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The Great Gatsby 4 -

... of imperfections that can make living really great or very unpleasant. Living the American Dream is living in perfection, and that by definition is not possible, thus deflating our precious American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby, through his scintillating characters and unique style. Characters in books often mirror the author’s feelings towards the world around them. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in American history through the interpersonal relationships ...

Number of words: 895 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth 3

... news of the battles fought against him by an alliance of Sweno, King of Norway, Macdonwald, Lord of the Western Isles of Scotland, and the Thane of Cawdor who has proved to be disloyal to King Duncan. The reports all stress the heroism of Macbeth (eg "For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name" - Line 16), who is one of Duncan's generals, in ensuring a victory for the King. Duncan announces that Macbeth is to be given the title of Thane of Cawdor. Cawdor is to be executed immediately. IMPORTANT TERMS: 1. newest state: late ...

Number of words: 1683 | Number of pages: 7

Samson Agonistes

... splendid promise of a religious and dedicated youth, and the tragic close in blind and forsaken rage, a witness to the triumph of the Philistine foe (Worlds Best Poetry). The character in was once, "Heroic renowned/, Whom unarmed no strength of man/, Or fiercest wild beast could withstand" (125-127 Samson), is no longer that feared that man. Instead he is a prisoner of his enemies chained and blinded by them, deceived by his own wife. After a life of such heroic activity Samson begins to question why him. His thoughts swarm upon h ...

Number of words: 2092 | Number of pages: 8

The Painted Door: Summary

... universally understood by the reader. The story must present themes which are relevant to the reader, in order for it to make an impression. For this reason, short stories tend to be based on some type of controversy or debatable issue. In Sinclair Ross' highly metaphorical short story “The Painted Door”, the explicit theme is centered on adultery. However, there are other, more subtle, motifs in the story that play a very significant a role in its success. The themes essential in making the protagonist's adultery understandable are the ...

Number of words: 1090 | Number of pages: 4

Butterbox Babies

... enterprise in a 54-room mansion. The Ideal Maternity Home seemed to be a great place where unmarried women could, secretly, give birth to their babies- for a great price though! In the 1930's and 1940's, a woman was considered a disgrace to the town and, more importantly, her family if she was pregnant and not married. To some women the Ideal Maternity Home was a saviour- a place where they could give birth and then have the baby put up for adoption, hassel-free. However, the price for board and the birth cost a fortune. The ...

Number of words: 1224 | Number of pages: 5

Theodore Seuss Geisel, Better

... themes. Two of Dr. Seuss’ later works, The Butter Battle Book and The Lorax, "take strong stands on the dangers of indifference to world affairs." (Horn 70) In The Butter Battle Book, Seuss takes nuclear war as his theme. Two groups of animals live on either side of a stone wall. One side eats their bread butter side up, while the other side eats their bread butter side down. Because of each group’s odd ways, neither side trusts the other. Each side sets up a border patrol with mild protection. Over the course of the book, the weapo ...

Number of words: 1171 | Number of pages: 5

Great Expectations- The Evolut

... and coarse he and Joe are. Guilt, on the other hand, is a feeling brought on by one's actions. An example of this is after Pip beats the pale young gentlemen. Pip starts off the novel with feelings of guilt but when Pip encounters Estella and Miss Havisham he begins to feel shame as well. Pip feels ashamed about how he is so common. He regrets that Joe is a mere blacksmith and has no education. Pip's shame is brought on by Estella. Estella points out all of Pip's common mannerisms and treats Pip as an inferior, even though they are about the ...

Number of words: 1802 | Number of pages: 7

City Of Ladies

... Pizan’s work, The Book of the , provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man. It is Christine’s literary work The Book of the that is most intriguing to contemporary readers. Christine was the first woman writer to possess the ability to identify and address the issues of misogyny in the literature of her time, as well as society. This characteristic made her a champion of the feminist movement that was yet to come. Although Christine never addressed the issue of "changing the structures of her ...

Number of words: 1126 | Number of pages: 5

Spirits Of The Night

... watched in terror as the sun would sink low on the horizon, leaving the community vulnerable to the clutches of the night. This was a town gripped by fear, foreboding so powerful and pervasive that it was evident in every stare in the residents' eyes. They would sit in their living rooms, mindfully watching the evening news on television or at their dinner tables, eating silent meals of penance. And listening, always listening. The wind would brush through the streets blowing the gutters clean of leaves and debris. The wind woul ...

Number of words: 1400 | Number of pages: 6

Freud Foucault And Society

... clearly demonstrates the power of knowledge. In Sigmund Freud's Studies on Hysteria there are studies which show this use of power-knowledge to unlock problems in their mind creating the hysteria for which they suffer. These two authors use their power of knowledge in much the same way by bringing to light the problems that confront the individual. However, they both would have a different point of view on the use of this power. In Discipline and Punish, Foucault looks to shock the reader and get the attention of the reader immediately ...

Number of words: 1791 | Number of pages: 7

Hume: Matters Of Fact And Rela

... to the past. So we have no rational basis for believing that the sun will rise tomorrow. Yet we do believe it. In this essay I intend to explain his theories of matters of fact and relations of ideas, and show how they effect his scepticism concerning induction from past experience to future expectations. If we look at the first argument we see that it states, if I can't know the principle of induction to be true, I can't know the sun will rise tomorrow. I can't know the principle of induction to be true. So I can't know the sun will ...

Number of words: 1098 | Number of pages: 4

A Farewell To Arms

... The style gains power because it is so full of sensory detail. There was an inn in the trees at the Bains de l'Allaiz where the woodcutters stopped to drink, and we sat inside warmed by the stove and drank hot red wine with spices and lemon in it. They called it gluhwein and it was a good thing to warm you and to celebrate with. The inn was dark and smoky inside and afterward when you went out the cold air came sharply into your lungs and numbed the edge of your nose as you inhaled. The simplicity and the s ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

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