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Crime And Punishment: Characterization

... conclusion about that character. Raskolnikov himself "fits" into the positions of Mikolka, the child, and the mare. If Mikolka, the drunken owner of the mare, were to represent Raskolnikov, then the mare would most probably represent Alyona Ivanovna. The senseless beating of the mare by Mikolka is similar to the brutal attack on Alyona by Rodion. (It should be noted that both Alyona and the mare were female.) These heartless attacks foreshadow the crime that Raskolnikov is contemplating. Dostoevsky unveils Raskolnikov's cruel side d ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

Symbolism In Hopkin's "The Windhover"

... from the tinge of coals in full heat, instead of using blue in order to indicate Marys color and the color of the sky, he used it only in context of a observation on the physical world. He may see th presence of Mary in a piece of coal. This untraditional symbol indicates that dedication to God is also possible by means of natural perceptions which are, as it were, the first fruits of the senses. Religious and natural perception fall together in Hopkins. He describes the windhover in detail as an individual. In the second part of the poe ...

Number of words: 318 | Number of pages: 2

Running A Thousand Miles From Freedom: The Victimization Of Women In Slavery

... they were free, but when that didn’t seem possible, they got married with the consent of their owners. From that time until December 1848, they devised a plan for their escape(Craft 27). While most slaves escaped through swamps and forests, the Crafts escaped publicly by train. Ellen posed as an old white man traveling with his slave. She wore this disguise because women could not travel alone with slaves. To pull this off, they covered her face with a handkerchief. They felt that her smooth skin wouldn’t look very convincing. She also h ...

Number of words: 870 | Number of pages: 4

The Mosquito Coast

... life of western civilization. Allie Foxx highly opposed the style of life which had developed in the United States. He believed religions to be useless, and our government to be corrupted, continually drawing the unwanted attention of other countries tactile missiles. He saw t.v. and mainstream life as a form of mental poison. He strictly raised his children to incorporate the same mental attitude which he held. He saw himself as the last real man alive. The combination of all these delusions eventually prompted him to relocate ...

Number of words: 519 | Number of pages: 2

The Story Of An Hour: Irony

... Louise sinks into a comfortable chair and looks out her window. Immediately the image of comfort seems to strike a odd note. One reading this story should question the use of this word " comfortable" and why Louise is not beating the furniture instead. Next, the newly widowed women is looking out of the window and sees spring and all the new life it brings. The descriptions used now are as far away from death as possible. "The delicios breath of rain...the notes of a distant song...countless sparrows were twittering...patches ...

Number of words: 480 | Number of pages: 2

David Edding's Pawn Of Prophecy

... Torak will not return the orb, the peoples of the world attack him and his people, the Angaraks. Torak tries to use the orb to kill his attackers but the orb will not let him use it for evil and it burns off half his face. From then on Torak is known as Torak One-Eye. Eventually Belgarath and the peoples known as Chereks steal the orb back from Torak while he is sleeping. From that point one Cherek child per generation is born with a special mark on his hand. Those with the mark prove to be gifted in the use of the orb. For thousands o ...

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Pride And Prejudice

... male character in the story. He is also rich and handsome but very cocky. He plans with the Bingley’s sisters to break up Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet. Meanwhile, Darcy has a “crush” on Jane’s sister Elizabeth. She is the main female character, the second on the Bennet sisters and despises Darcy at first, but later falls for him. Elizabeth doesn’t like Darcy because she hears bad thing about him and how he is rude to everyone. George Wickham told her Darcy cheated him out of his inheritance. She believes him because she holds s ...

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The Devil's Shadow

... site of the Salem Witch Trials. The town of Salem, Massachusetts in the late seventeenth century was a small puritan community that was largely uneducated and very superstitious. Since many lacked education, they did not understand many events that happened in their daily lives. Many things that went wrong in their daily lives would be blamed on witchcraft or sorcery. Such common things as burnt bread or broken plates would be blamed on the supernatural. Many people, especially the uneducated, firmly believed in the existence of witches ...

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George Orwells 1984

... war; the Ministry of Love, which maintains law and order; and the Ministry of Plenty, which is responsible for economic affairs. (Orwell, p. 6) Winston is an Outer Party member who works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth. It was his job to destroy and rewrite the archives of the London Times so that they were consistent with Ingsoc policy. When someone is vaporized, or when Ingsoc changes it's political alliance with either Eastasia or Eurasia, it is Winston's job to change the records; to change the past. The political ...

Number of words: 1490 | Number of pages: 6

Evolution Of Frankenstein

... is a naive scientist who enjoys experimenting. He is obsessed with finding the secret to life and hopes that he will be able to overcome death. Frankenstein believes that through his experiments he will be able to cure diseases and prolong life. During the course of his experiments, he inadvertently discovers the secret of life and decides to take it upon himself to create a human being. Frankenstein’s decision to assume a “god like” role is driven by good intentions and an impulsive desire to achieve recognitio ...

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Brave New World: Beliefs Of Sex And Drug Use

... New World. Sex today is viewed to be a special thing that should only be done with someone that you know and dated for a long time. It is more acceptable to limit the number of partners you have as opposed to having sex with many partners indiscriminately. Drug use is not accepted very well in society today. Governing law restrict the use of most drugs and discourage the use of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco products. The beliefs of sex and drugs in Brave New World is more of an outrageous and wild belief compared to what people t ...

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A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins

... Jefferson felt he could trust. The turning point in their relationship was the one visit in which Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that he wanted a gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream in his whole life. At that point Jefferson confided something in Mr. Wiggins, something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book. "I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson breaks his somber barrier and shows emotions. At tha ...

Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4

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