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The Crucible - Witch Trials

... They were expected to walk straight, arms by their sides, eyes slightly downcast, and their mouths were to be shut unless otherwise asked to speak. It is not surprising that the girls would find this type of lifestyle very constricting. To rebel against it, they played pranks, such as dancing in the woods, listening to slaves' magic stories and pretending that other villagers were bewitching them. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to ...

Number of words: 2534 | Number of pages: 10

Everyday Use 2

... Dee's difference in her personality compared to Maggie and her mother can be the leading effect in her having different opinions of the family's heritage. A family's heritage can be a very important part in its tradition. The word heritage means; something that is passed down from preceding generations. This details that heritage has a lot to do with customs, property, reputation, and things of this sort. In Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use" the story begins off by mentioning a possession that can be obtained from inheri ...

Number of words: 813 | Number of pages: 3

To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence To Experience

... the whites, in one and the same community without being an element of social disorder” (Gould, 36). The traditional Southern racism of Maycomb is looked at through the eyes of our young narrator, Scout Finch. Scout’s innocent perspective compels her to ask questions about why whites treat blacks the way they do. These questions are crucial in Scout and her older brother Jem’s search for their own identity. They must find their own position and what roles they will play in the whole racial game. When Atticus tells Jem and Scout to, "S ...

Number of words: 1393 | Number of pages: 6

Song Of Solomon

... architect and engineer in Athens. King Mines invited Daedalus to Crete to build him a labyrinth, and when it was completed, Mines jailed him within it. In order to escape, Daedalus built two sets of wings - one pair for himself, and the other for his son, Icarus- using wax and feathers, which they used to fly off from Crete. On their journey to Athens, Icarus decided to try to challenge the sun, even though his father had warned him that if he got too near to the sea his wings would dampen and fall apart, or if he got too close to th ...

Number of words: 642 | Number of pages: 3

A Tale Of Two Cities (theme Of

... Cly, the spy who testified with John Barsad against Charles Darnay. In France, years after his graveyard expedition, Cruncher discloses that Cly's coffin contained only stones and dirt. This information enables Sydney Carton to force John Barsad, Cly's partner, into a plot to save Charles Darnay's life. Another important, but easily overlooked example of resurrection is when Dr. Manette grows confidence in himself and becomes the leader of the group. Dr. Manette triumphs over his past life and has a sort of rebirth. The ...

Number of words: 514 | Number of pages: 2

The Crucible

... girls' fault, not Satan's that the "witches" died. One girl doesn't fit the mold of just trying to save herself, and that girl is Abigail. Abigail doesn't want to be blamed for the deaths of innocent people, but she also has her own twisted agenda of vengeance and greed that forces her to continue accusing people. For one thing she lusts after John Proctor, and she thinks that if Elisabeth is dead he will love her. Also she was somewhat of a henchman to Mrs. Putnam, and Dr. Parris, for she is eliminating Parris's enemies, and she accuses ...

Number of words: 363 | Number of pages: 2

“William’s Wife”

... stayed alone with her sister and mother. Then father married Mary Beatrice. Mary had a very good relationship with her stepmother, and founded in her a friend. William-as he was described in the novel, he looked faintly mischievous. His face was impressive. He had penetrating gray eyes, thick brown hair, an aquiline nose and thin lips. He was of smart stature, very thin and stooped slightly. He was beastly, cold inside and hellish. He was much older then Mary and he didn’t love her and during their marriage he always had a lover. The story ...

Number of words: 521 | Number of pages: 2

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huckleberry Finn

... when the novel begins, Huck is not used to following any rules. The book's opening finds Huck living with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Both women are fairly old and are really somewhat incapable of raising a rebellious boy like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find soci ...

Number of words: 1064 | Number of pages: 4

Lord Of The Flies: The Theme Of Religious Persecution

... and the ascent and reign of Hitler in Nazi Germany to present an underlying theme of religious persecution that proves his grim outlook on the nature of man. Golding's use of religious elements allows for the plausibility of the religious persecution theme. The island the boys find themselves on is pristine and untouched - like the Garden of Eden - until they arrive. However, once the boys arrived, they left a scar on the island, in much the same way Adam and Eve left a scar in the Garden of Eden. Another religious element Golding ...

Number of words: 1292 | Number of pages: 5

A Time Of Prejudice

... there were many things to stand up for. In a society and time full of prejudice, Maycomb was no exception. In this book prejudice is very wildly excepted, due to uneducation of others. This story shows how Scout learns that her childish fears help educate her to become a better person. In a time full of prejudice, we all need to learn this lesson that Scout did and realize you can’t judge a person without knowing them. Atticus displays this trait of not prejudging people throughout the book, but never really talks about it until the ...

Number of words: 919 | Number of pages: 4

Hands: Paranoia

... his body over the edge of a building. Straight from the text of Hands, a story about a man and his paranoia of his own hands. An example of Wing Biddlebaums fear. "Wing Biddlebaum forever frightened and beset by a ghostly band of doubts."(p. 882) Adolf Myers, or Wing, as the town people called him, was a dreamer, he wanted others to dream with him and experience what he did. "Adolf Myers walked into the evening or had sat talking until dusk upon the school steps lost in a dream."(p. 884) "In a way the voice and hands, the strokin ...

Number of words: 1162 | Number of pages: 5

Macbeth Fear

... they were all due to fear, not only of being caught but of the witches' prophecies, he was scared of them coming true and tried to stop them from appening. This whole play was inspired by fear and what it and do to a person. To begin, we'll address Macbeth's subsequent murders, following Duncan's. For Macbeth, he's just killed the King of Scotland and lamed it on his son. It worked and he became King, however he remembered the witches' prophecies. They claimed that Macbeth would be King, but it would be Banquo's children that would ...

Number of words: 893 | Number of pages: 4

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