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Shakespeares Comedy Vs Tragedy

... plays is useful to find how Shakespeare uses similar character types in a variety of plays, and the versatility of the themes which he uses. In "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet is young, "not yet fourteen", and she is beautiful, and Romeo's reaction after he sees her is, "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear Beauty to rich for use, for the earth too dear!" Juliet is also prudent, "Although I joy in thee, I have no joy in this contract tonight. It is too rash, to ...

Number of words: 989 | Number of pages: 4

The Analysis Of Several Works Of Joyce Maynard: Life's Not Over Yet

... Maynard is one of the stories that I remember the most, because it was understandable and about a realistic topic. “My grandmother is a woman who used to crack brazil nuts open with her teeth, a woman who once lifted a car off the ground.” The grandmother was a symbol of strength and courage, the narrator recalled her grandmother always saying she was about to die, she did not think it would actually ever happen. The narrator wanted to empress her grandmother by bringing her own daughter and dressed her up, this went to show that she rea ...

Number of words: 1059 | Number of pages: 4

MacBeth

... would never even think of doing something against him. When the thought of murdering Duncan crosses his mind immediately after he finds that he has just been named Thane of Cawdor, he cannot believe he "yield[s] to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs" (I, iii, 133-35). In scene 5 of act 1, however, his "vaulting ambition" is starting to take over, but partly because of his wife's persuasion. He agrees that they must "catch the nearest way" (17), and kill Duncan that night. On the ...

Number of words: 1268 | Number of pages: 5

Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

... Gregor’s attitudes towards his life and society. Examples depicting this element of Expressionism used in the novel are Gregor’s feelings towards his job, the effect his job has on his family, and the cruelty that his family displays. The novel opens with Gregor in his monstrous state, late for work. He infers that his job as a traveling salesman is very consequential, yet he is growing tired and frustrated, “The upset of doing business is much worse than the actual business in the home office, and, besides, I’ve got the torture o ...

Number of words: 597 | Number of pages: 3

Mother Nature Strikes Fear And Excitement

... usurped or eaten our creek and is roving frantically to escape, big and ugly, like a black snake caught in a kitchen drawer" (314). Her fear gets worse when she describes what the flooded creek sounds like. "It sounded like the run-together whaps of a helicopter's propeller after the engine is off" (314). Then as she stood on the bridge she describes the creek as "It smashed under the bridge like a fist, but there is no end to its force" (315) Dillard uses similes to tell the reader of her fear. Dillard uses diction to show her excitemen ...

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Oliver Twist - Summary

... story begins with a woman giving birth to a baby without the proper instruments necessary and dies. The boy is brought up in a dirty home with little to eat and under poor conditions. No one knows of the boy’s identity. His government caretakers give him the name Oliver. Oliver grows up in a world with no sympathy for poor orphans. He goes to London to escape his mean guardians and to try to make a better life for himself. On his journey he is mixed up with thieves and is caught stealing even though it was the people he was wit ...

Number of words: 879 | Number of pages: 4

Layton's "The Role Of The Teacher": A Review

... them"(p145) is how most people view the school board and what the author is trying to discuss. The author uses a logical pattern and an expository purpose. The author uses opinion based format for this essay. Irving Layton uses metaphor in his essay. "books have become objects of curiosity; like an atomic pile, something heard about but never seen"(p145) This sentence lets people relate with the point that author is trying to get across to the reader. The reader now has a mental reference or link to what is being described so he ...

Number of words: 509 | Number of pages: 2

Iagos Self Perception

... perceptions of people. Most often the characters perceived Iago as honest Iago. I believe that we do not get a clear vision of how Iago views himself. He speaks of himself being evil and cunning, but he also says that we cannot call him a villain because he is not asking a fee for his advice. "And what's he then that says I play the villain,/ When this advice is free..."(II,iii,336-7) I think that Iago, originally was a character of good morale trying to raise in the state. Iago, did not feel as though he belonged in the Venetian state or the ...

Number of words: 1103 | Number of pages: 5

An Analysis Of British Literature

... the Anglo-Saxon Period which lasted from 449 AD to 1066 AD, the popular belief of the times was that a person's life was predetermined by Wyrd, the Old English word for fate, and there was nothing which the individual could do to change his destiny. The most famous writing from this epoch is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf, the main character, had no fear of the evil monster Grendel because he believed "Grendel and I are called/ Together," by fate. He also displayed his faith in the beliefs of society when he told Hrogthgar "Fate will unwin ...

Number of words: 2731 | Number of pages: 10

Much Ado About Nothing

... plot to unite them was planned, many of the problems that arose were because of things that were overheard accidentally or on purpose. In Act II, Scene 3 Benedick is deceived into thinking that Beatrice loves him because of the speech in the garden between Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro. Beatrice is sent to fetch Benedick for dinner, and Benedick notes "some marks of love in her," and he decides to take pity upon her and return her love. In Act III, Scene 1 Beatrice is deceived as she overhears Hero and Ursula talk of Benedick's affect ...

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Ethan Frome Book By Edith Whar

... what Starkfield had called "sickly" " (pg 35). She suffered from asthma and other complications. "People struggled for years with "troubles", but they always succumbed to "complications" " (pg 108.) Ethan felt it was his obligation to take care of his ill wife as they had been married for seven years. "When they married they agreed as soon as he could straighten out the difficulties, he would sell the farm and saw mill and try their luck in a large town" (pg 71). It was believed that her sickness was derived from the "effect of life on the far ...

Number of words: 1007 | Number of pages: 4

A Tale Of Two Cities

... examples to these three different parts of resurrection. Charles Dickens uses resurrection in his novel, , to give the reader enlightenment and break, due to the horrible time period and bloody nature, during the revolutionary time period, the novel takes place in. Many individuals will say that resurrection is another word for being "Recalled to Life," as in the title of book one. Being "Recalled to Life," can be shown on a mental, physical, and spiritual level, just the same as resurrection. Dickens gives the reader a taste of bein ...

Number of words: 1677 | Number of pages: 7

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