedies. They were as follows:
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Unfeasible Beings With Distinction
All people of this world are different in some way or another. This is a fact. No two people are alike, nor do any be
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parents
Parenting is an act of being a parent, which means you show love and care towards your offspring. Harper lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird, shows the differenc
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Pygmallion
In Act 3 we learned a lot more about the character and philosophy of Alfred Doolittle. He is strangely individualistic personally and
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hemingway
Ernest Hemingway: His life and his stories Ernest Hemingway was man of many words. He wrote many novels a
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The Hall of The HArt
Herot, a large, majestic, fictional mead hall, is often the stage for much of the action in the medieval epic Beowulf. Built by the eve
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The Epic Story of Beowulf
In the epic story of Beowulf, the hero is Beowulf. He shows physical strength in the story by defeating Grendel. In line 219 of Grendel’s mother, it tells
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MacBeth Analysis
“To Know My Deed, ‘Twere Best Not Know Myself” How was it possible for such an admirable and noble man, so established in society, to fall so greatly into a
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A language for everyone
There are roughly 5,000 or so languages in use in the world today. There have been grandiose plans by people in the past to create a universal langua
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MaleFemale Relationships Found in Medieval Ballads
ESSAY: Male-Female Relationships Found in Medieval Ballads There are many medieval ballads that contain male-female relationships. However, the ballads
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The Almond Tree
Poetry is often written as a result of reflecting on an intense emotional experience or a significant event.
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Bananafish
Picture walking into a hotel room and finding a man dead on a bed. Upon closer inspection it becomes obvious t
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The Very old man with enormous wings
Response to essay on "The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" What does this piece reveal about people's attitudes towards religion? Why do
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Grapes Of WrathStructure
Authors often use many styles and techniques in their novels. They use certain methods in order to make their stories seem more real. John Steinbeck
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Brave New World1
The peak of a writer’s career should exhibit their most profound works of literature. In the case of Aldous Huxley, Brave New Wo
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest2
We, being members of society do not have the authority to judge whether people are sane or insane. Some may say that others
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choclate war
Robert Cormier wrote The Chocolate War. The copyright of the book is 1974. 2. In the exposition of The Chocolate War, Jerry Renault, the freshman quarter
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House Made of DawnThe use of Language
Throughout House Made of Dawn Momaday forces the reader to see a clear distinction between how white people and Native Americans use
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Parent
What does the word parent mean to you? The definition of this word is, one who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or a mother. Ye
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Waiting For Godot
The purpose of human life is an unanswerable question. It seems impossible to find an answer because we don't know where to start looking. To us, existence
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The Pearl
The Pearl by John Steinbeck is the story of an intrepid man named Kino and the dilemma that he goes through when he finds a pearl. For the
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Pablo Picasso
Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y (1881-1973), Spanish painter and sculptor, is considered one of the greatest artist of the 20th century. He was a invent
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Metamorphosis1
“When he lifted his head a little, he saw his vaulted brown belly, sectioned by arch-shaped ribs, to whose dome the cover, about to slide off completely, coul
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dolls house
A play serves as the author's tool for critiquing society. One rarely encounters the ability to transcend accepted social beliefs. The play reflects
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To Kill A Mockingbird
The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 then it went on to win t
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Edgar Allen Poe
To be buried while alive is, beyond question, the most terrific of these extremes which has ever fallen to the lot of mere mortality. That it has frequently, v
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Absolute Power in Antigone
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” said Lord Acton generations ago. In the Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Sophocles, there was a
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The Battle of Gettysburg
I have chosen to write about the battle of Gettysburg, because I found the American Civil War very interesting and I want to know more about th
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An Essay on An End to Blind Obedience
Literature, in its finest, is on the cutting edge of society, pulling on its borders, broadening its views, and bringing to it new ideas and concepts. In th
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Real Life Rounders
“No, I guess the ladies didn’t help me. I flopped the nut straight.” Yeah baby – I won! It just so happened that this was the final game
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Power in Flats Road
The ending in the novel Hetty Dorval written by Ethel Wilson the ending that is created appears to have little narrative closure to the reader. However, there
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Bradstreet Feminism
As a female in a highly patriarchal society, Anne Bradstreet uses the reverse psychology technique to prove the point of her belief of unfair and unequal trea
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Conflict in Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Miss Brill” outlines an old woman’s lack of understanding for a world that she observ
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The Raging Inferno
CRUEL PUNISHMENTS OF SINNERS IN THE RAGING INFERNO Dante Alighieri was born in Florence,
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What hatred will Do
Of all the atrocities, man has endured; none has caused more misery and destruction to the soul than human bond
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Gatsbys Corruptive Nature
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Crucible poem
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outsiders
The Outsiders is a movie about teenagers who Are always facing conflicts around themselves. The teens are represented in many different ways th
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Computers in Education
Education has been changing so much in the last few years with the introduction to the computers both in the classroom and at home with the students. Students
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The Mysterious Life of Jay Gatsby
The story occurs some time during the twenties, in a little rich branch off Long Island, New York in two neighborhoods cal
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The Holocaust VS The Crucible
Hitler believed in ethnic cleansing. He wanted the non-white race to disappear. To him non-whites were an inferior race. Individuals of Jewish descent were
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The Holocaust VS The Crucible1
Hitler believed in ethnic cleansing. He wanted the non-white race to disappear. To him non-whites were an inferior race. Individuals of Jewish descent were
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Tom Buchanan Example of Arrogance
The 1920’s, ten years of thriving life in America. People living the good life and people living in the slumps. East Egg, the prominent community of the old ri
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Prejudice is a Toxic Type of Thinking
What is the extent of prejudice? How far will it go until the entire world realizes that it is wrong? Prejudice continues to infect and destroy the dreams an
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The Bell Jar
“The Bell Jar”, which is written by Sylvia Plath, indicates that patriarchal society has many effects on women. Men have
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Forbidden City
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Shabath Dinner
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My Antonia THE AMERICIAN DREAM
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Symbols
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American Colonies
The New England, Southern and Middle Colonies Developed Differently America was a place for dreams and new beginnings, until “white” people arrived in
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Heroism1
In this age the only way to be classified as a hero is to do something charitable, or standing up f
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Ralegh Sir Walter death in poems
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Huckleberry Finn Hucks lies
In Samuel L. Clemens novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character finds himself living in a society that does not s
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the road not taken
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Poes Burial Motifs
Poe is a very complicated author. His literary works are perplexed, disturbing, and even grotesque. His frequent illnesses may have provoked his engrossment
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caesar
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is the story of the resulting conflicts from the assassination of perpetual dictator and Ro
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macbeth and hamlet tragedy
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Shockwave rider
There are numerous books on the science fiction market, that deal with the myriad of possibilities involving the technology of the future. John Brunner’s
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
I had never really analyzed any work of literature before this class. I read books and stories for fun but never to analyze them.
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The Scarlet Letter Pearl
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester's daughter Pearl. She a
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Analysis of John Miltons Paradise Lost
Analysis of John Milton’s – Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is a monumental epic poem in twelve books of blank verse. Paradise Lost is based on the B
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Identity
What is someone’s identity? Is it the way they look, the way they dress, or it could be many things all put together, or is it none of the abo
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Street Car Named Desire Essay
Our lives are consumed by the past. The past of what we once did, what we once accomplished, and what we once could call
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personaltraining
Fitness that once started as a trend in the late 70’s has become more of a lifestyle than a fad today. Personal trainers are a good idea to help you on your w
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review of brigdet joness diary
June 14 - LONDON - On a good day, Bridget Jones weighs no more than 120 pounds, smokes no more than five cigarettes, imbibes no more than three alcohol units,
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the prince and the pauper
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once upon a time
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Aristotles Poetics
Aristotle’s Poetics is considered the first work of literary criticism in our tradition. The couple of pages in the book mainl
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Mark Antonys Speech
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Antony confronts a crowd that is against him and on the side of the conspirators who just kill
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1984 Book Report
1984 -George Orwell SUNDAY, NOV 14, 1993 Summary Chapter 1 and 2 We are introduced to Winston Smith the main character of the story. Works at Ministry of truth
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was a malevolent ending to an already bitter and spiteful event in American history, the Civil War. John Wilkes Booth and his
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Hawaii
As our plane started to descend, I began to see the beauty of this tropical island. The first view I saw was the flowing clear water
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Julius Caesar1
1.) The great philosopher Aristotle makes the distinction between comedy and tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy as a tragic character falli
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Wuthering Heights1
In Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights the idea compensation for love lost is discussed. Wuthering Heights is a quiet house in the country where the Earnshaw’s a
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Stages of Resistance in Alice Walkers Meridian
Stages of Resistance in Alice Walker’s Meridian In this compelling novel by Alice Walker, Meridian, the main character, grows up through the eyes of the re
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Irony of Lady with a Dog
Irony: incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected results. Huh? Well take the short story “Lady with a Dog” written
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CyberSex
What is Cyber Sex? Cyber Sex is the act of having sex or making love, between two or more people, in a chat room or in e-mails, without ever
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Three things I want to change this semester
Three Things I Want To Change This Semester I want to do well this semester so I can be proud of
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the perfect villain
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DescriptiveEssay
An experience that shall never escape me is my first week of marching band camp in ninth grade. Held at my high school of the time, this two-week journey will
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The Quiet American
Graham Greene’s The Quiet American is a story about love. The main focus of this love is from Pyle and Fowler to Phuong. Through the novel Fowler and Pyle ba
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One More River
Can you imagine having to leave everything you have ever known to live in a country on the verge of war? Lesley She
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One More River1
Can you imagine having to leave everything you have ever known to live in a country on the verge of war? Lesley She
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it is hard to be a teacher
I don't know the thing which I am going to talk about had happened some place else or not, but it truly occurred in Taiwan. One day, I arrived home and I was s
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Chaucer
Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales, ridicule some common human frailties. Some of the frailties exposed satirize the church. Two cha
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CancerIs there an effective treatment
One of the many complications with cancer is that there are so many different types. Currently, there are 112 types of cancer, and th
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He Let Her Go An essay on Evelyn Lau
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Rape Fantasies
Irony is the use of words to express something different from and opposite to their literal meaning. It is used with tone and style t
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sir gawain and the green knight
What is Sir Gawain’s true personality like? Sir Gawain has two sides to his personality. The first side to Sir Gawain’s perso
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the Great Gatsby
The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving l
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Characther Essay for Lamb to the Slaughter
Characterization, a method that an author chooses to develop his/her character, is a very important element in a story. In “Lamb to the Slaug
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The Yellow Wallpaper4
Throughout history people have always seemed to follow what notions that were considered “cool”. Though I doubt that 
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Herodotus and Rhampsinitus and the Thief
Herodotus and ‘Rhampsinitus and the Thief’ Herodotus, the first Greek historian, has been
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Interpretation of A Dolls House
"A Doll's House" is classified under the "second phase" of Henrik Ibsen's career. It was during this period which
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CATCHER IN THE RYESYMBOLISM
The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, is a display of characters and incidents portrayed through the
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Pornography and Sex Crimes
“What is going on?” were the only words I could pull from my shaking mouth. I will never forget the pain in my gut when I opened t
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Book Report After the Bomb
After the Bomb, written by Gloria Miklowitz, is a thrilling novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb, which supposedly was sent from Russia
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Eugene ONeill
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill’s life is reflected throughout his plays in order to let out his true feelings. Eugene O’Neill was born in October on the 16, 1888.
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Hamlet3
The marriage of the king and queen within two months of the death of Hamlet’s father had
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Huckleberry Fin
America… land of the free and home of the brave; the utopian society which every European citizen desired to be a part of in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
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The Bottomless Pit Woyzeck
Topic# 1: A commentator has remarked, “ Clearly Buchner considered that while social revolution might help the Woyzeck’s of the world, it could hardly save the
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Makioka Sisters
With life comes death, with destruction comes rebirth, and with f
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David Herbert Lawrence As a twentieth century novelist, essayist, and poet, David Herbert Lawrence brought the subjects of sex, psychology, and religion to the
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The Great Gatsby2
The Great Gatsby is considered a masterpiece full of controversy about the 1920's life style. Fitzgerald uses symbolism to express in a more detailed way this
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Scarlet Letter3
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My Weekend
While on vacation in Acapulco Mexico, I, along with my family and friends took a tour by boat to a small resort island. As
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Critical analysis of Tim OBriens works
Tim O’Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short story writer of immense, imaginative power, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring ex
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Frankenstein support mockpersausive letter format
(Author's Note: This was a semi-creative project. We had to address the issues in a persuasive letter rather than a boring ol' report, so please become unconfu
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Bartleby
It is dangerous to isolate oneself; dangerous for an individual and for a nation."- Jawaharlal Nehru. The quotation says that isolating oneself can be dangero
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The Sun Also Rises
People often mentally distance themselves from their peers do to flaws and irregularities that they may suffer from. In The Sun Also Ris
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Don Quxiote
Don Quixote: Renaissance humor with a modern translation A Spanish knight, about fifty years of age, gave himself up so entirely to reading the romances
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WYRD FATE AND GEIS
The old Nordic word 'wyrd', from which the modern adjective 'weird' is derived, is a kind of synonym for 'fate'. Yet unlike the Greek c
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Inrony in Pride Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular novels written by Jane Austen. This romantic novel, the story of which revolves around relationships and the dif
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A book report on A Voyager Out
Frank, Katherine. A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1986 Katherine Frank’s novel A Voyager Out tells the li
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Edith WhartonKate Chopin
The main characters depicted in both Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome and Kate Chopin's The Awakening
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Ceremony
Introduction: Ceremony is a novel written by Leslie Marmon Silko. It
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Araby
The short story, "Araby", by James Joyce is about a lonely boy who makes a pilgrimage to an eastern-styled bazaar in hopes that it will alleviate his miserable
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THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE
THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE The changing role of women in literature from the late 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D. is evident in
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totaltarian society
Living in a society with limited freedom of expression is not, in any case, enjoyable. A Totalitarian society is a good example of such a society, because alth
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ethan frome as a psychological novel
Ethan Frome as a Psychological Novel When Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote his novel, The Scarlet Letter, he was praised as being the father of the psychological
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love in Great Expectations
Webster’s dictionary defines love in many different ways, “A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair;
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Types of Writing
Despite all of the increasing technological advances, writing is still a main form of communication. Beginning in grammar school and continuing thr
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Same ProblemDifferent Solution
The African- American Community has been blessed with a multitude of scholars. Two of those scholars include Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du bois. Both
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Thoreau and Emerson
Transcendentalism is used frequently as main topics in the stories “Nature” and Walden. These two themes are heavily concentrated on though these two stories a
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Transcendentalism1
The writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson dealt with three aspects of transcendental thought, which consisted of spiritual, philosophical, and literary content. In
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Selecting a Pure Breed
All dogs, impure as well as pure-bred, and several wild cousins such as wolves and foxes, are one family. Each breed was created by human beings, using selecti
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Critiscisms of My Antonia
In the past, critics have ad moralized and/or brutalized every writer they could get their pen on. This is seen from criticisms of Henry Adams to
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the joy luck club
THE BLUEST EYE The Bluest Eye is a complex book. Substance wise it is a disturbing yet relativ
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Stellar Stella
After the reading of a play entitled A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, there was quite a discussion on what wo
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Moby Dick
Moby Dick can be viewed as a tragedy. Webster’s Dictionary defines tragedy
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Symbol of the briefcase in The Invisible Man
While the civil war ended one form of slavery in America, another system of oppression was ready to take its place. In Ralph Ellison’s acclaimed novel Invisib
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writing creatively
Creative writing is used to help regular expository writing become more interesting. You can use creative writing to do many tasks to help
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Of Mice and Men4
A PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF LENNIE SMALL OF JOHN STEINBECK'S "OF MICE AND MEN"
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cather in da Rye
The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, interacts with many people throughout J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catche
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Fatalism in Tess
If written today, Tess of the d'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy may have been called Just Call Me Job or Tess: Victim of Fate. Throughout this often bleak novel,
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romanticism
“ Bells bells bells bells bells bells bells” this quote from Edgar Allen Poes’ The Bells, is one poem that had great influence on early 19t
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similarities between children and their parents
The Similarities and Differences Between Parents and Their Children The transition from childhood to adulthood is a journey undergone by all, but all in a d
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the value of letters in Pride and Prejudice
The Value of Letters in Pride and Prejudice In writing, one can express feelings they can never convey aloud. Letters allow one to reveal their thoug
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all quiet on the westerd front
"All Quiet on the Western Front" was written in a first person style. The story was told by Paul Baümer, a nineteen year old student, convinced to enlist w
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Charles DIckens
In 1812, one of the greatest writers of all time, according to many, was born to the name of Charles John Huffman Dickens. Charles Dicke
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Oedipus Rex
In Sophocles’s play “Oedipus Rex” Oedipus Even though "fate" seems to determine Oedipus' life, he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the
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Nietzsches Overman in The Will to Power
The existential philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche believed that humanity nedded to be overcome. He viewed humans as weak creatures and slaves to the Christian r
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Identity Crisis Joy Luck Club
Every person comes to a point in their life when they begin to search for themselves and their identity. Usually it is a long process and
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essay about NIGHT by Elie Weisel
"Life is easier to take than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable." This quo
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Analysis of The Pardoners Tale
Love and betrayal are two major themes that appeared often in the works selected for this semesters reading. A theme that
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Hard Times
Thomas Gradgrind`s family is ruled by fact, and the school is in Coketown, a northern industrial town over which he presides is also dominated by it. He is dis
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Of Mice and Men5
The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is about two ranch hands, George and Lennie. George
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Hardys Dark and Dreary Heath
Thomas Hardy feels that Edgon Heath, the setting of the novel The Return of the Native is a powerful, scary, dark and dreary place. He uses various tech
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The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve.
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chaplin
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in Walworth, London, and lived a Dickensian childhood, shared with his brother, Sydney,
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Brave New World2
In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” the setting is set many years into the future. This future describes a world where science and technology have been
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Of the Cloth
William Trevor, “Of the Cloth,” New York, New York, The New Y
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On Philip Larkins This Be The Verse
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Native Son2
The Childhood, Education and Achievements of Richard Wright Richard Wright was the son of an illiterate sharecropper. He was brought up in a dysfunctiona
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Ignorance Moby Dick
Ignorance is seen every day of our lives. Even people in the 1850’s were aware of ignorance. Ignorance is defined as being uneducated or
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Huck Finn2
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character
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The Myth of King Arthur
There has been a lot of material written about King Arthur and his court. He has been a popular figure in literature for over 800 years. People believe he
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candide
In Candide, Voltaire uses many writing techniques which can also be found in the works of Cervantes, Alighieri, Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various st
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evil and charm
Evil and charm are considered by many people to be very different things. It is not often that it is thought that evil and charm coexist together. Evil is
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Howl Kaddish By Allen Ginsberg
As you read the first lines of “Howl” and “Kaddish”, the overall tone of the poem hits you right in the face. Allen Ginsberg, the poet, presents these two poem
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The allegory of Young Goodman Brown
In Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” the characters and settings are used to show allegory. The characters and setting are used in metaphor to represent some
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Beowulf vs Parzival
The act of being honorable has been written about and discussed for ages, beginning from The Laxdaela Saga to the more recent works by Tolkein, The Lord of the
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Great Gadspy
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macbethtragic hero
The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. There are many factors which contribute to the
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Night1
The Halocaust, a horrible time for the world. Just as any war is. War is the single
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Dubliners
James Joyce's Dubliners was written in 1914 right at the onset of World W
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
The novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha has no authorial presence at all, yet the reader gains a richer understanding of the situation than Paddy – or any other 10-yea
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Deifination essay
The origin of the word myth seems to be a myth in itself. Myths have generally originated from a Greek history that used an ora
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The Chrysanthemums1
The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck, is set in the beautiful valley of Salinas, California, during a time when California was the land of plenty. A place
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a narrative essay
Time sure does fly by awfully fast. I can remember when I was still in kindergarten; drinking orange juice and cookies, playing at recess,
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The Lottery1
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" portrays a small town in which the citizens gather for a yearly lottery. Unlike the "typical" lottery, this is not one you woul
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is a famous British novelist, born on Friday, February 7, 1812, in Portsea England, to John Dickens, a clerk in the navy pa
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Laughter in Austen
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” What we read is just t
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Beowulf epic
Beowulf is one of the oldest existing poems in the English language. Originally written in Anglo-Saxon, it has been translated to give readers the opportunity
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None Provided8
Consitble Warren was the only Constable in town. He was friends with everyone. He use to just stop by and sa
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Grendel1
The epic poem Beowulf tells of an evil, mysterious, and ravishing creature named Grendel. Although no precise concrete descriptions or visual ref
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Beowulf4
The epic poem Beowulf tells of an evil, mysterious, and ravishing creature named Grendel. Although no precise concrete descriptions or visual ref
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Of Mice and Men6
A common characteristic of people is they're yearning for something more. Everyone has dreams and ambitions that they try desperately to attain. Most of the
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Persuation
What do you think of when you hear the word curfew? Is it a time that your parents have set for you so you don’t stay out late? Why should teenagers have cur
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The Value of Dreams
Dreams are vital to the life of every person. Without dreams, there is nothing to plan or look forward to; therefore, no reason to live. The Younger family
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Needle Exchange Controversy
Needle Exchange Programs: The Best Solution? The United States of America has been contending with adverse social and economic effects of the drug abuse, n
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the grapes of wrath1
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions
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Of Mice and Men7
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Hardys Use of Jude and Sue in Jude the Obscure
Hardy’s Use of Jude and Sue in Jude the Obscure In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents the characters Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead, who violate the conve
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Well Rounded Education
The first day of class for a college student is like drawing cards in a poker game. Just as the cards that one receives determines th
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pot
Walking through the halls at school I sometimes think to my self; what is technology? Technology to me feels like a ticking time bomb, jus
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Paul Bunyan
Paul was a great tall man who loved to eat pancakes. In fact he was so tall that when his was little his parents had to leave him in the forest because they we
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Drinking Age
Drinking is a big problem that causes many teen-age deaths in the United States, however, many people still argue that the legal age for drinking should be red
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Compare Contrast
When most people think of the movie, “Cinderella”, they think of the animated Disney version with the little mice and the happy ending where Cinderella marrie
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The Past Is the Present
After World War One, there were many changes occurring in the world. Man’s inherent need to follow tradition was now being challeng
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A Rose For Emily1
After World War One, there were many changes occurring in the world. Man’s inherent need to follow tradition was now being challeng
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adele
In Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”, there is a slightly inconspicuous character that many readers may choose to ignore. The character that I speak of is
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Romance and Allegory Essay
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is justifiably an allegory. An allegory is a narrative constructed by representing general co
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Comparison between The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller's The Crucible are both distinctly different narratives of the Salem Witch trials. The Scarlet Let
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Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber is the author of many non-fiction bestsellers. His most famous books include: The Wolfen, The Hunger, Night Church, War Day, Wolf of Shadow
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Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus
Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through h
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Video Games Why The Bias
This Christmas, like millions of other parents, I bought my two children, a boy and a girl,
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ernest hemingway
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A Raisin In The Sun
Dreams are vital to the life of every person. Without dreams, there is nothing to plan or look forward to. The Younger family in A Ra
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A streetcar named desire
In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses his brilliant writing to bring life to his characters in the story. I
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Gawain binary Opposition
As a contemporary American reader, it is all right to assume that the first scene in which the particular character is invol
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To Kill A Mockingbird1
In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism. During this time in history racism was acceptable. Racism is a key theme in he
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Women in Beowulf
In the poem Beowulf the women play the role of peace-keepers at any cost. Among these
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things fall apart
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The Stranger Exestentialism
"It has been said that Camus '…was haunted with the notion that our world is a universe which has no place for us, in which our life makes no sense…"
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Huckleberry finn
The conflict between society and the individual is a theme portrayed throughout Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accord with the accepted ways
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Heart of Darkness3
In the classic novel Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad takes us on a journey into the soul of man. When the character of Marlow travels i
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Indigo
People are born with passion. The irony is that most people spend all their live
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Wuthering Heights2
I would like to analyze the conflicts that Heathcliff faced throughout the novel Wuthering Heights. Heithcliff’s character was very complex. He lived a troub
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berger and tompkins
John Berger's writing "Ways of Seeing" is a look into the world of art. Throughout his composition, he gives his opinions on various topics about art. Jane Tom
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Berger Tompkins and Rich
Language and images are usually a way to express what someone is thinking, however, language and images can often restrict our thinking in various ways. Susan
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The Atlanta Exposition Address
The Atlanta Exposition Address is the fortieth chapter of Booker T. Washington’s autobiography. This autobiography was calle
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Fond Memories of a Lost Moment in Time
It is curious that as children, humans have the ability to observe and remember details of specific situations and instances yet lack the ability to describe t
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anne frank1
These “Annex” people could live with hope by remembering all of the good times they had together, before they had to go into hiding. They had hope becaus
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Perception of Reality
What is real? Our perception of reality is often in the hands of the community we live in. We formulate ideas of reality usin
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crack in the box
To summarize the essay, Crack in the Box, you have to understand the writer and what he is saying, or the point he is t
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One Day In the Life Of Ivan Desinovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a story about a man, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, who is in a Russian Siberian prison/labor camp for expression of anti-S
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Huck Finn Journal Freedom
"The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the ho
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a p
In the story "A&P," by John Updike, the main character Sammy makes the leap from an adolescent, knowing little more about life than what he has learned working
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Red Badge of Courage
Henry, "the youth", was a young man who lived on a farm with his mother. He dreamed about what fighting in a war would be like, and dreamed of being a hero. He
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Ray Bradbury
"Ray Bradbury is one of the immortals among us, whose classic works of science fiction, fantasy and ho
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The Crucible The Tragic Hero
A tragedy should bring fear and pity to the reader. A man in this tragedy not should be exceptionally righteous, but his faults should com
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Rupert McCall
Jason McCall, more communally known as Rupert McCall has been called the modern day banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson. He has the ability to expre
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Stephen King
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Paddy Clarke
'Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha' has no authorial presence at all. Yet the reader gains a richer understanding of Paddy's situation than he, or any ten year old child,
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Man for all seasons
In the play, A Man For All Seasons, Sir Thomas More is faced with a number of difficult choices, namely whether to support the Ki
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12 angry men1
Every person may have his own way of defining the term "reasonable doubt." In the play "Twelve Angry Men", by Reginald Rose, one juror, number Eight, stands
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Mark Twain1
John Tomlinson Phenom6969@aol.com Samuel Clemens, better known by his pin name Mark Twain, was perhaps one of
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the blue hotel
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stroy of an hour
Throughout history the roles of women has changed dramatically. Women have been enslaved, put down and their rights taken away from them. Women have slowl
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moby dick
Richard B. Sewall claims that Melville's vision in Moby-Dick is "a cruel reminder of the original terror," in which all moral judgements are accompanied by ten
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Violence
Violence in the basis upon which we live. Wherever we go there is some form or act of violence. Most people have lost the concept of right and wrong. The l
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whose fault was WW2
Homosexuals have been excluded from our society since our country's beginning, giving them no equal protection underneath the la
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tvthe other parent
Is it parents’ fault or children’s that they sit hours in front their big glowing box mesm
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The Necklace
Mathlide Loisel is a character who has much pride in her. It is her motivation to act throughout the story, and it is the key to her downfall. Mathl
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None Provided9
There is many meaningful personal connection that was made to a key aspects of the play. For example the people that were accused and/or convicted of somet
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crucible1
There is many meaningful personal connection that was made to a key aspects of the play. For example the people that were accused and/or convicted of somet
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Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris is a man with many tallents, an a keen intrest in writing. He earned a major in English, he has written for many newspapers and is most known for
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Sula Essay
In the novel Sula all the characters have their roles that they’re molded into just like everyone does in life. Based in the time
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What makes Smith run
The theme of honesty is widely developed in “The Loneliness of the Long Distant Runner,” in which Smith tells us what honesty means
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The Chocolate War1
" Do I dare disturb the universe"(172). With these words Robert Cormier clearly shows his purpose for writing The Chocolate War. He writes it to give insigh
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Tobias George Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771), Scottish novelist, was born in Dalquhurn, Dumbarton County Scotland. Smollett was born beneath a plane
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misunderstood
The definition of a good father is as individual as the individuals involved themselves. A good father is able to support his children’s strengths, alon
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Misunderstood
The definition of a good father is as individual as the individuals involved themselves. A good father is able to support his children’s strengths, along with
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Creation of a Monster
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EMILY DICKINSON AND UNCLE WALT
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are two of literature’s greatest innovators, they each changed the face of Americ
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The Struggles of Life
Everyone is faced with struggles in life, whether physical or emotional. These struggles
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The Branded Mother and her Throwaway Child
The Branded Mother and her Throwaway Child The Scarlet Letter is a story of hypocrisy and punishment. The strict Puritan
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the downfall of macbeth
In Macbeth there were a few factors that contributed to the degeneration of the Macbeth character. There were three
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Indian Economy
India is located in the southern part of Asia and is also south of the Himalayan Mountains. This southern peninsula has the largest mineral deposits and the la
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parody
Scratchy Wilson does not fit the stereotypic persona of a traditional western outlaw. In fact, he is the opposite of everything that an outlaw is. This is sh
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The Imperialistic Views of Robinson Crusoe
The Imperialistic Views of Robinson Crusoe In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe illustrates the beliefs of a 18th century British citizen. Robinson Crusoe, st
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The Scarlet Letter5
Nathaniel Hawthorne's background influenced him to write the bold novel The Scarlet Letter. One important influence
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The Cherry Orchard
There is a convincing debate whether The Cherry Orchard is a tragedy or a comedy. Chekhov strongly argues that the play is a comedy and should be
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a farewell to arms
The book A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic about the love story of a nurse and a war ridden soldier. Th
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Huck Finn and Superstitions
Huckleberry Finn provides the narrative voice of Mark Twain’s novel, and h
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Paradise Lost2
“So oft they fell / Into the same illusion, not as man / Whom they triumphed once lapsed. / Thus were they plagued” (Milton
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The Genius of Shakespeare
Past, Present, and Future: Finding Life Through Nature William Wordsworth poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” was included as the last i
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Arthur Millers A View From The Bridge ResponseAnalysis
My initial reaction to the play was absolutely hideous, and my malcontent was vibrant. I felt that reading A View From The Bridge was a tedious waste of time
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Coleridge and the Explosion of Voice
Coleridge and the Explosion of Voice Coleridge is so often described in terms which are akin to the word, "explosive," and by all accounts he was at times a
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Fahrenheit 4511
Light, especially fire, and darkness are significantly reoccurring themes in F
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Huckelberyy Finn
Thoughts on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a true American classic. Twain creates a tremendous story about a boy, H
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Catcher in the RyeAnalysis of the scene with Mr Spencer ch
In chapter two, Holden reveals some of his most important traits through his interaction with Mr. Spencer. In this scene, it is the f
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essay on themes of tale of two cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens contained many themes that are practiced throughout the book. Two of these themes are altruism and resurrection. The
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Education of the Heart
John Steinbeck shows the readers many themes in "The Grapes of Wrath". One of the most apparent is as Steinbeck stated, "The Joads passage through a process
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What was Oedipuss crime
Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, murdered his father and married his mother. Such acts are almost always deemed unnatural and criminal; th
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Money as relates to Fences
Imagine for a moment it is your big sister’s 17th birthday. She is out with her friends celebrating, and your parents are at the mall with your little broth
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sons and lovers
I believe All New People by Ann Lamott was chosen for the Independent Thinkers Ser Sex, drugs, presidential scandals, all this and more is to be found in the
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The Lottery2
THE BLACK BOX: SYMBOLIC OF DEATH AND FADED TRADITIONS While the setting of Shirley Jackson’s
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the great gatsby
The Great Gatsby F.S. Fitzgerald, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. pp 182
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The Yellow Wallpaper The Cast of Amontillado
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Rosalind
The main themes of "As You Like It" are the pastoral ideal and the ideal of romantic love. Forest of Aden is the primary setting where these themes develop. Na
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Longing for love
Charlotte Bronte created the novel "Jane Eyre," with an overr
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Humality in franklins tale
Humanity is an important quality held by very few people. Having this quality shows your natural human nature and caring for other people rather then yourself
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Term Paper
Boredom and Its Victims in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible When bored, people tend to portray or act differently to either attract attention or change socie
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Character Analysis Pearl
One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the misbegotten offspring of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout
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king arthur vs zeus
Inside the compilation of mythical stories of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, retold by Roger Green, and Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Gree
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Geoffrey Chaucers Impression of Women during Medieval Times
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Impression of Women during Medieval Times Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in the late 1400s. He came up with the
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Death is such a contradicting situation. It is always a sad event, but in some perspectives it may or may not be a joyous event. Not to say that de
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abigail
Abigail's importance in the play is that without her the play would not exist. The play
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Good Earth
Taoists often use anecdotes to describe and present lessons of life. For example, The Missing Axe teaches that people see only what they want to see. Another i
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AnD Then There Were None chapt 13 on
By chapter 13 of And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, half of the ten guests that ventured out to Indian Island are killed. These incidents cause the
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beowolf
Apart from Wealth, Honor, and Paganistic vs. Biblical themes and motifs, character is also shown through a certain Man vs. Wild
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Geat vs Greek
Paternal Injunction in Beowulf and The Iliad Picture this. Inside the hall, mighty shields and
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Geat vs Greek Paternal Injunction in Beowulf and the Iliad
Paternal Injunction in Beowulf and The Iliad Picture this. Inside the hall, mighty shields an
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Crucible Essay
The story The Crucible takes place during the times of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. This was a time of much hypocrisy in t
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Catch 22 Satire
Joseph Heller satirizes, among other matters, red tape and bureaucracy in his first novel, Catch-22. The novel concerns itself with a World War II
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During the course of the last fifty years, society has changed significantly. In modern society a great emphasis is placed on individualism and diversity wit
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Catch 221
A cult classic, Catch-22 is also considered a classic in American literature. It tells t
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Battle Royal
“Battle Royal,” by Ralph Ellison was a very difficult piece of literature for me to understand. As a little background information, Ellison w
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Invisible Man1
"Who the hell am I?" (Ellison 386) This question puzzled the invisible man, the unidentified, anonymous narrator of Ralph Ellison's acclaimed novel Invisibl
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Attitudes to war and how
Wilfred Owen and Alfred Lord Tennyson both wrote well known poetry about war. Their poems were written in diff
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Analysis of the Cask of Amontillado
An Analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado
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the good earthwang lung
A simple, hardworking Chinese farmer is all he is. But there is more to this simple farmer, he is not just a com
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To Kill a Mocking Bird
In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are two families that are textbook examples of complete opposites
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Connecticut Yank
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a complicated novel that fundamentally deals with the concept of the human experience. Hank Morgan is a ninete
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The Lady With the Dog
In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, “It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front…” This
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Much Ado about Nothing
What kind of role model is Mark McGwire? Many people are familiar with his seventy homeruns in one season, but do they know
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ernest hemmingway1
Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a story about a man and his dying, his relationship to his wife, and his recollections of a troubling existence. It i
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the mayor of casterbridge
Many believe that a human's personality determines their place in life. In the Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy explores the role of character in determinin
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Scarlet Letter4
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the letter "A" changes its meaning many different times. This change is sign
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Often in novels, the life of an author is reflected in his or her literature. For a writer experience can serve not only as a teacher, but also as t
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Dorm Life
Dorm life at Bowling Green State University is like most other colleges. Students that live in the dorms are known to become very close, often
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A Lesson Before Dying
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the ecological self
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the ecological self2
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APortrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1.) In chapter one, a significant event was when Stephen went up to the reactor’s office to tell of Father Dolan’s pandying him. He felt that he had been fals
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Gezer
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson, seek to capture the nature of the ideal wor
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The Right to Be Free
In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, although Grant is an educated black man in the era of a racist society he has struggles
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None Provided19
We should look at the differences of the world and try to learn from them. All people have their good points and bad points. We live in a world that is not a
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Battle Royal2
After I read the story "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, I could not restrain my thoughts about issues of morality and wha
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John Donne vs Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls was said to be one of the most famous books that came out of the Spanish Civil War. This book
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A Good Man is HArd to Find
In Flanney O’Conner’s, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” a great deal of irony is used to express her views on how society and culture in the present day and how it
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19841
1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. Winston the main character is a man of 39 whom is not extraordinary in either intelligence
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Diana
Princess Diana was an exceptional leader. Diana worked as a kindergarten teacher in London until her engagement to Prince Charles was ann
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Solutions in School Murder
It is 7:30 on a normal Tuesday morning at Westside Elemen
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The Use of Metaphors in Kafkas Metamorphosis
In two ways, change is brought about in The Metamorphosis. The first is by allowing time and circumstances determine one’s decisions. The next way is by usin
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Petrified Man
One of Eudora Welty’s criticisms is that she occasionally possibly misrepresents the culture and influence of the south.
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An Argument Against Gun Control
As long ago as 1789, the creators of the Constitution realized the importance of guns in
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Douglass
In Frederick Douglass’ writings I learned that his physical struggles and his writing as resistance are nearly parallel. When Douglass is living in
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Mark Twain2
Mark Twain is proably the greatest American author to ever live. His style of writing changed the world forever. Before Mark Twain everyone wr
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Fullers Woman in the 19th Century
In her essay Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Margaret Fuller discusses the state of marriage in America during the 1800‘s. She is a victim of her own knowl
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Macbeth as a Machiavellian man
Macbeth was a Machiavellian man. He committed many devilish crimes and he bribed men to do his murderous schemes. He used the power he had against other men
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Essay on plays
Sometimes a situation in a play can be repeated in another play can be repeated in another play but receive a different reaction and/or outcome. In the short p
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rose for emily
A Rose, the Universal Symbol of Love In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Miss Emily Grierson is a lonely old woman, living a life void of all love
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JD Salinger
In each short story by J. D. Salinger, a main character struggles with a question concerning different factors in their own life. Some o
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Frankenstein Theme
There are many different themes expressed in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. They vary with each reader but basically never change. Th
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civil disobedence
Throughout the history of the United States, there have been many times when citizens have felt the need to revolt against their government. Such cases of revo
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Sonnet 23
This sonnet demonstrates Shakespeare's great ability of playing with words. According to him a person is tongue-tied when he has either too much or too little
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Greed and Cosequences
“The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence have two women in these stories that show no care or concern for anyone bu
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Thw Wife of Bath Chaucers Feminist Character Sketch
In the medieval period when women were viewed as property, held to sexual double standards and considered to be little more than heir-makers, Chaucer wrote a r
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Meritocracy
A meritocracy is an environment in which individuals are rewarded for their ability to produce. An example o
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Comparison Poems
In all poems there is a theme, whether the theme be obvious from the start or it be one that is difficult to find. No matter how long or short a poem or how
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Life a novel
In the novel, An Open Life, by Joseph Campbell, I agree that life is like a novel and that disasters result in structuring a great aspect of
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okonkwo as a protagonist
All stories have a protagonist, which is a person or place that the story focuses on and gives special traits. In Chinua Achebe's Thing
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Edgar Allan Poe
The Influence of Family and
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Bubles
I got home this morning at 5:00. I left to go out at around 6:00 pm yesterday. What I did was not the most intelligent actions that could ever be
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Frankenstein4
There are many different themes expressed in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. They vary with each reader but basically never change. Thes
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catcher in the rye
This is for an assignment where we had to write a continuation estra scene type thing in the style of Holden.
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FAHRENHEIT 451
The society in Fahrenheit 451 has many similarities along with many differences of our modern day American society. Some of the simila
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A Dolls House1
In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one
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english
Hemingway's Old Man And The Sea July 03, 1998 Click Here For Research Papers Online! English Old Man and the Sea This part of the s
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sophocles
Sophocles use of language allows his characters to show what is going on inside them to the reader. Many works of literature deal with what happens to a person
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19842
1984 by George Orwel is a dramatic novel portraying a restricted society. Winston Smith is a thin, 39 year-old man who wears blue Party coveralls. Winsto
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Native Son3
A Critical Perspective: Richard Wright's Native Son Richard Wright marked the beginning of a new era in black fiction. He was one of
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American Dominance in Works by Ken Kesey
American Dominance in Works by Ken Kesey The idea of having the power of taming an unknown, rugged territory has always been a significant goal in American
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Hamlet Revised
In the novel, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, is at sc
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A cultural revolution
The Jungle:by Upton Sinclair- “A cultural revolution ignited”
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For Lack of a Better Man
Gustave Flaubert presents one extreme side of human life many would very much rather think does not exi
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Major American Writers
The honored title of "Major American Writer" tends to be ambiguous and ill defined in part because each individual reader holds pre
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Nineteen EightyFour
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim Prediction of the Future Nineteen Eighty-Four was written between the years of 1945 and 1948. Orwell got the title from switch
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Billie Holiday
Hi, I am Eleanor Fagan Gough, or most of you know me as Lady Day or Billie Holiday. I am known, as one of America's most memorable and
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One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
When a person reads the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, they are taking a different look at the corrupt side of society through the
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The Blind Nature of Oedipus
One of the main themes in Oedipus the King is blindness. Not jus
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Great Expectations and Oliver Twist
During his lifetime, Charles Dickens is known to have written several books. Although ea
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Willy Loman
Willy Loman Compared with other Characters Literary Journalists have spent lots of time researching different characters in Arthur Miller's
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death
Death has been portrayed in many ways in literature, from a dark mysterious stalker to a celebration of eternal life. Every person has their own view of de
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Rose for Emily
It was very well known in the small town of Jefferson that Miss. Emily Grierson was from a very high class in society. As Miss Emily start
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A Comparison and contrast of nature
In the Nineteenth century Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism were popular modes o
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Portrait of the Artist as a young man
Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus
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Tale Of Two Cities Comparison of Charles and Sydney
Charles and Sydney Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, two charachters in A Tale of Two
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English 101
In comparing and contrasting the stories “Worn Path” and “Young GoodMann Brown”. Several things come to mind . We see that both authors use a lot of symboli
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Its a Wonderful life
Picture a young child full of life and happiness. The love of his parents shows through his eyes, smile, and tears. Some people
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Signs of Societys Sexism in The yellow WallPaper
Signs of society’s sexism in The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wallpaper is a story, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Although the work is short, it is one of th
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wuthering heights1
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte tells the story of a love affair that takes place two times in the story; first with Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar and th
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Into the wild
into the wild is about a man who gives up everything he owns and tries to live off the land. He hitch hikes rides and tries to get to Alaska to be a true wild
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Grapes of Wrath the purpose of the interchapters
The Grapes of Wrath: The Purpose of the Interchapters Initially, I found the interchapters to be annoyin
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Thoreau on Thoreau
Philosophers, historians, authors, and politicians have spent centuries pondering the relationship between citizens and their government. It is a question tha
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None Provided20
Unlike The Odyssey or any other epic tales, Their Eyes Were Watching God has a different perspective of what a hero is. In this novel, Hurston writes a s
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Lord Of the Flies
The classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an exciting adventure deep into the nether regions of the mind. The part of the brain that is suppres
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Illiad
The Illiad has by far endured the test of time due to the relation of ancient Greek themes to that of modern day. An abundance of themes from HomerÕs era can
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Renaissance Clothing
The Renaissance period is said the be the “Great Chain of Being.” The clothing style keeps changing every year. No one knows what to
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Different Aspects of Merlin
Merlin is a popular character when it comes to the stories of King Arthur and other stories dealing with the Arthurian age
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Daedalus and Portrait
The Daedalus Myth: Its Role in A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST... James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of complex themes developed
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Elduc in 2000
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A Dolls House2
In many pieces of literary work, there are elements that are used to help develop the audiences understanding of characters a
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John Conrad
One of the finest sytlist of modern English literature was Joseph Conrad, was a Polish-born English novelist, short story writer, essayist, dramatist, and aut
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The Stranger1
The way a person reacts to ordinary situations determines the opinions of ot
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portrait of the artist
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By: Valerie Gomez Stephen Dedalus, the main character in most of James Joyce’s writings, is said to be a reflection of Jo
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Love and Marriage in the 18th century
Our aim in this paper will be to analyze and discuss the different ways in which love and marriage were dealt with during the eighteenth century and to what
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Lifestyles Compare and Cntrast
Thesis Statement: There is always a tendency to compare our person lifestyle to that of many years ago.
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Agamemnons Clytemnestra
Analysis of Clytemnestra's Character in Agamemnon In Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon the character of Clytemnestra is portrayed as strong willed woman. Thi
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Emersons Philosophy
Ralph Emerson wrote many journals and essays dealing with the subject of transcendentalism. One of his most famous works is the essay “Self-Reliance.&#
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Emersons SelfReliance
Ralph Emerson wrote many journals and essays dealing with the subject of transcendentalism. One of his most famous works is the essay “Self-Reliance.” In “S
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sonnys blue
“I think people ought to do what they want to do, what else are they alive for. (49)” This thought is what is reflected in both “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwi
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The Chrysanthemums
An Essay for Questions #3 and #4, on page 228 John Steinbeck wrote The Chrysanthemums in 1938. Steinbeck, as in many of his novels
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A Tale of Two Cities2
In the fictitious novel Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Charles Dickens was born in
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song of solomon
The Icarus Myth in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon Throughout literature it has been common for authors to use allusions to complement recurrent motifs in
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Robinson Crusoe1
Daniel Defoe is credited with writing the first long fiction novel in literary history. Drawing from established literary genres such as the guide and provide
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The stranger
My father once said, "If you cannot love, then you cannot live." In the novel The Strang
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Distinguishing Characteristics on the Writings of Cheever an
Distinguishing Characteristics on the Writings of Cheever and Joyce James Joyce and John Cheever were two influential writers of the late 1800's and early
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Langston Hughes1
Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black poet of the twentieth century. He is described as ³...the beloved author of p
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E E Cummings
E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitaliz
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Keats
John Keats, one of the greatest English poets and a major figure in the Romantic movement, was born in 1795 in Moorfields, London. His father died when he
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Lord of the Flies Characters
In his first novel, William Golding used a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the m
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Good Man is Hard to Find
A Southern American novelist and short story writer, Miss O’ Connor’s career spanned the 1950s and early
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None Provided21
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a novelist, short story writer, journalist, critic, and screenwriter, has had international recognition for many ye
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Sin and Pennance as seen in The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne, through the eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she has gone against the Puritan ways, committing adultery. For
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SummaryThis Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise chronicles the life of Amory Blaine from his childhood up through his early twenties. Born the son of a wealthy and sophisticated woman,
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Japanese Americans
The Japanese Americans have maintained loyalty to the United States throughout the history of there immigration beginning in 1843 (Lea
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Fifth Child
In “The Fifth Child,” Lessing contrasts society’s idea of an “ideal” family to the “real” dysfunctional family in our everyday lives.
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slaughterhouse five
1. Explore the use of "So it goes." Is it to be viewed as resignation to the horrors of death? Is it Billy's response? Vonnegut's? Y
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Joseph as a Christ Figure
The story of Joseph is a two-fold demonstration of the Christian idea of an omniscient and omnipotent God with a master plan for the life of each human being
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MacbethUltimately responsible for his downfall
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy about a war hero named Macbeth, who follows his ambition with evil and who is repaid with evil. Macbeth has influ
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A History of Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a strict Methodist minister, who died in 1880, leaving his devout, strong mother to raise t
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lord of the flies
All humans have free will. All the major characters in Lord of the Flies are human! And to take it one step further they are children. I think this is reason e
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Bradford vs Morton
I have lived my entire life here in New Hampshire and upon my thinking about it, I am amazed that I live so close to history. I am bu
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Beowulf6
Beowulf is the epic story of a young hero who battles the monster Grendel and his mother. Beowulf, a prince of the Geats, the son of
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Autoethnography
In "Arts of the Contact Zone," Mary Louise Pratt introduces a term very unfamiliar to many people. This term, autoethnography, means the
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the Great Gatsby1
In his Jazz Age novel, The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald portrays society as snobs who bask in the wealth of the age. The novel was written in th
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Carnivalism and its effect on literature
"Carnivalization" is the term used by Mikhail Bakhtin to describe the shaping effect on literary genres. The idea of carnivalism is the discourse of st
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William Blake and The Romantic Period
William Blake lived from 1757-1827. He based most of his works in the style of Romanticism. Much like William Wordsworth, Blake wrote from the heart, letting
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Congo Book vs Movie
Congo by Michel Crichton was an extraordinary book as well as a movie about a group of scientists taking a journey into the heart of A
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Review Scarlet Letter
From unwed motherhood to sex and adultery, many of the moral issues and stigmas of Puritan society are still being dealt with today. In The Scarlet Letter, Hes
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THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawerence talks about a family who lived in style, but always had anxiety in their house. There was never enough money. The
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English Language and Literature in the Middle Ages
English Language and Literature in the Middle Ages English Society of the Middle Ages saw many developments and new trends, but
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Daniel Deronda by Eliot
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What Success Means to Me
Being successful can be looked upon in many different ways, such as being rich, having nice car, good job, or anything to mak
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Scarlet Letter 9009
People live with lies every day. Everyone from the President of the United States to the poorest beggar in New York City has told a lie. White
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Hedda Gabler Analysis of Brack
Brack strikes as a very immoral man from the very beginning, due to the aplenty advances he made towards Hedda. He had always subtlety hinted that he thought t
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amy tan
Amy Tans’ heartbreaking story, “Two Kinds”, is a powerful example of conflicting personalities and needs that cause a struggle between parent and child. In eve
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glaring blindness
Blindness is a very interesting and important theme to Ellison’s Invisible Man. Oftentimes throughout the novel the Narrator is blinded a
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Romantic Ideas in the Allegory Watership Down
Romantic Ideas in the Allegory Watership Down The novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, like Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queene, is an allegory. Watership
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a man for all seasons
In this play there are people who are against Thomas More. The people against him are the people who persecuted him. Cromw
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to kill a mockingbird
In 'To Kill a Mockinbird' by Harper Lee, I believe that the title of the novel was very significant. It is significant due to th
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The Lottery4
In many stories, settings are constructed to help build the mood and to foreshadow of things to come. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a story in which the
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Beowulf and Batman
The classic hero possesses strength, ethics; and, above all, fights evil. This model applied in the time of Beowulf and still applies today, only slightly mod
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The Stranger2
In The Stranger Camus shows that Meursault can find his true identity only throu
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symbolism in the crysanthemums
A good writer has many tools at hand that help them develop good story lines. There are literary techniques such as voice, point of view, character, theme, an
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Happy Lohman
Happy Loman has grown up to be a well-adjusted man of society. He has developed from a follower to a potentially successful businessman. Throughout his chil
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The moon is down
BASIC STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE STUDIES Effective learning depends upon good study habits. Efficient study skills do not simply occur; they must first be l
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Love
The word love is defined as: "a deep feeling of affection, devotion, or attachment to another person". Knowing the literal defin
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Catcher in the Rye Research Paper
A novel, which has gained literary recognition worldwide, scrutiny to the point of censorship and has e
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Ancient Art of Parenthood
Children walk home from school every day and never realize what lurks beyond their protected space (Miller 105). In today’s world
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The chosen
One of the most emotional scenes from Chaim Potok's The Chosen is when
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Ancient Art of Parenthood1
Children walk home from school every day and never realize what lurks beyond their protected space (Miller 105). In today’s world
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The nineteenth century and Abraham lincolns second inaugural
The American Renaissance is a time that American writers received more recognition as to the quality of their works. Before this time scholars looked
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Death of Salesman
Willy could not be possibly thought as a hero. There are arguments that support both arguments o
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to be or not to be a knight
To be or not to be… a Knight truly is the question presented through this story, which is a tale of Gawains trials an
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their eyes were watching god1
The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by, Zora Neale Hurston, was full of imagination, imagery and phrasing. Janie’s character and dialogue seemed
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Devil and Daniel webster moviebook comparison
In the movie and the short story, “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, written by Stephen Vincent Benet, there is illustrated
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain a young boy by the name of Huckleberry Finn learns what lif
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Patrick White Down at the Dump
Patrick White, most noted for his longer works of fiction, exemplifies his craft of storytelling in his short story 'Down
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Barn Burning
In “Barn Burning,” Faulkner incorporates several instances of irony. He utilizes this literary tool in order to help the development of his char
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Dulce et decorum est
Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors “Dulce et Decorum Est” gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem i
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Walt Whittman
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Old Mortality
Throughout Katherine Anne Porters Old Mortality, a variety of elements are present. Some of which consist of romance, memories and the illusions instilled upon
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flatland
Dimensions: you keep running into them while reading your books and attending your lectures, and in most computations they are not very difficult to handle. B
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Compare and Contrast Sir Percy vs Chauvelin from the Scarle
Compare and Contrast : Sir Percy vs. Chauvelin from the Scarlet Pimpernel Many objects and people these days have the ability to be compared an
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Hamlets Claude
In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, the character of Claude is a near perfect example of a Machiavellian character. Claude began as the brother to Kin
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return of the native
In Thomas Hardys The Return of the Native, the characters are responsible for their own decisions and actions. Eustacia, Wildeve,
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First Connfession
Frank O’Connor wrote and published two versions of the story, “First Confession”. The first version was written in limited omniscient point of view an
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The merchant of venice
In this world, there are many aspects of blindness whether it is mentally or physically. Either way, each blindness brings out the disability in each person.
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Great Gatsby Destruction of Morals
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Romeo and Juliet1
Lovers are often stopped from falling in love, but lovers have faith to help them love each other. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two sta
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Cask of Amontillado2
In “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe takes us on a trip into the mind of a mad man. The story
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Its all up to you
It's all over now. No more strict teachers, no more guidance counselors that tell you what is best for you, no more restrictions; this
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Macbeths Conflicts
Betsy Ross lived from 1752 to 1836. She was born to Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia. In 1773 she ran away with John Ross to get married. But her husband died
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Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very distinguished New England family on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Wa
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The Log Cabin in Shiloh
Many assumptions can be made about what the log cabin symbolizes or what its significance is in the story. However, one correlation stands out stronger than a
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LOTF
The first main problem the boys have in the novel Lord of the Flies is that they are unprepared for survival on an uninhabited
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LOTF1
The first main problem the boys have in the novel Lord of the Flies is that they are unprepared for survival on an uninhabited
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Power is the root of all evil
According to Perry Besshye Shelley, “Power, like a disease, pollutes whatever it touches.” In other words, many characters i
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Ernest Hemingway
“Today on the five o’clock news a man goes on a rampage at the office leaving five dead.” As I flip on the TV, I see another top story! A man has killed others
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None Provided22
The story takes place on an island somewhere in the ocean. The island is described by the author as tropical and boat shaped. Along the coast there
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Jack Kerouac
The novel On The Road written by Jack Kerouac is a book that can be read as a quest taken by Sal Paradise who sets out to test the American Dream by try
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conflict in the miracle worker
In my opinion, all the types of conflict occur in “the Miracle Worker”. There is internal conflict such as man versus self.
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The Witches In MacBeth
The witches in Macbeth serve to advance the story, reveal human weakness, heighten the tension and give the audience a hint of things to co
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Midsummer Night’s Dream was written in 16th century England. In 1595, life was as you can imagine very different. During
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The Catcher in the Rye The Nature of Societal and Individual
In a perfect world, everyone would be happy with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of others. Unfortunately, the world we live in is
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Chrysalids
Thesis statement: There really is no true or perfect human image nor can it be proven right by using religious theories which are hypocritical. Their theories
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None Provided23
The tone of many novels is set within the first few lines or pages; the r
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Future
Ever since I came to understand what I would like to be when I grow up, I dreamt to become an architect. The way I interpreted this
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Comparison of Langston Hues Peices
The short story “Thank You, Ma’am” and the poem “Mother to Son”, both by Langston Hughes are similar yet differ in many ways. In the following paragr
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Lies in Huck Finn
Throughout the tale of Huckleberry Finn as told by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), almost every character for his or her own reasons lies. This can be considere
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great gatsby
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel I have read many times and will probably read again many more times. It is my favorite novel. Although this
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Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken
The poem “The Road Not Taken” is about the one thing that every living human being will and does encounter, multiple times through out life, it is the miracle
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Love1
In theory, people make decisions about becoming involved, romantically or otherwise, with other people based upon a number of criteria
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huck finn2
In the society that Huckleberry Finn lived in everybody was to believe that whites were superior to blacks. So as Huck and Jim go further down the
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Grapes of Wrath4
Essentially, The Grapes of Wrath is a novel of social protest. It was designed to inform the public of the migrant's plight. It is a plea for the land
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The Jungle1
A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was when the minority ruled the majority. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle gives the
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Review Of Gatsby
The novel, The Great Gatsby, has many characters in it. Four prominent characters are Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, Daisy Buchana
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john milton
John Milton was born in 1608 to a Puritan family. During his service to the Commonwealth, in 1652, Milton became blind an
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doll house
Animal Imagery in Henrick Ibsen's A Doll House Animal imagery in Henrick Ibsen's play, The Doll House is a critical analyzing tool for the character develo
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Oedipus1
Sophocles wrote both " Oedipus the King, " also known as " Oedipus Rex," and "Oedipus at Colonus. " Although " Oedipus at Colonus " is looked
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friends
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Frankenstein5
A Tale of Two Cities opens in the year 1775, with the narrator comparing conditions in England and France, and foreshadowin
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kids story
Andy Morgan went to mass every Sunday. He never missed one. He went with his mother, father, baby sister, and on occasion he brought his cat, checkers
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Doll House
The Doll House: Nora’s Coming out Party Many of our choices and the things one does in a lifetime can be directly based on what society perceives to be
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Ecclesiastes
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag is given the choice to memorize many books. He is also given the choice to learn many different pie
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les miserable
Jean Valjean was an alluring hero of Les Miserables for many reasons, one of which was his drastic conversion fro
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Catch
Catcher in the Rye By: Matthew J. Previts Holden Caulfied: Saint, Snob, or Somewhere In-between? Although J.D. Salinger has onl
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ap john updike
In the story "A&P," by John Updike, the main character Sammy makes the leap from an adolescent, knowing little more about life than what he has learned working
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Ceasar Charater analysis
What Cassius says about Antony: “You know not what…that which he will utter?” Pg. 582 lines 233-236.
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Great Gatsby4
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt
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Saturday Climbing
At first, after reading Saturday Climbing, I found it just to be a simple plain story. A story about Barry climbing a cliff and having flashed back about his
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Growing Up Ingnorant
Throughout my life I have usually been on the receiving end of
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Analization of the song Super Freak
In the song “Super Freak” written and sung by Rick James, he speaks of an encounter with a woman with whom he had sex.
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Beloved1
After the abolishment of slavery, the black community became the core of African American culture and life. This was due in p
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Seperate Peace Search for peace
Searching for peace can be a challenge when every thing around you has something to do with war. Growing up can be difficult as well but through the tough tim
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software piracy
A Worldwide Problem Software piracy is defined as the illegal copying of software for commercial or personal gain. Software companies have
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gatsbys dream
A symbol is defined as something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship , association, convention, or accid
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Old Testament Allusions in Beowulf
Thesis: The Beowulf poet incorporates Old Testament allusions
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The Giver
Mr. Kester
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Many Faces of Bartelby the Scrivener
All literary works are written from a specific standpoint. This standpoint originates from the mind of the author. The author, when creating his literary wo
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beloved
Toni Morrison depicts the physical and psychological effects slavery has on an African American woman and her family following the civil war in her
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Scarlet Letter Logs
There are two main themes that Hawthorne he uses in the novel both are related. Through his diction Hawthorne seems to emphasize the severity of Puritan law as
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Wuthering Heights4
A.) Write a short (2-3 paragraph) summary of what you read for this week...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne1
Nathaniel Hawthorne, created many short stories which involved strange, or even stranger, supernatural events and behavior. Many of Ha
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A Comparison between Jane Eyre and Fanny Price
A comparison between Jane Eyre and Fanny Price There are many things that can be compared between Jane Eyre and Fanny Price, and I will focus on the fact t
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Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography Ethan FromeMarius Bewley "Mrs. Wharton's Mask," The New York Review of Books, Vol. 11, No. 3. 1964
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Wuthering Heights5
Heathcliff- this character is a genuinely evil person. He is dark and cruel. He is violently passionate, meaning he loves as strongly as he hates.
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analysis of critical analysis of leaves of grass by walt whi
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jude the obscure
Guilt, Duty, and Unrequited Love: Deconstructing the Love Triangles in James Joyce’s The Dead and Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure
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Robert Frost1
In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," we have a man who stops in the woods to watch the snow fall. The speaker finds these woods to escape from the every
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Mamet Tan
In David Mamet’s essay “The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood” and Amy Tan’s story “Jing-Mei Woo: Two Kinds,” the authors describe their personal experie
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sula
Many works of contemporary American fiction involve one individual's search for identity in a stifling and unsympathetic world. In "Sula," Toni Morriso
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The Life and Tragedy of Jack Kerouac
The Life and Tragedy of Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac was a poet who focused on the forgotten people of the world. Wherever he traveled he found the places nobod
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Night5
The book Night was written by Elie Wiesel it is also about a true story he was just a child when it all happened. The book starts off as a little boy that
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Cry the beloved country1
At the crossroads two separate worlds meet. Each opposing world examines the other. Both worlds use different customs and different languages. One world us
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Incorporation of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby
Incorporation of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author incorporates the aspect of the Am
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COMPARING THE GLASS MEANGERIE DEATH OF A SALESMAN AND A RAIS
In the stories, ³The Glass Menagerie², ³Death of A Salesman², and ³Raisin in the Sun², there are many things in common. The most common thing in all of
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Powerful but not immortal
The Epic of Gilgamesh still touches people profoundly even after many centuries because it is about issues that are common to all pe
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The Cathedral
Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” and Carver’s Cathedral provide insight into parallel words. The protagonists in each story are trapped in a world of ignorance beca
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How would an actor prepare to play Richard in Shakespeares R
How didst thou sway the theatre! Make us feel The players’ wounds were true, and their swords, steel! Nay, stranger yet, how often did I know
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betrayal short story
The snow mounted up over the jade branches of the fir trees that surrounded the log cabin. Ben and Jon, two brothers from Gothenburg, were almost
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brave new world essay
THE COMPARISON OF TODAY’s WORLD AND HUXLEY’s WORLD Huxley’s Brave New World is definitely new an
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Candide by Voltaire
In the novel, Candide, Voltaire uses many literary writing tools to prove the points in which he believes. Some of these many literary tools are irony, satire
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
“I ain’t got no people,” George said. “I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fu
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female characters in Chopins Awakening
“Every step which she took toward relieving herself
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deliverance
A true survivor can only depend on himself. The novel deliverance is a story about four characters each with different views on surviving. Every m
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Heart of Darkness5
In Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, we are shown man insights into the darkness, that is the Congo. His characters
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12 angry men2
As Thomas A. Kempis says, “Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly."” In other words, how someone feels inside reflects his or her thoughts and o
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The Lord of the Flies
In Wiliiam Golding's book The Lord of the Flies, two running themes are innocence and the loss of it and the fear of the unknown.
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good man are hard to find
The story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", is story that tells us how the society is worsening. After I read the story and from the lecture I hear
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slaughter house five1
Thesis- To be “unstuck in time” and fight or to be against war and not fight. I. How Kurt Vonnegut uses Fragmentation. A. Keeping Dresden fresh in t
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Putting on the Rye
One of the many fascinating themes in the novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” brings us face to face with a jarring assault not unlike road rage on modern societ
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susan b anthony
I. Susan B. Anthony : A Biographical Introduction Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts to Daniel and Lucy
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pearl harbor
The bombing of pearl harbor could have been avoided and many lives could have been saved if the united states didn’t have over confidence i
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
John Keats is a great British poet. He has written many popular poems. La Belle Dame sans Merci is a ballad that was written in 1819. In this ballad, the k
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racism today
There is an underlying problem that is promoting racism. It is the fact that a lot of people believe, and try to make themselves believe, tha
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much ado about nothing comparison
character in the play is Bene*censored* and he is expressed in an interesting way. Bene*censored* is a character that not only deceives other character
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repugnance
It was repugnant! Brutally ugly and ran in jots. Johnny had bought a new car and as obvioulsy used as it was - it was Johnny's new car. His little sister ran o
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Positive Aspects Genetic Engineering
A girl is born without Tay-Sachs disease, a devasting genetic disorder that has decimated a lot of babies worldwide. A l
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The Perversity of the Congo
In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad one of the major themes is the perversity of the Congo. What is good and evil in the European world becomes d
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Romanticism
Romanticism is a literary and artistic movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that placed value on emotion or imagination over reason, on the imag
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emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson lived in an era of Naturalism and Realism (1855-1910). She lived in a period of The Civil War and the Frontier. She was affe
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Shakespeare and the Golbe
These days most “theater go’ers” would pay one hundred dollars to see an exceptional performance of Romeo and Juliet , but as we go back to the year 1599,
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Bartleby1
Since he will not quit me, I must quit him. “Ah Bartleby, Ah Humanity.” (Page 140, Herman Melville) This is the key to Bartleby, written by Herman Melville
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My Antonia2
The Inability to Provide for His Family, and Why it Drove Mr. Shimerda to Suicide My Antonia, by Willa Cather, is a novel about Jim Burden and his relations
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eyes were watching god
Zora Neale Hurston's work provides the A
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Wuthering Heights6
Two Halves of a Whole Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a novel full of passion, love and betrayal. It explores
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Huck and Me
Picking just one bad habit is like getting only one piece of candy at Sweet Factory. Once I finally picked my bad habit I realized how badly I needed to work
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Brighton Rock1
“Does Greene raise his characters from mere functions in a ‘detective’ novel to characters whose motivations are believable?”
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The American Scholar by Emerson
The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson In the essay the American Scholar, Emerson portrays the scholar as a person who learns from three main things
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The Things they Carried
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their
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Catcher in the Rye4
The Catcher in the Rye By. J.D. Salinger
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King Lear1
The Development Of Gloucester, Albany and Lear People going through changes throughout their life is a universally known
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Daddy
Plath’s poem "Daddy" describes her feelings of oppression from her childhood and conjures the struggle many women face in a male-dominated society. The
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Of Mice and Men Summary
John Steinbeck wrote the book Of Mice & Men in 1937 during the Great Depression. The book is about the lives of two men who travel from job to job wo
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Jane Eyre Sonnet 79Spenser
Different people have different attitudes and ideas about true love. People also express their feelings of love in many
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Brutus tragic flaw
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in charge of the assass
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Disillusionment
Jules de Gaultier stated, “Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” I think the “war against reality” is the p
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a street car named desire
'A Streetcar Named Desire' is a very socially challenging play in the way in which Tennessee Williams depicts how brutal and d
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Choosing Destiny
Throughout life, one will encounter many ups, downs, highs and lows. It's quite obvious that some will handle the downs and lows better than others. These p
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A Passage to India
Cultural Misunderstanding in Forster’s A Passage to India In his novel A Passage to India, Forster uses a series of repeated misunderstandings between cult
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WRITING LITERARY WORKS
Literature, what is it? Well, the glossary of our handy fifth edition of Intro to Reading and Writing states that it
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iona moon
Over the years of my adolescence I personally have felt the need to run away at times. I have felt that in order for people to perceive me a certa
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Death of a salesman1
Thesis: In Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman, the character of Ben is used as a catalyst to fuel the development of the main character, Willy.
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censorship
The Catcher In The Rye The Catcher In The Rye is a book that should be kept on the shelves of bookstores and public libraries for all time. It is a book that a
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faulknersRose for Emily
“A Rose for Emily” is one of William Faulkner’s famous stories. The antagonist of it is Miss Emily Grierson, which was forced b
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Diversity
The question of weather the media’s role in establishing racial and ethnic equality is not only very easy to answer but nee
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19843
George Orwell's 1984 was a book on how the government, Big Brother, had total control over the people of Oceania. There are many reasons to believe that our
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Literary Study for Dummies
The Beginning's of Literary Study - For Dummies J A Modified Version of R. L. McGuire's Passio
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Beowulf Letter
I write to you now in great fear. Things that haunt my every waking moment, and fill every unconscienceness with trepidation. Such c
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A Prologue of The Cay
It has been may years since I; Phillip Enright was stranded on the tiny island, Devil's Mouth with my beloved friend
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The Joy Lack Club Review
"Blow from the South. The wind leaves no trail. Throw sand from the East to distract him. Blow, blow, blow. He cannot see. He is blind now. Make him lean away
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The BFG
Beginning: My book is about a Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who goes around every n
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The rime of the ancient mariner
In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of
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MITGOGAE
In the novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt tries to show the reader how Savannah has never changed. He looks at different people and
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marvell
Andrew Marvell wrote his short poem “To His Coy Mistress” in a certain way to receive the answer that he
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest3
In, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the main character is Randle P McMurphy. He sort of comes off as a New York tuff guy.
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great expectations symbolism
In life, symbolism is present all around us. Whether it is in the clothes we
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Huck Finn
“The San Francisco Chronicle” pronounced Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn his most notable and well written books. The Mississippi region is
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Space exploration
I think resources should continue to be used for space exploration. There are many people who look upon space exploration as an unnecessary expense incurred tr
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the crucible1
Back in the 1950's, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity an
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claude gueux
Victor Hugo's piece depicting the ill-fated criminal Claude Gueux is a portrayal of a common theme that happens in every day life. Gueux was an honest family
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Clovis Sangrail
Clovis Sangrail is a character featured in three of the Saki short stories covered this semester. The three featured short stories
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grapes of wrath
John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath has left much specifically untold about the authors true intentions on this book.
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great expectations1
Growing Up Most people hope for their kids to grow up into young gentlemen and ladies. I
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One flew over the cuckooss nest insanity or nonconformity
Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel, which depicts the lives of the classified, mentally insane in a strug
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Search for peace
Searching for peace can be a challenge when every thing around you has something to do with war. Growing up can be difficult as well but through the tough ti
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is considered by many critics to be what is called a flawed masterpiece. This is because William’s work utilizes
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Hamlet5
In Shakespear's Hamlet, the reader gets to know what has been called the "two Hamlets in the play," the first who is considered to be the sensitive intellectua
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imagery trace light dark
Throughout The Children of Men, there were various significant images, one of which was light/dark contrast. James used light/dark contrast throughout the en
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The Great Gatsby5
In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, certain characters developed so that they contradict another character pers
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In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, a character named Winston Smith goes through a painful, mind altering experience with tragic results. Winston is forced t
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Death of a Salesman the American dream created the Loman fa
“ The American Dream created the Loman family nightmare.” Discuss. “ The American dream has been a dream
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thoreau
In Henry David Thoreau’s infamous novel “Walden”, we are shown endless paradoxes that stem from the author’s deep and insightful views into nature’s univers
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poetry war poets
Rupert Brooke was one of the early poets in the war. He felt privileged like many to fight for their country. He died of illness in 1915 before having seen an
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Young Goodman Brown2
What is blind Faith? Faith is accepting what you are taught or told without trying to prove or disprove it, rather than discov
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into thin air
If I were to join an expedition to summit Everest I would choose Adventure Consultants over Mountain Madness, mainly because of Hall’s reputable history of suc
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Comparison and contrast between the Snows of Kilimanjaro and
"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway and "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy are both excellent literary works that both deserve equal praise
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HG Wells
One of the most prolific writers of his time, H.G. ( Herbert George) Wells was able to do it all. He was universal, and could write from many different sides.
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poetry
Identify and discuss the elements of Romanticism as given expression in John Keats' poem Lamia and William Wordsworth's excerpt from The Excursion.
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Truth in The Water Works and In Cold Blood
In E.L Doctrorow’s novel, The Waterworks, Mr McIlvaine suggests that some stories were, “not... reportorially possible... that there are limits to words in a n
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mme bouvary
Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary tells the story of a woman’s quest to make her life into a novel. Emma Bovary attempts again and again to escape the ordinarin
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was born on January 2, 1920 in Petrouchi, Russia. His parents were Judah and Anna Asimov. Isaac also has a sister Veronica and a brother Stanley.
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Research Paper Emails Effect on The Postal Service
Fred is just like any other normal American In the United States, he has kids, a family, and, before yesterday, a job to support them. According to an article
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Taoism
The original form of Taoism is sometimes called philosophical Taoism or classical Taoism. Taoism never even had a name until Buddhism came to China. It was n
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jane eyre
Setting: 19th century England, Yorkshire Moors
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Willa Cather Americas Finest Female Author
There are few female authors that have had an impact on literature as great as that of Willa Cather. Not only was she an exquisite author, but she broke throu
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Canterbury Tales Chaunticleerknow
In the book Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, gives us a stunning tale about a rooster named Chaunticleer. Chaunticle
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bless me
What is faith? Does everyone have faith? Is faith believing in something you haven’t seen but you think is true? All of these q
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samuel clemensmark twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire.
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“Nineteen Eighty Four” – Fictional World In English this semester we have studied three different texts. All three texts were based on original, fictiona
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Frankenstien Paradigm
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes o
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The Life of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill, born on Nov. 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace, the famous palace near Oxford built by the nation for John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, th
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Immigration to Ellis Island
You might wonder why someone would go through all the trouble to write an essay on immigration. (besides the fact this is an assignment in history) Mu
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Remembering
I once jumped off a two-story building just to prove how much I adored a girl. At the early age of eight, I have to admit that I was already a kid full of ho
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Bokk report Agatha christie
The Characters and short about their backgrounds: Mr Justice Wargrave - Had worked as a Judge for many years and had a fine reputation all over the countr
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Childhood In Color Purple
Reminisce of the days of being a child. What comes to mind? Romping through the forest, connected to nature? Feeling free and innocent? Basically, what soc
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Themes of Invisible Man
1) Balancing social and personal responsibility The central problem the narrator encounters throughou
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College Research Paper
Choosing a college during the final years of high school can be a long strenuous process, full of many lifelong decisions. These de
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Canterbury Tales
Are there many ways that themes and symbols can be shown in stories? Geoffrey Chaucer uses many different themes, symbols and styles in writing all of tales in
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Lightning
Lightning is a natural phenomenon that occurs more often than we think it does. That streaking flash, followed by a loud rumbling noise, tha
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iS IT POSSIBLE TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE DEALING WITH THE BOOK TH
Is it possible to control your whole life? Is there a way to know how your life will turn out before it happens? In the play of “Death of the Salesman” Willy
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Great Expectation
Have you ever wonder how wealth can bring a person happiness and how it can change a person or does it make that person a better pers
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Compare Diver and Gatsby
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF JAY GATSBY AND DICK DIVER. NOTE ESPECIALLY THEIR ATTITUDES TO LIFE, LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS, THEIR DE
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Catcher in the Rye
In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, the first person narration is critical in helping the reader to know and under
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Transcendentalism3
“Go find some twigs to make a splint quickly!”said the guide Chris, with a low tone.
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Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is a detailed story about the life of a well-educated slave published. One section of the story in
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Nature vs Nurture
IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT ON NATURE OR NURTURE HAS A MORE PROFOUND AFFECT ON A HUMAN BEING. NATURE IS WHAT A PERSON IS TAUGHT THROUGH FAMILY AND SOCIETY.
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The Assistant
Throughout Bernard Malamuds, beautifully written, The Assistant there were references to cultural icons or to religious symbols that sometimes represent
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harriet tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave. She helped so many of her black people that she became known as "Moses of Her People." During the civi
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What is Literature
The definition of literature, in the broadest sense, is everything that has ever been written. Anything from the earliest poems of Homer, to today’s web page
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Julius Caesar Brutus A Tragic Hero
In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Brutus is a tragic hero for he was easily manipulated, naive and pa
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Dog Soldiers
The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadeloup
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Goodman
What is theme? Theme is what the author is saying about the
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5 para character sketch on A Seperate Peace
Friendship is a bond that is held together by mutual respect and common benevolence. John Knowles explores this realm deeply in his novel, A Separate P
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The Yellow Wallpaper A Study of Insanity
For the women in the twentieth century today, who have more freedom than before and have not experienced the depressive life that Gilman lived from1860 to 1935
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Beowulf7
Ideals are standards of perfection or excellence. For the Anglo-Saxons of the Dark Ages these ideals were loyalty, valor, unselfishness, and a sense
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Crucible1
Notes for an essay on human weaknesses that are prominent in the Crucible (pg. 10 - Abigail Williams) Abigail lied to Parris when he asked if she had
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Bibliographic Essay on The Yellow Wallpaper
Bibliographic Essay on "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Ruth Carol Berkin's "Self-Images: Childhood and Adolescence" discusses how the eff
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FLowers for algernon
The story "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an operation to increase
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Comparison Between American and Indain Culture
Comparison Between American and Indian Culture and Values There are a lot of differences between American and Indian culture and values. As we know today, th
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catcher in the rye1
Throughout the novel, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield's actions conveyed his deteriorating mental health. Holden endured a troubled chi
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97 Freedom Ads
In America today, advertisements can be seen just about everywhere. They are frequently done on television, radio, and billboards; in newspape
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cuckoo nest
The Power of Speech and Silence in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest There are many powers associated with both speech and silence. One can use either speech
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Gone with the Wind
The novel being summarized is titled Gone with the Wind, written by Margaret M
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The Great Gatsby6
Throughout the course of any literary work many of the characters go though some sort of a change. These changes maybe life lessons which are necessary to obta
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Beowulf8
The epic Beowulf shows us how a mans’ character is tested as he encounters difficult situations. The unknown author of Beowulf, leaves behind a mystique,
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Biography of O henry
“William Sydney Porter- later known as O. Henry was born in North Carolina.” O. Henry wrote many colorful and dramatic short stories. The inspirati
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To kill a mocking bird1
To Kill A Mocking Bird deals with many primal and basic lessons in human nature. The book exposes many issues that affect most people throughout their lives. S
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Angelas Ashes
Both books that I’ve read, Angela’s Ashes and The Color of Water both demonstrated behavior than can be considered dysfunct
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
This paper will tell the reader about all aspects of the numerous problems that are presented in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watch
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English Makes the Difference
More than seven hundred years ago, when the students of la Sorbonne attended a debating session, those young men from different European countries were speakin
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The Masque of the red death
In "The Masque of the Red Death", Poe leads one event into another often. He uses much symbolism, and in the paragraphs below, I will
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In "The Masque of the Red Death", Poe leads one event into another often. He uses much symbolism, and in the paragraphs below, I will
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TotalitarianismAnimal Farm
Totalitarianism has become a fact that can hardly be ignored. During World War II when Hitler had total control to the Russia of Stalin and later Soviet leade
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native son
Native Son by Richard Wright is a novel written about a black boy trying to grow up in a white man's world. Bigger, the main charter, is growing up in a typica
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romeo and juliet1
The mood illustrated in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” changed drastically from the beginning of the play to the end. This is shown throughout the st
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Mens treatment of women in the odyssey
The Treatment of Women by Men in Homer’s The Odyssey Women in Homer’s The Odyssey are judged mainly by looks. If important men and gods consider a woman bea
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Our Town1
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town spans twelve years in the life of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Throughout this time period the play portrays both routine dail
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Animal Farm vs 1984
In his books, Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell creates two similar societies attempting to achieve per
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Night4
Note: Although Night is not necessarily a memoir--as discussed in the "Overall Analysis and Themes" section--I will often refer to it a
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julius ceaser
Summaries of Julius Caesar Act I This first Act contains only three scenes, but each are important for many reasons. It begins with two tribunes, Flavius and M
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The Courage to Stand Alone
In the 1950’s, Reginald Rose penned his masterpiece, 12 Angry Men. This play introduces us to twelve men of various statures.
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Lord of the Flies6
Is man really born with a evil persona or a persona that is worthy as an angel or is man born naked for a reason because he
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grapes of wrath1
As Tom Joad hitchhiked his way home after a four-year stay in prison for killing a man in a fight, he met up with Jim Casy, a former preacher who was returning
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cry the beloved country1
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, is the timeless novel about South Africa in the 1940’s. As powerful white men
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Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography of the life of Maya Angelou. The book begins with the divorce of her par
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Carl Sandburg
As a child of an immigrant couple, Carl Sandburg was barely American himself, yet the life, which he had lived, has def
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Taliesin West
Do you have a living room in your house? A carport? Does your house have an "open" floor plan? If so, then the way you live is be
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Scarlet Letter6
Revenge is the act of retaliating in order to get even with someone for the wrongs they have done. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter,” the author, Nathaniel H
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The Unwanted Child
THE SILENCE OF MARY’S HUSBAND AND HOW IT WILL INEVITABILITY EFFECT THEIR MARRIAGE “The Unwanted Child”, by Mary Clearman Blew, is a look into the life of th
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Why We Write
On Monday nights I get together with a few friends to exchange ideas about writing and to exchange pieces that we have writt
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Huck Finn4
Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a perfect example of how one’s heart and morals can change in difficult situations.
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great expectationsthe importance of Mrs Joe
The importance of Mrs. Joe in Great Expectations has two major parts: the significance of the character, and the sym
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Joy Luck Club
Is it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional Chinese culture, many judgments were made about a person just by observing their sex. The women
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mirth
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to kill a mockingbird1
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critical thinking about nofault law in divorce
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revelation
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revelation1
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the Crucible vs Clinton
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the scandal surrounding President Clinton can be compared in profusion. The old saying of history repeating itself is certai
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Tartuffe
In Moliere’s comedy Tartuffe, we are introduced to the family of Orgon. Orgon is a wealthy man with a beautiful daughter named Mariane. Valere is a man in lo
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Canterbury Tales The Prioress
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly to
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Catcher in the Rye Theme
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A show about nothing
In the artcle, “Is Seinfeld the Best Comedy Ever?”, author Jay McInerney agrees with Seinfeld the best comedy on television. Seinfeld
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Nenial
South African novelist and short-story writer, who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Gordimer's main themes are exile, lonelines
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Lord of the Flies7
"The two boys faced each other. There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill;
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Great Expectations The Character of Mrs Joe
The importance of Mrs. Joe in Great Expectations has two major parts: the significance of the character, and the sym
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A Dolls House3
In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, the personality of the protagonist Nora Helmer is developed and revealed through her interactions and conversations with
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Medicine River
In the novel, Medicine River, Thomas King creates a story of a little community to reflect the whole native nation. A sim
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Willys Escape
No one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these personal co
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TS Eliot
T.S. Eliot was a very influential pessimist, always and constantly thriving on his hatred of little things and his love life. Eliot was born in St. Louis Misso
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The birthmark
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a time of great change in America. In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans began to experience a shift in focus from the once strin
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setting in Tess of the durbervilles
The Role of Setting In the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Tess is faced with many different levels of happiness, from pure joy to absolute u
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The Color Purple
The novel, The Color Purple, is an epistolary novel. In the letterforms, Alice Walker gives several ideas, such as, friendship, domination,
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Great Expectations1
Great Expectations, by Charles *censored*ens is fascinating tale of love and fortune. The main character “Pip” is a dynamic character who undergoes many change
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romeo and juliette a tragic play
It is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main characters die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Sinc
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The Light in the Darkness
Author James Conrad, in his short story “Heart of Darkness,” uses light in an attempt to symbolize the civilization of the Europ
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The Crucible1
The Salem witch-trials, are an historic event that occurred during the Puritan era. It was the witch-trials that decided the fate of so many
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Dr Faustus
Tales of Faustian-like episodes are not limited to the past couple of centuries. Accounts of men signing deals with the devil have bee
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Dr Faustus1
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a significant and masterful play written by Christopher Marlow. It is a unique play that it written during the beg
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The Scarlet Letter7
In the novel The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne displays his view of sin in an assortment of his char
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PaperB
In the short story "Babylon Revisited," a man named Charlie Wales has come back to Paris with the intent of regain
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Baseball... a true American game and past time that has been part of our
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Biffs Role in Death of a Salesman
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Dante Alighieris The divine Comedy Purgatory
Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Purgatory Dante's The Divine Comedy section of Purgatory is a depiction of Dante and his struggle to reach paradise. He
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Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken1
“Robert Frost was one of the United States' best-loved poets. Frost was greatly influenced by his move from San Francisco to New England at
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short story analysis
“Are Black’s the Untermensch(Sub Person)” The history of African integration into American society has been Permeated with human tragedy. Ever since
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relationships
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Huck Finn5
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the poety of sarah hannah
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Woman Warrior
Food strengthens us, without it we are weak. Eating has always been an important factor with families living in poor conditions. Often, t
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The Three Faces of PSYCHO
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joy luck
E-AMERICAN WOMEN IN AMERICAN CULTURE In Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, there is one episode, "Waiting Between the Trees," illustrating major concerns fa
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A Tale of Two CitiesCharacter Development
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The Importance of NonConformity The Crucible
Thomas Paine once wrote, “These are the times that try men's souls.” He of course was speaking of the difficulty the colonis
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Chaim Potok and the Problem of Assimilation for the American
America has been a country of immigrants since Europeans first settled it over five hundre
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Macbeth6
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An Introduction to the rite of spring by igor stravinsky
An introduction to 'The Rite of Spring', The part I of the Rite of Spring starts with an "introduction". The texture at the very beginnin
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The Moonstone
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the beginning of time, man has used various methods on which to pas
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller1
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There are many theories as to why the witch trials came ab
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Commentary on Battle Royal
Ralph Ellison’s short story, Battle Royal, takes place in any small town in the south. The main focus of this sto
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Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown
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media in todays society
Being a teenager living in today’s modern society is no easy task. Today’s generation of youth is continually being faced with more obstacles to
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Pamela by Samual Richardson
Samuel Richardson writes in the Preface of Pamela; Or Virtue Rewarded that the novel’s main purpose lies in its ability “to give practical examples, worth
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Robinson Crusoe Emergence of the modern self
In the novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe illustrates the contradictions that drench the thoughts and actions of man as he strives to reach for God while also f
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dream
The American Dream is different for everyone, though it is most commonly associated with success, free
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Ezra Pound
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Affirmative action
When people talk about the civil rights movement, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous speech “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King. His dream in
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Analysis of Expository Text
“Anna’s Story” is a non-fiction expository text written by Bronwyn Donaghy. Donaghy’s deliberate use of language
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Feminism in DH Lawrences The Rocking Horse Winner
A Feminist Reading of D.H. Lawrence’s The man that does not know sick women does not know women.
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DeFoe Moll Flanders
In New Hampshire I had a Philosophy teacher that used to say, and I belie
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Atwoods The Handmaids Tale A Study of Rebellion
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KATE CHOPINS THE AWAKENING
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Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby tells a story about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary
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millennium
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An Entymology of the word Fuck
Fuck! Is that offensive to you? Why is the word “*censored*” such a taboo word in the English language as opposed to its definition of “copulation”? It wo
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AWAY David Gow
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The Catbird Seat
In “The Catbird Seat” Erwin Martin, a diligent employee of F & S for twenty-two years, is driven insane by new co-worker, Ulgine Barrows
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Comparison and Contrast
"Which bike is best for me?" That is the question most motorcycle buyers would ask themselves. I have chosen three separate sportbike advertisements and anal
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The Dead Child
An overview of the short story "The Dead Child" The Dead Child written by Gabrielle Roy is a story about how an young inexperienced substitute teacher helps h
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Scarlett Letter1
Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism several times in the book, The Scarlet Letter. Some examples of this are when they talk of the scaff
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medea
Through the play Medea, Euripides shows us the importance of keeping a promise given. At the beginning of the story, we see the play’s two opposing views of
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aquarium set up
This is a step-by–step instruction for setting up an aquarium. We will discuss pertinent topics such as location, purpose, an
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A Worn Path1
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandchild. It tells a story of sheer determ
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ENDERS GAME
Orison Scott Card wrote Enders game. Ender is a boy in the book who was taken away from his family at a young age to go and save the world. But at the same
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the story of an hour
Kate Chopin was a Victorian writer; whose writing manifests her life experiences. She was not happy with the principles of t
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Margaret Atwoods Significance in writing the Handmaids Tale
In 1969 Margaret Atwood first addressed the world with her pro-feminist ideas. As a direct result from encouragement and influence from literary mentors like A
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Owen Meany
During a person’s lifetime, that person may embark upon many different types of journeys. In a piece of literature, the journey motif is a distinctive idea, o
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Out Out
"Out, Out--" by Robert Frost is a poem about a young boy who dies as a result of cutting his hand using a saw. In order to give the reader a
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narrative essay
Growing up in the streets of Los Angeles one will be caught into the temptations that are out there. On
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A Worn Path2
Conflict in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" In Eudora Welty’s "A Worn Path" the conflict was not apparent at the very beginning. What was a poor, elderly sick
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Poems by Robert Frosts
Robert Frost is an American poet who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from the New England speech. His poetry was mainly about
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Strange Things About City Life
The differences between urbanites and country people are an old story in literature and commentary. Shakespeare often has a country bumpkin for audiences to l
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The Crucible2
A crucible, as defined by the Merriam-Webester Concise Electronic Dictionary, is “the state or fact of being tested (as by suffering)”,
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The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams describes Jim the gentleman caller as ‘the long delayed but always expected something that we live for’. This idea
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The Evolution Of Huckleberry Finn
“It was easier to recognize the traits that Twain was contemptuous of, since the entire book was supposed to satirize s
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light in august
Light in August by William Faulkner is a story about three character’s lives-Joe Christmas, Lena Grove, and Rev. Gail Hightower- blended together to show the c
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The Bell Jar1
People's lives are shaped through their success and failure in their personal relationships with each other. The author
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Teen Violence
Teen Violence has become an appalling problem in the US today. Statistics show that teen homicides have gone up 300% in the last 30 years. S
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A Mid Summer Nights Dream
From this paragraph, we are able to gain a sense of Theseus’ character. We find, in this passage of text, that Theseus’ is, by all means,
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Frakenstein
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To Kill a Mockingbird2
In 1960, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was first published. The book was published in the middle of the civil rights movement (Jones 53). The novel ha
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Abortion2
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetu
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No Ones a Mystery
Career choice, for many individuals in our society, is a sociological issue. (Brooks-Gunn & Schempp-Matthews, 1979). We tend to imitate what we see that we
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Abortion3
The value of life cannot be questioned. Just as a murderer will pay for his crimes, so will anyone who kills another without just cause be punished
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Things Fall apart
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to kill a mockingbird2
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch and her brother, Jem, live with their single lawyer father, Atticus who is extremely bright and fair. One summer, they meet and becom
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Emma
Jane Austen's Emma is a novel of courtship. Like all of Austen's novels, it centers around the marriage plot: who will marry whom? For what reasons will they m
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Kafkas Basteele
As presented by Franz Kafka, Karl Rossmann's life has a pattern of confinement. Kafka takes great pains to show us that Karl's reactions to nearly every insta
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Describe how social conditions were conveyed by any 19th Cen
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Describe how social conditions were conveyed by any 19th Cen
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great expectation
The novel, Great Expectations, presents the story of a young boy growing up and becoming a gentleman. He must learn to appreciate peo
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GenerationX
The generation I am apart of is called “Generation X” and we are kno
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The Outsiders
The book took place in rural Vermont with a young Shaker boy named Rob Peck. The novel was basically abo
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Ny Name is Asher Lev
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An Analysis of the indomitable spirit of man in Henry Wadswo
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The Progression of the Eighteenth Century Novel Shows How Society Takes Over the Role of God The progression of the Eighteenth Century novel charts the tr
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silas marner
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Themes of The Glass Menagerie
“The Glass Menagerie” is a play that contains intense human feelings; frustration, shyness, regretfulness, anger, and sadness. The play
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ANIMAL FARM CHAPTER XI
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HOW DOES JACK BECOME MORE AND MORE EMBROILED
Jack, influenced by his family, is becoming more and more like his family. His family is corrupted and when they lead Jack into their problems, Jack, as princ
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Chickamauga
Ambrose Bierce’s “Chickamauga” is representative of his typical subject matter, theme, and style.
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Lord of the Flies8
The Shattering of Reason within a Society William Golding in his novel Lord of the Flies symbolically describes the degeneration of a civilized society
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The Duke and King represent in a very raw, extreme form, a general psychological tendency of the respectable citizens Huck has enco
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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You Never Know
I awoke. There was a crash on the main deck. I heard a loud crack from above. I ran up the stairs and what I saw shocked me. T
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The awakening
Edna is married to a man who expects perfection of her as a wife. He does so mostly because of the image he need
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wilfred owen
Wilfred Owen was a famous British war poet in World War I. The horrible violence of war turned Owen into a poetic genius. In a two-year peri
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Pride and Prejudice2
Views of marriage and social class in the society of 19th century England were very different from views in modern American society. In 19th century England th
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Lawn Party
Ann Beattie writes her short story “The Lawn Party” as a male narrator. Because men tend to be less emotional than women are, this makes the narrator’s point
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To Kill a Mockingbird A Discussion of Major Themes Within th
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symbolism in the awakening
The Awakening contains many symbolic features, such as the way Edna uses art, the birds (the parrot and the mockingbird), sleep, music, and the houses Edna Po
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Angelas Ashes Franks Moral Intellectual Development
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pychoanalysis of cassius and caesar
In the play, Julius Caesar, many characters are objected to possible failure. Two of the most prominent of these characters are Cassius and Caesar. Th
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Huck Finn6
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character enters a transitional period of his li
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Coffee Hour descriptive essey
The clock, left in the family house for more than a few generations, announced noon. Noon witch as long as they remembered was used for nothing more than a sit
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Criticism of Anne Tyler
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In the essay “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell describes an internal conflict between his personal morals and his duty to his country—moreover, his duty to
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Whuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights7
The story of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights revolves around the passion that Catherine and Heathcliff felt for each other. These passions run extremely deep
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Native Son4
The title of the novel begins to explain Bigger's situation; he is more a child of the city itself than of human parentage. His soul is as stunted as an undern
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transcendentalism in dead poets society
Transcendentalism emerged as a philosophical and literary movement during the nineteenth century which focused on intuition and the individual conscience. Es
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Red Badge Of Courage
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The Divine Comedy Essay
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as you like it
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love in great expectations
Of the major themes from Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" to be discussed as to their importance concerning its structure, I have selected love in th
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Once And Future King
In the book “The Once and Future King”, by T.H.White, the author clearly shows what the important values and knowledge a king or leader must have. He/she mus
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The Canterbury Tales Women
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Beowulf as a Christlike Figure
The epic poem, Beowulf, recounts the tale of a man named Beowulf who sacrifices his
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Childhood memory descriptive piece
Every fortnight I was faced with the taunting experience of retrieving the eggs and every fortnight the task became more and more daring. Each morning at Noni
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Logic and Argumentation are central to persuasive communicat
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Justified Revenge
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determine a friend
Finding out who someone really is can be a very difficult thing to do. Knowing who some one is inside and out takes time and dedication.
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organized crime
When most people think of the Mafia they think, murderers and gamblers. But in fact the Mafia is more than just a bunch of “wise guys” sittin
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Hemmingway1
Ernest Hemmingway was not only a great American writer but he was also a great showman. His shameless self-promoti
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None Provided28
There are several different holidays throughout the year, which are celebrated in a variety of ways.
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Invisible Man Theme
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school violence
When attending a college or university, students can either decide if they would like to live on or
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slaughterhouse five
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Isnt it ironic
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Two Hearted River
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beowulf1
The epic poem Beowulf, written in Old English by Christian monks around 750 AD, is a wonderful adventure story about a warrior who
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The Great Gatsby and the Destruction of the American Dream
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To control human thoughts, intuition, emotions and actions are to control humanity, and that is exactly what the Inner Party had done in George Or
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The Sun Also Rises3
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A Review of short story The Luncheon by W S Maugham
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Lysistrata
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Jackie Robinson
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Poverty and Predjudice The Hammon and The Beans
Many times in literature the most useful device of a writer is the symbol. Symbols are used to add deeper meaning to everyday objects. An author may use
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Clod Sassy tree
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cold Sassy tree
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Cry the beloved country2
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Medieval Literature and Poetry Illuminated Manuscripts
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The Lottery5
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US History
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Arabic Calligraphy
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Every man’s goals and ambitions for the future vary from one to the next, yet all share a common bond, all hope for their own personal
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Happily Ever After
People say when you marry someone you don’t just marry that one person, but you marry that person’s whole family. Every family has
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Info on Bradstreets Sermon
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Scarlette letter
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the crucible2
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Peeling Away the Layers
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Fear
Fear is in every living organism, be it animal or human there is always an acute amount of fear. I have never known anyone not to have this, or any
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Heart of Darkness7
In just the opening pages of ‘Heart of Darkness’, Conrad’s aptitude as a writer becomes abundantly clear, for the subliminal nature of his writing is constantl
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Images of Freedom and Confinement in Boys and Girls
Many of the images and events in "Boys and Girls" have to do with freedom or the lack of it. The narrator defines freedom in a number of situations. In this
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A Good Man Religious Pt of View
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Literary Analysis
Literary Analysis: "A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner In William Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily," the rose symbolizes many things
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Irony
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In the play "Macbeth", I think Shakespear, the author, uses characters in the structure of the play to a large effect. In Act1,
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Fredrick Douglas and the Duality of his Nature
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Hamlet8
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Death of a Salesman1
The purpose of this brief essay is to examine Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, with respect to its reflection of the impact of
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descriptive essay
I glance up at the scoreboard; the clock reads 2:15 left in the fourth quarter. My team is down by 3 points; we have eighty-five
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Anna Karenina
It had grown quite dark and to the south, where he was looking, there were no longer any clouds. The clouds had passed over in th
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Araby Light vision and beauty
‘Light, vision and beauty’ by NWOSDM The setting in "Araby" reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light, darkness and beauty. The exper
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The Stranger3
The Macmillan dictionary for students defines “stranger” as: 1. Person with whom one is not acquainted or familiar. 2. Foreigner, outsider, or newcomer. 3. One
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None Provided30
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson E. M. Forster says that the first thing all novels have in common is that they tell a story. In your exper
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Othello1
Ultimate Villain In the movie, Othello, the Moor of Venice, I found the play very tragic and sad. It is a love
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The Dynamics of Sarty
In the story Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the character Colonel Sartoris Snopes, nicknamed Sarty, displays many different and interesting traits. Most of
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sister carrie
Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is a simple tale of a young, pretty eighteen year old girl Caroline Meeber also know as Carrie.
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sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is a simple tale of a young, pretty eighteen year old girl Caroline Meeber also know as Carrie.
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Christy
Christy Paper September 4, 2000 Christy came upon strange and unusual conflicts in her situations that were fresh and n
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suffering Crime and Punishment
Suffering in Crime and Punishment In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of every character's role. However, th
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Heroism of Beowulf
Beowulf was written in the eighth century by an unknown author. The story is centered on Beowulf, the main character, who go
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seperate peace
The novel, “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles looks into the life of young men on the verge of adulthood. Some of them are not able to cop
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The Go Between
How does Hartley use the setting of the novel,The Go Between, in terms of time, as a fitting backdop for Leo's story Hartley chose to set his story in the y
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JANE EYRE
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë applies the use of diction and metaphoric language to reveal Jane’s state of mind upon the returning to Thornfield after a long
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Poes the Raven
In Edgar Allan Poe’s poems he writes about death and darkness. Throughout his poems, “The Raven” and “The Bells”, Poe writes of death, darkness, and evil.
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poes the Raven
In Edgar Allan Poe’s poems he writes about death and darkness. Throughout his poems, “The Raven” and “The Bells”, Poe writes of death, darkness, and evil
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barn burning
William Faulkner's short story, "Barn Burning," discusses the problems of the sharecropper, in the late nineteenth century South. Primarily a story about the r
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Charles Dickens Tone
When creating a story many authors, like Charles Dickens, show and express their feelings on certain topics through their writings. Charles Dickens uses this t
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Wife of Bath from the Canterbury Tales
The most obtentatious of the travlers, the Wife of Bath has been married five times and is currently searching for another man to marry. The Wife of BAth is op
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Seeking the American Dream of Success Arthur Miller’s “ Death of A Salesman” could be described as a study in the American Dream ideology, a system that
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frankensteins illfate
In both publications of Frankenstein whether it was the movie or the novel, we see Frankenstein’s ill fated life. For a man
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Alices Dilema
"In Lewis Carroll's nonsense world, of Alice in Wonderland, we are privileged to see our familiar adult society (somewhat ex
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the awakeningcomedy and tragedy
Comedy and tragedy have always been separation into separate genres. Certainly most tragedies had comedic moments, and even the craziest comedies were at times
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catch 22comedy and tragedy
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Character AnalysisI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya's beautiful, vivacious biological mother, Vivian Baxter, emerges as an important charact
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Patterson in Heroic Literature
English 283 discusses many themes of British Literature, covering novels from ancie
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Beloved2
April 19th, 1996 A critical analysis of the main characters and plot from the novel "Beloved" (BY TONI
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Katherine Mansfields Life of Ma Parker Womens Plight
Katherine Mansfield’s “Life of Ma Parker”: Women’s Plight Katherine Mansfield’s “Life of Ma Parker” presents the plight of Ma Parker as a working-class w
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Friendship
Honesty, companionship, and loyalty are the components that configure a true friend. First, honesty includes both persons remaining truthful, sincere, and fr
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Yellow Raft in Blue Water
“When writers write from a place of insight and real caring about the truth, they have the ability to throw the lights on for the reader.” (Anne Lamott)
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William Blake
William Blake seemed to deal a lot with nature throughout his poems. He also seemed to deal with things inside of nature such as people, senses,
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Mothers and Daughters
Mothers and Daughters, A Lifelong Relationship. The relationship between mothers and daughters affects women strongly at all stages of their lives. Even tho
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Hard Times2
"Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive.
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Claude McKay
Festus Claudius McKay, aka Eli Edwards, was born in Jamaica on Septe
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The Logistics of a Lesson
Parable: A short allegorical story designed to convey some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition)
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the americam dream
People may say that the definition of the “American Dream”, means to be wealthy, others may argue that it means to be healthy. Most p
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Hiking the Appalacian Trail
I remember exactly what I felt as I stepped out of the truck and into the afternoon sunlight. I was at Lehigh Gap, a drop-off point where the Appalachian Trai
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natures beauty
Only a few of my friends share my passion for caving or as it is called in the professional world
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Metacognitive Essay
Going into British Literature and Composition, I had no idea what to expect. I thought all I would be doing was writing essays, indeed there was allot of es
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Mask of Hamlet
In Shakespeare^Ns tragedy, Hamlet, there is a prevalent and almost overwhelming theme. All throughout the play, all
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Antigone is the heroine
The debate over who is the tragic hero in Antigone continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the hero is a strong one. There are many critics who be
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Oedipus Rex1
His fortunes are most changed, his state
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The Child by Tiger
The idea Miss Watson has of Huck Finn being a dirty, nasty, vulgar little boy who smokes, swears, and stays away from Sunday school is not a justifiable descri
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Book Report on For Whom the Bell Tolls
The title For Whom the Bell Tolls symbolizes the uncertainty of life and destiny, where the main character in this story finds himself in a ser
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In the Time of the Butterflies
The main point of Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies” is to
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Huckleberry Finn2
The idea Miss Watson has of Huck Finn being a dirty, nasty, vulgar little boy who smokes, swears, and stays away from Sunday school is not a justifiable descri
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mice and men1
Title of Paper : Essay on "Of Mice and Men" In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses stereotypes and
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Lord of the flies Reading Log
This sentence is appealing because technically, Piggy himself is a kid. Piggy th
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a good man is hard to find
The short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor is about a fami
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what makes sammy run and my life
What Makes Sammy Run, The Moral Compass, and My Life
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Wuthering heights
At the beginning of Wuthering Heights Lockwoode makes a mistake in assuming that young Catherine II was Heathcliffe’s wife. It is easy to see how
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Faith
"Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one" (Ephesians 6:16). Goodman Brown did not have faith. He di
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of mice and men4
This book is set in two places. It starts beside a stream, close to the Salinas River, a few miles
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Connection to Markism and Animal Farm
I think that the farm is not located any where. But obviously the farm is a symbol of Russia. The location of it I think would be anywhere. I don’t see why
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
In Ray Bradbury’s novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, the two protagonists, boys, both nearly fourteen years old, go by the names of Will and Jim. They live
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miscellaneous
Strong, dominant, proud, competitive, successful, well respected, quick to pounce on anyone, impatient with unsuccessful men, afraid of being like his father:
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Woodstock 69
Woodstock, the Festival of the Flower Children, has had a huge impact upon the world that we live in now. Not only did it cause so much happiness and pain
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The Scarlet LetterSymbolism
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is P
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What is Irony
Irony is a method of assertion used by authors in literature and poetry. Although many writers have employed this literary technique for centuries, the meanin
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analysis of the great gatsby
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Bouldering
When my brother, 29, offered to take me rock climbing, I was thrilled to go. We left our house at about 10:00 in the morning, and started down the
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Blue Winds Dancing
The author is an Indian, he is describing the geography of different states one by one, as he passes by each one of them. He lives i
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Epic of Gilgamesh1
Supporting the Ban on Assault Weapons
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Henry David Thoreau
Why was Henry David Thoreau such a wonderful writer? He had many great qualities, but the most important were his devotion to nature a
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The conflict of Self
The best way to sum up Nel and Sula lies in a quote from the novel Sula. Morrison tells the reader that two very different black girls grew up in the Bottom.
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I killed The Deer
The poem I choose was “I Have Killed the Deer”. This poem was written by a Pueblo Indian. He explained how throughout his life he took the other lives of
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beowulf heroism
The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person
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macbeth2
Can you imagine working for the following company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: *29 have been accused of spousal abu
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Soldiers Home
As you already know, war and its affects are major themes in Hemingway’s writings. In the introduction I mentioned that Hemingway was wounded in battle. When
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Doctor Faustus the Aristotelian Hero
Heroes envelop the idea of a noble person who fights for the rights of the “little” people. He or she commits a deed that goes above and beyond the call. This
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The Seafarer and the Wanderer
Anglo-Saxon elegies deal with male camaraderie and the bond between man and his creator. Although there are many elegies, The Seafarer and The Wanderer are tw
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Color Purple and Macbeth
What is a perfect human? Human perfection may be measured by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of ch
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Essay On Flowers for Algernon
In this story, the intelligence of a mentally challenged man is greatly enhanced by neuro-surgical treatments. He forms an attachment with a mouse named Algern
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Loss of innocence in Catcher in the Rye
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Death of a salesman
Will Loman, the salesman, portrayed as one of the great specimens of the modern age hard working middle class men. He was a man wh
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A Farewell to Arms1
Ernest Hemingway intended this book for a mature audience. Considering the way he describes the horrors of the book. Erne
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Water symbolism throughout the novel
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, is a story about love and war. Frederic Henry, a young American, works as an ambulance driver for the Italian army in
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My story
I could smell the vodka entering my lungs, surrounding my body in its evil presence. I held my knees close to my body, and rested my head upon a kneecap. The s
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the color purple
Gender roles play a very important role throughout “the Color Purple.” Each character in this book are very different from
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george orwell
Imaginative Characteristics in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving was a well-known American author who lived in the early nineteenth century . As
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Les Miserables
Les Miserables is a story, a very long story, which has been categorized as a classic. The story is about 1200 pages long. It is an ep
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Jonathan Edwards
The Puritan man must tread lightly and avoid sins in order to enter the good graces of God. Otherwise, the undeserving man will plunge by God’s own hand into t
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The Crucible3
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, some of the characters showed courage when the live’s of their loved ones were at risk.
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capital punishment
How criminals should be punished? Before any test in class, some students who are not well prepared for the test usually think about cheating i
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The Pearl1
Character Analysis of Kino from "The Pearl" Kino, a character from the story "The Pearl," is a prime example of a developing character. From the start thro
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Oscar Wildes Tour of the Americas
In the early 1880’s, when Aestheticism was the rage and despair of literary London, Wilde established himself in social and artistic circles
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Scarlet Letter Hester
The character of Hester Prynne changed significantly throughout the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester Prynne, through the eyes
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A Rose For Emily3
William Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” portrays a post-modern culture of the old south. More specific in this story, images of death are f
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Pearl Essay
Children are, by nature, incredibly sensitive creatures. They can sense almost any emotion an adult might feel just by observing a particular person’
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is basically
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Ever looked outside the window and seen a dove? A white dove in particular? The white dove in the dictionary is defined as a small wild pegion, however,
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Madonnas remake of American Pie
Bye Bye, Miss American Pie. Hello, Madonna "Bye Bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry……"
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Symbolism in The Lesson
Various symbols are used in “The Lesson,” by Toni Cade Bambara, to represent the social and economic inequality faced by the children in this story. The child
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Reasons ot kill animals
“ Reasons to Kill Innocent Animals ” As a woman and animal lover, I could understand Joy William's feelings and motives in “The Killing Game”. Ms. William'
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Death as a theme in Modern Poetry
Death has been and always will be an interesting and compelling topic among poets and authors alike. Death sheds a mysterious vale over life and is often avoi
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Womans Studies
Oppression is defined by The Collins Paperback English Dictionary as, “to subjugate by cruelty, force. etc. To afflict or torment. To lie heavy on (the mind,
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Death as a theme in Modern Poetry1
Death has been and always will be an interesting and compelling topic among poets and authors alike. Death sheds a mysterious vale over life and is often avoi
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Walden
Walden , or Life in the Woods was written during Henry David Thoreau’s stay at Walden Pond, an excursion that lasted over two years.
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On The Bench
In his essay, “On The Bench”, Robert Parker shows the trials and tribulations of trying to be both mentally and physically strong. He writes about how horribl
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Learning Log
The story is based on a man in the coast guard. He is recalling parts of his past. He talks about how he looks forward to Thanksgiving. He is a cook in the c
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tale of two cities
In "A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens created two of the most contrasting characters ever put into a book. One is the bloodthirsty Madame Defarge, and
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE POEM IF YOU SHOULD GO BY COUNTEE CULLEN
In the poem ‘If You Should Go’, Countee Cullen emphasizes on the understanding of human joys and sorrows. The importance of joy is shown using different exam
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I Stand Here Ironing
In the short story “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen, the reader is introduced to a mother faced with a strong internal conflict
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Analysis of the Raven
In the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Alan Poe, he uses many different elements as symbols. A raven is usually the symbol of something dark and sinister. A rave
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My ideal roommate
My ideal roommate would be a very cooperative person. Becaue we woud share an apartment together, we would have to help each other. If I were ever sick whe
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dubliners by james joyce
A collection of short stories published in 1907, Dubliners, by James Joyce, revolves around the everyday lives of ordinary citizens in Dublin, Ireland (Freidri
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slaughterhouse five1
Description of this essay : Slaughter House five Could theirs be the ideal society? It's quite possible. Vonnegut's portray
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Downfall of an Archaic Society
Life is fickle and most people will be a victim of circumstance and the times. Some people choose not to let circumstance rule
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The Tragic Hero
"Man is here too little and too passive to play the tragic hero". In Death of a Salesman, Miller presents us with a new version of what we define as tragedy
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Duologue and monologue to increase dramatic tension mending
The poems ‘Mending Wall’ and ‘Home Burial’ are about division, both on a physical level and on a mental level. ‘Mending Wall’ on first reading is a very simp
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An Inspector Calls Differences and comparisons of Arthur B
“An Inspector Calls” by JB Priestly Differences & Comparisons between Mr B. and Sheila Arthur Burling is the main man in the Burling family, and
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public relations
Public relations is the process used by businesses or organizations to present the most favorable image for them to the public. It is
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Review of Poes Cask of Amontillado
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge… at length I would be avenged; this was a po
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Cat in the Rain
Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Cat in the Rain” is, on the surface, a simple tale of an American couple in Italy. However, the reader soon realizes that
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Death of a Salesman2
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman explores the ever-elusive American Dream. It is something that we all chase after, yet we have differe
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A Day in the Life of Catherine Bana
Paringaux’s article “A Day in the Life of Catherine Bana,” is one that is both moving and informative. It’s description of the daily routine of a wife and mot
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman experienced astonishing success during her life. When she died in 1935, she left behind a legacy of ingenious writing. “C
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The Things They Carried Tim Obiran
Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” is a tale that deals not only with the physical risk of war, but also with the emotional effects it has on the young s
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A Dolls House4
A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen, is a play that focuses on the way that women are seen, especially in the context of marriage and motherhood. Torvald,
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Wher are you going where have you been
A famous short story is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. This stunning story describes how the seemingly perfect girl, Conni
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Letters from The Samantha
An interesting short story is “Letters from The Samantha” by Mark Helpin. This story tells the fascinating tale, in the form of never sent letters, of an
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charcters of slaughterhouse five
Kurt Vonnegut - Plays the role of himself in the first chapter, as he tries to get a grip on the Dresden book he feels the need to write. Appears
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Stephen Kumalo
Stephen Kumalo Stephen Kumalo, who was an Anglican preacher with great moral
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Self Reliance by Emerson
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson The quote that most provoked thought and emotion from within me comes from the essay "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emers
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A Good Man is Hard to find O Conner
The short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor could be viewed as a comic strip about massacre and martyrdom. What stops it from becoming
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Themes in Escape from Warsaw
A widely used literary term that typically portrays a particular theme in a novel is the symbol. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Ian Serrailier’s Escape
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Nineteen Eighty Four TEST RESPONSE
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Nineteen Eighty Four TEST RESPONSE1
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Nineteen Eighty Four TEST RESPONSE2
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Samuel Clemens profile
Many sources tell us that Sophocles wrote more then one hundred plays, but only seven of them have survived the
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Arguement on the Provision of Cable Television on College Ca
There is a Problem with Having Cable Television on College Campuses Eleven o’clock on a Tuesday night, walking through the brightly lit halls, many doo
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Imagery in Robert Frosts Poetry
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themes in The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
One theme that I found recurring throughout the novel, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, was love. Lady Brett Ashley was a beautiful woman who seemed t
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KILLER ANGELS
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Macbeth Misplaced Priorites
Success in life is often derived from careful prioritization. Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, is a play about one man’s long time ambition, which drove his desire
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Romanticism1
The definition of romanticism is noted as a romantic spirit, outlook, tendency, etc. or the spirit, styles, and attitudes of, or adherence to the Romantic Move
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Holdens Beakdown
“This fall I think you’re riding for- it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or he
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Expressive Essay
My blanket was quilted and many times my size. It was stuffed with cotton and dyed with pictures of cats and dogs. It was my first birthday present, and it
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Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad: An Innovator in British Literature Joseph Conrad’s innovative literature is influenced by his experiences in traveling to
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the black
Here is a tale of an incredibly courageous black stallion. Down on Hopeful farm there is a guy named Alec Ramsay
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Wuthering Heights Relationships
Since the dawn of human thought, man has sought to define the relationships between all things surrounding him. He categorizes every
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Process essay How to Change a Babys Diaper
How to Change a Baby’s Diaper As a teenager who might baby-sit or even as an adult, there will come a time when you’ll have to change
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english1
Analysis of the Character Walter in “A Raisin in the Sun” Everyone in America wants to achieve some sort of financial success in his or her life. Som
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American Dream
Show how Willy Loman's "American Dream" of success can be compared to at least three other works of literature we have read this semester and
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Mark Twain3
Mark Twain is important to American literature because of his novels and how they portray the American experience. Some of his best selling novels were Innoc
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separating mary shelley
“Inspired by this wind of promise my daydreams become more fervent and vivid” (Shelley 1). Mary Shelley, a great poet of her time, left many legacies and ins
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Bartleby The Scrivener1
Most everyone remembers a favorite story that he or she has read. A book that just captivated the reader from beginning to end.
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Bartleby The Scrivener2
There are many ways to develop a character in a story. A good development of the charact
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Bartleby The Scrivener3
Can one think of a better way to describe something, other than by comparison to another
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Money Money
Some people say that money is the root of all evil, but even so, it is realized that o
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Metaphorically Speaking
Can one think of a better way to describe something, other than by comparison to another
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Six Characters
In Six Characters in Search of an Author Pirandello illustrates the point that in art there is no one reality, only perceptions. Art is one perception held by
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a raisin in the sun
A domestic drama set in a tenement on the south side of Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (whose title comes from Langston Hughes's poem "Harle
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Tale of two cities
In the fictitious novel Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Charles Dickens was born in
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The Rainmaker
Enticing readers and basically giving people something good to read, John Grisham is an established star in literature. What makes his boo
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The Effect OF The Supernatural Upon Events In Shakespeares M
At the time Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, people were interested in the idea of the supernatural and the unknown. It would
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Susan Bordo
Susan Bordo works at the University of Kentucky as the Otis A. Singletary Chair of Humanities. She also is a philosopher
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Fate in Oedipus rex
Through Sophocles’ use of foreshadowing in the play Oedipus Rex, certain truths
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Scarlet letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter is centered around various themes. Sin, Puritanical beliefs/society, and faith are the main three themes that
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A Separate Peace1
Most stories’ titles give readers some insight of what the story will be about. This important concept is seen in the novel, A Separate Peace, written by John
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frankenstein1
“The Role of Appearance in The Unjust Isolation of Frankenstein’s Creation” A Swiss Proverb once enlightened, "When one shuts one eye, one does not hear ever
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Fitzgeralds winter dreams
English Study: Discussing “Winter Dreams” as a Love Story Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic love story. It includes all of the stereotypic
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The scarlet letter
Death, deceit, beauty, and love: These are some of the many themes of Hawthorns The Scarlet Letter. The most visible theme in this novel
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Family
There we stand; our hands locked in a marriage, which seemed so impenetrable. Yet, we knew that it was time for this marriage to have its temporary divorce.
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A Rose For Emily4
Love as defined by Webster’s is “a strong and deep feeling of attachment, great affection; passionate attraction and ardent affection, especially
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William Blake1
William Blake wrote during the Romantic period which was a span between 1785 - 1830. Other great writers during this time w
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TranscendentalismRalph Waldo Emerson
Transcendentalism, in philosophy and nature, is the belief in a higher reality than found in sense experience or
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the giver1
What would your life be like in a utopian society? Jonas knows what it is like. He has lived in one for twelve years. At the age of twelve he is chosen to be
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Thoreau
Henry David Throeau’s continuous life theme was his struggle to survive in the world without selling out like he felt most of society had a
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Women vs Men
(Or That’s Just What We Let Them Think) Call me Sybil. I have two personalities. One is the helpless, quivering ma
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Amy Tans Two Kinds
For a lot of us growing up, our mothers have been an integral part of what made us who we are. They have been the one to forgive us when no one else could.
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Catcher in the rye
In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield finds himself a protector of innocence. Throughout the whole book, the idea that children lose their inn
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Touch the Dragon
I enjoyed Touch the Dragon, and throughout made little connection with Karen's realisations, observation
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The Sun Also Rises4
E Ernest Hemingway uses a male perspective to reflect his narrative throughout “The Sun Also Rises”. For the most part this novel centers on masculinity and t
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Waiting for Godot
1. In what way is Vladimir and Estragon two parts of the same whole? Although Vladimir and Estragon are two different characters, it's
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Malcolm X
The name “Malcolm X” still stirs emotions of fear and hatred in many Americans. When he was murdered in the Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 19
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The name “Malcolm X” still stirs emotions of fear and hatred in many Americans. When he was murdered in the Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 19
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Biography malcolm X
The name “Malcolm X” still stirs emotions of fear and hatred in many Americans. When he was murdered in the Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 19
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oedipus1
In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. There are a number of characteristics that identify a tragic hero. Althou
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A Good Man is Hard to Find1
The story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Plannery O' Conner is a very interesting story. In the story an old woman says, "People are certainly not nice like
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What conclusions do you draw about Bronts
Brontë’s novel seems to contain all the typical, traditional Victorian social values and divisions such as the master of the house with servants below him a
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Why we should keep the drinking age at 21
Why We Should Keep the Drinking Age at Twenty-one
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Ebooks
The frenzy over electronic media is becoming a hot topic for many reasons today. E-books, one of the newest electronic sources, are becoming more and more t
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Lucy Stowes Journey
When Lucy Stowe boards a ship to travel to Villette, she is asked "Are you fond of a sea-voyage" by (the yet to be known) Ms. Fanshaw.
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the oresteia
The Oresteia trilogy consists of three closely connected plays. In Agamemnon, the great Greek King of that name comes home after the long war; they are victori
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Riske vs Reserved
Women in the 20th century would most likely stand out if she were to be transported back into the time of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
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gore vidal
Gore Vidal is a well known. He has written various books such as "The Thirst Evil" and "The City and the Pillar". Through my research on Gore Vidal, I did no
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The Ministers Black Veil verses Goodman Brown
The Veil of the Minister and Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Young Goodman Brown” are two stories that are
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Dead End Marriage
In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” a wife takes the news of her husband’s death quite differently than most wives. Some might
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what is a hero
To Random House Editorial Review Board: What is a hero? Everyone's vision is somewhat different.
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Process Essay Telling Your Children You Have Cancer
Thousands of people every year find out they have cancer. Over half will have to go through some type of chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Both are
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A Dolls House5
In many literary works, there are characters in which portray both similarities and differences. In the Play "A Doll's House," by Hen
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Hedda Gabler2
In Henrik Isben's Hedda Gabler, he masterfully portrays the main character, Hedda, as "neither a monster nor a saint…[she] is simply a t
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Comparison essay of Isadora and Art and Isadora
It is always amazing to see how two different writers can use different techniques and writing styles to write about the same subje
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Lord of the Flies9
The novel, Lord of the Flies, was written by William Golding. William Golding was born on September 19, 1911. His literary a
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My Best Friend
It is not fully recognizable who your best friend really is until he or she is gone. Many people remember their best friend from when they we
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Poe as a Gothic Writer
Horror literature has emerged from a blend of the rejection of the Enlightenment, the emergence of Romanticism, and most importantly,
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A Place Worth Fighting For
Colin Chisholm¡¯s emotive plea for restraint in the development of the Squaw Valley ski area is particularly poignant and compelling. The power of the piece i
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Prejudgment of the world
The story ¡§A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings¡¨ is full of symbols that carry the real theme of the story. First, the appearance of the angel was old, wi
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The Gift Of Acabar
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Biography of f scott fitzgerald
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Biography of f scott fitzgerald1
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Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds’ poem, "Sex without Love", quite passionately expresses the poet's attitude toward loveless sex as a cold and hurtful act. She accomplishes this t
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Two Sided Fallacy
The focal point of this essay is to define the life of Dr. Henry Jek
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macbeth essay
We are sympathetic towards MacBeth for various reasons. Reasons like that he never wanted to kill Duncan and the witches predictions w
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The Loman Family and Their Problems of the Spirit
“The Loman Family and Their ‘Problems of the Spirit.’ In his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, William Faulkner lamented the dearth of “problems of the s
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scarlet letter1
Dimmesdale is a self-confessed coward and hypocrite. He knows what he has to do to still the voice of his conscience and make his peace with God. throughout t
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romanticism1
When you hear the term "Romanticism", wouldn’t you think of something that has to do with romance? That is what I thought when I first heard the word,
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Life
I started using mild sedatives in my late junior high years. This soon led to the use of hallucinogens. I soon realized I knew all and I did not
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Frankenstein6
Judgement. Every person in the world is guilty of judging others based first impressions. These
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RAGTIME
Throughout the novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow there were major cultural and social changes. The cutural changes were from the creations of unions to the movin
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The Misogyny of the Artist as a Young Man
The Misogyny of the Artist as a Young Man In most novels there are always certain aspects of the protagonist's life that serve as the basis from which the ch
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A New England Nun
The American feminist movement in the 1960s was a struggle for women’s rights and freedom. It attempted to shatter the various traditional ideals that sustain
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A New England Nun1
The American feminist movement in the 1960s was a struggle for women’s rights and freedom. It attempted to shatter the various traditional ideals that sustain
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Analysis of The Last of the Mohicans
CONTRASTS AND CONFLICTS IN THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS In James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, everything is structured
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The Necklace1
Guy De Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” tells of a woman’s intense desire of becoming associated with the upper class and how it ultimately brings abo
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Poes use of narrator compared in the black cat and the cask
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love1
E-mail: scooper99 Good Will Hunting Essay The word love is defined as: "a de
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pride and prejudice marriage
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Street Car Named Desire
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crucible3
It was a play with tremendous feelings with many inside twists hidden en in the archives of the true story. It was a play with emotional feelings; feelings of
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Franklin vs Edwards
Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin are two very respected authors in our time, but never had the pleasure of know
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The Wasteland
“ Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of
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The Professors House
In Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House, we see a changing persona in Godfrey St. Peter. Early in the story, St
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Tonys Story
In Tony's Story, Leslie Marmon Silko uses Leon, Tony, and Teofilo to explain the genuine reality of the cop. The genuine reality of the cop is it is an "it,"
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Brief Characterization of the Monk in Cantebury Tales
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Dr Faustus2
In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe has vividly drawn up the character of an intelligent, learned man tragically seduced by t
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A Peace of Mind That Shows to Well
In “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles, Gene’s jealousy towards Finny leads to Gene feeling negative emotions. Gene’s
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Young Goodman Brown3
Young Goodman Brown versus the Community All people have problems with the community in which they live. Their conflicts are either with the people or t
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Cry the Beloved Country1
Cry the Beloved Country was a book written to bring about change. Through out the book Alan Paton reveal the social injustices of South Afr
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Kate
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Brave new world
In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he addresses the frightening possibility of a society where love and passion are nonentities and e
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Faith1
Faith is a quality everyone has. It is built into our system, just like our heads, legs, hands. In an Oxford American Dictionary it defines faith as: reliance
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a midsummer nights dream1
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare uses the green world and its inhabitants as a symbol of imagination. The characters flee f
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Causes and Effects of Juvenile Crime
I feel that one of the biggest problems that the United States is faced with in the present day is juvenile crime. Juvenile crime does not only affect the ind
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Dantes Inferno1
In his poem, the Inferno, Dante mentions many well know people. Dante mentions such people
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Pouliuli
In Pouliuli, a novel written by Albert Wendt, Faleasa Osovae awakens to find the life he’s been living all along is a mere façade. Pouliuli invites readers int
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Scarlet letter1
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, t
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Scarlet letter2
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, t
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Scarlet letter3
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, t
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Sonny Blues
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Blakes Little Girl Lost
“A Little GIRL Lost” from Songs of Experience is one of Blake’s most important poems. Though judging the aesthetic value of a poem is nearly impossible, I
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The Cask of Amontillado
In Edgar Allan Poes’ The Cask of Amontillado , the narrator, Montresor, had successfully carried out the execution of his greatest enemy, Fortunato. By readi
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compar and contrasts
1. choose a partner to interview in regard to the resarch project.(any topic that intrest you)
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Speeding
It is a familiar scene during prime-time television: A young woman is shown driving a red Mitsubishi Eclipse down a country road at very high speed. The woman
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odyssey
Women Portrayed in Homer’s The Odyssey Women were very important to the Greeks, and they showed this value in many ways. In The Odyssey Homer shows us
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odyssey1
Women Portrayed in Homer’s The Odyssey Women were very important to the Greeks, and they showed this value in many ways. In The Odyssey Homer sho
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Anton Chekhov
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The Lottery6
This story reveals how selfish people can be in the society. In "The Lottery" villagers are an isolated group of individuals who could
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The Bird Eye View of the World
Barbara Kingsolver’s book High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never is a collection of twenty-five different essays. They
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letter
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A Modest Proposal
Unlike most essays, Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is written for the reader to see through what the narrator is expressing. The na
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Booker Page Workbook Terkel
During the conversation with Booker Page he exhibits different qualities. Some of the qualities that he exhibits are work oriented, cari
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To Kill A Mockingbird Esaay
Many people are categorized according to their social status. Social status is consisting of wealthy people, then middle-class,
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gore vidal1
Gore Vidal is a well known. He has written various books such as "The Thirst Evil" and "The City and the Pillar". Through my research on Gore Vidal, I di
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Because I could not stop for death
Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death" and " I heard a fly buzz when I died", are remarkable masterpieces that exercises thought between the kn
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rose for emily1
In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” obsession plays a key role in the developing personality of the
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Canterbury Tales2
In Chaucer’s day women were thought of in lesser regard than men. Their positions in the community were less noble and often displeasing. The
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Great ExpectationsJaggars
The well-known novel ‘Great Expectations’ was the last great work by Charles Dickens. It is about an orphan, Pip, who is br
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The yellow wallpaper
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Crime and Punishment2
In the novel Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky portrays the main character, Raskolnikov, in a complex and unique fashion. He could have been portrayed as
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Huck Finn7
Everyone needs someone to care about them. Usually a person relies on their family to fill that role. Besides caring, a fami
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Okonkwos fearfrom things fall apart
Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe, is a story of a man whose life is dominated by his fears. There are many subtle themes throughou
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odyssey2
The most admired classical hero is most certainly Odysseus, the mythological Grecian subject of Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. This legendary figure displays
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Existence of evil
Since the beginning of time, evil has existed and evolved. There are many questions and theories about what evil is and where it comes from. There are three
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Emily Dickenson
Faith Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be. While much of Emily Dickinson's poetry has been described as sad or morose, the poet did use humor and irony in many o
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Once More To The Lake
Like father, like son; a common phrase used by many to describe how a man's son is just like his father. In E. B. White's "Once More To The Lake," the narrato
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Conflict Analysis of San Shephards True West
In the play True West, by Sam Shepard, the conflict which occurs between Austin and Lee is most interesting when in regard to business. As stated in the assi
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Heart of Darkness8
Whether a reader connects to the symbolism of Heart Of Darkness or is merely reading it for fun, one cannot go away from this story without
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Symbolism in Popular Mechanics
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I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings
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great gatsby2
In today society, many people like to follow the current. They want to catch the wave. Which mean, it does not
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The Puritans
When the 16th-century Reformation took place three distinct sectors of reformation developed: the German, the Swiss (including France) and the English. Of thes
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Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
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big time
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Jacks Nature Before The Island
Jack let the last note of the song he was singing ring through the air. The D was way to flat, he thought to himself. It must be perfect! I can accept no less
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innocence
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Beowulf vs everyman
The plays Beowulf and Everyman are two plays that were written to tell great stories and dictate morality to the readers. Each of the
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Marijuana
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Private Pension Plan
The Current Social Security system should be replaced by a mandatory Private Pension plan. There are different types of investment pl
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Character Study of Eliza Henry
Eliza Henry is a talented, strong-willed woman who will not take charge of her own life. In other words, she is a mass of
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Platos Poesis in Republic
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Flying Home A Living Story
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Great Expectations2
Most readers are appalled at the cold-hearted and cruel ways of Estella, but any criticism directed at her is largely undeserved. She was s
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A Southern Hero
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A Rose for Emily Time and Setting
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Hedda Gabbler
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Are We Heading For Disaster
Here we are in 1999 in a world that is booming with technological advances. One would have to ask, "How did we come so
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william faulkner1
Faulkner, William (1897-1962), American novelist, known for his epic portrayal, in some 20 novels, of the tragic conflict between the old and the new South. Fa
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human nature
Nature has been around since the beginning of all time. Nature has even been here since long before the dinosaurs. Peo
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Balthazar
( Why didn¡¯t Balthazar receive the money?) Afternoon ¡±, written by Gabrial Garcia Marquez,
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White Fang
Two outdoorsmen are out in the wild of the north. They are on a mission to deliver the body and coffin of a famous person. Their dogs disappear as they are ent
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women of Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's motley crew of pilgrims offered a vast deal of insight into life during the 14th century. Many aspects of society were revealed throughout the tale
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Irony and Symbolism in The Cask of Amontillado
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The Canterbury Tales
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A Raisin in the Sun
Walter is frustrated with his current position in life, and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. His position is symbolic of every black mal
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A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
The setting of the story, ”A Good Man is Hard to Find,” shows us how much tragedy can change a person. The Grandmother thinks of
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What Does the American Flag Mean to Me
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Cleanig your throne
This past summer I worked as a custodian in a manufacturing plant. Part of my job was cleaning bathrooms. I estimate throughout t
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Chaucers attitude towards wealth
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The novel of Maestro reflect many aspects of mankind which are both good and evil. The effects of evil can be seen in the character of Keller
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Thou Shall Not Hypocrisy in the Church
As we grow up, we have instilled in us certain morals and values. We attend church weekly, and find trust and peace in our minister. We try to mold
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Balthazars Marvelous Afternoon
( Why didn¡¯t Balthazar receive the money?) Afternoon ¡±, written by Gabrial Garcia Marquez,
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Underlying Themes in the Works of James A Michener
James A. Michener is often regarded as a literary outsider. Despite his vast works that have sold millions of copies and delighted readers everywhere, h
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Different Dining Experiences
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford, an extremely hardworking man, was very curious in his early life because he liked to take things apart and ask many questions. He
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hamlet4
The presence of the apparition in the opening scene of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet sets a macabre and eerie tone while emitting and foreshadowing a
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Abolishing mandatory attendance for schools
"So that nobody has to go to school if they don't want to", by Roger Sipher states that compulsory attendance laws should be abolished. His argument is that st
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A literary analysis of Barn Burning
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True Ambition
That formidable force that makes one believe that one needs what one usually only desires; that mind-set that is really more of an entity that sits on ones sho
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The Mask
Every minute of every day people wear a mask. A mask to hide the true identity of their feelings. The 1896 poem "We Wea
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Descriptive Essay1
Person: He stands five foot five. His hair is blonde and brown. His eyes are brown as well. He listens to punk music, Nofx being his favorite band. He l
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Preying upon the Theatrical Parasite
Although Tom Stoppard established his reputation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead when it was first produced in 1966, the playwright often appears re
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The Things They Carried
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Holocaust
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Beuwolf
The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extra
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Aristole and Meteorology
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HBO Advertisement
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cause and efffect essay
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Greek Gods Vs GodResponse Paper
Many of the stories written by Greek authors fill the mind with questions that parallel those asked by Christian minds throughout the world. D
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skater die or lost in boston
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Wuthering Heights8
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Stanley His Character
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Nine Guardians
“Nine Guardians” takes places in the State of Chiapas, in Mexico, where from the remains of the Mexican revolution came the presidency of
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A Symbol in Lord of the Flies
The symbol of fire is used throughout the entire book, Lord of the Flies. Although it is mentioned only briefly throughout, the significance of these occur
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daddy
In the poem “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath describes her true feelings about her deceased father. Throughout the dialogue, the reader can find many instances that illu
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Anitgone 2
In the short play Antigone, by Socrates, we find the chorus embodies the static voice of traditional society in many ways. In this play traditional society is
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Grapes of Wrath allusions
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Lottery
Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” depicts a seemingly average village with average citizens. The citizens of th
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everyday use
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Where Are You Going Where Have You Been
Each of us experiences transitions in our lives. Some of these changes are small, like moving from one school semester to the next. Other times these changes a
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Langston hughes
Langston Hughes was one of the most original and versatile of twentieth-century black writers. Born in Joplin, Missouri, to James Nathaniel and Carrie Mercer L
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Langston Hughes was one of the most original and versatile of twentieth-century black writers. Born in Joplin, Missouri, to James Nathaniel and Carrie Mercer L
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Faucault
Michael Foucault’s writing in “Right of Death and Power Over Life” is one of the most confusing and difficult pieces of literature I have ever read. He thi
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Essay on I stand here ironing by Tillie Olsen
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Fatal Machines
Have you noticed how careless people can be when they are behind the wheel of an automobile? Cars are dangerous machines which require patient
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Portrait of a Lady
Henry James wrote a lot of classic stories in his time. Amongst these great classics is that of "Daisy Miller." Daisy Miller is a love sto
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sunjata and fredrick dougalss
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Second Earl of Rochester
The satirists shared a talent for making other individuals feel uncomfortable, particularly by making them aware of their own moral inadequacies. T
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classification1
Children’s Literature is classified in t
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Unfeasible Love Hagar Shipleys Struggle with Love
In The Stone Angel, Hagar Shipley, age ninety, tells the story of her life, and in doing so tries to come to terms with how her personal attributes deprived he
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dimmsdale
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COMMENTARY ON BRAVE NEW WORLD
In chapters four through six of brave new world Christianity is shown to be unnecessary."People," as Birnbaum states, "are
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The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck
In John Steinbeck’s short story The Chrysanthemums a struggle for equality is portrayed through the character Elisa Allen.
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Duality
The theory of duality of personality is exhibited clearly in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment by the character Raskolnikov: Svidrigailov represents
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CHAUCER AND WOMEN
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer serves as a moral manual for the 1300’s and years after. Through the
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stranded on a desert island
Many people would say that if they went to a deserted island they would probably say that they wouldn’t go to one. I would say the opposite if I had to go to
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The Lord of the Flies1
"The Lord of the Flies is a picture of our society today." Discuss the statement and show the way the statement applies
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CritiquesRoberts Moodie Carman
The article “In Roughing it With the Moodies” is an explanatory essay on the
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Anne Hutchinson A Strong Religious Leader
Anne Hutchinson has long been seen as a strong religious dissenter who paved the way for religious freedom in the strictly Puritan environment of New England.
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Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse is one of the world’s most necessary writers. Until winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, however, he was virtually unknown outside of
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Emma
Jane Austen's Emma is a novel of courtship. Like all of Austen's novels, it centers around the marriage plot: who will marry whom? For what reasons will they
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Wedding Day
Racism has been an issue addressed for thousands of years and it continues to be prevalent today. Unfortunately, in many cases, racism affects t
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the great gatsby3
In the book the Great Gatsby, none but a few people had the idealistic “American Dream”. To some characters it see
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The Yellow WallPaper
In “ The Yellow Wall-Paper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main character was described as a little insane woman. In the beginning of
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The Perfect School For An Ideal Education My idea of an ideal high school is one that students are proud of, at the sam
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Corrupt Society of Rebels A Story of a Disgruntled Barber
“Lather and Nothing Else” seems to fit Hernando Tellez’s story well. It’s self- explanatory to the plot of the story and essentially gives away the decisi
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Capital punishment-the death sentence-has a long and controversial history. Throughout centuries, countries have been using capital punishment as
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the cather in the rye
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Body Image
Through the use of imagery, the display of life-styles, and the reinforcement of values, advertisements are co
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Third time is a Charm
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Is Anybody Listening I Mean Really Listening
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Auroras
In certain polar regions of the earth, a rare and fascinating phenomenon occurs in the dark season of winter. This phenomenon is called the Northern Light
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ffrasnkenstein
Morality has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the dawn of time. Yet till this day not one of us can say what is morally right?
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War and Peace
The famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in 1865. It is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 1815
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Gender Roles in My Antonia
My Antonia: Non-traditional Gender Roles "Boys will be boys" is a cliché often used when males exemplify the traits of wild, abandoned exploration, or use po
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One Mans Struggle to Stay Alive
Over the years John Sidney McCain, the white haired Senator from Arizona has survived many things. He has endured three p
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One Mans Struggle to Stay Alive1
Over the years John Sidney McCain, the white haired Senator from Arizona has survived many things. He has endured three p
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War and Peace1
The famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in 1865. It is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 181
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the glass manegerie
In “The Glass Managerie”,by Tennesee Williams, symbols are used to describe the characters in the play. Laura, a very frail and insecu
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penelope and sarah
BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN IS A GREAT WOMAN Most ancient texts were written by men. It is important to remember this. The writers made sure that men were
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Faust The characters that define him
Faust: a figure defined by the characters in which he interacts. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust first part, Faust is a famous character of self-inflic
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values
Does humanity really need to be improved? Has our society gotten so bad that we need to make changes that will supposedly make it better? There
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Oedipus Rex2
The play Oedipus Rex may show mankind’s search for a better society. The Greeks in the 5th century B.C. tried to make the most out of life. The
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jane eyre1
Jane Eyre of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, develops drastically within the first few chapters of the novel. Her environment was a major influential factor
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odyssey telemakhos
In an epic called The Odyssey, there is a character named Telemakhos who is learning to be a hero. Through each event that he fa
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The Epitome of Evil
The Epitome of Evil. The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is the most important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of th
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Journeys End R C Sherriff
The characters were all completely different in age, size and attitude. This made it interesting from the beginning, as I wasn’t sure how they would gel toget
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Analysis
Analysis of DELL Inspiron Advertisement Today’s world is an ever-changing whirlwind of technology and job markets with new and improved requirements. The te
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walt whitman
Thesis: Walt Whitman was a man who used his thoughts on political issues concerning the Civil War within his writings beca
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The epitome of evil
The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is the most important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of the distinction. Th
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ShabanuGood earthrebecca essay
In Shabanu, by Suzanne Fisher, Shabanu must search for her own identity. Shabanu is influenced by her family, especially her completely different older sister
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Epic Essay
What an epic says about its culture is that that was the way they lived like in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Faerie Qveene, and Iliad (Comical Version). The three a
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Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King: Free Will vs Fate The events in Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, show an underlying relationship of man
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My Antonia3
My Antonia was written by Willa Cather in 1918. The sto
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Booker T Washington and his themes on education
Throughout the life of Booker T. Washington expressed in his autobiography, Up From Slavery, one
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Columbus and Cabeza De Vaca
The audiences role in their writings Christianity was found to be a necessity in Spai
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Death Of A Salesman
No one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these personal conflicts can differ
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Mental Illness
Beliefs and theories about mental illness vary greatly throughout the eyes of professionals. Many view mental illness as a serious condition, while others ta
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Avian Symbolism in the Awakening
Kate Chopin consistently uses avian symbolism in the novel The Awakening to represent and Enlighten Edna Pontellier.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
When reading an Ernest Hemingway novel, one must try very hard to focus on the joy and encouragement found in the work. For Whom the Bell Tolls is full o
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EVELINE
Setting is one of the most significant elements in a story. The setting goes far beyond the simple physical attributes and external face value. It seems "Eve
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Lesson
The lessons we learn in life are not always enjoyable; however, most are necessary. In the story “The Lesson” by Cadi
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Gullivers Travels
A critique and analysis of R.S. Crane's interpretive essay on Book IV of Swift's Gulliver's Travels
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essay on legends
Disney movies have always created various stories based upon legends. To name a few: “Hercules”, “Pocahontas,” and “The Sword in the Stone.”
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Huck Finn Analysis
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is an adventure story, a coming of age book, and a satire. Throughout the entire book, Huck tells of his adventures in town, wit
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Discrimination of Sex
Discrimination is a word which can be applied to a multitude of life-learned situations; for it is arguably a part of human nature to discriminate.
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Love story
I've never been one for "Love Stories," but this one to
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Great Gatsby5
“Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity" (Harnsber
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Community College Students Create A SelfImage In Their Life
Community College Students Create A Self-Image In Their Life Swimming with the current is much easier than swimming against the current. If people are not
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Lady Macbeth
“Lady Macbeth is a powerful and dramatic character, but her death at the end of the play is no surprise to the audience.”
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The Hardships of Hemingways Heros
The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder of the Narrator in Edgar Allen Poe’s
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For Whom the Bell Tolls1
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. Before I delve into the book it
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Struggle for Education
In “Kaffir Boy”, Mark “Johannes” Mathabane’s mother strives to send him to school. She does not let anything get in the way of her
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This boys Life
This Boy's Life, a memoir by Tobbias Wolff, is a story about a young boy
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Job
In the eighteen years I have been on this planet there are a few important things I have learned. One of the most important things I have learned is that jobs
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the devil made me
In short stories, I have learned that there is much more than what meets the eye. Nearly everything in the story has meaning. All I have to do is try to find
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The Character Change of Oedipus
The character Oedipus in Sophocles’ drama Oedipus the King goes through an unfortunate but necessary ch
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The Rainmaker1
In layman’s terms a “rainmaker” is a legal case that brings in a huge sum of money for the lawyer and the lawyer’s client. John Grisham uses th
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edgar lee masters an american poet
Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, known principally for his poems about life in the Midwest. It has been 49 years since he has
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Shiloh
“Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason represents a change over the course of a young woman’s
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Mark Twain4
Mark Twain had an extreme love for the Mississippi River. His dreams w
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Feelingsin Wuthering heights
The intensity of feeling between Catherine and Heathclif defies family barriers imposed by Catherine's brother ,Hindley after their father's death. Heathcliff
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
In Chapter One, the aristocrats, traitors to France, were trying to get through the Barricades so they w
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Cry the beloved country3
**Whites fear not just black crime, but also a black uprising if speakers such as John **Blacks fea
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The Maltese Falcon
A Unique Setting in the Changing World of Early 20th Century Detective Fiction The Pacific coast port city of San Franc
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sir Gawain
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight One of the poems we read this semester was the anonymous poem Sir Gawain a
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Barn Burning1
“You’re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to yo
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Ophelia
A grieving widow is desolate. An African American slave is tortured. A concubine is mistreated. These three victims of circumstanc
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Yellow Wallpaper The Nameless Narrator
Name, Identity and Self in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallp
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Marxism Kate Chopin The Storm
Have you joined the revolution yet? Believe it or not there is a revolution going on as we speak. The revolution that I spe
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the importance of being earnest
The play begins in the flat of Algernon Moncrieff, an upper-class English bachelor. He is visited by his friend, Ernest Worthing
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None Provided34
An upper class tourist attends the races in the countryside South of France. As the couple rides smoothly in their
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owlcreek bridge
The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was a great story. The way the author made you feel like you were actually Peyton Farquhar. I felt like I was about to be ha
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Life of Comenius
In Moravia in 1592, Comenius, one of the greatest educational theorists to date, was brought into life. From his father he received ordinary elementary and g
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hills like white elephants
The Symbolism in Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway is an incredible writer, known for what he leaves out of stories not for what he tells. His m
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Araby1
This short story is about a boy (narrator) who is attracted to his friend’s sister, she is also his neighbor. Narrator is a boy
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood, a contemporary Canadian author, has been classified as one of this century’s' most feminist, and near dystopian noveli
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Merchant of venice shylock victim or villian
To what extent do you feel sympathy for Shylock? In the 16th century Jews were discriminated against especially in England and Venice. Christians believed
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Who is Jane in The Yellow Wallpaper
There are many opposing opinions on the identity of Jane in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The narrator of the
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A Worn Path
Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. As the story begins, we are introduced to our main characte
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Billy Budd
As portrayed in the Bible, Adam and Eve were the perfect human species. This was only a result because of their complete innocence. God let them remain in hi
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TickTockMan
I think the ant world described in “Departmental,” by Robert Frost is a fitting metaphor for the society in the story, “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktock
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The Crucible Act 4
It’s sad to see how the town is falling apart because of these trials. “Cows are wandering loose, crops are rotting in the fields, and or
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Static and Dynamic characters in Great Expectations
Static and Dynamic Characters in Great Expectations “Joe” is a very simple name. So, in relation to that, Joe in Great Expectations is a simple, good and
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Emily the Fallen Rose
Setting is place and time, and often provides more than a mere backdrop for the action of a story. William Faulkner uses this device
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Symbolism In Native Son
The novel Native Son was published by Richard Wright in 1940. The book represents the tragedy of Bigger Thomas, a black boy raised in the Chicago slum
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Simon Birch
The overall effectiveness of the film Simon Birch is enhanced by technical details such as, sound, lighting, colour and symbolic representation. Sound is an ef
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yesterdays and todays world
Society in Yesterdays and todays world Todays and yesterdays world have a great deal of difference and only a spec of similiarties. Yesterdays
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where I lived what I lived forThoreau
In “Where I Lived & What I Lived For,” Thoreau’s response towards nature is of admiration and value. His respect for nature is almost religious. This is de
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romanticism2
When you hear the word Romanticism you probably think of love, lust and sex. Well, the Romanticism period may have included a smidgen of this but it really d
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robert frost archetypal analysis
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Through critical analysis of this short prose in the archetypal pers
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Interpretive Analysis of A Modest Proposal
Swift's "A Modest Proposal", in which he suggests that the problem of Irish poverty can be solved by the sale of the children of the poor for consumption, is a
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Worst day of life
The worst day of my life was when I lost my thumb it was very painful I was emotionally scared and I can’t play video games like normal people. I lost my th
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Farewell to arms books23
Summary for each chapter: title + setting 13.Henry has been taken to the American hospital in Milan where Miss Gage, a young nur
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the epic traditon in Gosta Berling saga
The epic tradition in “Gösta Berling’s Saga”. Having been born and bred in Värmland, Selma Lagerlöf is conversant w
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The great Gatsby
There are five principal terms of bibliographical description: edition, printing (or impression), issue, and state. These terms are used so carelessly by book
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A good man is hard to find1
Was the Misfit the antagonist in the story or was it the Grandmother? In A Good Man Is Hard To Find, by Flannery O’Conner, a fami
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Petrys View of Victimization in The Street
In The Street, by Ann Petry, Lutie and her son Bub, as well as most of the characters, are clearly portrayed as victims. One is ultimately led to bel
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Lambs To The Slaughter
Portia: The Best Female Shakespearean Part? Portia is one of Shakespeare’s best parts for an actress as, apart from being one of the central characters wit
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Lambs To The Slaughter1
Portia: The Best Female Shakespearean Part? Portia is one of Shakespeare’s best parts for an actress as, apart from being one of the central characters wit
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edgar allan poe1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), was an American poet, short-story writer, and literary critic. Poe's stormy personal life and his haunting poems
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Merchants Of Venice Portia
Portia: The Best Female Shakespearean Part? Portia is one of Shakespeare’s best parts for an actress as, apart from being one of the central characters with
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Society and its influence on conventionality
It is my understanding that people grow up in a society of conventional and sterile ways of life. S
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12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men Paper The jury member I chose to do my paper on was Mr. Davis (the member who voted not guilty first),
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Huck Fin
Huck's acceptance of Jim is a total defiance of society. Ironically, Huck believes he is committing a sin by going against society and protecting Jim. He does
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Wuthering Heights9
In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, the characters are quite intricate and engaging. The story takes place in northern England in an isolated, rural area.
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Wuthering Heights10
In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, the characters are quite intricate and engaging. The story takes place in northern England in an isolated, rural area.
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Snow falliing on Cedars
The book Snow Falling on Cedars is about a Japanese man Kabuo Miyanmoto who is on trial for murder. He is accused of murdering a white man, Carl Heine. Much of
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bloody macbeth
Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. In Act 2, we see Macbeth assassinate the king, and get shake
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HUCKBUDDDOUGLAS
The world in which we live in now is much less oppressive than say the world lived in the middle of the 1800’s. Up until
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Donconstructionthe Secret Sharer
Deconstruction is a post-structural school of philosophy and literary criticism that was developed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
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Defining Power
Subject: World History (But it applies to much more) Title: "Power Comes From the Barrel of a Gun" - took the opposing view
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King Lear Act 5 scene 3
Unseen text-King Lear (The passage is taken from Act 5,scene 3 and only Lear speaks throughout)
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A Good Man is hard to Find
"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O’Connor, tells the metaphorical tale of a family's fatal confrontation with The Misfit, an escaped serial killer. Th
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Canterbury Humour in two tales
Humor was used in the medieval time period to express one's ideas and thoughts. Geoffrey Chaucer also used humor in The Canterbury Tales in different instan
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Contractors Work Providers or Abusers
Contratistas: Work Providers or Abusers? My problem is the contratistas (labor contractors) continual abuse of immigrants that come from Mexico to California
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a tale of two cities
Throughout the book, A Tale of Two Cities the theme of sacrifice is used to help the reader realize the cost of life, as well as to develop the plot through t
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The Fall of the House of Usher
During the nineteenth century, literary writers were encouraged in transcen
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Cruicible
In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is introduced as a main character early in the plot. He comes out as a rebellious man in a sense, and
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The Scarlett Letter
The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an intriguing account of a Puritan community that experiences a break
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The Scarlett Letter1
The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an intriguing account of a Puritan community that experiences a break
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Violence in Wuthering Heights
Violence seems to be a reoccurring encounter in Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë’s reason for using so much violence is to express t
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Streetcar Named Desire
Why Can’t Blanche and Stanley Just Get Along? In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses astrology and character names to further define the t
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Irony in Rape Fantasies
Rape Fantasies, by Margaret Atwood is overflowing with irony. Almost every type of irony is presented in this short story. From ve
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Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown1
"Nathaniel Hawthorne's work is typically fraught with symbolism, much of it deriving from his Puritan ancestry; a great-great uncle was actually a judge in the
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SOlace
What can be more beautiful than love? More delightful to the ears than a bird chirping it’s melodious song of happiness on a Sunday morning? More heart melting
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Rise and Fall of an Inner Prodigy
An “angry and powerful” girl glares back at Jing-Mei in the bathroom mirror (Tan 1066). The girl is her newly discovered pr
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Rise and Fall of an Inner Prodigy1
An “angry and powerful” girl glares back at Jing-Mei in the bathroom mirror (Tan 1066). The girl is her newly discovered pr
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20 th century attitude
20th century writers dealt with many issues and themes throughout their writing. The authors that I have chosen to look at are Updike,
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othello2
In the play Othello, the most powerful emotion is anger. This emotion helps to establish the plot, as it plays a vita
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The Flies
Title: “The Flies” (Les Mouches) Publisher: Vintage International Edition, October 1989
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Hills Like White Elephants
"Oh, cut it out!" (Hemingway 171). Could this be the true feeling of the American toward his unborn child? In the short story "Hills Like White Elephan
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Hemmingways Hills like White Elephants
Setting is important to every story, but the setting used by Hemmingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” adds so much to the meaning of the story,
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Literary Analysis The Red Pony
The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck, consists of four separate but intertwined stories about a boy named Jody. These storie
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Method to Madness
Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman of La Mancha who reads one too many books of chivalry and decides to become a knig
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Essay on Broken Ground by Jack Hodgins
In Jack Hodgins latest novel, Broken Ground, the inhabitants of the small forest community of Portuguese Creek are deeply affected by its extreme conditions. M
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ORONOKO
Coromantien was a part of Africa, which in the seventeenth century was one of the chief resorts of the slave traders. Its king was a man of more than a hundre
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superstition in the crucible
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The Crucible deals with a commu
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Hawthornes Portrayals
In the opening chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne provides a detailed description of Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth and Art
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The Traveler
Homosexuality has always and everywhere existed. Nazis considered homosexuality as a tendency that could not be changed. It was assumed that a ho
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Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry rejected the limitations of her race and gender and through her written works, became a social activist and expanded the role of a black wom
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Lysistrata of Aristophanes
Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen’s warships had been destroyed nea
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A salesmans Death
An Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman When people accept an ideal to live by it can be a glorious and noble thing unless they become so obsessed
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The Outsiders1
In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as
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Macbeth Paper
In the play “Macbeth”, Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as the normal man – at first. Through his skills as a warr
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scarlet letter2
This statement by Randall Stewart does not contain the same ideas that I believed were contained within The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I, on the c
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Things Fall Apart1
"It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft." That simple saying can best relat
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state sanctioned murder
Old Sparky and Gruesome Gertie (affectionate names for the electric chair) have taken the lives of many, even the innocent (Finnerty 1
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comparative essay Dry September A Rose for Emily
Dry September and A Rose for Emily are two stories that explores life of two small towns, each having similarities as well as differences in the way it was wri
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Circular Fulfillment
T.S. Elliot writes: “what we call a beginning is often the end/ And to make an end is to make a beginning./ The end is where we start f
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american dream
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, deals with the difficulty of attaining the American dream. The American drea
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multicultural
The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practis
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hamet
Your reading of the ghost will deeply affect your understanding of the meaning of Hamlet as a play. Argue for one or another reading of the ghost’s reality an
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The Motif of Windows in Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a novel about a woman who is never satisfied. She is always searching for something new, and when she finds that, she qui
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Role Models
Who are the Role Model’s of Today? Who are the role models of today? It seems as though the culture of today has the
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NATIVE AMERICANS
COMMENT IN A JOURNAL OR MOVIE IN WHICH NATIVE AMERICANS ARE DEPICTED. The mystery of the Last Red Plant People is the
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nat
Many situation in life has an appearance, and a reality. The appearance of a situation is usually what we want to see. The reality, what is really going on, i
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Cathedral
The narrator in Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" has two fully functional eyes, in which he chooses never to use to their full potential. Th
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a game of war
In most wars, once a person is shot they are hurt, or even killed. These days people are experiencing war without getting hurt or killed. They
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rebecca
The book Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is a narrative that takes the form of a flashback. The main character, Mrs. Maxim de Winter,begins the story remebering
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Lessons Were Learned
In high school, I was a bad kid. I didn’t do drugs or drink beer, but I was bad. School wasn’t a priority of mine during my junior year, and I failed all of my
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As I Lay Dying Essay
In As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, all of the Bundren family members are quite eccentric and would be difficult to travel with; but the worst member would
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Persuasion1
Why Jerry Rockwood’s Essay “Life Intrudes” is Effective Jerry Rockwood’s reflective essay “Life Intrudes” is effective because of the way in which he
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Hamlets Sanity
Hamlet appears to be insane, after Polonius's death, in act IV scene II. There are indications, though, that persuade me to think other wise.
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None Provided35
My browsing was not like any other students'. It was probably a lot easier. I know of people fabricating what they write, but I can not do that
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Shirley Jacksons The Lottery
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" portrays a small town in which the citizens gather for a yearly lottery. Unlike the "typical" lottery, this is not one you woul
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The Smuggler
Victor Cannig’s “The smuggler” is a fictional story of two well respected men on Small Island. Tasso a
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odeipus
A master artisan and innovator of the Greek tragedy, Sophocles's insightful plays have held their value throughout countless time periods and societies.
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Shirley Jacksons The Lottery1
Since the beginning of time man has had the internal drive to congregate and form relationships with others. From these relationships societies have evolved,
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An Analysis of Chimes of Slience
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, and the author of the prose poem “Chimes of Silence”. In order to describe his exp
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The Plantation Mistress
The Plantation Mistress is written by Catherine Clinton. Her purpose of writing is to inform readers the chaotic lives of the white female gender in the slave
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The Crucible Essay1
It is a play with tremendous feelings with many inside twists hidden in the archives of the true story. It is a play with emotional feelings, feelings of ange
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Columbus and Mary Rowlandson
The selections we have read this semester have literally opened up my eyes to early American literature. While some readings have merel
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Slingblade
There are heroes that save the world and some that save people; there are some that are known across the world and some that only certain people consider heroe
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ALTENATIVE EDUCATION
Alternative Education Alternative education caters to multifarious groups of students or unprofessional classified according to their needs and circumstances i
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The letters that seemed to heal
I stared into Joey’s tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emo
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The letters that seemed to heal1
I stared into Joey’s tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emo
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Censorship and Music
“I will kill you, you don’t want to f*** with me, b**** I will kill you” (Eminem). Is this the type of music we want our c
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heart of darkness3
The contrast between Kurtz's intended and black mistress The Heart of Darkness is a story about a man telling a tale of an adventure that he had on the
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Dreams and realities in JUde the Obscure and a Kind of Lovin
‘Jude the Obscure’ and ‘A Kind of Loving’ ‘Dreams and realities’ are both part of life in both different and similar ways. Drea
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AngloSaxon Culture and Beowulf
It is commonly accepted that the Beowulf epic was from the Anglo-Saxon period. It is so commonly accepted because of the strong evidence in the story. Then,
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The Perfect Man
All men desire and aspire to be something more then they are, whether it is, stronger, better looking, or more intelligent. One character
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the towering inferno
The Role of Women in The Odyssey Women form an important part of the folk epic, The Odyssey. Within the story th
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Heart of Darkness9
In the novel, Second Class Citizen, the main character, Adah, is a strong, Nigerian women who faces sexism from within her own culture since she was
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HENRY VIII
Shakespeare Richard III was a traitor, a murderer, a tyrant, and a hypocrite. The leading characteristics of his mind are sco
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franklins tale
"The Franklin's Tale" was a story about keeping your promise no matter what should happen. Arveraguskept his promiseto his w
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The Great Gatsby7
Gatsby’s Hopes and Dreams for his Future The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is recognized in American Literature as one of his greatest achievement
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HENRY VIII1
Shakespeare Richard III was a traitor, a murderer, a tyrant, and a hypocrite. The leading characteristics of his mind are sco
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Young Goodman Brown4
Gulliver's Travels - Gulliver's Crushed Spirit Although Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift has long been thought of as a children's story, it is actually a
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Comparision Essay
When you graduate high school you have your choice of what kind of an education you want to get. You have your choice of going to a
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The Wars
If you took a sensitive caring person and set them in the midst of a chaotic area, what do you think would, happen? Would these person adapt to this area, and
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Comparison
William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" can have many different reader-responses, as any story can, however it i
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Ice
Book Response Proof Sheet Chrissy always thought of her father as the greatest superhero on Earth. Un
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A Shattered Doll House
In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one
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Descriptive Essay of a airplanee
The night was December 6, 1994, cold, dark, and crystal clear. The temperature was fifty-eight degrees Fahrenheit, and the winds were blowing southwest at seve
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The Knights tale
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Gatsby and Goodbye Columbus
Sometimes there are two novels that have the same theme, and sometimes they have the same plot, but in the case of the two novels, The Great Gatsby, by F.
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Culture
Many different people have interpreted culture, which has an impact directly on every living human in the world today, and no one has been able to obtain a fin
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Tennysons In Memoriam
In Memoriam is a poem through which Tennyson was trying to make sense of the death of his friend, Arthur Hallam. The consistent and intentional use of imagery
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defense mechs in lit
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antigone1
Ah Creon! Is there no man left in the world-" Teirsesias Greek theatre played a large role in Greece. The citizens were supposed to learn from the mistakes mad
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Comparison of In a Glass House and Lives of the Saints by Ni
Child has been taught from the beginning that the family is sacred, and is the most important thing in the life of every person. Family can give wh
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president
The great country of America has fought very long and hard for the freedom that each citizen has today. With that freedom we have attained many
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A rose for emily4
In "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner uses the elements of time and setting to foreshadow Emily Grierson
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A Passage To India
The novel, A passage to India, delivers a handful of characters from all ranges of an elitest spectrum. From Englishmen who feel they are powerful and commandi
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Candide2
“all is for the best” echoed Pangloss of Voltaire’s Candide (Lamm 175 ln 46). Pangloss believed that if something happens, then it is for a reason. He held t
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A Jury of Her Peers A Character Analysis
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Looking at PicturesBerger
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the grapes of wrath2
Through such hardships as the Depression, the Dust Bowl summers, and trying to provide for their own families, which included the search for a safe existence,
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fighting nature
In Stephen Crane's The Open Boat, Crane uses a personal experience that happened to him to pattern this short story after. Crane's writin
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
In The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, a person’s future lies in the hands of his or her past actions. The intelligent or
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Everything that rises must coverge
The short story “Everything That Rises Must Converge”, by Flannery O’Connor tells the story of Julian, the main character and his thoughts and feelings toward
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THe Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride
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All Quiet on the Western fron
The chapter begins with German soldiers at rest after fourteen days of fierce battle on the Western Front. A double ration of food has been prepare
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Tender is the Night
The Triumph of Nature over Civilization: The Disintegration of Dick Diver The exact nature of Dick Diver’s descent throughout the course of Tender is the N
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the call of the wild
John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant mother, was born January 12, 187
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Teddy as a Christ Figure
In "Teddy" by J. D. Salinger, Teddy is illustrated as a Christ figure. Many aspects of his life are similar to those of Jesus’. Salinger created in Teddy a mir
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The Crucible4
In the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, Americans face pressure to conform in the town
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Mark twain
Mark Twain has been criticized for many years on his loose structure in his novels. Structure did not seem to conform Twain’s style.
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Does dream interpretation really work
Dreaming is one of our most intimate experiences. Every dream, every night, is very unique. Our dream world, however confusing, frightening, or even sexy, reve
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the american dream
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many repeated references to time in order to draw attention to the so-called "American Dream", which is somethin
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Yellow Sky
In the mockery of a Western type story, Stephen Crane’s “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” has a simple story line with great meaning against inflexibility. Wit
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The Analysis of Ode to the West Wind
Mr. Jackson, seeing as you have been found guilty of murder in the first degree by the citizens of the Great Republic Of Texas, I have no choice but to s
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Mark Twain5
Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting so
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huck
In Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck spoke for Mark Twain when he made the statement, “You don’t know about me...bu
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an occurence at the owl creek bridge
Ambrose Bierce “The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is an incredible powerful and suspense story; told of all fears of a young father coming to light as his li
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Mark Twain6
Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting so
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Macbeth7
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Alice Walker review
Alice Walker, in a short story called Advancing Luna- and Ida B. Wells, reflects back on her life to a friendship sh
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Araby James Joyce
Comment on the narrative voice of the story. Why does the boy get disillusioned at the end of the story? Does the confrontation with the reality take place o
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a good man is hard to find1
When looking at two stories, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Caro
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hemmingway1
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. B
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The Crucible booknotes
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Barn Burning2
To present all of the behaviors of chimpanzees in one paper is virtually impossible. So, I am going to attempt to present only certain major beh
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rocking horse winner
The main themes in “ The Rocking-Horse Winner” are the pursuit of love and luck. Both of the main characters in " The Rocking-Hor
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Miss massey
In the British short story from 1992 we hear about Miss Massey a homeless woman who lives at the Underground station. Tony, a gay man
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eskimos
peoples of Alaska and their Eskimo Culture Alaska is still the last frontier in the minds of many Americans. Interest in the "Great Land" has increased sha
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A Good Man is Hard To Find
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summary of Cyberspace for all
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Brave New World3
The ideas presented in Huxley’s Brave New World are expressed as fundamental principles of utopia, which could be achieved by classism. However, living in
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mark twain
Mark Twain was a man who showed no fear in his writing. He wrote about many controversial things including racism
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JFK Assassination Witnesses in the Motorcade
On November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy r
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The Vices of the Clergy
The Vices of the Clergy... The period of the Medieval brought to a us a series of great literature. Much of the literature is now
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Pygmalion Act 1
In the preface Shaw describes the Oxford phonetician Henry Sweet, on whom Professor Higgins is modeled, but warns us that Higgins is not a portrait of Sweet.
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Pygmalion Act II
The next day, Higgins and Pickering are just resting from a full morning of discussion when Eliza Doolittle shows up at the door, to the tremendous doubt of
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Pygmalion Act III
It is Mrs. Higgins' at-home day, and she is greatly displeased when Henry Higgins shows up suddenly, for she knows from experience that he is too eccentric to
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Pygmalion Act IIII
The trio return to Higgins' Wimpole Street laboratory, exhausted from the night's happenings. They talk about the evening and their great success, though Hig
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Pygmalion Act 5
Higgins and Pickering show up the next day at Mrs. Higgins' home in a state of distraction because Eliza has run away. They are interrupted by Alfred Dool
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Capital Punishment An Unjust Solution
The three most recognized reasons for capital punishment are crime deterrent, eye-for-an-eye justice, and removal of undesirables from society. In fact, capi
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Symbolism in Chrysanthemums
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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the leading figures of American literature. He is known as a poet and a critic, but is most famous as the first master of the short s
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Fahrenhiet 451
Ray Bradbury had a grim outlook for the future. In his book everything that could go wrong in the future, did. People rarely left their h
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My Symbolical Snack
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heart of darkness4
In the classic novel Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad takes us on a journey into the soul of man. When the character of Marlow tr
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the songbirds dollhouse
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The Advantages of Reading
There are many good reasons for learning how to read. Many people think that it isn’t important to know how to read. There ar
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How Dickens Criticizes Victoriana In A Christmas Carol
How Dickens Criticizes Victoriana In A Christmas Carol Everybody has an obligation to scrutinize, dissect, or otherwise work towards reform in his or her giv
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The style and motives of Ambrose Gwinnet Bierce are those of a great intellect and cynic. Through his short stories, his views on war, death, religion, love, a
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Antidisestablishment
Throughout my life, I have had excellent guidance and influences, particularly from my parents. They have guided me to be the young man I am today. However, it
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hemingway1
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was the owner of a prosperous real estate business. His fathe
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The dream
A dream is defined as a condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration. Throughout the book the “Great Gatsby” we see the dream of one man, Jay Ga
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king Lear
Love in Blood Wedding The Blood Wedding, is a play written by Fedrico Garcia Lorca set in the 1930’s. The play is a sto
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All children have a special place, whether chosen by a conscious decision or not, this is a place where one can go to sort ou
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scarlet letter paper
In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, what appears to be Hester Prynne’s tragedy becomes the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale’s suffering and
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reputations in Othello
Reputations of the main characters and its role in Othello In the play Othello written by William Shakespeare, the theme of reputation was a very important
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Romanticism2
Romanticism began in the early 19th century and radically changed the way people perceived themselves and the state of nat
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The Scarlet Letter8
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Teachers
Teachers are sensational, I once would have said, when they totally love their jobs, and strive to help students expand their know
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television
In our society, we like to think of the television as nothing more of a form of entertainment. But do we really believe that? Maybe when tel
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red badge of courage1
The general talks about how they won the battle. Henry tries to justify his decision of running away to ease his mind. He convinces h
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Comparing Teenager
It has been proven that the environment that one grows up with will affect that person’s life forever. People, especially, help to mold the life of another
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Both Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” and Dylans “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” can be seen as having a theme of tragedy
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Life is different for everyone who lives it. No two people experience the same sensations, emotions or relationships. Every persons
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House on Mango St
The House on Mango Street is a very interesting book about a young Latino girl and her daily life. It is a look through a child’
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kafka guilt
Guilt has relative existence; in one sense or another, every man experiences guilt. Whether or not this guilt is worthy of punishment, however, is another que
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Beloved A Darkness in 124
What is the significance of the number 124? Is the number 124 merely a place or can it actually be characterized as something m
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The Fall of the House of Usher2
Death is defined as, "The termination or extinction of something." Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in "The Fall of the House of Usher" in different wa
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My antonia Jim antonia and the land
In America’s Pioneering history, strong bonds between people and the land they live on have been built. From this bond, the act of colonizing land brings peopl
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martin luther
King's "A Letter From Birmingham City Jail": An Analysis Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest speakers for the Black
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Battle royal
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The Pardoners Tale Deception and Foolishness
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essay on du Mauriers Rebecca
Rebecca is a classic, suspenful , and romantic novel written by Daphne du Maurier. It tells the tragic and emotional story of how the memory of a woman named
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essay on du Mauriers Rebecca1
Rebecca is a classic, suspenful , and romantic novel written by Daphne du Maurier. It tells the tragic and emotional story of how the memory of a woman named
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Symbolism
Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is considered the first symbolic novel in American Literature. His use of symbolism in the novel presents a complex view of
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Descriptive Essay2
My life has been one struggle after another. Dealing with depression was not as easy or as fun as a ride on a slide. It was more like a sickening spin on th
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Dante's Inferno is a strange journey through hell, which at times seems familiar but then sometimes seems unexpected. As an American and a Christian it i
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Oedipus is Innocent
Because Oedipus knows nothing about the past of Thebes, he is not an assassin. Oedipus committed murder but unknowingly of who King Laius was. Oedipus’ hono
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The Mysterious Bending of Trees
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waiting for godot
Vladimir and Estragon: A Symbol of Man AP English January 19, 1999 Vladimir and Estragon: A Symbol of Man Many Authors use different techniques in their
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Death of A Salesman Character Analysis
Willy and Nora: Tragic Heroes or Home-wreckers? No one has a perfect life. Despite what Aaron Spelling and his friends in the media might project to
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My bestfriend
English 1301 ‘ If you want a good friend, then you must be one yours
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A Critical Analysis of The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, representing Poe’s own crisis, is oddly moving and eye-catching to the reader. In his essay entitled The Philosophy
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Victorian Life Through Color
The use of color in Victorian literature and art has gone far beyond simple description to form it's very own sort of dict
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to be a writer
I believe the meaning of being a good writer, is to be able to think, use your imagination, thoughts and put them onto a piece of paper.
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John Miltons Satan
People argue about who the hero is of Paradise Lost: Satan, Adam or Christ, the Son? Since Milton’s overall theme stated in
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a clockwork Orange
The freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections encase the realm of A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess. It produ
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oppositions
The story, I Stand Here Ironing, contains binary oppositions which work together to sup
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Characterization in Poe Hawthorne and Melville
What makes a story different from a tale lies in the author’s choice of characterization. When we have little physical detail about the character as is
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Young Goodman Brown5
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown" is a moral story which is told through the perversion of a religious leader. It is thick with allegory. In "Young
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Critical review Killer Angels
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Stopping by woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost
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antigone2
?In the play Antigone there are many references that link to the oppression of women. Creon made many convictions insulting
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Fear1
“I think you are catching a cold sweetheart”, said Sonia, as she was opening her apartment door. “ I think you I should take you to th
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1984
In 1984 George Orwell suggests that the repression of family bonds, human individuality, and artistic expression in order to attain a stable environment makes
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Vacation
This year, almost like every year, I decided to spend my summer vacation with my family far away from any tourist attractions at a place in th
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Irony in Cask of Amontillado
“The Cask of Amontillado” is a story wherein the reader can find a multiple array of ironic a
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william blake
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Huck Finn and his change in Morality
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is based on a young boy's coming of
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Perseverance
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A simple life
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Love Marriage in Tang China
The story of Ts'ui Ying-ying takes place during the T'ang dynasty, which is one of the most well known dynasties. This story is one that is good example to se
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Main Street
Sinclair Lewis makes point of the efforts that Carol produces to reform her new home. These efforts can be perceived by the townspeople as unwelcomed and
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Fredrick Douglas
Is it possible for one of our times, living in the free United States, to be bonded in the institution of slavery? One hundred and fifty years have past now s
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Surely you stay my certain own, you stay My you. All honest, lofty as a cloud. Surely I could come now and find you high,
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Candide3
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women in ian mc ewans child in time
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The three stations in Conrad’s novella, The Heart of Darkness, serve as steps in a descent. When Marlow’s journey down the C
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Arcadia
Throughout the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard there is a distinct difference between the characters who have a science background and those who do not. One of
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A Rose For Emily6
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Achebe
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jd salinger
A Biography of J.D. Salinger with Concentration on the Early 1950’s, Particularly 1951-1952. 1. The 1950’s were a time of conservatism , the traditional
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television as a social power
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A Separate Peice
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ELIOT TS
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St.Louis Missouri, to Henry Ware and Charlotte Stearns Elliot.
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greek theatre
There have been many artistic achievements that have had a substantial role in shaping outlooks and tastes for cultures and generations
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Angelas Ashes1
I think that Angela's Ashes relates to the historical theme of Change, Cooperation and conflict, relation to
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Thoreau and Emerson Comparison
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loh
"A Modest Proposal" was a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift depicting the horrific conditions of Ireland and the lives of the Irish people in 1729. The
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Marriages Canterbury Tales
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The Dead1
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Alice and the Wonderland
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ON the rainy river
When a Man’s Dignity Controls His Life Future, past, and present friends standing along the shore with shouting enemies and fate. These are some
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the lottery1
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Literary Paper Just Lather Thats All
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Stevie Smith and Christianity
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A farewell to arms
That fall, Henry and Catherine live in a brown wooden house on the side of a mountain. They enjoy the company of Mr. and Mrs. Guttingen, who live downstairs,
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Effects of Sin in The Scarlet Letter
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Analysis on Beowulf
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Huck Finn8
The narrator (later identified as Huckleberry Finn) begins Chapter One by stating that the reader may know of him from another book, The Adventures of Tom Saw
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The Hero Within
John Proctor plays the ultimate hero role in the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, because he chooses to protect himself, his friends and
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Death of a Salesman4
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Iago1
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Fate and Free Will in the Odyssey
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Lucy Wainwright Roche September 2000 Contemporary American Fiction In Cold Blood Beloved These days when a reader settles in to read a book, it
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A Womans Aspiration For Freedom
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Jane Eyre Analysis of Nature
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The Rocking Horse Winner
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reason
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The crucifixion of Christ is treated differently within the bodies of Old English and Middle English literature. The values of each era's society are superimpo
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The Glass Menagerie1
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White Heron
There were two similar, but different people that crossed each other's path one night. They would find how important a
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The novel I read was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. My copy of The Outsiders was published in 1997, but the original was first published in 1967, both by Vi
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A theme throughout Flaubert's Madame Bovary is escape versus confinement. In the novel Emma Bovary attempts again and again to escape the ordinariness of her
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hitler
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Great Gatsbys dreams
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Some People say that the world has many opportunities, some say that you can’t get anywhere unless you are born to some certain class of people. Some even say
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Macbeth8
In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth was an ambitious Scottish noble who was transformed into a treacherous tyrant through the influence of th
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Romanticism3
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Shelly Silverstein, most commonly known as Shel Silverstein. He is best known in children's literature for his poetry; however, he was also a cartoonist, compo
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Scarelt Letter
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Jack London1
John (Jack) Griffith London (1876-1916) was born in San Francisco, California. His mother, Flora Wellman, came from a wealthy family. As an i
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Presidential Travel
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Emersons Self Reliance
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Le Baiser de la Mort
Short syncopated clopping echoed throughout the desolate ally ways that wound through the dark outer limits of Bordeaux, France. An eerie
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Dracula
Anti-Christianity is a major reoccurring theme throughout Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel portrays Anti-Christian values and bel
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Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie, originated in the memory of Williams. Williams' family embodied his father,
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Gun Report
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Death Penalty
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eisenhower
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courage
In the 1940’s, Malcolm Little (also known as Malcolm X) stood up against racism towards all Black people. This courageous act becomes even more courageous whe
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For this paper I have decided to include information about both readings we have covered. We read William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus th
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Andrew Jackson
The first and truest ideals of democracy were embodied in the political ideas of Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian democrats. Calli
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John Henry Cardnal
John Henry Cardinal Newman, the leading figure of the Oxford movement believed that a liberal education was more important than technical training in itself.
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Differences and Difficulties in Description in Milton
What is it about the human imagination that allows one to conceptualize the deepest, darkest hell yet makes it difficult to envision heaven? Even Milton had h
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Master Builder freudian symbols
Freudian Symbols in The Master Builder The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen, is a play about individuality, morality, and
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Young Goodman Brown6
"Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a moralizing story. Hawthorne shows us the great importance of our faith in God,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Essay
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a poem written by a poet (name unknown) approximately 6000 years ago in the late 1300's in the medieval times. T
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Miracle Worker
At the beginning of the play , all of the characters thought Helen was just fine . The doctor said she was ok , but it really took
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Raisin In The Sun
The action of the play takes place in the poor South side of
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Young Goodman Brown7
In short stories, I have learned that there is much more than what at*BR* first meets the eye. Almost everything in the story has meaning. All I*BR*
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Definition Essay
A team player can be associated to any type of profession a perso
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Narziss and Goldmund
Humans are one of the only species that are expected to meet someone, fall in love, and mate for life. It is socially engraved in us that we are to marry for l
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Compaires B N W to 1984
Description : Compaires B N W to 1984 Although many similarities exist between Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984,
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Macbeth9
Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some are more serious than others. For example, some people have addictions to gambling, while oth
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Dickinson
After reading both “Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant” by Emily Dickinson and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, I determined that the main difference between
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Hemingway The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
Ernest Hemingway was one of a group of artists in the inter-war period of the early twentieth century who was left mentally (and for Hemingway also physically
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Street Car Named Desire1
In Tennesse Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot, Blanche is Stella's younger
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The Road Not Taken
In life, each and every one of us is on a journey to our own destination. Every where that we go we will have to make decisions that will lead us to many
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Social Criticism in Short Stories
Although most short stories at first glance may seem to be simply fictional tales about people and situations that don’
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farewell to arms
Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” holds the secret of a man (the author) who experiences many things and then changes them for in h
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Use of Satire in Huck Finn
The journey taken by two people down a river, is rarely thought of as anything more than just an adventure. However, Mark Twain uses his novel, The Adventures
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Scarlet Letter Symbolism
Symbolism of The Scarlet Letter A symbol is a literary device which is employed to portray another object or individual. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Haw
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Theme and its Importance
Theme is the principal phrase or idea behind a story. It plays an
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The Glass Menagerie2
The Glass Menagerie is by Tennessee Williams. Williams uses a lot of symbols in this play. Many of the symbols used in this play try to symbolize some form of
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One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest1
When people pass a mental institute, most will not acknowledge the people that are inside. Some will say that the people have a screwed up life or they had a
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lord of the flies1
In most books, the authors use symbolism to expand the novel beyond its literal meaning. Symbolism is used to represent or foreshadow the theme of the story.
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rummmm
Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy
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Is Where are you going Where have you been a tragedy
When "Where Are You Going, Where have you been?" was written in 1966, it was interpreted many different ways. Many feminist and women’s rights groups saw the
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macbeth3
What Transforms Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Into Tragic Figures Is The Fact That They Both Have Consciences.
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old man and sea
The Old Man And The Sea: Man Defeated Reading through the novel The Old Man and the Sea one, as a reader, can perceive several themes in the book. Hemingway
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Happieness on a Perch
During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the African American population still felt the aftermath of slavery through the beliefs and actions of the
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The Chrysanthemums
The Chrysanthemums An Essay for Questions #3 and #4, on page 228 John Steinbeck wrote The Chrysanthemums in 1938. Steinbec
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George Orwell
A detailed chronological timetable of Orwell’s life.
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ethan frome
09.10.00 Ethan and Zeena Frome were always very rich, but Ethan hasn't ever been
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Trifles The Glass Menagerie
In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, the dialog between characters creates the deep meaning of the story. The attitudes of the men is much differen
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Animal Farm book report
Many authors write about topics that they know and about historical events that are going on while they write their story. In the book Animal Farm by George
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The Pearl2
In John Steinbeck's The Pearl, a destitute pearl diver finds a giant pearl with which he hopes to buy peace and happiness for his family. Instead, he learns
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dunbars sympathty
During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the black population was enslaved and tortured by whites. African Americans were treated as animals, den
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snow falling on cedars
The novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, gives some examples on how past events can effect a community. In 1954
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In every young person life there are certain critical decisions that must be made. One of the more important of the many is the choice to resume education aft
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A multiultural region
India is known as a land of diversities because of its many cultures, religions, and languages. India’s historical monuments show t
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Lancelot
The Presence of Percival Employing a multitude of memories, reflections and ultimate confessions from Lancelot Lamar, the author uses Pe
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A poison Tree
The narrator speaks of "I" who is of the Old Testament God, renamed by Blake as Urizen, and the poison tree is his Tree of the Knowledge of Good
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Frankenstien Themes
There are many themes in Frankenstein. Even though the novel was written and set in a period that was long ago, the themes hold true to everyday life. Ther
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Cry The Beloved Country
The book "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton is a book about agitation and turmoil of both whites and blacks over the white segregation policy called apar
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Cry The Beloved Country1
The book "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton is a book about agitation and turmoil of both whites and blacks over the white segregation policy called apar
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the great gatsby4
The Great Gatsby is a novel that illustrates the society in the 1920's and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population at that time. T
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morality
Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally ri
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Dogs of WarAll quiet on the western fron
…”In one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in is we are led and protected. It is not cons
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Sense and Sensibility1
In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility there is a theme that runs along with males in the novel. The first born sons are forced to d
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The Effectiveness of Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
The Effectiveness of Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter The effectiveness of symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter adds to the story.
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cat on a hot tin roof
English Literature - 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams. Describe the relationship between Maggie and Brick.
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Beowulfs Universal Appeal
There are archetypal patterns in life. They reoccur and become familiar to people through all ages and ethnicities. Throughout history, few literary works have
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Beowulfs Universal Appeal1
There are archetypal patterns in life. They reoccur and become familiar to people through all ages and ethnicities. Throughout history, few literary works have
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Everyday Use1
Through contrasting family members and views in “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker illustrates the importance of understanding our present life in relation to the
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Claudius in Hamlet
What could be worse than killing your brother? Marrying his wife right after! Claudius is the shadiest chara
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Frankenstein8
Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally ri
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The Story of an Hour
“Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of day
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The Awakening2
The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, tells the story of a woman, Edna Pontellier, who undergoes a transformation from an obedient housewi
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Victorian Era
Characteristics During the Victorian Era When imagining the Victorian Age, royalty, fancy lifestyles, and elaborate living often come to mind. However, duri
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On How Tragedy Leads to Deception in The Tragedy of Hamlet P
On How Tragedy Leads to Deception in: "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" In the play "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," William Shake
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The Things They Carried1
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are
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The things they carried
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are
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imagery in Macbeth
The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is regarded as one of Shakespeare’s best tragedies. It deals with a man named Macbeth, who is introduced as a strong
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Gullivers Travels1
One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on
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Crucible Proctors Choice
Throughout history, and Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the name by which one is called, is more than just a name. Your name represents your actions
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birthmark
In "The Birthmark," Hawthorne described a young scientist who killed his own wife by pursuing "perfect future" (Hawthorne, 220) while trying to remove a birthm
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birthmark1
In "The Birthmark," Hawthorne described a young scientist who killed his own wife by pursuing "perfect future" (Hawthorne, 220) while trying to remove a birthm
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Womens Role in The Ill Made Knight
Presence of Women in "The Ill Made Knight" Throughout the story "The Ill made Knight", in T.H. Whites novel The Once and Future King, women are portrayed a
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The Change
In this essay I am supposed to discuss a project or activity that best represents me. I thought about this for a while, and I decided I would talk a
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lord of the flies2
Imagine being only a small child, taking an airplane ride of the ocean and something strange starts to happen. Everyone goes into a panic and the plane starts
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American Themes
Literary works reflect the main ideas of the American mind. An American theme that is seen in various works of literature is ind
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The effect of symbolism on character in The Glass Menagerie
Symbolism is a major aspect in Tennessee William's famous play, "The Glass Menagerie." On the surface, the short slice of life story seems to be simple. Howev
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frome
One of the most prominent themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is of the American Dream. This dream can be many thin
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American Themes1
Literary works reflect the main ideas of the American mind. An American theme that is seen in various works of literature is ind
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Abigail Adams and Anne Bradstreet
Dear Anne Bradstreet and Abagail Adams, I’m anxiously awaiting your arrival. I think your visit will be filled with shocking surprises and pleasurable impr
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catcher in the rye2
The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy", by Douglas Noel Adams Douglas Noel Adams has successfully tried to show us another aspect of our
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ELTE Save Face
ELTE - a prestigious and promising word indeed, but only for people with an external viewpoint. Those who get a chance to have a look from t
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Odysseus
Every Epic follows a certain guideline, it is written in an elevated style consisting of a hero and deeds he does during his travels or j
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Home Burial
Robert Frost's "Home Burial" is a narrative poem that speaks of life's tragedies. Robert Frost's writing style is very straight-forward and direct. In "Home Bu
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Ordinary People
“It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world. Storytelling and make-believe, like
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To Kill A Mockingbird2
In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism and injustice. During this time in history, racism was acceptable
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black like me farewell to manzanar
Through all the trials that people have been put through, throughout the years, somehow people seem to forgive a
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Sophocles Antigone
The debate over who is the tragic hero in Antigone continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the
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the dead
8. Where does epiphany occur in “The Dead?” Who has the epiphany? What is the emotional state it creates? How does it compare to other epiphanies in Dubliners?
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Blanches Tragedy a streetcar named desire
Blanche, Stella's older sister, until recently a high school English teacher in Laurel, Mississippi. She arrives in New Orleans a loquacious, witty,
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Hesters Story
Regarding The Scarlet Letter, the subject of of the main character has been widely debated by all. Some say that it is Hester’s story, while
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women in combat
In the 1970’s, the services traditional attitude toward women was challenged; change was forced upon a reluctant establishment (Holm, 198). Th
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women in combat1
In the 1970’s, the services traditional attitude toward women was challenged; change was forced upon a reluctant establishment (Holm, 198). Th
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women in combat2
In the 1970’s, the services traditional attitude toward women was challenged; change was forced upon a reluctant establishment (Holm, 198). Th
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JD Salinger
Many critics consider J.D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes.. J.D. Salinger’s works were
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Frankenstein Less Human than his Creation
There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out with good intentions. However, Victor’s ego i
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The Great Gatsby8
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic- a novel complete with characters, setting, and symbolism that all contribute to the theme of the novel.
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Animal Farms Irony
Animal Farm is a classic portrayal of how power can effect the goals and hopes of a society. In this essay, I will explore the irony of Animal Farm, and how
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unlce toms cabin
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Romeo and Juliet3
Friar Lawrence was one of the most important characters in the novel. Even though he was not on the stage for most of the play he greatly contributed to the t
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The Crucible5
The play, The Crucible, is one with a vast amount of strength, and intelligence. The play is one in which a small suburban town in Massachusetts
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The Jungle2
“The Jungle is perhaps the most brutal novel ever written in America. It is one long scream of pain and tragedy” (Cook 117). The novel shows the reader how h
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Major Theme of The Crucible
According to the Webster’s Dictionary, a crucible is “a vessel in which metal is heated to a high temperature and melted for
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The Quest for Parental Figures in Huckleberry Finn
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Architectural Influence
The Elizabethan Age was an innovative and unique period in history. In this period architecture was more than a profession, it was an art, and an influen
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A Farewell to Arms Character Analysis
In the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway shows Frederick Henry’s progression into a code hero. Frederick Henry
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Chaucer2
Although we can see some changes in types of characters, people today are relatively the same as they were during the Middle Ages. Some Chaucerian characters,
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what dreams may come
Many of us, people don’t believe that there exists live after death. We think that this is not possible. People are just dying and they are living their bodies
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crucible4
Life is dictated by an inborn hunger or purpose, and people, in general, will act on this hunger for their own personal gain in their individual ways. This hu
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the racism in huckelberry finn
Twain a racist? The answers to these questions lie in the examination of Mark Twain’s life and historical era, incidents and character comments
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The Role of Victorian Women Jane Eyre By Charolette Bronte
Jane Eyre's Triumph Over Oppression: Charlotte Bronte's Example for Women Charlotte Bronte, in her novel, Jane Eyre, establishes us with a
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A worn Path
Everyday people encounter obstacles that stand in the way of their goals. Phoenix, in “A Worn Path”, by Eudora Welty, has
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The Crucible6
The play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, was about the Salem witchcraft trials that killed many Puritans in Massachusetts. In this play, Miller s
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Zeferelli VS Lutherman
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet leaves a lot of room for creative elaboration and from this had come countless video versions of the play. This well-kno
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A Good Short Story
What Elements Makes Up A Short Story? What is a short story? What are the criteria necessary for a short story? What makes a good short story? After lengt
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marxist theory
The Marxist literary theory is based on the idealistic notion of socialism, therefore, economics is at the center of Marxism. Everyone is equal and nobody has
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Responsibilities are more important than Rights
Responsibilities are more important than Rights Everyone has rights and responsibilities. Rights are things that people are
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And Then There Was None Book Report
Have you ever been in a dark, desolate room in complete seclusion from everyone else where you sense a presence nearby but when you turn around, nobody’s t
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Nectar in a Sieve Essay
Nectar in a Sieve is a novel that takes you on an adventure through the rapidly changing country of India. Throughout this novel, you meet a series of charact
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Cultural Criticism and Frankenstein
· Goal of cultural criticism is to oppose culture with a capital C. The view of culture, which
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The Great Gatsby9
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true personal
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The Great Gatsby10
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true person
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Color Purple Book Report
The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker and is 295 pages in length. This book is a dairy of a girl who has gone through many hardships during her life.
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the conection between Amy Tan and the characters of The Joy
Amy Tan uses facts from her life and her own identity to create the character of Jing-Mei Woo for her first novel “The Joy Luck Club”.
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othello3
Beowulf, the story written by an unknown poet, is a contrasting mixture of both Christian and pagan aspects that frequently refer to the Old Testament of the b
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the invisible man
Blue and gold passes are the biggest waste of paper and plastic the school could come up with. It isn’t fair that only seniors with gold passes have the pivel
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King Lear2
The misjudgment of their offspring leaves King Lear and Gloucester favoring the wrong children. Because they favored the evil, disloyal childre
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Religion in whos afraid of virginia woolf
In Edward Albee’s controversial play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, religion plays a major, yet often overlooked theme. There are constant references
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Huck Finn Research
Overview of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is probably Mark Twain’s most well-known and famous novel. It was written
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EVENGE AND LOVE THEME IN WUTHEING HEIGHTS BY EMILY BRONTE
Explore the writers oppression in Nineteen Eighty Four and Brave New World Both Orwell and Huxley present to the reader in their novels Brave New World and
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Greek tragedy and heroes
Anyone who conforms to the ideals of his particular society is a hero. If I was a beautiful busty blond who loved puppies and saved people from imminent deat
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The main character in the book The Epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh himself. In the beginning of the book one realizes that Gilga
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Chaucer and Feminism
The most potent form of criticism that a writer can use is satire. Satire is a form of irony wherein the speaker uses false praise in order to condemn an idea
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Wuthering Heights11
Catherine Earnshaw: Her Relationships and Development Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is about the relationships between two families and how those rela
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animal testing
The theme song to a popular cartoon Pinky and the Brain is a farce dealing
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subway
Driving to work with my windows down, moon roof open and the thumping sound of Nate Dog’s music ringing in my ear, I was having a fine morn
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The Iron Curtain
Imagine what the world would be like if we were all "under the iron curtain." In
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beowulf3
In comparing the heroic qualities of Beowulf, and the heroic qualities of King Arthur, we will cite the main differences between the two. Beowulf battled for
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wounded
We hear about gruesome things all the time. We are sympathetic for the people they happen to but then we shrug it off and move on. No one ever stops to think
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A Proposal for the further study of great writers
A Proposal for the Further Study of Great Writers It could be said that the study of Literature and the stu
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Kake Chopin
Kate Chopin is an American writer, best known for her description of culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, and of women's struggles for freedom. Many of her work
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Beowolf compared to Superman
The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary tr
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Snapshots Of a Wedding
Bessie Head’s Snapshots of a Wedding is a perfect example of excessive uses of imagery, which projects ideas and concepts in my
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Cold Mountain
The setting for Cold Mountain is in the state of North Carolina during the Civil War time period. Most of the key events happen in Cold Mountain. Inman tries t
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Snapshots Of a Wedding1
Bessie Head’s Snapshots of a Wedding is a perfect example of excessive uses of imagery, which projects ideas and concepts in my m
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The Ending of Anna Karenina
As we saw at the end of the novel Anna Karenina, Anna ends her tragic life by throwing herself onto the tracks underneath an o
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A short story with a flash back
“Come on Gramps, you old steam train!” Yelled a voice. “Calm down you ‘rat-bag,’ I’m old you know” replied another from within the brush. A h
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The CrucibleSalem Witch Trials vs The McCarthy Hearings
In the play, The Crucible, many parallels can be found in reference to the 1950 Communist trials led by Joe McCarthy. In this work by Arthur Miller, the even
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Ishmael and Maya Angelou
There are many different views on how people should live our lives. All of these different philosophies come from many different places. They come from religi
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One Flew over the Cuckoos nest
It is suggested that Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest contains examples of behaviour and attitudes displayed by characters within the clinical envir
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Shirley jackson
Born-San Francisco, California-December 3, 1919 Died-North Bennington, Vermont- August 8, 1965-45 Have published novels, humorous fictionalized autobiographi
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shakespeare authorship
No discussion group on Shakespeare would be complete without someone discussing whether the Stratford man really whote all the works attributed to Shakespeare
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the dragon cant dance
Often when one comes to the realization of delusion in the understanding of an event, anger at defeat kicks in.
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the sun also rises
6. The Sun Also Rises is narrated by one of the characters, Jake Barnes. Discuss what difference that makes to the development of the nov
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Absalom
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner is the story of a man who outraged the land that then turned and destroyed the man’s family (Serafin 356). Growing
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The importance of the character of Marie in The Outsider
The purpose of this essay is to bring to light the significance of Marie as a character in Albert Camus’, ‘The Outsider’. Through analysis and criticism, this
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Heart of Darkness10
Throughout the story, Heart of Darkness, there is a thin line between what is seen as reality and what is illusion. The main character soon realizes that he ha
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American Dream1
Everyday students work vigorously to secure academic success. They frequently set goals for themselves and strive to reach them. The American dream is like a
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Feminism in Jane Erye
Feminism is a very contradictory theme throughout literary history. It does not have to be seen as a complete rebellion against men,
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To Kill A Mockingbird3
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is an classic that takes place during the 1930s. In the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, the
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Sitting the Fence
Daru is a man of mixed heritage that is happiest living away from the conflicting sides that pull at him constantly. One side wants
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Roselilly
Beck 1 In the short story, “Roselily,” by Alice Walker, the main character is torn between t
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dune
Novel Analysis: Frank Herbert's Dune Arrakis, Dune, the desert planet which nourishes and eradicates life. A harsh, dry place where moisture is so prec
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Death in Stephen Cranes The Blue Hotel
Stephen Crane is a well-known author of variety of short stories. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a Methodist minister. After schooling at Lafa
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Oedipus Rex3
“ A man who is highly renowned and prosperous, but one who is not pre-eminently virtuous and just, whose misfortune, however, is brought upon h
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Brave New World4
As man has progressed through the ages, there has been, essentially, one purpose. That purpose is to arrive at a utopian society, where e
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rsearch
The piece I choose to do for my research paper is called “Wadjet”. It is an Egyptian piece of art. Wadjet was the protectress of the king and the tutelary deit
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Societies in Pride and Prejudice
The novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, divides mainly into two societies. The characters in the novel are in conflict due to their in
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A Rose for Emily1
Faulkner’s “A rose for Emily”: the narration The narrator in this short story is an omniscent one, endowed with the ability
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English
The debate over who is the tragic hero in Antigone continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the
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Owen Meany1
"Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean-make sure they know what they mean!" (572). In the novel written by
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Emily
Emily and I were in love. She lived in North Carolina and I lived in Ohio. It wasn’t an easy relationship. We communicated often. We met in August.
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American ThemeIndividualism
Literary works reflect the main ideas of the American mind. An American theme that is seen in various works of literature is in
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Using Style To Create
Style defines how one person does things in comparison to the next. In writing style is often referred to as the writers fingerprin
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godfather
The Book and the movie of The Godfather have their similarities and differences that I will be focusing on. The Godfather is the best selling phenomenon - a cl
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A tale of 2 cities
age of foolishne"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the ss . . ." Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities wit
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Great Gatsby6
Supreme Court Judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once said, "In my thirty years of legal experience, I have never witnessed money helping a victim, although I have
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Undying Love for Emily
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is a very mind-boggling story. It leaves the reader in a trance. The story has a lot of things going on, which is cente
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Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence towards women is a problem in the United States that is usually over looked and almost always not noticed b
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reflective essay legalization of marijuana
Legalization of Marijuana (Cannabis) is highly logical in a day where alcohol and tobacco
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Merchant Of Venice
Many scholars think that William Shakespeare was an anti-Semite, and yet others feel that he was in fact not anti-Semitic. I think along the same lines as the
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reflective essay legalization of marijuana1
Legalization of Marijuana (Cannabis) is highly logical in a day where alcohol and tobacco
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US intervention in Panama
The U.S. has caused a lot of problems in Central American countries using intervention. One of the United States’ biggest problems is with interfering in ot
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Drummer
"Drummer" is a story about a boy who is trying to be normal in a society full of people who like big, strong, athletic people. The people are looked at as f
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Imagery in The Red Badge of Courage
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed fr
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Madame BovaryCompare and Contrast between Rodolphe and Leon
In Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, the characters Leon Dupuis and Rodolphe Boulanger share similar attributes as well as contrasting ones. The similarity and
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Medieval Warfare
Medieval warfare was very brutal. They would gather their men. Who could be anyone from a footman to a knight. To me I think I might ha
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The Pardoner as Representative of the Church
The Pardoner as a Representative of the Church The Pardoner is a disreputable representative of the church. The “General Prologue” describes him as bei
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Oedipus The tragic hero
In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whos
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Oedipus The tragic hero1
In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whos
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Young Goodman Brown8
A view of Young Goodman Brown The story Young Goodman Brown is about a man and his faith in himself, his wife, and the community they reside in. Goodman Brown
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Outcasts in Society In Relation To John Steinbecks Of Mice A
Throughout history, many groups of people have been the target of persecution by a much larger or more dominant group, often the common people. Among these gr
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Moby Dick brotherhood is introduced
In the intricate novel of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, the notion of a “universal brotherhood of Man” is introduced in the first fifteen chapters. Melville us
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To Kill a Mockingbird3
Miss Harper Lee has chosen Scout as a first person narrator in this story. This narrative technique has many strengths and some weaknesses. Scout is a bright,
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Grendel2
Grendel is an unhappy soul in John Gardner’s book “Grendel”, because he feels useless in society and doesn’t want to accept his given role. Throughout the whol
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Evolution of British Literature
The historical events and mentality of a time period are a major influence on the context and style of that particular time
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Macbeth Essay
The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare uses many thought provoking examples of how something that starts out with the best intentions can ultimately lead to
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House On Mango Street
Women’s need for male support and their husband’s constant degradation of them was a recurring theme in the book House on Mango S
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article
The Article “British Airways sacks pilots seen drinking before flight”, talks about how pilots abuse the drinking rules set up by the
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Giordano Bruno Vs Piggy
From the dawn of humanity, to the eras of medieval and renaissance, all the way our
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The Life and Times of Holden Caufield
Holden Caulfield is the controversial character in The Catcher in the Rye. He goes through many changes throughout the novel as he matures from
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Our Town2
The play Our Town was written by Thornton Wilder in 1938. This play was a huge part of Wilder’s success. I believe his pu
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Suicide Lurks Over the Horizon
Many people say that Ernest Hemingway’s stature within the view of the public
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Jane Eyre4
Becoming a memorable hero in literature is not an easy thing. Your life is exposed to the public eye, critics scorn your m
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Compare and Contrast Oedious and Mike Tyson
Oedipus and Mike Tyson, the former heavy weight champion of the world, are similar in how their anger led to their destruction. In Oedipus’ case, his flaw ann
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macbeth4
Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some are more serious than others. For example, some people have addictions to gambling,
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the sunne rising
Heart of Darkness-“Conrad in the Congo-Background and Sources” The walls between insanity and sanity are often paper thin in ones own mind. Joseph Conr
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compartive essay
In Sophocles and Shakespearean terms, blindne
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All For Daddy
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. admired his father as a young boy, however he wished he could spend more time with him. “Daddy worked all th
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Robert Shulmans Dreiser and the Dynamics of American Capital
Capitalism and Communism are two antagonist economic, political, and social systems. Capitalism is characterized by a free market for goods and private control
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Dreisers Sister Carrie
I think it is very difficult to define the exact character of Dreiser’s “Sister Carrie”, and his original intention. I would say, “as many eyes, so many opinio
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privacy
Privacy in the Information Age: I N T R O D U C T I O N ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The world is changing rapidly.
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Aspects of Characterization
The use of literary devices such as diction and symbolism are crucial elements in establishing characterization. The diction, writer’s choice of words, much
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The GoBetween LP Hartley
A Critical Analysis of the Opening Pages of Chaper Nine The beginning passages of chapter nine are illustrative of
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NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL
Night, by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography including the main characters Elie, his family, and all the victims of the h
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Jonathon Swifts A Modest Proposal
Jonathon Swift assumes a few key ideas throughout A Modest Proposal. It is unquestionably assumed through the essay tha
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huck finn3
Twain uses symbolism to create a certain effect in Huckleberry Finn. Diction, organization, details, and his personal point of view hides all aspects of symb
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Genocide in Rwanda
The definition of genocide as given in the Webster’s College Dictionary is “The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, ra
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educating rita
Play It Again Rita The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell gained great popularity especially during the early eighties. There has also been a movie made from
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Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys, Kevin a.k.a. “Freak” and Max. Max is always putting himself down saying, “I’m a b
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wuthering heights vs trhoushcross grange
In the novel Wuthering Heights, we find two households separated by the cold, muddy, and barren moors, one by the name of Wuthering Heights, and the other by t
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Summones Role in Society
In the book Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, gives us a stunning tale about a rooster named Chaunticleer. Chaunticleer, wh
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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is a novel about how the conflicting agendas within a
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An Analysis on Hawthorne
Although many readers may say Hawthorne's writing is difficult to unders
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Homer Comparison and Contrast of the gods in Homers epics wi
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I know why the cage birds sing
- Stamps, Arkansas, in a black ghetto neighborhood where Maya lives with her grandmother
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Cathedral1
In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver a variety of elements of short fiction contribute to theme. Raymond Carver uses a great vari
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What Turns Walt Whitman On
I am going to discuss, in relation to this question, Jane Austen's work both book and film " Sense and Sensibility". Both of them, in different ways, examine t
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The Lesser Evil
Barbara Harrison once said, “The toughest choices in life are not those between good and evil, but those between
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Story of an Hour
In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” the apparent death of the husband signifies a major turning point in the life of Mrs. Mal
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A Comparison of The Raven and The TellTale Heart
Comparisons of “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allen Poe's story "A Tell Tale Heart," has the protagonist obsessed with an old
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Juliens Journey
Warning: There are a few spelling errors. 'It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.'
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The Scarlet Letter9
Some stories contain one main theme and/or symbol, whereas others may contain many themes and/or symbols. There were many themes and sy
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whitbread
How to become a successful in the Whitbread around the World Race The human race has always wanted to cross the mighty oceans. That is what makes the Whitbrea
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Beowulf A Noble King
The epic poem Beowulf describes the noblest king of the Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf. Beowulf is a man who demonstrates all the good q
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The Moral of Everyman
Everyman, an English morality play, is an allegory of death and the fate of the soul. Summoned by Death, Everyman calls on Fellowship
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The Unconscious Struggle for Human Existence
The Unconscious Struggle for Human Existence According to philosopher Karl Marx, humans are "slaves to historical necessity and their thought and thinking are
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Scarlet Letters Puritans
Discuss Hawthorne¡¦s presentation of the Puritan¡¦s throughout the novel ¡¥The Scarlet Letter.¡¦
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Milton
Religion was the most important part of Milton’s personal life, and exerted the greatest influence on his literary endeavors. John Milt
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Appraising My Test Taking Skills
The advantages of my test taking skills are effectiveness,organization, and good review tools. Thus, the disadvantages are manageable review time and strategy
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Analysis of Huckleberry Finn The Red badge of Courage and Th
Teenagers everywhere have experienced an emotional bond with the characters Huckleberry Fin, Henry Fleming, and Holden Caulfield while reading The Adventures o
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Uncle Toms Cabingeneral summary
The book starts out where Uncle Tom is sold to a trader because of his owner’s debts. Mr. Shelby is the owner of Uncle Tom and many other slaves. He saves a gi
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Boys Will Be Boys
Holden Caulfield, portrayed in the J.D. Salinger novel Catcher in the R
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Hawthornes four sins as evidenced in The Scarlet Letter
Sin is a word that is definetely not universally defined. Sin is relative to a person’s
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gone with the wind
Gone With the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell which focuses on the life of a Southern belle during the
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Tennyson
In the book Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson there are many things throughout the different stories that show mist imagery. The significance of mis
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Marlow
Marlow’s Catharsis in Heart of Darkness Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, relies on the historical period of imperialism to illuminate its protagonist, Charl
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Dead Poets Society1
In the film Dead Poet’s Society there is an environment created that was rigid and strict. At Welton Academy there were four pillars of ideals
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Views of Mans Nature
Man’s nature can be looked at in many different ways. Observing a few of the several views helps one to appreciate all of the positive and negative characteri
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Cry the Beloved Country Essay
Alan Paton, in his novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, shows how the horrors of South African apartheid effected two individual families, one black and one white.
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The Birth of a New Worldan epiphany
December 15th, 1989, I remember as if it were yesterday. The whole experience was so fast that I never had time to realize what was happening. I was twenty-thr
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Human Nature in The Legends of King Arthur and his Noble Kni
When John Stienbeck translated the tales of King Arthur he realized that he needed to maintain the elements of human nature that appeared through out the origi
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Humanism
Erasmus of Rotterdam, the author of Praise of Folly and Thomas More, the author of Utopia, were two of the sixteenth century’s greatest Renaissance writers.
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The Grape of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of
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Heart of Darkness11
It is often said that when considering a work of great literature, the title of such work can be just as important as the context of the story. Authors time a
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gay definition essay
The word gay originated from the Old High German word gahi, which means “rapid and impetuous.” In the twelfth century, the word gahi gave rise to th
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
In the play, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Thoreau examines several different ways in which individuals interact with s
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Hamlets Soliloquies
The soliloquies spoken by Hamlet were directed to the audience, rather than seeming like conversations with himself. In the first soliloquy, Hamlet talks about
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George Eliot History and Style
One of the most astounding facts about George Eliot is that “he” is actually a woman, whose real name is Marian Evans. She was born during the era of Victoria
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Stone Angel
Irony is the contrast between the way things seem and the way things are. There are three different types; verbal, situational and dramatic irony. Situational
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Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell are both well know seventeenth century poets. Herrick' s "to the Virgins to Make Much of Time" and Marvell' s "To his Coy Mis
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ted hughes
Ted Hughes’ early is said to be an observation of the world of creatures, which in turn confronts the behaviour and existence of humankind itself. Write
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN1
Explore the use of irony in Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’. Throughout the play, irony is used to emphasis the tragic nature of the
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Different Learning Styles
In our English class we took a test on what kind of learning style characteristics we have. Learning the different style writings that I have helped me discove
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Sara Orne Jewitt
Thesis: Sarah Orne Jewett, a native of Maine, was one of the first and most skilled members of the local color movement in literature.
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Hale Crucible
John Hale is the minister of Beverly, which has been summoned to Salem to discover and extinguish supposed witchcraft in the town of Salem, Mass. in the colo
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Catcher in the Rye5
Holden Caufield emphasizes on the loss of innocence in children. He feels that once they lose their innocence, they will soon turn into phonies like everyone e
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Strategy Paper
Michael Porter’s video discusses how to gain competitive advantage and profitability in the market place using specific strategies. Competitive advantage i
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Princess Di
THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MOVIE STARS, ATHLEATS, PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE OTHERS, AND PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS. ON
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commitment
A man stands in front of a priest, turns and looks into the eyes of a woman and says, “I do.” The woman now turns and repeats the same sacred words. On hearing
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old man and the sea
The Old Man and the Sea is a book by Ernest Hemingway, which is a book that describes Santiago’s (the old man) journey to catch a Marl
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lack of spirituality in the Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchannan. He dreams that one day
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Themes in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
There are many major themes in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, some more present than others, for instance, honor and pride which lead to manipulation (domi
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Modernism and the Great Gatsby
To understand modern literature, one must develop a sense of the structured and ordered lifestyle prior to modern culture. Before the era of modernism, li
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On The Road
Jack Kerouac is the first to explore the world of the wandering hoboes in his novel, On the Road. He created a world that shows th
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Wuthering Heights12
The series of events in Emily Bronte’s early life psychologically set the tone for her fictional novel Wuthering Heights. Early in her life while living in Ha
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exemplification
Golf is about 10% physical and about 90% mental. A golfer has an inventory of various moods while on the course, awareness of these moods
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Crane
Crane’s Use of Companionship, Through the Effects of Nature, in The Open Boat and Red Badge of Courage In both of these stories, The Open Boat an
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Life is But A Choice
Beginning with the time of birth until the time of death, people have to make choices everyday on how to achieve the goals in their lives. One can imagine life
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Fear to Become
Before I read “ The Fall of the House of Usher”, I had a dreary experience of my at my great grand-mothers house. Just as there are seve
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Colonial Time
Colonial Time (1607-1765)
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transcendentalism
Transcendentalism was an important movement in literature that occurred during the years of 1836-1860. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were the b
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Midterm break
The poem I am evaluating in this essay is titled “Mid-term break” and was written by Seamus Heaney. The poem is about
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The Byronic Hero
John Wilson wrote, “It is in the contrast between his august conceptions of man, and his contemptuous opinions of men, that much of the almo
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Hamlet Nothing Matters
Do we matter? Will anything we do endure? These are questions from existentialism. The dictionary defines existentialism as “the pli
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The Grapes of Wrath1
At the onset of The Grapes of Wrath we see the Joad family struggling just to keep their immediate family together. They are focused on just themselves. The
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gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchannan. He dreams that one day
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Beo wulf
Summary of Beowulf's Journey to Heroism!! 1.) Beowulf hears about the on going problems with Grendel, and sets out that very night with the best of his men
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Deliverance Disorientation leads to knowledge
Disorientation leads to knowledge. Man can learn from being in a situation that is unfamiliar to him. No matter what one learns from a teacher, a
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family values
Throughout the history of mankind, family structure, values and qualities were fairly well remained. However, in today’s society, due to lack of religion and
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Professor and the Madman
In The Professor and the Madman, the author, Simon Winchester, does an excellent job of paralleling the history of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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None Provided46
In Macbeth, I believe the story would have been completely different. Why? If it hadn’t been for the three witches, Macbeth would never have killed Duncan
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Wuthering Heights Catherine and Heathcliff
Wuthering Heights - Catherine and Heathcliff A Presentation of the Personalities of Heathcliff and
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Death of a Saleman
Authors have been known to use the American Dream as part of a theme in many of their works. The American Dream is s
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douglas and barlow
Language and education are key factors in determining how hard it will be for a person to become successful in this country. Barlow exp
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The Attempts Made
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a play depicting one man, Willy Loman, in his attempt to achieve the American Dream while liv
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COLONIAL TIME
Colonial Time (1607-1765) Immigrating to America in 1607, the Separatists w
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Anthem by Ayn Rand1
The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand tells the story of Equality 7-2521, an individual living in a communal society devoid of human individual
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The emnity of man
In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding reveals, through the characters in his novel, the extent of evil in human nature and the comp
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Modernistic Aspects in Kiplings A Wayside Comedy
Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. He was sent to England to go to school and returned to India in 1882. He worked as a journ
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Modernistic Aspects in Kiplings A Wayside Comedy1
Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. He was sent to England to go to school and returned to India in 1882. He worked as a journ
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the house on mango street
We are all affected by cultural standards that our own society imposes to us as what is perceive to be normal and acceptable. In
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A lesson before dying1
A young black man is soon to be put in the electric chair, but the fact that he is innocent is not important in Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying. The question is
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A lesson before dying2
A young black man is soon to be put in the electric chair, but the fact that he is innocent is not important in Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying. The question is
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mary shelley
Mary Shelley and Her Yearning for Knowledge Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was the daughter of the radical feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the political phi
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Delinquency
Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? Did you ever wonder what it meant ? Th
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Frankenstein9
When reading Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, I found myself having a hard time understanding it. I also found it hard to stay
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Dantes Inferno A Journey Through Hell
The Inferno, the first part of the Divina Commedia, written around 1307 to 1314, is the masterpiece of Dante Alighieri. The story t
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Arthur Dimmesdale
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale unquestionably suffers more than Hester Prynne, his accomplice in the
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crazy lady
this book is about a lady that has a son named ronald and has a mental problem. But their is a kid named vernon tha he deos stuff to that lady when he is
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Bride comes to Yellow Sky
As reading Stephen Crane's, "The Bride comes to Yellow Sky", which brings an understanding of western men through a short story of fighting and rough adventure
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Mystery Story
With an exhausted sigh, Dirk Crozier unlocked the door to his business office at exactly 8:53 to begin another night of work. As he walked through the doo
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Do Unto Others
This is a fictional short story with literary aim. The wind slapped forcefully against his face and the rain pelted his coat like little bullets as Glen
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Gold in Grendel
Gold has many different uses. In John Gardner’s novel Grendel, it is used as a motif to symbolize different aspects of a character. Though it has a co
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macbeth character sketch
Macbeth is the main character in the play. In the beginning of the play he is a nobleman and Scottish general in King Duncan's army. Macbeth later
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Imagery
Imagery Depicted Through T.S. Elliot's “The Hollow Men” The imagery depicted in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men" evokes a sense of
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billy budd
War shapes all moral trajectories in this story in many ways. War defines peace and tragedy due to the use and action of disagreement. In Billy Budd,
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billy budd1
War shapes all moral trajectories in this story in many ways. War defines peace and tragedy due to the use and action of disagreement. In Billy Budd, (The m
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compare and contrast friends
Having two different best friends with two very different personalities and interests can be very tedious at times. The two different personalities seem to cl
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Disputes
In any form of business, whether it is a fast food franchise or a large insurance firm, there is a hierarchy of employees. There
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Sylvan Island
Jumping into the water from a dam, running around
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Ideological Work of Religion in Dracula
Possibly the most terrifying aspect of Bram Stoker's, Dracula, is The Count's mocking of Christianity. Indeed, Dracula seems to be a total opposite of Christ
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A Dolls House6
One of A Doll's House's central theme is secession from society. It is demonstrated by several of its characters breaking away from the social
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abortion
In countries whereabortion is absolutely not tolerated it is a fact that women continue toreceive abortions, from unqualified back-street abortionists or thev
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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th emerchant of venice
In the Dukes opinion (Act iv, Sc.1) Shylock is “… an inhuman wretch.” Do you agree? Do you feel that Shylock receives, “justice” at the end of the play?
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Medea
Love Will Make You Do Some CRAZY Things! Medea’s character in modern society would be portrayed as a psycho BITCH, but yet she would be applauded for her stro
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story1
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story2
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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Racism in heart of darkness
Heart of Darkness: Ignorance and RacismJoseph Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice in his book Heart of Dark
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Cather in ther Rye successful endings
Successful conclusions offered throughout novels are results of spiritual reassessments or moral reconciliation of specific characters. Considered as a more
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huck1
After reading your famous novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” I don’t feel that the ending you have created is suitable for the boo
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Review of CEREMONY
Ceremony, written by Leslie Marmon Silko, traces the alienation and destruction of a young Native American who must first come to ter
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Thomas Edison
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them:
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Thomas Edison 1
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them:
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Midsummer Nights DreamAnalysing Puck
Considered one of Shakespeare's best plays, "A midsummer's nights Dream" reads more like a very intense dream as it entices you
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scarlet letter3
Private Versus Public Conscience in The Scarlet Letter Private versus public conscience is the desire to do what one thinks is right versus having the respon
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scarlet letter4
Private Versus Public Conscience in The Scarlet Letter Private versus public conscience is the desire to do what one thinks is right versus having the respon
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beauty and the beast
“Beauty and the Beast” is a short story written by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. She was a French woman, who lived in London when this
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Toni Morrison
“......her perspective is rooted in her experience, and that as we immerse ourselves, as readers, in the milieu of her novels, we need insight into h
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Noah CLaypole
The Characterization of Noah Claypole The process of characterization is that which every author uses to make, build, or create a character. In Oliver Twist,
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Gr8 expec
There are many common, familiar clichés about illusion versus truth. "All that glitters is not gold" and "Things are seldom what they seem" are the most univer
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my dad
My dad I’m a kind of person that really
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Lord of the Flies10
All animals struggle to keep at sense of equilibrium between their good and bad natures. This is prevalent through all of nature and human society in general.
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as i lie dying
Addie Bundren - As the matriarch of the Bundren family, Addie is the absent protagonist of the novel. A former schoolteacher, she married Anse Bundren after a
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winter dreams
In the opening of the story, James Joyce carefully described the protagonist’s neighborhood and surroundings in two paragraph
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Analysis of One Perfect Rose
In her poem “One Perfect Rose,” Dorothy Parker misleads the reader throughout the first and second stanzas into believing this poem is a romantic tribute to a
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Bram Stoker
Abraham (Bram) Stoker was born November 8, 1847 at 15 The Crescent, Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. For the first 7 years of his life S
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romanticism3
In the nineteenth century, the foundation of American literature had a profound change. This was called from Reason to Romance or Romanticism.
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Compare Contrast of two pieces of Chinese Literature Blacky
Chao Shu-li’s “Lucky” and Shi Tiesheng’s “Blacky” are two strong examples of the developments before, during, and after the reign of Mao Zedong. Chao Shu-li’
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auto reck
In today’s congested society, automobile accidents are an often sight that most people don’t even blink an eye at. During th
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The return of doris day
Throughout time, the struggle between good and evil has carried, in situations pertaining to both social and personal moral
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Merchant of Venice Shylock
In the play The Merchant of Venice, the character of Shylock is really the inhuman monster that the audience may believe that he can be, although he is some
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unitled
The apple has been resting in our fridge for almost three weeks before tonight. The fresh crispiness of a brand new apple has been transformed into a bland,
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hamlet5
How to think or to act is a good question. I ask myself the same the same thing when I don't know what to do. Hamlet
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Frankenstein10
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is filled with various underlying themes, the crux being the effect society has on The Creature's personality. These topics hav
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Existentialism
In our individual routines, each and every one of us strives to be
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story of an hour
In, The Story of an Hour, written by Kate Chopin, there are many hints of irony shown throughout the story which are finally reveal
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Reasons For Leaving
Coming back to what used to be home from an extremely traumatic war scenario creates a degree of alienation for any returning soldier. I
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gatbys symbols
1. The valley of ashes represents a modern world, which, like a grotesque hell created by the industry of factories and trains and
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Heart
Every man, or woman --to be politically and socially acceptable-- has buried, within himself, beneath centuries of societal norms and restrictions, a dark
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absurd hero
Albert Camus is a very hard man to figure out. He puts very complex thoughts and emotions into his writings, and you have to draw them out strategically. His
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boss
Business is an extraordinary avenue to meet both your financial and personal goals because of the endless job opportunities. You are on your own and you
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A line of promises
Many times simple objects in people’s lives can come to represent a part of themselves. The object can become an integral part of a perso
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The Scarlet Letter Scaffold
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, centers its plot, setting, and characters around the unifying scaffold. With each encounter a
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The Use of Dialectic to Define Justice
Through the use of Socratic dialogue, Plato has an advantage at obtaining answers by refuting other philosophers. Plato is able to achieve an answer to the qu
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student
As I begin this assignment, I really don’t know what to write. Should I begin with how I was born and rise up in a country that is far away from Ame
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Argument paperbest guitarist
The best guitarist, who is it? This is an argument that has been a
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Mary Shelley1
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, born August 30, 1797, was a prominent, though often overlooked, literary figure du
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homer
In the selected passage of book five, there are many different themes present. Many of these themes can only be appreciated once you look deeper into the meani
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adding up
Weight loss can be a battle between mind and body brought on by society’s pressure to be lean and beautiful. In every magazine, TV shows, commer
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The Aeneid Books IIII
What makes Aeolus go along with Juno’s plan to destroy the Trojans? In the beginning of The Aeneid we learn that Juno, the queen of
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Aids and Society
The number of newborns infected by vertical transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus is increasing as the numb
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Angelas Ashes2
Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt is a genuine memoir that vividly tells the story of a young, Irish Catholic boy during the 1930’s and early 1940’s. Frank’s m
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Bartleby2
Bartleby, in Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” is a character who lives his life in utter is
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scarlet letter ambiguity
Ambiguity and The Scarlet Letter go better together than two people that have been happily married for 75 years. There is no exemption in Hawthorne’s exquisi
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Medea1
In Jason’s speech to Medea, he blames the love goddess for his entire problem. He says
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Into Thin Air A Personal Response
In Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, a non-climbing reader is thrown into a flurry of new vocabulary and surprising events. At many points in the book, confusion
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transcendentalism1
Transcendentalism is a philosophy that was made popular in the early 1800’s by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, two New England authors.
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Hero in Hope Leslie
If you want to figure out who the hero is in Hope Leslie you first have to understand the meaning of what a hero is. There are many possible definitions of wh
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Carvers Vision
In private desperation, Raymond Carver's characters struggle through their lives, knowing, with occasional clarity, that the good life they had once hoped woul
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death of a salesman1
It’s been over 50 years since the release of Arthur Miler’s play Death of a Salesman. Written in 1949, Death of a Salesman is
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personal felling
I really hated the sound of that alarm clock, that piercing, irritating repeated beeping. After a second or two I slowly started realizing that
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Critical Fiction Questions
1. What kind of Narrator tells the story? Is the Narrator's information reliable? Of you think the Narrator is not reliable, explain why and what the author's
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A Doll House1
During the time in which the play took place society frowned upon women asserting themselves. Women were supposed to play a role in which t
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Everyday Use A Familys Disparities
“Everyday Use: A Family’s Disparities” Alice Walker includes three major Characters in her short story “Everyday Use;” Mama and her two daughters Dee and
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Audience Shakespearean of theTheater
The Audience of the Shakespearean Theater During the Elizabethan Age there were different social classes. What you wore depended upon the social class to
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Latin America
As the glaciers sheltered at the end of the last Ice Age, (when Asia and North America were connected by a piece of
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12 angry men4
This essay will compare & contrast the protagonist/antagonist's relationship with each other and the other jurors in the play and in the movie ve
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of mice and men by john steinbeck
Protagonist: The protagonist of the story is George. He is the kind-hearted ranch hand who is concerned about his friend Lennie and watches out
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comedy
“The true test of Comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter.” Comedy has been a very popular form of entertainment in our society
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2001 Discovery of the Monolith
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, created by Dr. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, there are several similarities between sections “The Dawn of Man” and
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The pearl
Kino, a poor Indian fisherman, lives on the Gulf of California with his wife Juana and son Coyotito. Their simple hut is made of brush, and the
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Hospitality in The Odyssey
A story centered on homecoming and traveling, The Odyssey by Homer, set in Ancient Greece, has key themes, which include hospit
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Lord of the Flies11
Humanity centers around the moral authority in which the people build a structured society. With the absence of moral authority the structured society degrades
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WILLIAM FAULKNER
American writer, William Cuthbert Faulkner, poet, and novelist has a style all his own. Varying talent from poetry to novels, critics can tell his style is di
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AP1
There are two types of heroes; heroes and anti-heroes. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one wh
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taming of the schrew
The Taming of the Shrew: A Perceptual Ability Test A recurrent theme In Shakespeare’s plays is the idea that things are not always what they seem. The Tamin
1882
MacBeth Blood Symablism
William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is about a struggle for power in Scotland. Macbeth, the main character, gets prophecies from three witches about his future
1252
United Way
There are approximately 495,000 tax﷓exempt/nonprofit organizations in the United States (excluding churches) that may receive tax﷓deductible cont
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BLAH
The reformation or rehabilitation of a man can change from bad to good, as in " The Wife of Bath." Through out the story the knight changes from bad when he fi
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Children Of The River
Children of the River is an excellent portrayal of immigration by the Cambodian refugees during the Vietnam War. Linda Crew provided an honest look at the
673
Allegory of the Cave
Allegories are small stories that deal with big ideas and hopefully help people reach the state of being enlightened. In Allegory of t
489
Fahrenheit 4512
“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed,” begi
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the ghost
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic story involving themes of sanity, revenge, mourning, chaos, and also the interactions and conflicts among these the
1918
Lord of the Flies Paper
I am intrigued and disturbed by your view of mankind that you have portrayed in "The Lord of the Flies". However, this view, to v
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the ghost1
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic story involving themes of sanity, revenge, mourning, chaos, and also the interactions and conflicts among these the
1918
crime and punishment1
Darkness and Light: the Illumination of Reality and Unreality in Heart of Darkness Throughout his narrative
1819
Cannery Row
Cannery Row is about a neighborhood in Monterey Bay, California, during the aftermath of the
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Anna Karenina Part 2 Ch 3
In part two chapter three, Kitty’s broken heart causes her health to decline. There is a moment in this part of the story that
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The Great Gatsby11
The American Dream is based on the belief that anyone can succeed in life by his or her own skill and effort. The Great Gatsby, is a novel about what happene
224
the flea Vs To his coy mistress
Seduction has been the game most played through out the centuries, as males attempt to convince and invite females into their beds. In Marvell's "To
589
Life of Langston Hughes
James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri to parents James Nathaniel and Carrie Mercer. He attended Columbia University and was a m
217
Uncle Toms Cabin1
Tompkins, Jane P. “Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Politics of Literary History”. Glyph 2 (1978) This essay is an incredible wealth of kno
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heart of dark
In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeans are cut off from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests from his own ki
998
The scarlet letter1
The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was an objective description of the life of Hester Prynne, an adulteress. The novel does not go into speci
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Raleighs Quest for Judgement in The Passionate Mans Pilgrima
Sir Walter Raleigh's turbulent life in the British court showed him just how cruel the w
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The Accident
It was a typical August afternoon for Florida. Temperatures simmered in the eighties and the humidity was so thick you could cut it with a knife. My mother
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Exam Question A Streetcar Named Desire
· How does Williams suggest that Blanche Dubois represents the faded grandeur of the American past? · Explore the ways in which Williams prese
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Schizophrenia and Frankenstein
In a psychoanalytic view of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Robert Walton develops, during a “dreadfully severe” trip through the Arctic, a type of schizophrenia;
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Frankenstein and Schizoprenia
In a psychoanalytic view of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Robert Walton develops, during a “dreadfully severe” trip through the Arctic, a type of schizophrenia;
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None Provided47
“Spartan mothers of old, who, when their sons went forth to battle for freedom and their native land, said to their sons:
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The Real Raven
In the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, a simple bird harasses the narrator. The bird, a raven, enters through the window that the narrator opens in ord
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WILLIAM BLAKE
william blake By: kenneth E-mail: foj22@hotmail.com Kenneth James English Lit. Dr. Mary 12 July 2000 William Blake: “Under the Microscope” William Blake grew u
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Beuaty the Beast
Madame Le Prince De Beaumont wrote, “A merchant was extremely rich, and since he was a sensible man, he
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exchange value
Money is Power in "Exchange Value" by Charles Johnson Author Charles Johnson provides us with a brief look into human nature and the profound affect mo
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strength in a dolls house
Strength in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House" Women have played many roles in marriage throughout history but the primary one has been the role of the submi
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A MidSummer Nights Dream
The story of A Midsummer Night's Dream was mainly about love and its abnormal dealings. In the play, Shakespeare tried to show that love is unpredictable, unre
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Huck Finn9
Early Influences on Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel about a young boy's coming of age in the Missouri of the mid-1
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Spousal Abuse in Their Eyes Were Watching God
The theme of violence is very evident in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” One of these evident violent actions is spousal abuse. Ha
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Symbolism in Moby Dick
Symbolism is using a person, place, or thing to represent something else which is larger and often untouchable. It is used in literature to allow
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Young Goodman Brown9
In the short story “Young Goodman Brown” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the settings play a major role in the story. The significance of the setting start
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cry the beloved country2
Social Hierarchy’s Influence On Modern Literature The human race has experienced violence since the beginning of time and is
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David Sedaris otherness
One may view David Sedaris, without the knowledge of his background, as abnormal or even weird. However, throughout the two stories, “A Plague
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Viking Sagas
The Viking sagas use an incredible deal of symbolism and irony. They also pay a great deal of attention to ones’ actions rather than
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Bittersweet Journey Home
Leaving to find a new home and returning to find a lost heart Bittersweet Journey Home and About the Family are two articles written by Tu-Anh Nguyen. The
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Hardboiled Detectives
Throughout all of the time periods in American history, there have been many different incarnations of the “hero with attitude.” These heroes are the ones who
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Men Women A Cross Cultural Relationship
Men & Women: A Cross Cultural Relationship In the Story “How to Talk to a Hunter”, Pam Houston makes many assumptions about the differences between what men
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what role does personal history and reminiscence play in the
What role does personal history and reminiscence play in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”? An interesting narrative device of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Great Expectations4
In the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, many characters have a great influence on Pip's life. The characters that affect him most are Magwitch, Pi
440
Circles of Misunderstanding
"Home Burial" depicts a household of misery and miscommunication. As a husband and wife attempt to deal with the loss of a
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What is a Hero
What is a hero? A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, or outstanding achievements. In the two stories I read the two main characters, al
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What is a Hero1
What is a hero? A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, or outstanding achievements. In the two stories I read the two main characters, al
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Pollution
Pollution. What is pollution? According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary pollution is “the action of polluting esp. by environmental contamination with man-ma
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summary on Odysseus
Finley, M.I. The World of Odysseus. New York: Viking Press, 1978:
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the fate in hamlet
The concept of Fate plays an important role in the play Hamlet, especially in relation to the character Hamlet. In the beginning of the play, the forlorn Ham
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Oedipus2
There are many definitions of the word blindness in the dictionary. Two of them pertain to the story about Oedipus and Teiresias. Both of the men are
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the killing of mudeye
This novel is about the killing of a small adolescent troubled boy whom was labelled Mudeye because he was a real victim. I think t
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The Crucible essay
During the Salem witch trials of 1692, many innocent people die as a cause of being accused of witchcraft. In this time period where people believe the most o
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Naylor Phyllis R
Phyllis Renolds Naylor: Her Life Reflected in Her Alice Books Phyllis Renolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana on January 4
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John Proctor good or bad
IS JOHN PROCTOR A “GOOD” MAN ? Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, is set in the small American Town of Salem. One
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Why does Catherine marry Linton
In this book Catherine Earnshaw is a wild, impetuous, arrogant girl. Catherine’s has problems choosing which feelings are most important to
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John Proctor good or bad1
IS JOHN PROCTOR A “GOOD” MAN ? Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, is set in the small American Town of Salem. One
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the great gatsby5
Imagine that you live in the nineteen twenties, and that you are a very wealthy man that lives by himself in a manchine, on a
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Our lives are wasted by Detail
Thoreau believes that we fill our lives with to many details and luxuries. Thoreau tells us to only live with what we nee
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
There are many writers in this world, and many of
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Steinbeck Research Paper
The purpose of this paper is to offer an analysis of the women characters in the works of John Steinbeck, with a special emphasis placed on Elisa Allen, the ma
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Imporant decisions in Huck Finn
Important decisions made by the protagonist in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck Finn, the protagonist, made many story altering decisions throughout
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single sex classrooms
Your article introduces us to the new idea of having single sex classrooms as well as single sex schools. This examines the experiment that
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Independence in Jasmine
Independence is one topic that is very important in
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Desdemona
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as is virtue. Such is the case of the virtue of the character Desdemona, from the play The Tragedy of Othello, by Willia
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Abortion4
Abortion is pro choice and women all over the United States are struggling and coping to make the critical decision. The genesis of a new human life begins whe
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John Donne
John Donne uses poetry to explore his own identity, express his feelings, and most
2000
Queen Kat Carmel and St Jude
After a disappointing HSC result, Carmel McCaffrey could not pursue her dream of being in the music industry. She travels from her poor farm home in Mandella t
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My Antonia4
Most people find it very hard to pull up roots in their native land and move to a strange country. Throughout history, coun
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Lord of the Flies and society butt woodenheads
In The March of Folly, historian Barbara Tuchman expresses how she feels that wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, holds a large role in political
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Doublemeaning in Shak Romeo and Juliet
Two hints Shakespeare plants in Act II at what lies ahead for Romeo and Juliet are in scene two and three. In scene two, Romeo says, “ I have night's cloak to
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Short story
The winds rushed by as the sun gleamed down on the glassy ocean. Salty air filled Luke’s lungs as he took in a deep breath of his new home. His ship had crashe
1369
Emily dickinsonfive poems compared in comedic tone
While much of Emily Dickinson's poetry has been described as sad or morose, the poetess did use humor and irony in many of her poems. This essay will address t
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Achilles
Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles revisited) The director walked onto the stage, gingerly adjusting his radiation mask in order to fit the microphone benea
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dickinson five poems compared in comedic tone
While much of Emily Dickinson's poetry has been described as sad or morose, the poetess did use humor and irony in many of her poems. This essay will address t
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Ecclesiates 318
Interpretation of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 The Bible verses Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 are Solomon’s words as he is telling of the relationship that we may have with Go
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The Crystal CAve
If the name Merlin were spoken, many would immediately connect the name to the legendary magician that served King Arthur. Many variations of this legendary
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None Provided48
The poem of “Those Winter Sundays” has a very interesting and p
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The Crystal Cave
If the name Merlin were spoken, many would immediately connect the name to the legendary magician that served King Arthur. Many variations of this legendary
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edgar allen poe
Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thoma
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medea1
Medea's plan is to kill Jason's new bride and his two children she had bore for him and then flee for Athens. The chorus tries to console Medea and tell her no
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Post Industrial Society A Brave New World
Post Industrial Society: A Brave New World? Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey, England. He was born to a very scholarly family, most notab
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prison prevents violence
Violence is a major concern amongst the youths of this generation. It is an important issue that is being neglected. Several
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Analysis of the Doctor in the Cantebury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer has created a wide variety of characters in “The Canterbury Tales”, in order to explain the status of
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Analysis of the Doctor in the Cantebury Tales1
Geoffrey Chaucer has created a wide variety of characters in “The Canterbury Tales”, in order to explain the status of
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Response to gary sotos oranges
Children are naturally innocent, and as they get older and experience life, they learn that everything is not always good
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Brave New world
How Similar is Brave New World's Society to Our Own? The novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley portrays a so-called "utopian" society. When examining
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The Life You Save
Use of Symbolism in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” The symbolism that Flannery O’Connor uses in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” illustrates the s
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Its nvere too late
Could Faustus have saved his soul had he repented to God before facing his impending damnation? Coming from a Christian upraising an
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Great Expectaitons
Imprisonment is a lack of any kind of freedom. In Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations there are many examples of imprisonment. Dickens created the chara
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slavery1
Slavery the practice of one person owning another – this type of practice has existed since ancient times. In the United States slaves from Africa were bought
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Descriptive Writing
I hate going to bed. Firstly because I know I'll be laying there for at least an hour before I get to sleep and secondly because I never know what may occur i
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Caesar
In Shakespeare's play of "Caesar" Brutus is a conspirator who portrays a person who favors a republic for Rome. Brutus is an honorable man. Ma
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Love and Lust in Paradise Lost
In Milton's Paradise Lost, sexuality is an innate part of human nature. Milton celebrates Adam and Eve's prelapsarian "
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Character Influences on Bilbo in The Hobbit
Usually in life, once you conquer evil, you become mightier and more confident in yourself. As a result it prepares you for further occurrences with evil. This
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Pree 19th centurey war poetry
With reference to poems of my choice show how the war poetry (Pre 20th Century) reflect both the glamour and horror of war.
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minority contracts in chicago
Should Minority Contractors get a pre–determined share of Chicago City Favoritism abounds, children, from kindergarten through
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The Picture of Dorian Gray1
The myth of Narcissus is a good illustration of the damage that total self – love can do to a person. There is a misconcep
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12 angry men5
Sometimes in life your professions reflect on your personalities. Twelve Angry Men is an example of where this occurs. Twelve men are b
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Issue of power and control in Macbeth
When Macbeth becomes king he controls almost everyone, from servants to assassins. He even attempts to order the three witches to do his bidding. However, Ma
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Revenge in Julius Caesar
Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle
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Revenge in Julius Caesar1
Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle
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Is There Racism in Huck Finn
Is there Racism in Huckleberry Finn? As we look into issues of racism in the South we have to look at the time and setting of this book. It’s before the Civ
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A Dolls Houses central theme1
One of A Doll's House's central theme is secession from society. It is demonstrated by several of its characters breaking away from the social standards of the
546
Pride
In the classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, originally entitled First Impression, Jane Austen appr
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Death of salesman
In a sense there are two Willy Lomans in this play. There is the present broken, exhausted man in his sixties, soon to
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Macbeth Comparative Essay
Compare and Contrast Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in terms of ambition, action and subsequent destruction
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Imagery in Macbeth1
Macbeth - Imagery Russell Doherty Imagery of clothing in a way is associated with the imagery of Appearance and Reality, but it has a specific relev
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Catcher in the Rye6
One theme developed in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is that bonds to our family is one of the most important factors in life. This is evident throughout
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Black like me Report
In the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin the reader can experience life on the other side of the color line through his words. John Grif
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black women authors
Athol Fugard's drama, "Master Harold" . . . And The Boys, was written during a time of great conflict in South Africa, where he
949
Catcher and the Rye
Ever felt like there needs to be someone there to talk to, cry with, fight with, or just need a hug from? Thos
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Point of View Chekhov Oates
Point of View in Chekhov’s and Oates’s “The Lady with the Pet Dog” Anton Chekhov and Joyce Oates both approached this short story from the third-person narra
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hamlet6
The play “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, by William Shakespeare being of such a complicated variety of themes, contains many different story lines as well as be
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uncle toms
Harriet Beecher Stowe expressed a need to awaken sympathy and feeling for the African race in the novel Uncle
801
catcher in the rye3
In the novel Catcher in the Rye bye J.D. Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulifield views the world as an evil corrupt place where there is no peace. Holden
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The American Character during the Puritan Era
An American is one who is either a European or a descendant of one. In the early 1600s, the Puritans left England in hope of a better government, a reformed s
735
EYE FOR AN EYE
Let the bastards come now, he thought, just let them come! This time he'd be ready for them, and he was. He had his crossb
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rose for emily3
Life is fickle and most people will be a victim of circumstance and the times. Some people choose not to let circumstance rule them and, as they
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ViolaTwelfth Night
In Shakespeare’s plays, seeing is not always believing, and in his play Twelfth Night, the rule is no different. One of the main characters in the play is Vio
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Compare and Contrast
In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. Many of us have seen an
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Brave New World5
Chemistry is an important key to achieving a world of “Community, Identity, and Stability” in Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World. Huxley himself said th
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Shakespeare2
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), was an English playwright and Poet, he is considered the greatest dramatist the world has e
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Dreaming through Reservation Blues
In Reservation Blues, Sherman Alexie extensively uses dreams to portray the relationship between white people and Native Americans. The dreams depict a consta
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Be Nice
My two-year-old nieces’ favorite phrase is “Be nice”. Anytime she is crossed, does not get what she wants, scolded or reprimanded, “Be nice” is her response.
546
Horse Dealers Daughter
Dysfunctional Junkies: The need to dominate and to be controlled The Horse Dealers Daughter is a story about dominance and contr
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Contridictions in Thomas Paines The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine wrote The Age of Reason
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An Essay Analysis of Learning To Read
“Learning to Read” depicts how Malcolm X teaches himself to become more than a street hustler. His mere dislike of his lack of writing ab
194
Inside the Mind of Death
Since the dawn of time, death has been one of the greatest mysteries known to humankind. It has been anticipated, mourned, feared, welcomed, loathed, induced,
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Roald Dahl Lamb to the Slaughter Character profile Mary M
TASK: Write a personality profile of the main character (Mary Maloney) in the story. Consider appearance, personality, motive and behavior.
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a road not taken
The Road Taken By Robert Frost 1864-1973 Robert Lee Frost, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An ess
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Merchants Tale
Written by Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales has many tales in itself. In this book, pilgrims are to tell their story while on their
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None Provided49
Neil Postman once stated; “Huxley’s vision is more relevant today than is Orwell’s,” Neil was of course refering to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George
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females in the odyssey
The Odyssey has much to teach us about the feminine psyche. The feminine psyche is the way that the female mind and soul react to and process situations. Fe
691
The Great Gatsby12
In today’s society, people use money in many different ways. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzge
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divine comedy
In Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante incorporates Virgil's portrayal of Hades from The Aeneid into his poem, and similarities between the Inferno and Hades can
1338
a room of ones own
In contrast to the male quest of combat, is a women's voyage of domesticity. Virginia Woolf discusses a world where women have been denied external opportuniti
548
christina rossetti
In this poem Rossetti is explaining a friendship, in which that person is two faced. At day she is
299
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down And Out In Paris And London Summary Down and Out in Paris and London is a documentary of the life of lower class people in Paris and London. Orwell sh
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cat on a hot tin roof1
"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," written by Tennessee Williams is a brilliant play about a dysfunctional family that is forces to deal with hidden deceptions and hypoc
129
When It Rains It Pours
As I sit here listening to it fall on my window sill I feel a shade of darkness come over me. I walk outside to feel it falling on me. As I
260
The TellTale Hearl
The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe, is written in the first person. This is proven because “I” is used to tell the story. This story
443
Building a computerExplaining a subject
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Mark Twain7
On November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri the sixth child of John and Jane Clemens was born, Samuel Langhorne. Four years later the family moved to Hannibal,
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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The Heat is On global warming
Gelbspan, Ross. The Heat is On. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. “Global Warming”. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. 2000 ed.
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