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What Does Shakespeare Have To

... about the play and what it is really saying? Or is it because Shakespeare believes that love can be very different for different people? The way in which his characters think about and view love in many different ways means that Shakespeare is not trying to prejudice us to believe that love can only be one thing, he is simply presenting to us many different versions so that the audience can see love in it's many forms and levels of intensity. It is then up to the audience to judge the different characters and their different beliefs ...

Number of words: 2192 | Number of pages: 8

A Clockwork Orange

... in the reduction of the novel from fiction to fable, something untrue to life. Human beings change, and Burgess wanted his protagonist to mature rather than stay in adolescent aggression. The twenty-first chapter shows this change, and the chapter is important because it includes Alex's mature assessment of his own adolescence and shows the importance of maturity to moral freedom which is Burgess's main point. Burgess has presented his definition of moral freedom in both his introduction and in his novel. Burgess's definition of moral freedom ...

Number of words: 838 | Number of pages: 4

Book Review The Republican Exp

... too authoritarian for an awakened society. The Second Republic was not completely credited simply to the combination of government which held power during those four years. The powers were attributable to the Republic that tried to succeed from February to June 1848 and then survive from June 1848 to January 1849, and were above all due to the ideal Republic defined and desired between 1949 and 1851 by the only true republicans of all the time, those who were in opposition. The textbook as compared to the book chosen was alike in many aspect ...

Number of words: 433 | Number of pages: 2

Marriage In The Canterburry Ta

... Tale" exemplifies the sarcastic view of marriage taken by Chaucer. Here, his wife along with his cousin, Sir John the monk, cuckolds a noble merchant. The merchant is completely trusting of his wife and his cousin, but still they take advantage of him. Money is the underlying theme in this tale. First, Sir John asks the merchant if he'd "contrive to lend [him] a hundred francs" (Chaucer, 164) which would actually be used to seduce the merchant's wife. The merchant gladly loans him the money; not knowing his cousin had ulterior motives ...

Number of words: 1654 | Number of pages: 7

Ethan Frome

... with nature. Pearl represents God’s punishment by her mocking and nagging of Hester. Throughout the novel she sometimes seemed to her mother as almost a witch baby (Matthiessen 104). She is a baffling mixture of strong emotions with a fierce temper and a capacity for evil. With Pearl, Hester’s life became one of constant nagging, and no joy. The child could not be made amenable to rules. Hester even remarks to herself, "Oh Father in heaven – if thou art still my father – what is this being which I have brought into the world ...

Number of words: 1179 | Number of pages: 5

Edwin Hubble

... mold most is, Edwin Powell Hubble. Wondering about what was out in the universe led to the construction of the 200-in reflector telescope, the most high-powered of its day. Using this high-powered telescope he went on to prove that there were other galaxies beside the Milky Way and was able to formulate Hubble’s law, which linked the distance of galaxies to their speed. Through his work, impacted the scientific world in the twentieth century because of devotion to research, curiosity about the universe, and expertise at mapping galaxies ...

Number of words: 1440 | Number of pages: 6

Candide- A Contrast To Optimis

... worlds”(18). To dispute that contention, Voltaire created Martin. Martin was the quintessential pessimist, and Candide’s trusted friend and advisor. Martin continuously tried to prove to Candide that there is little virtue, morality and happiness in the world. When a cheerful couple was seen walking and singing, Candide told Martin, “At least you must admit that these people are happy”(94). Martin quickly replied, “I wager they are not”(94). The only basis Martin had for his judgment was the sight of two outwardly cont ...

Number of words: 881 | Number of pages: 4

Beowulf: Themes

... like in most epics, defined by their status. But, in addition to status, the Anglo-Saxon culture also adds an element of honor. To the Anglo-Saxons, a character's importance, as well as their wealth and status, where measured not only in monetary terms, but it was also measured in terms of honor, fame, and accomplishments. Hrothgar, king of the Danes, is one example of the Anglo-Saxon measurement of importance in Beowulf. In Canto 1 the story teller describes his wealth and importance, not as mounds of gold or jewels, but instead as his ...

Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4

Obasan

... is provided by her two aunts, and Emily. The complication arises due to their contrasting views of life, Japanese and Canadian. Born in Japan, believes in the more quiet and traditional Japanese lifestyle, based on loving "Silence". Meanwhile, Emily was raised in Canada and attempts are made to teach Naomi to be more outspoken and to form strong moral values. Due to this Naomi is tossed between the guidance of her two aunts, and Emily, through their differing forms of communication, lifestyle traits and Nisei and Sansei traditions ...

Number of words: 1218 | Number of pages: 5

Poetry And Langston Hughes

... as “quite possibly the most grossly misjudged poet of major importance in America” (Jemie 187). He entrances you into his poetry, and at the same time, reveals the “nitty-gritty” truth in modern society. His works do not all contain the same attitude, but do have the same concepts of the lives of the common black folk (ALCU 313). “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”1 and “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)”2 are two examples of Langston Hughes’ artistry in poetic expression that can be dissimilar while still expressing the same views on ...

Number of words: 1352 | Number of pages: 5

Player Piano

... their graduates to become managers, engineers, writers or public relation workers. You may become a writer only if you get a university degree, the literature is heavily censored and you may write only “suitable” facts and create stories about authorized settings. Ordinary people were degraded into a role of passive consumers. They do not have to work anymore; the only really working jobs are either supervisors in industry or agriculture, or reconstruction and restoration groups, or soldiers. But supervisors do not have any work; reco ...

Number of words: 1535 | Number of pages: 6

Beowulf 2

... or a savior. His self-imposed purpose in life is to help others, and eventually sacrifice his own life in doing so. In the short time period in which we have joined Beowulf, more heroic acts are presented than any normal man can have accomplished in his entire being. Beowulf's motive for crossing the sea to visitHrothgar was to repay a favor that was owed by his father, Scyld Scefing. Known to Beowulf wasthe chaos that which had been implemented by the demon, Grendel, on the kingdom. His plans were to rid the people of this nuisance. ...

Number of words: 281 | Number of pages: 2

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