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An Analysis Of The Effects Of Spiritual Visitations On Scrooge

... with the second of the spirits. This spirit shows him people from all walks of life, miners, sailors, and even lighthouse attendants, but of all the places he went, his nephew's and the Cratchit's homes were probably the most disturbing. Fred, Scrooge's own flesh and blood, began mocking his own uncle in a game he and his guests played. In a way this is when Scrooge began to realize that the truth hurts, and the truth was his life was a terrible mess of loneliness and misery. He knew if he didn't do something soon his testimony to life would b ...

Number of words: 780 | Number of pages: 3

To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus Is Kind, Smart, And Wise

... it is to his advantage to be smart. Like with the Tom Robinson case, he proved Mr.Ewell to be a bad witness. He also understands how people think and how to react to them. Atticus seeks the truth in everything, like in the Tom Robinson case. Even Judge Taylor knew that Tom was innocent, which is why he got Atticus to defend him. Still Atticus sought the truth in the case, even though it was the 1930's and a black man's word was not as good as a white person's word. Atticus believed in Tom. He makes a good lawyer because of this trait of seeki ...

Number of words: 349 | Number of pages: 2

Love Vs. Passion In Madame Bov

... wife was master; he had to say this and not say that in company, to fast every Friday, dress as she liked, harass at her bidding those patients who did not pay.”(p. 7) These are clearly not the signs of a loving relationship; indeed, Charles and Madame Dubuc treat marriage as a chore or formality, and not a pleasure. When Charles takes his second wife, Emma, love is, once again, not involved. He muses that her father, “old Rouault was rich, and she!-so beautiful!”(p.15) He knows he will be marrying into a wealthy f ...

Number of words: 669 | Number of pages: 3

Antigone Vs. Billy Budd

... Billy Budd and the famous Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. Antigone is definitely a good example of a Greek tragedy. It contains all of the elements of Greek tragedy as defined by Aristotle. Billy Budd has also been interpreted by some critics as a Greek tragedy. This seems true in that it contains many of the requirements in a Greek tragedy. However, as we look closer, there are many factors that are not found in Billy Budd that are required in a Greek tragedy. There are flaws to the theory. Analysis of the Billy Budd has shown tha ...

Number of words: 5012 | Number of pages: 19

The Great Gatsby 3

... to Death of a Salesman in which the main character, Willy Loman, lives by his own ideal, which in the end causes his downfall. Willy's life revolves around chasing his ideal of the American dream rather than actually living it. This pursuit contributes to his deficiency in finding success in his life, and why he fails to live out his American dream. Willy Loman has lived his life in a quest for the American dream. Harold Clurman states that, "Death of a Salesman is a challenge to the American dream." "The American dream has become ...

Number of words: 786 | Number of pages: 3

Beloved 2

... physically and mentally. Although they are former slaves, they are forever trapped by horrible memories. The type of slavery the novel initially depicts does not correspond to what really happened to slaves in the 1800s. At Sweet Home, Mr. and Mrs. Garner treated their slaves like real people. Mr. Garner is proud of his slaves and treats them like men, not animals. . . . they were Sweet Home men -- the ones Mr. Garner bragged about while other farmers shook their heads in warning at the phrase. [He said,] “. . . my niggers is men ever ...

Number of words: 1030 | Number of pages: 4

Huckleberry Finn: Separation From Society

... does not turn Jim in because he had been lonely on the island and is enjoying the company. He tries to justify the situation because he did not have anything to do with Jim's actual escape. However, he knows that society would not approve the fact that he didn't turn Jim in. He even tells Jim that, "People would call me a low down Ablitonist and despise me for keeping mum…." (p. 46) After traveling down the river for some time, Jim believes that they are nearing Cairo and starts to imagine his life as a free man. His plans for freein ...

Number of words: 997 | Number of pages: 4

The Glass Managerie

... in the play of Tom represent Tom's attitude towards escaping from reality. One of the symbols is the Fir Escape. In scene 1, the play says: Tom enters, dressed as a merchant sailor, and strolls across to the fire escape. There be stops and lights a cigarette. He addresses the audience . then Tom says: Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion. In the ...

Number of words: 721 | Number of pages: 3

Two Themes That Affect Marlow And Kurtz In Heart Of Darkness

... there seems meaningless. He sees no evidence here of that "devotion to efficiency" that makes the idea work. In the middle of this, Marlow meets a "miracle". The chief accountant has the restraint that it takes to get the job done. He keeps up his apearance and his books are in "apple-pie order." Marlow respects this fellow because he has a backbone. "The cannibals some of those ignorant millions, are almost totally characterized by restraint." They outnumber the whites "thirty to five" and could easily fill their starving bellies ...

Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3

Power And Control In Maggie

... by successful careers and families but in the torn and impoverished world of Maggie people gain power and control only through violence and the moral desecration of others. This thesis will be shown through the fighting amongst the children, the violence of the household, and the family’s treatment of Maggie’s death. The kids in the world of Maggie fight each other for the positions of control and power among other children. The novel opens with a scene of violence. Two different groups of boys are engaged in a bloody scuff ...

Number of words: 1327 | Number of pages: 5

Tragedy And The Common Man

... the very highly placed, the kings or the kingly, and where this admission is not made in so many words it is most often implied. I believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were. On the face of it this ought to be obvious in the light of modern psychiatry, which bases its analysis upon classic formulations, such as the Oedipus and Orestes complexes, for instances, which were enacted by royal beings, but which apply to everyone in similar emotional situations. Not Exclusive More simply, when ...

Number of words: 1576 | Number of pages: 6

Summary Of Clancy's Rainbow Six

... my all time favourites." The book starts with a prologue that introduces us to the one main character, John Clark, an ex-Navy SEAL, and two other characters, Alistair Stanley the executive commander of Rainbow Six, and Domingo (Ding) Chavez, the Captain of Team 2. There are two other insignificant character introduced, Clark's wife Sandy and his daughter Patsy, who is married to Ding. Patsy is pregnant. The other main character is Dmitriy Arkadeyevich Popov, he is an ex-KGB agent who is now working as a ‘special consultant'. He will be ...

Number of words: 1477 | Number of pages: 6

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