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Of Mice And Men

... their apparent mutual love for each other seemed to take care of. Yet, an irrevocable rift between them sent the dream crashing down. This caused George’s feelings of love and understanding to change from being existent to non-existent. Since the passing of Lennie’s aunt, George felt an obligation to take care of Lennie as well as to act as his guardian. George fulfilled this role with love and understanding. We first see change in George’s attitude towards Lennie when they moved onto the ranch, their place of work. George immediately ...

Number of words: 752 | Number of pages: 3

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

... play is natural justice versus class justice. The title has links to other parables and stories before it. The Chalk Circle, a Chinese play involved a legal action where the false claimant was granted custody due a bribe to claim her dead husbands estate. This however was overturned by the emperor, the guarantor of the law, in a retrial as the emperor was the father. This particular story is a whisper to the result of Grusha's trial. The emperor is portrayed as the epitome of justice and gives a true verdict. The trial scene is also adapte ...

Number of words: 851 | Number of pages: 4

Tender Mercies

... word meaning to be saved or saving someone from an experience or a situation. The reader can observe this redemption at various times through many characters, such as: Mac, Rosa Lee, Sunny, and Dixie. Each one of these characters has been redeemed by other characters or has been the redeemer of other characters. Thus, in the paragraphs to proceed, the reader will be introduced to these exact characters and to the situations from which these characters were redeemed from or whom they had redeemed. Alongside, the reader will also come to reco ...

Number of words: 1056 | Number of pages: 4

Lord Bryon Research Paper 10 P

... writings were influenced greatly because of the pain and abuse he suffered in his youth. I will attempt to point out the many possibilities to this. George Gordon Byron was known as Lord Byron during his lifetime. Byron was born in 1788 and died at the early age of thirty-six in the year 1824. His handsome face, riotous living and many love affairs made Byron the most talked-of man of his day. H was known as a romantic, fascinating figure to his fellow Englishmen. In our current century his reputation has dwindled to merely being kn ...

Number of words: 3365 | Number of pages: 13

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Hamlet 5

... of her death. They ponder whether her drowning was intentional or accidental. Hamlet and Horatio, unaware of who is going to be buried at this site, enter and start a conversation with one of them. The First Gravedigger tells them of his job and how he has buried people from all walks of life. This leads Hamlet to ponder death. As the conversation continues that a skull the gravedigger was playing with belonged to an old court jester, he once knew. He starts discus how death makes even the most powerful men, like Caeser, nothing ...

Number of words: 718 | Number of pages: 3

"From Wrath To Compassion": Archilles As A Tragic Hero

... concerned about he looks to others by portraying himself as a mighty warrior and great fighter. He was ruled by pride, anger, and hate. This showed up in all his spoiled attitudes and whining to his mother. [Example]. [Discussion of his tragic flaw]: At the end of the story, Archilles gives into his tragic flaw by returning Hector's body [Example]. He shares grief with King Priam, which shows he has been broken and is vulnerable[Example]. He breaks the Greek heroic code by giving into compassion for others. This moral change went against e ...

Number of words: 337 | Number of pages: 2

Macbeth - Lady Macbeth: Feeble-minded?

... Eventually, Lady Macbeth begins to show her true, stripped away and "wither’d" nature. Lady Macbeth’s vulnerability increases as time passes, and her enthusiasm wanes. Lady Macbeth is mainly responsible for aggravating the struggle between Macbeth’s morality, devotion and "vaulting ambition." This duality in Lady Macbeth’s character plays a huge role in planting the seed for Macbeth’s downfall and eventual demise. Lady Macbeth imagines that she has the capability to be a remorseless and determined villain, but she isn’t anythin ...

Number of words: 1696 | Number of pages: 7

Oedipus Rex

... the woods with a shepherd to be left to die. The shepherd should not bare to leave an infant in the woods to die, so he gave the infant to another man who took him to Polybus and Merope, king and queen of Athens, since they were not able to have kids. Oedipus grew up and learned that he was cursed. He left Athens believing that Polybus and Merope were his parents. He thought that if he moved away the curse would not come true. Oedipus left Athens and during his travels he ended up killing Laius and became the king of Thebes and married a ...

Number of words: 740 | Number of pages: 3

The Imperial Woman

... by his mother, but he died young. Tzu Hsi had to find the next heir before any trouble started. She took her sister and the sixth prince’s son to be raised as the next Emperor. Once the Heir grew up, Tzu Hsi retired to the Summer Palace. Again, she was called back to be the ruler of China since her nephew had made foolish decision. The people of China called her Old Buddha. According the novel, Yehonala was a beautiful woman with a fierce heart. Since she was a virgin, she was called to be viewed by the Dowager Mother and the Son of H ...

Number of words: 1262 | Number of pages: 5

A World Without Freedom

... of my life without freedom. First of all, the chains and shackles that bind my hands and legs show that without freedom, I would not be allowed to carry out my own actions because I would be instructed to perform other people’s wishes. My taped mouth symbolizes the loss of a right that is granted to all Americans, the freedom of speech. Without this freedom, I would be restrained from speaking my mind and expressing my beliefs and desires in a world where I would be pushed down by those in control and punished if I tried to speak. Final ...

Number of words: 451 | Number of pages: 2

Grapes Of Wrath And Jim Casy

... within to discover one's true identity and beliefs. Casy, however, was much more complex than the average individual. His unpredjudiced, unified, Christ-like existence twists and turns with every mental and extraneous disaccord. Jim Casy is an interesting, complicated man. He can be seen as a modern day Christ figure, except without the tending manifest belief in the Christian faith. The initials of his name, J.C., are the same as Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus was exalted by many for what he stood for was supposed to be , Casy was hailed and ...

Number of words: 2487 | Number of pages: 10

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