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A Dolls House, Theme Of Impris

... and there is no main character because the show spends time dealing with each character's situation equally, especially since they all intertwine. The inmates are broken up into ten groups by McManus with four inmates in each group so as to even the population. The groups are as follows: bikers, Aryans, Italians, gangsters, Irish, gays, Christians, Latinos, Muslims and "others". Each groups has one leader as a representative in the "Em City Council" which helps to attempt a community atmosphere within the prison according to McManus' idea ...

Number of words: 1678 | Number of pages: 7

Glass Menagerie

... he always desired; the life of adventure. By hanging out on the fire escape, Tom finds a temporary safe haven from Amanda. With Amanda nagging Tom about every minute action, like mastication, Tom needed to find somewhere to escape. Perhaps, even more, the fire escape shows various things about Tom's personality. Since Amanda and Laura have their illusionary worlds inside, Tom can easily escape these worlds by going out on the firescape. He does not desire to be part of an imaginary world, which only proves to be the downfall of Amanda ...

Number of words: 776 | Number of pages: 3

Charles Dickins

... of new artistic techniques and the desire to re-create the forms and styles of classical art. As these new styles of linear and aerial perspective and pyramid structures came into use by Alberti, paintings were able to carry better-recognized religious ideas because the paintings became more transparent and more vivid in detail. Finally, artists in the high Renaissance such as Da Vinci, and Raphael developed paintings in the narrative style that demonstrated the "body in a more scientific and natural manner," thus demonstrating the ...

Number of words: 1459 | Number of pages: 6

Great Gatsby 8

... for you" attitude. She refused to marry him until he made his first million. Since he had fixated on her as his goal, he did not realize that could not be the basis of a healthy relationship. According to his letters to his daughter Scotty, he did finally realize this but not until too late. He realized that she demanded to much from him. She expected everything to be done for her, because that's what she was used to. Gatsby couldn't keep that up, she was sucking everything out of him, including his other dreams and goals. That is what ...

Number of words: 435 | Number of pages: 2

To Kill A Mockingbird 6

... does not try to explain things to me she feels I am too young to know about. My mother does not have prejudice against the blacks, neither does Atticus. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus says at the trial: "You know the truth, and the truth is this: Some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around our women--black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men" (Lee, 204). This shows that Atticus believes that no race is better than another. Through discuss ...

Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3

Willy Loman Is The Cause Of Hi

... with him. Willy says: “And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England” (Death of a Salesman 30). This comment illustrates how Willy shows off in front of his sons. He says he can park his car in any street in New England, and the cops will protect it like their own. Willy believes that he is a “number one” man but at the same time he knows and says that he is not what he dreams about, but he just does not want to admit it. “You know, the trouble is, Linda, people don’t seem to take me… ...

Number of words: 950 | Number of pages: 4

Frankenstein Versus Prometheus

... grudged men all the gifts that Prometheus had given them and he was angry with Prometheus for granting to these wretched creatures of an hour the ability to shape their lives into something better and to rise their thoughts up to heaven itself." Pg.5. In the story Frankenstein, the protagonist creates a creature to worship and control. Dr. Frankenstein is trying to be a god which is why he is trying to create this new race. "I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter. What had been the study and desire of the wisest me ...

Number of words: 651 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth And Hamlet

... Macbeth cannot decide whether or not to kill Duncan, who is the king of Scotland. He sees an imaginary dagger floating in front of him that is a figment of his imagination, which portrays how much he is lamenting over the act of genocide. He finally commits the murder, and gets the position that he longs for. The main conflict that Hamlet has to deal with, portrayed by his fated "To be or not to be…" speech, is how to deal with the suspicious death of his father - by suffering the ills of this world or taking resolute action again ...

Number of words: 504 | Number of pages: 2

Animals Are Good Metaphors In

... as a metaphor for idyllic morals, values, and as a lesson on how we, as people, should live our lives. A number of the characters from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell represent actual historical figures from the time of the Russian revolution or represent the behaviors of various types or classes of people during this event. Orwell's book shows that animals in literature successfully represent people and therefore function as good metaphors. Mr. Jones symbolizes (in addition to the evils of capitalism) Czar Nicholas II, the lead ...

Number of words: 1536 | Number of pages: 6

Brave New World

... until rather than the cells dividing normally, they "bud". Each bud has the potential of becoming a separate but identical embryo. These buds are then subjected to various chemicals such as alcohol, until they also "bud". This process is repeated many times until an average harvest of 11,000 identical embryos can be created from one egg. These 11,000 identical brothers and sisters become a "Bokanovsky group". Each embryo is then bottled, labelled and sent down the conveyor belt to the "Social Predestination Room". It is here that they ar ...

Number of words: 1075 | Number of pages: 4

Death Be Not Proud

... at bay. One of the main reasons that Johnny remained alive for so much longer than he should have lived, was the hope that he possessed. He hoped every day of his illness that he would get better, that his parents would be spared their grief, or that some doctor would come up with a revolutionary idea that would heal him. Because of his hope, Johnny never complained or protested during the entire course of his illness. He always obeyed the doctors' wishes and followed their instructions to a "T" because he wante ...

Number of words: 675 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth 6

... most valuble and prized fighter. Upon meeting the Three Witches, Macbeth learns that he might becomes king. The thought of becoming king drives him to think of murderous acts on the king. He and Lady Macbeth concieve a plan to kill Duncan so he may become king. He goes from noble warrior and trusted friend to a backstabber (literally! Ha ha ha...) all for the promise of becoming king. Not only that, but he hires assassins to bump off Banquo and Fleeance, his son. Banquo gets killed, but Fleeance escapes. Macbeth was willing to kill his own fri ...

Number of words: 461 | Number of pages: 2

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