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Antigone: The Structure Of Classical Tragedy And The Theme

... questions the reasons for Antigone’s distress. Again beginning on line 13, Ismene wails, "We two sisters were robbed of our two brothers on one day when each destroyed the other." The attention of the audience is grabbed. More questions as to the reasons and means of the brothers’ deaths arise. The audience immediately feels pity for the girls and desires to know the cause of the preexisting tragedy. However, to prevent the audience from becoming so confused that they lack attentiveness, all of these questions are answered ...

Number of words: 1504 | Number of pages: 6

The Stress On Money In The Met

... the health-insurance doctor, blame his parents for their lazy son, and cut off any excuses by quoting the health-insurance doctor”(5). Gregor fears losing his job because his parents are in debt, and even though he hates his job, it is the sense of being the leading bread maker for the family, which demands some respect. Gregor supports his family by having this job, so the family gives Gregor respect in return. However, once the family learns that Gregor has turned into a bug, they stop treating him with respect, and instead, imp ...

Number of words: 733 | Number of pages: 3

Kids, Like Adults, Are Facing

... year~ld spends an hour and 12 minutetJosand less time eating, but more tonem sports Free time left after school eating and sleeping, for single-parent families, the study found. The timediaries arepartofa much I sizybdy more time on schoolwork according the study found, has decreased from 40 percent of After collecting minute-by-minute time diaries that looks at hbw wefl today's chddren are tiri a national study released today. a child's dav in 1981 to 25 percent last year. from the families of 3,600 children, researchers Researc ...

Number of words: 546 | Number of pages: 2

Crime And Punishment 2

... help a girl in the street who has been raped and left to the whims of anyone who finds her. Raskolnikov tries to protect her from the evil of the street, gut then stops himself when he is revulsed by the wickedness of his society. Why did I take it upon myself to interfere? Was it for me to try to help? Let them eat one another alive - what is it to me? At one time Raskolnikov is both caring and concerned and yet he is able to push aside the whole affair by being totally indifferent. This is how Raskolnikov i ...

Number of words: 543 | Number of pages: 2

1984 Vs. Brave New World

... a caste system and conditioning. One way in which each society controls is by limiting the language and literature of every citizen. In 1984, a language called Newspeak is devised in order to narrow all thought into one mode. There are three categories of Newspeak vocabulary: A, B and C. The A vocabulary consists of words used in everyday life to express simple thoughts. The B vocabulary includes words meant for political usage, forcing a particular mental state on the person using the vocabulary. Finally, the C vocabulary is ...

Number of words: 1361 | Number of pages: 5

Great Expectations And Oliver

... received at the hands of his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. On one occasion he remarked, "I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face ignominously shoved against the wall, because I did not answer those questions at sufficient length."2 While at the orphanage, Oliver from Oliver Twist also experienced a great amount of abuse. For example, while suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver was chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to ...

Number of words: 1722 | Number of pages: 7

Night Essay

... Elie’s faith in God is prominent. As the novel progresses, however, Elie loses faith little by little. At the age of twelve, he asks his father, Chlomo, to find him a master to teach him the studies of the cabbala. His faith in God is very strong for such a young child, and his faith continues to flourish as time goes on. “I believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I rant to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple”(1). However, once the deportation of the ghettoes occurs, ...

Number of words: 923 | Number of pages: 4

King Lear --

... between King Lear is not one of master and servant. The Fool could be considered King Lear's subconscious; he has perceptions the King Lear does not. With his knowledge, the Fool tries to teach King Lear how to reason out the truth for himself. King Lear is oblivious to the truth; therefore his better judgement is impaired. From the moment the Fool enter the play, he has an analogy to condemn King Lear of his foolish action: Why? For taking one's part that's out of favor Nay; an thou canst not smile as the wind sits, thoul't catch cold ...

Number of words: 1138 | Number of pages: 5

Macbeth - Blood

... he becomes a treacherous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed and shows his guilt in different forms. The first reference of blood is one of honour, and occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeant and says "What bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. ...

Number of words: 879 | Number of pages: 4

Heart Of Darkness 7

... to discover. The Puritans left Europe in hopes of finding a new world to welcome them and their beliefs. What they found was a vast new world, loaded with Indian cultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the Salem witch trials. During World War II, Germany made an attempt to overrun Europe. What happened when the Nazis came into power and persecuted the Jews in Germany, Austria and Poland is well known as the Holocaus ...

Number of words: 1915 | Number of pages: 7

A Modern Macbeth

... McGovern. Almost unnoticed during his campaign was the arrest of five men connected with Nixon’s re-election committee. They had broken into the Democrats national head quarters in the Watergate apartment complex, in Washington D.C. They attempted to steal documents and place wire taps on the telephones. By March of 1973, through a federal inquiry, it had been brought to light that the burglars had connections with high government officials and Nixon’s closest aids. Despite Nixon and his lawyers best efforts, it was shown that the pr ...

Number of words: 414 | Number of pages: 2

Women In The Fabliaux

... wildly creative imaginations. They were capable of much more description and creativity then men. This is portrayed in “Les Quatre Sohais Saint-Martin”. The peasant women, when presented with her husbands four wishes, begins to wish for pricks all over her husbands body. After first describing her husband’s current state as “soft and like a furry animal” (lecture notes) she goes on to say that she wishes for big pricks, short pricks, curved pricks, strait pricks, and other kinds all over his body including ...

Number of words: 1014 | Number of pages: 4

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