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Fate Of Oedipus

... had already been determined before he was born. His every intention only brings him closer to his downfall. Oedipus' tragic destiny started when he was born. From the day he was born, Oedipus could not choose how he wants to live. He can only live the life that was set up for him. An oracle told his real parents - Laius and Jocasta that Laius would die at the hands of his own child. Out of fear, they pinned Oedipus' ankles and handed him to a shepherd to abandon him to death. " Jocasta: … An oracle came to Laius " (p. 17) to "…to ca ...

Number of words: 901 | Number of pages: 4

The Crucible

... says that was all that happened But, when Reverend Parris tells how he was in the woods at that particular time, and saw these dances, as well as some other very strange rituals, Abigail gradually explains what went on, while leaving herself out as the main practitioner. She says she was sort of led into it all by the other girls. Anyway, now the stage is set for a variety of unexpected accusations, scandals and tribulations. Abigail's performance stood out to me, as I enjoyed how she could change from that little sweet. innocent girl ...

Number of words: 607 | Number of pages: 3

Lady Macbeth

... the horrors that she and Macbeth have carried out and experienced. says “Hell is murky.” She is remembering the murder that she and Macbeth committed. She states, “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” remembering how bloody the Macbeth’s hands were. She felt horrified that they had committed this evil act of murder. These two quotes go together because first she is asking to be filled with the darkness of hell and then says later in the play that hell is murky. These two quotes show th ...

Number of words: 654 | Number of pages: 3

Jane Eyre - Nature

... following metaphor of their relationship: "Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea . . . I thought sometimes I saw beyond its wild waters a shore . . . now and then a freshening gale, wakened by hope, bore my spirit triumphantly towards the bourne: but . . . a counteracting breeze blew off land, and continually drove me back." The gale is all the forces that prevent Jane's union with Rochester. Later, Brontë, whether it be intentional or not, conjures up the image of a buoyant sea when Rochester says of Jane: "Your ...

Number of words: 1912 | Number of pages: 7

Giver

... and emotion that they dun have in their world. And so Jonas found out that the world just should no be working this was and therefore. He and plan to leave the country. However, thought that he is too old for escaping, so he decided just to help Jonas to escape. On his way, he went home and picked up a baby, Gabriel who would be released (killed) soon, with him and they started their journey to escape. After a long journey, Jonas and Gabriel were successfully escaped from the country and they went to a village. The story was told as a ...

Number of words: 336 | Number of pages: 2

"A White Heron" And "The Beast In The Jungle": A Comparison And Contrast Essay

... task. One evening, after much searching for their cow, which proved to be a daily chore, she was coercing the cow back home when surprised by the presence of a stranger. He was ever so polite and friendly. He was hunting the Great White Heron and had hoped she or her family might put him up for the evening. In a nice sort of way he was pushy and insistent. Not used to interacting with many people, the reader can see it would have been a difficult situation for her to handle any other way. Rather, it handled her. The grandmother was mos ...

Number of words: 763 | Number of pages: 3

A Raisin In The Sun Crtical Analysis

... not being able to act as a man and provide for his family and grasp hold of his ideals to watch them manifest into a positive situation. Walter wants the best for his family and he thinks the liquor store will provide him the financial security needed to boost them out of poverty. "I'm thirty five years old; I've been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in living room (Hansberry 34). best describes the sympathy and compassion Walter feels for his son. Although his family's financial position is stra ...

Number of words: 914 | Number of pages: 4

Heart Of Darkness

... He began with his novel Almayer’s Folly (1895) set in Borneo. is based on his voyage up the Congo River, and he uses memories of his early voyages in the Caribbean. The people of Conrad’s day infuriated him by thinking of him as merely a writer of sea stories. But Conrad knew his work really dealt with universal problems. He used the concentrated little world of a ship to treat the general problems that obsessed him: How can society endure against all the destructive forces of the individual ego and the modern world and mostly, ...

Number of words: 1515 | Number of pages: 6

The Bluest Eye

... were being oppressed by the white people. Pecola Breedlove was a young black girl, growing up in Lorain, Ohio in the early 1940's. Her life was one of the most difficult in the novel, for she was almost totally alone. She suffered the most because she had to withstand having others' anger dumped on her, internalized this hate, and was unable to get angry herself. Over the course of the novel, this anger destroys her from the inside. When Geraldine yells at her to get out of her house, Pecola's eyes were fixed on the "pretty" lady and ...

Number of words: 1403 | Number of pages: 6

Gilgamesh

... Noah to build an ark to save 2 of each animal and restart mankind after the flood. In both The Epic of , and the Bible, a story of a great flood occurs these stories compare and contrast in several significant ways. In both stories mankind was exterminated because things were getting to chaotic. In the god Enlil’s reason for wanting to destroy man was “the uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible” The other gods agreed with this. In the Bible, God also saw how the wickedness of man had taken over ea ...

Number of words: 443 | Number of pages: 2

Antigone By David Greene

... city with his presence: "I would not be silent if I saw ruin,…" (p.168 l.203-204). "I would not count any enemy of my country as a friend-" (p.168 l.205-206). He further continues by stating "I will make her greater still" (p.168 l.210). In this last quote Creon declares that he will improve the city (she) by his rulings. Creon describes how his qualities make him a good ruler and how he would act in different situations. Furthermore, Creon views himself a good leader because he believes he has the best at ...

Number of words: 760 | Number of pages: 3

Mark Antony

... of Caesar, Antony quickly grasps that he must deal with Brutus, and he has the shrewdness to take advantage of Brutus’s gullibility. Antony has his servant say, “Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest” (III i 126). From this point, it is clear that Antony intends to flatter Brutus and to work upon those personal qualities of Brutus which represent his fundamental weaknesses. Antony then comes to the Capitol where he further flatters the conspirators by shaking their hands and saying, “Friends am I with you all, and ...

Number of words: 1007 | Number of pages: 4

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