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Oedipus The King 2

... Some members of the group suggest consulting Tiresias, the blind prophet. When he comes, he proves to be useless with his intransigent silence. So Oedipus accuses Tiresias of being an accomplice to the murderer, forcing him to speak. Tiresias then charges Oedipus of the murder, which infuriates him, and also preludes to his “shameful intimacy.” Oedipus then draws upon his solving of the riddle of the Sphinx to undermine the blind prophet, convinced that he, in alliance with Creon, was plotting against him. Creon’s mod ...

Number of words: 468 | Number of pages: 2

One Day In The Life Of Ivan De

... of the human spirit. Solzhenitsyn provides his readers with a seemingly hopeless situation, and then gives them characters who struggle fiercely to maintain their individuality. Ivan had been in forced labour camps for eight years when the book starts. Shukhov was taken prisoner in a German camp. He escaped and was able to return to his country where he was sentenced for high treason. The officials believed he had surrendered to the Germans and had returned to spy on his country for them. He was originally sent to Ust-Izhma in which the zeks ...

Number of words: 837 | Number of pages: 4

Lord Of The Flies 2

... Ralph until they are forced to join the hunters. Their main job is to watch the signal fire. The littluns: The littluns are basically the younger boys and ride the bandwagon. The two boys Ralph and Piggy meet each other in a thick jungle and discover that they crashed in an airplane and are stranded. They also learn that there are no adults present on the island and that none of the adults survived the crash. As they approach a beach, they find an enormous conch shell. Piggy gives the conch a little toot and summons the rest of the boys on the ...

Number of words: 1225 | Number of pages: 5

The Sword In The Stone: Kay Gets What He Deserves

... and humiliating him by saying that he "was not a proper son" and "Kay seemed to regard this as making him inferior in some way". Because Kay constantly reminded the Wart that he "was not a proper son" and said that he was inferior, upsetting the Wart, he learned to simply give in to Kay and always let him get his own way. After this constant torment and opportunities only available to Kay, I think that it is only deserving that, in the end, the Wart becomes more powerful and important than Kay, Sir Ector and the other people who had always ` ...

Number of words: 432 | Number of pages: 2

Beyond The Horizon And Diff'rent By Eugene O'Neill

... dreams and their destinies, by the ones who profess to love them. Rob and Andy unknowingly allowed Ruth to lead them down a path, they were not meant to travel. Emma is the same as Rob and Andrew in this respect, because she let Caleb's actions control her ability to follow her dream. Rob is a dreamer. His only wish is to go `beyond the horizon' and discover the mystery of life. Andy, however, is Rob's opposite. Andrew is practical and down-to-earth. His deepest desire is to spend his life farming. "One constructs the world out of ...

Number of words: 1708 | Number of pages: 7

Analysis Of The Storm

... a great role in the development of characters and their ability to demonstrate the theme. The subject of adultery was first introduced soon after Alcee asked Calixta if he may take refuge from the approaching storm within her house. That was also the first point when the author lets us know that Calixta “may” still have feelings for Alcee. This was shown clearly in the story when it says, “ His voice and her own startled her as if from a trance…” Immediately after this the description of the setting change ...

Number of words: 690 | Number of pages: 3

Sweetness And Power

... granular sugar from the liquid extracted from the sugar cane. There was very significant sense of discipline on sugar plantations. Each stage of the process required a certain amount of “expertise”, just as each worker in a factory has a specific “skill”. This is where Mintz’s theory that plantations were a “synthesis of field and factory” is best explained; “The specialization by skill and jobs, and the division of labor by age, gender, and condition into crews, shifts and ‘gangs,’ together with the stress upon punctual ...

Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3

Animal Farm - Elements Of Lite

... only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way. Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker speech and more attentive, but was not considered to have the depth of character.” George Orwell also described them with their appearance before we actually saw them. We also learned somewhat about the characters by the speeches that they give; Old Major could be seen as the leader of the animals because everyone looked up to, in my thoughts he talked with power. In the book I feel that Sn ...

Number of words: 1042 | Number of pages: 4

Death Of A Salesman: The Control Of Linda

... doesn’t know the Studebaker" (13). She not only blames his driving problems on the car but also his glasses. "Maybe it’s your glasses. You never went for new glasses" (13). By repeatedly making excuses for Willy throughout the play, Linda keeps Willy from facing the truth about himself. She also gives Willy undeserved compliments on his ideas of ambition when he has none. This causes Willy to believe he is a great man when he is just "… a dime a dozen" (132). Willy isn’t the only one Linda affects throughout the play. Biff ...

Number of words: 465 | Number of pages: 2

Tribulation And Comedy In Lucky Jim

... his ready acceptance to let things carry on as they are. However, Jim's extraordinary comic sense continually lightens the severity of his predicament and makes living with his problems much easier. Jim Dixon's relationship with Margaret is the source of considerable anxiety and distress; yet, he dodges the need to remedy this. Jim sees Margaret as a girl possessing "minimal prettiness" (Amis, 1953, p. 105), a person who is unenjoyable to spend time with, and whom he knows is manipulative. At the same time, he feels compelled to continue se ...

Number of words: 2175 | Number of pages: 8

Gulliver's Travels: Gulliver And Swift's Separate Personalities

... simple adventure story and travelogue (as Gulliver intends), or as a complex satire on 18th century morals and thought (as Swift intends) In each land Gulliver visits, there is a different ironic comparison to English/European politics and philosophy. Book 1 (Lilliput) is a rich satire of the English politics of Swift's time. The small but extremely immoral Lilliputians represent the Whig party of England, whose viscious foreign policy and accusations of treason agaainst members of the Tory party Swift despised. The small size of the Lilliput ...

Number of words: 354 | Number of pages: 2

The Lottery: A Book Report

... by the text and ultimately identifies with Mrs. Hutchinson's cry, "It isn't fair." The resulting feelings of anger reproduce the common feeling of anger at oneself and the patient when one comes upon an unforeseen diagnosis, evolution, or outcome. The dynamics of scapegoating are highly relevant to medical practice, medical school, and the medical profession, where patients, students, colleagues and the profession itself can become scapegoats for the broader collective. They are also important in interactions with the identified patient's ...

Number of words: 321 | Number of pages: 2

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