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The Scarlet Letter 3

... The Puritans of Boston eschew and mock Hester because of her crime and the scarlet letter she bears. The Puritans illustrate this when they force her to stand upon the scaffold with her scarlet letter for long periods of time. Dimmesdale, of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, also suffered to a great extent. In fact, he suffered more than Hester, even though his sin was not revealed until his death. Dimmesdale tortured himself with all night vigils, carved an ‘A’ onto his chest, and he severely whipped himself. ...

Number of words: 641 | Number of pages: 3

The Client John Grisham

... in the wrong place at the wrong time. The incredible plot John Grisham has accumulated to complete the electrifying story of ‘The Client’ first starts with a capturing opening chapter. Grisham sets the scene with two young brothers, Mark and Ricky Sway, going off into the bushland near their home, the trailer park to experiment with a few cigarettes. After no more than three pages into the first chapter the action begins. Grisham effectively but also hastily sets the setting to the story then, to draw in the reader, explodes into ...

Number of words: 1152 | Number of pages: 5

KING LEAR

... audience sees a major contrast through these paradoxes and agrees with France. This makes Lear look as if he is doing something ¡§monstrous¡¨ as his opinion differs so much from France¡¦s. The fact that Lear is saying such shocking things about his daughter who he earlier called ¡§our joy¡¨ shows that his words are not to be trusted. Lear¡¦s ¡¥monstrous¡¨ behaviour is greatly emphasised by the different language techniques that France uses, such as the use of the paradoxes and the rhyming couplets like ¡§my chance¡¨ wit ...

Number of words: 1268 | Number of pages: 5

The Demon Lover

... after months of being missing in action and she has moved on. She is now married to a William Dover and living the countryside with her immediate family. What had she promised her lover those 25 years earlier? Was he stalking her when he was missing in action? How did the letter get to the house and on the table? Who was the taxi Driver when Mrs. Dover is drove off screaming? Let us explore the possibilities of these events. The promise made to the lover by Kathleen is unclear. It may have been too upsetting for Kathleen to think about or ...

Number of words: 933 | Number of pages: 4

Beowulf: Unferth, The Same Martyr

... triumphant swimming contest with Brecca, shows the reader (or listener) that Unferth is nothing more than a spineless bastard. In Grendel we find that Unferth's bitterness is well founded. John Gardner shows Unferth as the most pathetic man to ever call himself a hero. Unferth is degraded once in the apple battle (he was beat by flying fruit for god's sake!!!) and then again in the cave. In the cave Unferth begs Grendel to take his life but Grendel gives him fate worse than death. Grendel leaves him alive and impotent. Unferth knows tha ...

Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2

American Revolution Essay

... England and Middle Colonies, unable to find markets in Britain, found prosperity by trading outside the empire. Any attempt to stop this trade would lead to rebellion and consequentially ensued. The idea of mercantilism where the channelizing of all trade through England, was a restriction upon economic prosperity of the New England colony. The major cause for revolution within the economic theory is of economic subordination of colonies to England. The Grenville Ministry passed a number of acts, but the main act of provocation to the colon ...

Number of words: 595 | Number of pages: 3

Analysis Of Emily Dickensons C

... capitalizes words in mid-sentence that would not normally be capitalized. This could represent decaying objects; capitalized words represent things still standing and lowercase words represent things decayed. This poem is choppy at timed, but it flows smoothly at others. Long hyphens throughout the poem slow down reading speed. This could be compared to the rate of decay. Sometimes decay is rapid, sometimes it is slow. the last three parts of the poem’s structure help create its figurative meaning. Imagery is Dickinson’s ...

Number of words: 483 | Number of pages: 2

A Clockwork Orange - Calculated Captivity

... captivated by him, as he becomes a ‘victim of a modern age’. To understand how this deception is accomplished it is important to examine the major turning points in Alex’s life, and how Burgess presents them. To begin, Burgess displays Alex’s villainous disposition, which causes the reader to hate and resent him. Through the aid of the State’s treatment Alex is reformed, at which point Burgess allows the reader to determine and develop an opinion of whether this treatment is morally acceptable or not. In the end however it is obv ...

Number of words: 1873 | Number of pages: 7

Sin And Virtue Used In Stephen

... in The Blue Hotel (1898), Crane thus explores the interlaced themes of the sin and virtue. Ironically, although "he disbelieved it and hated it," Crane simply "could not free himself from" the religious background that haunted his entire life (Stallman 5). His father, a well-respected reverend in New Jersey, advocated Bible reading and preached "the right way." Similarly, his mother, who "lived in and for religion," was influential in Methodist church affairs as a speaker and a journalist in her crusade against the vices of her sinful ...

Number of words: 790 | Number of pages: 3

The Wife (canterbury Tales)

... in response about dominance in relationships. This is taunting the woman of Bath and her beliefs by telling this story. She believes that marriage and sex aren't of great significance, she uses these as props to increase her money or power. From the beginning they are different; her prologue is very long and in depth, whereas the clerk delves right into his story. In fact he is told by his colleagues to "put things plainly"(321) and not to "tell a tale to send us all asleep"(321). He withholds his true emotions about sexism and mastery u ...

Number of words: 1889 | Number of pages: 7

An Occurance At Owl Creek Brid

... Bierce’s short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a perfect example of the power of the will to live. It is the story of a man who is sentenced to death by asphyxiation. He thinks to himself “If I could free my hands, I might throw off my noose and spring into the stream...By diving I could evade the bullets and swimming vigorously, reach the bank.” This is surely the talk of a man who has the will to live. Up until the last nanoseconds of his execution, he imagines an elaborate escape in which he manages to reac ...

Number of words: 871 | Number of pages: 4

To Be Or Not

... as alcohol-abuse, risky scientific research or biased nationalism. We might say goodbye to such things as war, secrecy, faceless social disaffection, and public powerlessness. Soon enough it could be goodbye to dangerous stress, tobacco, burgers, serial killings, muggings, and smog. Times change. Many of today’s accepted virtues might one day be judged as crimes against humanity and nature, which leads to the question: What kind of world do you want to live in? Our ancient habit is to stumble backwards into the future. We feel that we ...

Number of words: 1638 | Number of pages: 6

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