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Voltaire And Machiavelli

... nothing but horrible atrocities occur, and this mode of thought, popular in Voltaire's time, is shown to be ridiculous. The following passage from page two will suffice to prove this point. Baron Thunder-ten-Tronckh passed near the screen and beholding this cause-and-effect chased Candide from the castle with great kicks on the backside; Cunegonde fainted away; she was boxed on the ears by the Baroness, as soon as she came to herself; and all was consternation in this most magnificent and most agreeable of all possible Castles (Candide 2) Vo ...

Number of words: 1535 | Number of pages: 6

To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice

... bravery. His view on bravery is: " I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win but sometimes you do" (112). Jem and Scout learned what real courage is through the point of view of their father. As teaching them what courage is, Atticus also taught the children the real Mrs. Dubose. The children were willing to change their views on her because of ...

Number of words: 775 | Number of pages: 3

Irony Of The Setting In "The Lottery"

... time of day is set in the morning and the time of year is early summer. She also describes that school has just recently let out for summer break, letting the reader infer that the time of year is early summer. The setting of the town is described by the author as that of any normal rural community. Furthermore, she describes the grass as "richly green" and that "the flowers were blooming profusely" (196). These descriptions of the surroundings give the reader a serene felling about the town. Also, these descriptions make the reader fee ...

Number of words: 1100 | Number of pages: 4

The Blood Theme In Macbeth

... to protect their power and maintain their innocence. Both characters fail to take into account the vast guilt that comes with their sinful actions. Shakespeare manifests this guilt in the images of blood and disease. Duncan makes the fatal decision of paying an overnight visit to MacBeth’s castle. With lady MacBeth’s coaxing MacBeth agrees to drug the grooms and murder Duncan. However, Lady MacBeth must go back after the initial killing and frame the sleeping grooms for the murder. Both MacBeth and his wife’s hands ...

Number of words: 545 | Number of pages: 2

Compare And Contrast On The Pe

... would most likely new businesses think of only making more money. When Kino's baby was stung by the scorpion, Juana and Kino took the baby to the doctor. When Kino told the doctor, he had no money the doctor told them he wasn't' going to treat his baby. Then when the doctor found out about kino having a pearl the doctor immediately went to Kino's house to treat the injured baby. In the story the Indians didn't care about money only the well being of each other. When they found out kino's baby is stung by a scorpion and needs help from a doc ...

Number of words: 394 | Number of pages: 2

Animal Farm By George Orwell

... and take advantage of the other animals. They gain so much power that they become just as power hungry and corrupt as their human master. The theme in the novel being that in every society there are leaders who will, if given the chance, likely abuse their position. Old Major is a prize white boar who helps point out to the animals that no animal in England is free. He continues to tell the animals that the their labor is stolen by man, who benefits alone. The animals in return get near nothing, just enough to keep them away from starvati ...

Number of words: 796 | Number of pages: 3

Wuthering Heights And The Them

... For example, Joseph’s bible-thumper character most likely symbolizes her father, who was a minister. However, Bronte’s book is not only a breakthrough to literature in these ways. The narration of the story is also very unique and divergent because there are multiple narrators. Bronte’s character Lockwood is used to narrate the introductory and concluding sections of the novel whereas Nelly Dean narrates most of the storyline. It’s interesting that Nelly Dean is used because of her biased opinions. In additio ...

Number of words: 916 | Number of pages: 4

Candide 2

... period in which it was written, one can prove that through that same use of sarcasm and irony, this proposal is actually written to entertain the upper-class. Therefore the true irony in this story lies not in the analyzation of minute details in the story, but rather in the context of the story as it is written. One of the voices that is present throughout the story is that of irony. The story itself is ironic since no one can take Swifts proposal seriously. This irony is clearly demonstrated at the end of the story; Swift makes it clear th ...

Number of words: 1603 | Number of pages: 6

An Analysis Of The Mayor Of Casterbridge

... to drink, enters into a tent where an old woman is selling furmity, a liquid pudding made of boiled wheat, eggs, sugar, and spices. Henchard consumes too many bowls of furmity spiked with rum. Feeling trapped by his marriage and under the influence, Henchard threatens to auction his family. The auction begins as a kind of cruel joke, but Susan Henchard in anger retaliates by leaving with a sailor who makes the highest bid. Henchard regrets his decision the next day, but he is unable to find his family. Exactly eighteen years pass. Susan ...

Number of words: 1066 | Number of pages: 4

Violence In Jane Eyre

... There is no way of knowing why this happened, who does it, or if Mr. Mason is going to live or die. That is why Charlotte Bronte used violence to create this kind of suspense. So a person would be interested enough in the novel to keep reading. The mystery is a mystery itself, there is a secret at Thornfield and Jane can sense this. Then there is the mystery of the person who committed this act of violence. Jane suspects who it might be, but she is not for sure. To find out the mystery of the house and the person who did it a person has t ...

Number of words: 362 | Number of pages: 2

Slaughterhouse Five

... in time and keeps on going to moments of his past and instances in future (or at least he knows about them). Everything he writes is based on his own experiences and how they left him. He includes a character from his home state of Indiana in every novel in order to put himself into the novels (Lundquist 4). takes place almost entirely within Hitler's Germany. It is perhaps Vonnegut's most autobiographical work to date, the action occurring in and around , the very hellhole in which he toiled for his captors. The former is no doubt less ...

Number of words: 1650 | Number of pages: 6

Matilda

... lots of houses with gardens full of flowers infront of each house, people walking their dogs in the street, cars passing by, kids laughing, happy people all over the place, Matilda's friends running around following their lost red ball. Matilda Wormwood, a remarkably bright little girl, had taught herself to read at the age of three; by the age of four she had pored a dozens of times over the only book to be found at her parents house, Easy Cooking. While her mother was playing bridge all day and her used car salesman father was at ...

Number of words: 787 | Number of pages: 3

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