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Jane Eyre

... Helen dies of tuberculosis. Many other children die at the same time of typhus, because of the bad food. Mr. Brocklehurst is degraded to the post of treasurer and other people are caring for the children. When Jane is 18 she wants to go away. She is a teacher now and she places an advertisement as a governess. She gets one reply, from Mrs. Fairfax at Thornfield Hall. Jane becomes a governess there for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr. Rochester, the master of the house. Mr. Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in th ...

Number of words: 946 | Number of pages: 4

Pride And Prejudice

... Jane Austin published her novels anonymously. It wasn’t till the twentieth century that she became really famous. Jane used to write about love and money. WORK: Pride and Prejudice is the title of Jane Austin’s first novel. It deals with a very proud man and a woman that has too many prejudices. It isn’t before they both see that they are wrong that they can love each other. Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel in which manners are very important. It’s been first published in 1813. My version: Blackbirds 1 ...

Number of words: 8639 | Number of pages: 32

In Romeo And Juliet Who Is To

... responsible. The feud causes many problems arising in the play. The prologue supports this when it predicts the forthcoming misfortune "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" the grudge mentioned means the basis of the feud. The civil brawls mentioned are between Mercutio and Tybalt, Romeo and Tybalt, Paris and Romeo. If the feud was not started by some grudge or disagreement between the Capulets and the Montagues a long time ago the six people deaths in the play would not arise. At the end ...

Number of words: 2013 | Number of pages: 8

The Book Of Sand

... it is all he thinks about. He eventually gets rid of it by mixing it up in a pile of many other books in his basement. As will be discussed in this paper, Borges wrote philosophy in a lot of his works. In , infinity is depicted in the form of a mysterious book. It symbolizes man's constant search for the world's existence. Borges is saying that it is an endless search and therefore pointless. The Other is the story of Borges sitting on a bench, as he feels as though he had lived that moment already. He begins to speak to the man seated b ...

Number of words: 1124 | Number of pages: 5

Julius Ceaser - The Importance Of Brutus

... when he says, "But for the general. He would be crown’d: How that might change his nature, there’s the question." (Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 12-14) This truly innocent way of thinking allows him to be persuaded by Cassius to go against Caesar. He is also an honest man. He refuses to take a bribe in lines 75-78 of Act 4, Scene 3. "By any indirection: I did send to you for gold to pay my legions, which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?" This is an honesty that gained him the respect of the people. Brutus w ...

Number of words: 749 | Number of pages: 3

Andrew Jackson

... town is Reverend Samuel Parris. Mr. Herrick says to Danforth, “Mr. Parris command me, sir. I cannot deny him.” This shows that he, Mr. Parris, holds a definite authority over Mr. Herrick. In this theocracy, the people have to obey the minister and his appointed colleagues no matter what. The townspeople will be condemned by the government if they can not recite the Ten Commandments whenever they are asked to do so. The government of Salem basically was the Church. From the church or the government there are many laws made pertaini ...

Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3

Comparison: Dover Beach And Do

... is left to wonder and inquire about the whole picture the remainder of the story. The poem "The Dover Bitch: A Criticism of Life," written by Anthony Hecht in 1968, undermines and debases the introspection and romanticism of Matthew Arnold's, "Dover Beach," written about a century earlier in 1867. Introspection is the reflective examination of one's thought process and sensory experience. From the very first line of "The Dover Bitch," the introspection of the Matthew Arnold’s poem is completely deconstructed. The parody is a casual ...

Number of words: 1285 | Number of pages: 5

Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp

... 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 Holocaust. Here, human’s evil side provides one of the scariest occurren ...

Number of words: 1970 | Number of pages: 8

Play Review For Shakespear The

... taken care of Prince Ferdinand, son of King Alonso. Ariel becomes upset and complains about his duties but is reminded by Prospero that he must work to be released of the magical imprisonment of the tree trunk. The deceased witch who used to live on the island cast this imprisonment unto Ariel. Prospero reveals to the then awaken Ariel that he was once the Duke of Milan. He was banished from Milan and sent away with Miranda in a small boat. The reason he was banished was for the study of magic over government. His brother, Antonio, had ...

Number of words: 1091 | Number of pages: 4

Athol Fugards Master Harold...

... and goodwill. The principal metaphor that Fugard uses in "Master Harold"... and the Boys displays a microcosm of relationships among people or groups of people. This microcosm is demonstrated by the activity on a ballroom floor, namely, at the Eastern Province Open Ballroom Dancing Championships for which Willie is practicing. This microcosm may be seen in different manners and different levels. On page 46, Sam illustrates his idealized scenario of this microcosm on a universal level as he explains to Hally that collisions do not take place a ...

Number of words: 1019 | Number of pages: 4

Our Town Analysis 2

... that she could not tell her husband George to get on with his life and end this incessant mourning. The setting is very important because the play is set in a small simple town and it demonstrates the precise actions of people of that time. The setting is special because it is vague therefore it lets your mind imagine the precise details of the scene. This is interesting because you see the scene the way you want it so the author does not need to go into dull descriptions which are not too pleasing. The atmosphere is very obvious in t ...

Number of words: 436 | Number of pages: 2

The Great Gatsby - The America

... of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with the beautiful and seemingly innocent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to accumulate his wealth to reach her economic and social standards. Once he acquires this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, hims ...

Number of words: 1431 | Number of pages: 6

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