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Othello Vs. Twelfth Night

... her love for Othello and Barbanzio is forced to let her go. “I am hitherto your daughter: but here's my husband, and so much duty as my mother show'd to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord” (Othello, I.iii 184-188) As the course of events shift, Othello and Desdemona end up in Cyprus together. Iago, ensign to Othello, in his lust for power, tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona has had an affair. Othello is overcome by jealousy, the “gre ...

Number of words: 780 | Number of pages: 3

Edna Pontellier S Character In

... were to be considered the authority of the household and were basically in charge of what goes on throughout the household internally and externally as well as mentally and physically. It is Edna's choice to disobey these roles and her need for self-discovery, which cause a shocking end to this adventure to find her true self. In her critique, the female artist in Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Birth and Creativity, Carlene Stone takes the reader through stages of Edna's struggle to become an artist showing direct correlation with her becomi ...

Number of words: 763 | Number of pages: 3

The Count Of Monte Cristo 3

... that crushes those who plotted his demise. Fernand Mondego and Danglars both wronged Dantes, and both were motivated by envy. Both men were filled with jealousy and never thought of the consequences of their actions. Villefort disposes of Dantes because of ambition. He would stop at nothing to climb the aristocratic ladder. Finally, Caderousse, a man that is simply ill natured, helped in the destruction of Dantes None of these men could fathom how costly the price of these injustices would be. The actions and painful consequences exemplif ...

Number of words: 1941 | Number of pages: 8

To Kill A Mockingbird

... can fill their peers with sorrow. The Cunninghams have pride, as for the Ewells, they have a natural like anarchist nature that will eventually haunt them and hurt others because of their lurid like attitude. The Cunningham's are very respected by the citizen's of Maycomb county. The Cunninghams took nothing, unless they could pay it back. Walter the youngest in the Cunningham clan was in the same class at school as Scout Finch the daughter of Atticus Finch. While in school, a fresh young new school teacher known as Miss Caroline did not kno ...

Number of words: 1049 | Number of pages: 4

Brave New World Vs. Our World

... live here in our world or in a world like Brave New World which would you answer. Many may not like the sudden change and like the idea of knowing what’s going on for the most part. On the other hand many would like a change of pace from the everyday life. But would it really be worth it? You would have to be told what to do when to do it, what to believe, and allowed only to speak to your caste and no matter what always have to acknowledge the D.H.C as God. So is giving up your individual freedom really worth it all in the end? In th ...

Number of words: 1042 | Number of pages: 4

The Changes Which Occurred Whi

... thoughts were removed. The book describes what the characters where feeling and thinking, which brought us closer to them. When we know what the character feels and thinks, the story becomes a three-dimensional world. In contrast to the book, the movie seemed plain on this point, because we hear the characters speak, but we do not get to know the real thoughts and feelings of the characters. Goldman really had no way of telling us what the character was all about. The director should have expressed the characters thoughts into words, which is ...

Number of words: 499 | Number of pages: 2

Animal Dreams

... by Hallie's constant presence, Codi is never given an opportunity to examine her feelings of insecurities until Hallie's departure to Nicaragua and more so with her death. The emergence of Codi's insecurities begins with the death of Codi's mother. This leaves Codi and her sister to be raised by their father, Doc Homero. Doc Homero is distant and aloof towards his daughters. Doc Homero's inability to display his emotions define distinct characteristics of Codi's behavior. Specifically, Codi's familial needs became centered around Hallie. ...

Number of words: 1426 | Number of pages: 6

Robert Frost

... battle to stay alive and leaves it on his paper. Frost allows the mite to sleep on his paper because he values any intelligence, even one that is small as a bug’s. This poem is told directly from ’s mouth. It shows how much the poet appreciates the little things in life. Regardless of size Frost understands that a life is a life, and all lives are important. The imagery in this poem is very clear to me. I can picture an old man trying to blow a piece of dirt off the paper. Then the piece of dirt starts moving, as he sees what he believes ...

Number of words: 1615 | Number of pages: 6

Something Wicked This Way Comes

... dark and evil, because a stormy night is always a classic setting for something evil. At the climax of the story, Charles Halloway reads a passage from Shakespeare which says, "By the pricking of my thumbs, ."(p. 137) Again, this passage tells of an evil that is approaching. This sets an eerie mood to the story and hints the climax is starting. The reader is told of the evils coming, but there is not enough good in the townspeople for them to all realize the situation. Throughout the story, Jim and Will, who are both around t ...

Number of words: 584 | Number of pages: 3

Equus

... a picture of a horse. Slowly, the horse became God in Alan’s eyes. Alan’s father seems to fear religion and in some instances he fears horses. He becomes belligerent on the beach when the man lets Alan ride the horse with him. He also becomes belligerent when Alan’s mother tries to include religion in Alan’s life. It seems his father has strong emotional reactions to anything he can’t control or understand. Alan sensed that reaction and because of it he turned a horse into a god. It’s almost like Alan w ...

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Personal Response To Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"

... the same forces acting upon me. During my last year of high school I had a most interesting and distasteful incident relating to Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," which started as much as a year before graduation. Every day my friends and I sat at the same table during our lunch break, which was nothing unusual. It was not extraordinary for extraordinary things to happen in our part of the campus, wherever that may be. The table we sat at happened to be smack in the middle of the lunch area, oftentimes becoming entertainment or speculation ...

Number of words: 551 | Number of pages: 3

Martin Williams' Play: "Past Meridian"

... to him and what the south portrayed as natural to him. For example, Williams was gay. He first knew this when he loved a boy named Gordon at a summer camp. He was only 15 at the time and didn't know these feelings which he was having for he had never heard of such feelings. He was confused and disorientated because he was different from what the South stood for in this aspect. Yet, other than this, he did share much of the same values of his native homeland. He wore a yellow ribbon around his neck, a clean white shirt and tan pants, all ...

Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2

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