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Elli

... faith to last throughout the tormenting years. This Jewish faith initiated hope and initiative. It can also be seen that factors other than s Jewish faith enabled her to survival throughout her ordeal. This statement is evident in both situations, when s life was spared by the German soldier due to her beautiful hair as well as when she admitted that "If mother were to died, I won't be able to maintain my will to survive". Without s continual enthusiasm towards the observance of Jewish festivals, she would have had absolutely nothing to lo ...

Number of words: 947 | Number of pages: 4

Dream Deferred

... This symbol means that a dream that is disintegrating and dying like a raisin left out in the sun. If a raisin is left out in the sun too long, it will inevitably die. The same principle can apply to a dream left in the mind too long. The environment will kill the dream if it is left idle for a lengthy period of time. It will wither up and die, just like the raisin in the sun. Hughes continues to make his point through the symbols of inanimate objects as the poem progresses. In addition, all of the symbolic statements except the fin ...

Number of words: 542 | Number of pages: 2

Character Analysis Macbeth

... fell on us." This showed how well MacBeth faught for his king's sake, he was loyal, and he gave everything he had for Duncan's cause. Duncan later said to MacBeth,"My worthy Cawdor." After saying that it was easy to tell that the king was happy to grant MacBeth the Thane of Cawdor. The granting of the title had come from MacBeth's loyalty, hard work, and true goodness to the king. MacBeth later spoke about his duties,“…our duties are to your throne and state children and servants…by doing everything safe ...

Number of words: 915 | Number of pages: 4

Romeo And Juliet 4 -2

... directed a new Romeo and Juliet that features Leonardo Dicaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet. This film is extremely futuristic compared to any other version that has been produced. The two films differ from Shakespeare’s original play in some respects, but most viewers would agree that these films both follow Shakespeare’s story with adaptations to the time at which they were produced. Franco Zeffirelli’s version of the play follows Shakespeare’s version very closely. The buildings and costumes reveal t ...

Number of words: 741 | Number of pages: 3

Pride And Prejudice By Jane Au

... they have. It is their prejudice that causes them to earnestly avoid people of different social status and do everything their powers allow to ‘protecting’ family members such as Mr. Bingley from people of the lower class. Instead of realizing the love Mr. Bingley and Jane had towards each other, they allow their pride to blind them of the truth and foolishly assume that only a lady of equal status as theirs is ‘worthy’ of their brother’s love. To destroy any hopes Jane might entertain of marrying Mr. Bingley, the sisters connivingly ...

Number of words: 554 | Number of pages: 3

A Lesson Before Dying

... “you can’t judge a book by its cover”. Grant went to help Jefferson with a notion that Jefferson was sewer trash and he would not learn anything from this situation. In the end Grant was wrong because he learned a lot from his short relationship with Jefferson. Grant had certain feelings for Jefferson he never had for a man before. They became real close friends and talked about a lot of things. I really like how they portrayed this theme throughout the book. In the book each character had their own characteristics and personali ...

Number of words: 643 | Number of pages: 3

Don Giovanni, Critique Of The

... picture of an old seducer preaching his philosophies through clouds of cigarette smoke. “The Don” says, “Figaro, my friend, a man owes it to himself to stop and consider the three advantages of single life. One, if you’re single, you can think. Two, you can act. Three, you can feel…there is no prison so deadly as a life of unnecessities, which is what marriage is.” In most religions marriage is considered a sacred joining of two people. “The Don’s” philosophy undermines the marriage id ...

Number of words: 648 | Number of pages: 3

An Observation Of Sacred Hoops

... describes this in his book as oneness with the moment . That is focusing your full attention on what's happening right this moment. This sparked my interest greatly. I mean we can all benefit from a little focus, right? So, I began reading the book. To my astonishment, I found the book to be very interesting and read most of it in a single sitting. Using the principles of Zen Buddhism and the ideals of the Lakota Sioux warrior, Phil Jackson teaches his players how to work hard even when the spotlight is on someone else. The book continue ...

Number of words: 3082 | Number of pages: 12

Obasan - Book Report

... in the seventies with Naomi a teacher in Northern Alberta finding out that her uncle has died. When Naomi returns home to console her Aunt Obasan, she begins to relive the difficulties of her life. She recounts the struggle against the government and themselves while trying to stay in Vancouver. Naomi is very small at the time of the war and did not really fully understand what was happening to her race. The novel recounts the struggle of Naomi’s Aunt Emily to ensure that her family would be together in whatever place they were sent t ...

Number of words: 741 | Number of pages: 3

American Dream 3

... American Dream can be seen by three angles; freedom from want, freedom from threat of physical danger, and freedom of choice. Even though we feel we can control all of this is is pretty much out of our hands and in the governments. The first aspect of the American dream is freedom from want. For the plantation owner, freedom from want might have meant owning more land and more slaves and building a bigger house. For the slave, the dream might simply have been eating decent food, wearing warm clothes, perhaps saving enough money to purchase hi ...

Number of words: 977 | Number of pages: 4

Loneliness=craziness In Robins

... starts to read the Bible and learn Christianity. Defoe seems to be a very strong believer in God. He believes that God’s providence shapes the lives of all men and that any unusual circumstances or misfortunes that occur happen because that is the way God wanted it. Throughout the novel one can see other instances of divine intervention in Crusoe’s life. Even though Robinson Crusoe is under impractical circumstances, stranded on this remote island, his isolation enables him to learn numerous things and become a devote Christian. He lea ...

Number of words: 1467 | Number of pages: 6

Analysis Of King Lear With MLA

... some trial or ordeal their nature is profoundly changed. We shall examine Shakespeare’s stand on human nature in King Lear by looking at specific characters in the play: Cordelia who is wholly good, Edmund who is wholly evil, and Lear whose nature is transformed by the realization of his folly and his descent into madness. The play begins with Lear, an old king ready for retirement, preparing to divide the kingdom among his three daughters. Lear has his daughters compete for their inheritance by judging who can proclaim their love for h ...

Number of words: 1240 | Number of pages: 5

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