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Oedipus The King 2

... behind his thoughts and actions and, thus, Oedipus does not have a tragic flaw in his character. There are a number of different points that one can analyze and claim to be Oedipus’hamartia. For instance, some people may examine Oedipus’ bad temper and label this as the flaw that leads to his downfall. Oedipus becomes enraged at Teiresias’ claim that he is the one who murdered Laius and he begins to believe that this is an attempt by Creon to overthrow him. Despite Oedipus’ anger in this situation, his reacti ...

Number of words: 635 | Number of pages: 3

Othello

... is representative of the good in nature. Good can be defined as forgiving, honest, innocent and unsuspecting. The evil contained within Othello is by no means magical or mythical yet is represented by the character Iago. Iago is cunning, untrustworthy, selfish, and plotting. He uses these traits to his advantage by slowly planning his own triumph while watching the demise of others. It is this that is Iago's motivation. The ...

Number of words: 1627 | Number of pages: 6

Hamlet - Act 1 Summary

... and that my mother was a sort of accomplice. This REALLY ticks me off! My own mother won't even explain why she married so fast, only that my father is dead and I should get over it. I am starting to hate the whole world. Polonius and Laertes told Ophilia that I couldn't see her anymore. I don't understand why. It makes no sense, why would they 'suddenly' care about our relations? It sure seems that EVERYONE is against me these days! I feel like committing suicide. But, before I get to that point, I must avenge my father. I am starting to ...

Number of words: 326 | Number of pages: 2

Symbolism In Dreams, From The

... it makes life more difficult. Stormy weather in Tony’s dreams represents the conflict in his life, and the lives of those around him. One example of the weather in his dreams is the wind. In one of Tony’s dreams the wind is used to represent conflict that disrupts the peace that is a still lake. “There was a howling wind as the moon rose and it’s powers pulled at the still waters of the lake.”(Anaya 120) The wind here is used to represent forces of disturbance caused by nuclear testing taking place south of the t ...

Number of words: 1311 | Number of pages: 5

King Lear

... of poor Kent? At one time he was considered to be a valued friend and good adviser, but because of this difference of opinion, he is instantly cast away. Throughout this play, there are many tragedies which are webbed together indirectly, yet barely touch, such as, the triangle's of Gloucester and his two sons (Edmund and Edgar), in which Gloucester indirectly turns Edmund against Edgar and himself and is clueless up until the end of Edmunds' hatred and rese ...

Number of words: 1145 | Number of pages: 5

Romeo And Juliet 6

... the the fact of being in love. He likes the feeling of being in love and will try to be together with anyone as long as he has the love feeling and enjoys the time being,not necesserily the girl he is being with.He is feeling so full of sorrow that he can’t take it so he locks himself in his room in darkness yet he doesn’t even know if she loves him or not,He is afraid to ask her. His love for Rosaline is great but yet she can not say the same and for that he will continue to be miserable.He has lots of support ...

Number of words: 584 | Number of pages: 3

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

... that none of them actually likes TJ, except for Stacey. The reader sees that he is a liar, a cheat and a coward. He is ashamed of being black and he lets the Logan family down in many ways throughout the novel. One of the ways that he lets them down is when he gets Miz Logan fired. He went up to the store and told Kaleb Wallace that Miz Logan failed him on purpose and that she was destroying school property. “...I got fired...Harlen Granger came to the school with Kaleb Wallace and one of the school board members. Somebody told the ...

Number of words: 892 | Number of pages: 4

Interpretation Of I Heard A Fl

... died,” it grasps the reader’s attention by describing the moment of her death. After reading the first stanza the reader can almost hear or sense the feeling of the fly buzzing in such a still and quiet room. The contrasting sounds of the noisy fly and the stillness in the air draw the reader deeper into the poem. The image created by this contrast is like the color white on the color black. It stands out immensely and catches the reader’s eye. After the first stanza the reader is in full knowledge of the death of the poet. The se ...

Number of words: 952 | Number of pages: 4

The Old Man And The Sea- From

... means that he could have waited a lifetime. All Santiago needed was a little hope and encouragement to help him on his quest. Santiago found comfort in the animals surrounding, such as the fish, the birds, and the turtles. “He was very fond of flying fish as they were his principal friends in the ocean” (29.) It was that the ocean was just like him, lonely and isolated. It was a comforting thought that these animals were always there with him, as if they were guiding him throughout his quest. These fish were companion ...

Number of words: 906 | Number of pages: 4

Campaign

... slaves again but without actually referring to them as slaves. During the post-Reconstruction era, lynching was thought to be a rational punishment since the law was out of order there was no other alternative. Most whites believed that blacks were brutes and that they should be destroyed. During slavery, lynching of slaves hardly existed because if they lynched their slaves they would be destroying their own property and it would be worthless. But, now that the slaves were free, they were no longer property and were worthless so wh ...

Number of words: 479 | Number of pages: 2

The Transformation Of Nora2

... children; the maid would usually take care of that. In every sense of the word, she is your typical housewife. Nora seldom left the house, mostly because her husband is afraid of the way people would talk. It really isn\'t her fault she is the way she is; it is mostly Torvald\'s for spoiling her. Nora relies on Torvald for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet that is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. Her carefree spirit and somewhat childish manners are shown throughout the play with state ...

Number of words: 1112 | Number of pages: 5

Winterbourne And Prufrock

... a young American man, Winterbourne, is confused and intrigued by the behavior of a young American woman, Daisy Miller. Winterbourne had wondered about all of the cold shoulders that had been turned towards her, and sometimes it annoyed him to suspect that she did not feel at all. He said to himself that she was too light and childish, too uncultivated and unreasoning. Then at other moments he believed that she carried about in her an elegant and perfectly observant consciousness from the impression she produced. He asked himself whether ...

Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3

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