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Much Ado About Nothing

... a character that not only deceives other characters in the play, but most of all he deceives himself. Benedick’s deceiving ways derive him to be a hypocritical character; this phenomenon makes his role compellingly intriguing in the play “Much Ado About Nothing”. Benedick has a unique view toward love, he wants no part in giving or receiving love. He has a simple way to live, “I will live a bachelor” (Shakespeare I .i.176), he first chooses not to get involved in the love scheme. Benedick has strong ...

Number of words: 891 | Number of pages: 4

The Crucible 2

... is able to get away with anything. She shows such a strong presence of authority when she speaks to the girls “ let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” (Miller, 20) by this you can already tell that she has gained authority over the girls. Abigal is so corrupt that she tries to protect herself from being hanged by condemning everyone. Even goody Putnam (a wife of a minister) w ...

Number of words: 686 | Number of pages: 3

Examination Of Twenty Lines Of

... in the play. The only difference between the two is the fundamental actions that they do to accumulate their wealth. Lying down to create his wealth also shows us that he is so lazy that doing anything for his money is something that is just not conceivable to him. He states this earlier on in the play (“I wound no earth with ploughshares; fat no beasts to feed the shambles”). His opinion on working an honest days work is that it is bad and that what he is doing is right. This demonstrates that he has no conception ...

Number of words: 1012 | Number of pages: 4

Religious Fanaticism

... theater performance troupe called “The Illustrious Theater” with his mistress’s family, the Bejarts. The troupe struggled for two years before collapsing in 1645 under the weight of massive debts. Moliere was soon arrested for bankruptcy. After bail was posted he fled from France with Madeline Bejart. Moliere returned to France some time later after his father paid his debts. He soon married Armande Bejart, either the sister or daughter of his first mistress, Madeline. His enemies charged him with incest. Not only his persona ...

Number of words: 928 | Number of pages: 4

Go Ask Alice!

... called Tim and a sister Alexandria. The two are younger than Alice. At her new school it is horrible for her. Nobody speaks to her the first days. but her brother and sister like the new school. Finally she finds a friend at school. Her name is Gerda, but Alice’s mother and father don’t like her. Alice doesn’t feel happy in her family. She hates his sister and her brother more than she loves them. Tim is intolerable and her mother is constantly Peking at her. Alice gets to know Beth Baum. Beth is Jewish and her father is a doctor. Her mo ...

Number of words: 1015 | Number of pages: 4

Oedipus 2

... characterized him as a tragic man. The Sphinx posed the following riddle to all who came to obtain the rule of thebes: “What is it that walks on 4 feet and 2 feet and 3 feet and has only one voice, when it walks on most feet it is the weakest?” Oedipus correctly answered “Man” and became the king of Thebes. This riddle is a metaphor for the life of Oedipus. As a child man crawls on his hands and knees this is the four feet to which the Sphinx refers. Also man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on ot ...

Number of words: 2692 | Number of pages: 10

Antigone 9

... Antigone (niece of Creon) and her sister Ismene talking about how their father Oedipus died, and how his death brought very hard times. Their brothers Eteocles and Polynices have just died fight each other. Eteocles was fighting for the city, while Polynices was fighting against the city and was the supposed 'traitor'. When the two died Eteocles was given full burial rites, but Polynices was given absolutely no burial rites of any kind because he was a traitor. His death was forbidden to be mourned throughout the city. The death of Eteocl ...

Number of words: 952 | Number of pages: 4

Flowers For Algernon(book)

... in the way Charlie Gordon’s so-called friends treat him. After the operation, on of Charlie’s friends Joe Carp teases him about the operation saying “hey look where Charlie had his operation what did they do Charlie, put some brains in.” Another time Charlie realizes humans can be cruel is when Charlie is in a restaurant and the bus boy who is mentally challenged drops the dishes on the floor, the people start laughing at him and make fun of him. This makes Charlie upset and he begins to yell at the customers in ...

Number of words: 588 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies

... Then, a boy named Jack decides to break off and form his own society, with him being the leader, governing with a dictatorship type of government, causing Ralph’s society to crumble and fall apart. William Golding believed that the defects of a society could be traced back to the flaws of the human nature. These societies were very different from each other because the individuals were very different. Ralph’s society was based on everyone having a say in the government. Ralph was kind and good to the people of his society. He let ...

Number of words: 628 | Number of pages: 3

For Whom The Bell Tolls

... mastery of the English language. He is adept at manipulating words and weaving complex sentences; furthermore, "Meticulous description takes its place…For Hemingway…description is definition." (Tanner 228) All of this genius can show the ultimate beauty and grace of existence, but the flipside to that is the same devices used to show all of the wonder and greatness in life can also be used to show to many hardships and painful truths we must endure, such as violence and gory injustices: "Then some one hit the drunkard a great blow al ...

Number of words: 1775 | Number of pages: 7

Beloved 2

... burned all night long. Strangers rested while their children tried on their shoes. Messages were left there, for whoever needed them was sure to stop in one day soon." (Morrison, 87) Sethe was enveloped with love and security, while Baby Suggs, the local spiritual leader, became the driving force in the community, gathering the people together to preach self love and respect. "When warm weather came, Baby Suggs, holy, followed by every black man, woman and child who could make it through, took her great heart to the Clearing..." (Morrison, ...

Number of words: 928 | Number of pages: 4

Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences

... mother, father, and their brothers and sisters in hopes of creating a better life for themselves as well. At the time economic betterment meant working as a hired slave for minimal income and keeping your mouth shut. After all, you were nothing more than a wetback who came to America to reap her benefits.(This ludicrous ideology is still present today) Gary Soto's grandparents and my grandparents, although they ma y be a generation behind one another, I am sure were exposed to many of the same hardships and or social barriers. It was not uncom ...

Number of words: 1866 | Number of pages: 7

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