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The Scarlet Letter And The Cru

... together. The woman, Hester Prynne admits her sin, is forced to always wear a scarlet letter A on her chest, and is ostracized from society. The man Reverend Dimmsdale, hides his sin from the world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. Nathanial Hawthorm illustrates how insensitive a Puritan society can be to those who admit to their wrong doings. The Crucible is a play that tells the story of the famous witchcraft trail in Salem Massachusetts. In the story Abigail William’s, who ...

Number of words: 1311 | Number of pages: 5

Free-will And Repentance In Dr

... to live a life that many envied, but to die a death without repentance that none desired. Even though Marlowe is more concerned with theology, the question of determinism, than that of free will, he still puts Dr. Faustus in a situation where he makes his own rules. The problem that this play confronts is this: If you believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing God, how can you accept the existence of evil in the world, which this God has created? Does this mean that God is responsible for Faustus' damnation? God does not appear in Dr. Faustus. In ...

Number of words: 714 | Number of pages: 3

The Mayor Of Casterbridge 2

... first image of Henchard is one of winter, his clothing is described as “…a short jacket of brown corduroy…white horn buttons…and a straw hat overlaid with black glazed canvas.” Black, brown and white conjure images of the countryside in the heart of winter for me. Hechard’s life is in a rather bad point but things start looking up when he sells Susan, it is at this point that he moves into spring. We are told little of what happens between Susan’s sale and when she comes looking for him but ...

Number of words: 992 | Number of pages: 4

Respect In Eveline And Teenage Wasteland

... to move with him to Italy, but got scared and stayed behind when he moved, thus causing her to gain nothing and causing a lot of confusion to what used to be her fiancée. Anne Tyler, author of "Teenage Wasteland," wrote about a young man, named Donny, who felt neglected. Donny felt that his parents did not respect him or even trust him. He became a disruptive student, his grades dropped, and began drinking at a young age because of these problems. He was moved to another school and his parents were still called to even more meetings wit ...

Number of words: 415 | Number of pages: 2

Midsummer Nights Dream Charact

... made all of the different characters intermingle and intertwine causing their lives to crisscross, circle, and even parallel each other's. This was an ingenious display of character manipulation. At first, everything was very confusing, and the characters were faced with many different problems. In the end, however, they were still able to persevere and win their true love. The four young lovers each developed in their own ways. Hermia, the daughter of Egeus, was in love with Lysander from the beginning. However, her father wante ...

Number of words: 1363 | Number of pages: 5

Macbeth - Blood As An Image In Macbeth

... of blood on the handle. This is implying that the dagger was viciously and maliciously used on someone. Shakespeare most likely put this in as premonition of murder and death to come later in the story. The next reference, although indirect, in Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 5-11 is when Lady MacBeth talks about smearing the blood from the dagger on the faces and hands of the servants that she drugged. In Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 11-12, "I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss them". Notice how she said THEIR daggers. She is setting up the inno ...

Number of words: 542 | Number of pages: 2

Lost Generation

... exhibits some form of a physical wound that serves as his tragic flaw and the weakness of his character. In Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes is the character who maintains the typical Code Hero qualities; while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. Jake Barnes, the narrator and main character of The Sun Also Rises, is left impotent by an ambiguous accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound, however, transcends into an emotional one ...

Number of words: 763 | Number of pages: 3

Eating Gilbert Grape

... audience observes his closed eyes, but takes his time in answering, which irritates Becky. Forced to speak, the words that come out of his mouth are - "a new house for his family, for Mama Grape to take aerobics classes, a new brain for Arnie (his disabled brother) and for Ellen to grow up". Becky admires this, but she prompts him, "What do you want for you." This shows the true kindness of Gilbert, he wants so much, and cares so much for other people, he forgets about himself. Gilbert's 'wants' started from wanting for his family, then hi ...

Number of words: 894 | Number of pages: 4

Albert Camus: People's Inability To Act And Schindler's List

... of the tragedies. Many are under “an illusion of impotence” , and eventually, Camus states, “The Gorgon devours them”. Also, in order for this “spell to be broken”, people must have “strength of heart, intelligence and courage.” I believe that Albert Camus is correct, people are under a vale of impotence when it comes to the tragedies of the world, and that people can easily overcome this inability and reverse their fate, or let the “Gorgon” devour them. Camus's beliefs can be proved through the use of examples ...

Number of words: 711 | Number of pages: 3

The Stranger (spanish)

... y, por consiguiente, en la sujeción, libertad individual, y al escojer[4]’. Según Camus and Sartre, Camus se enfoca en las razones positivas para vivir. En The Stranger, Mearsault (el narrador) vive, pero su vida no está completa. Vive con la filosofia de que nada tiene importancia. El beneficio de esto es que nada le molesta. Lo detrimental de esto es que tampoco nada le da placer. Camus demuenstra en su libro que se requiere para tener una vida completa y llena de deleite. The Stranger empieza con “Mother died today ...

Number of words: 913 | Number of pages: 4

People Of The Mist

... an excellent bibliography for anyone interested in further study on the subject of the Native Americans portrayed in the book. PEOPLE of the MIST is a book about the Algonquin Indian tribes of the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia, set in the fourteenth century. It is a story primarily about a specific clan, the Greenstone clan and their village, Flat Pearl Village. The Algonquins were a materlinial society with all property and children belonging to the women. Flat Pearl Village and the Greenstone clan is ruled by an old w ...

Number of words: 766 | Number of pages: 3

The Pearl 2

... and immediately wanted to know when he was getting paid. The evil in the pearl had reached the heart of the doctor. The pearl's evil did not restrict itself to infecting Kino's peers; it also affected Kino himself. He wanted to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's standard of living. He had dreams and goals that all depended on the pearl. When Juana wanted to destroy the pearl, Kino beat her unmercifully: He struck her in the face and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in ...

Number of words: 451 | Number of pages: 2

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