Newland Archer's Key to Life Newland Archer is known as a successful lawyer on the streets of New York and is also known to have come from one of the best families in New York. Being engaged to May Welland, his life is the standard of perfection to any citizen to have known who he was. To Newland...
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In the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’, there are several characters who behave in villainous ways but Shylock is the most villainous character out of all of them. Do you agree? Throughout ‘The Merchant of Venice’ there are many examples of villainous acts performed by the characters. Although the...
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This is my first journal reflection while I am reading my novel, and I would like to choose two questions to help me on the literature. First of all, I have some puzzles about the plots in the first few chapters and characters, especially the main two characters and the relationship between them...
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In “An Enemy of the People,” Henrik Ibsen adopts the theme that the majority of people are always wrong. This is to say that if one wishes to find truth in the world he must look to the minority of people. There is great wisdom in these words. The majority of people are not the most...
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Faust as a Tragic Hero In the story of Faust, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust is whirled into an adventure of sin and deceit. The further Faust follows the devil the closer he comes to his own demise, taking down with him the innocent Gretchen. As Faust goes on he embodies the...
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Captain Brierly and Jim: Long Lost Brothers? In reading Conrad’s novel, the character of Captain Brierly is one whose story is minor in role but highly significant in the understanding and development of Jim. Shortly after the inquiry of the events that took place on the Patna, Brierly commits...
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“Each time you happen to me all over again.” — — “The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!” — Page 387 — “Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” — — “We can't behave like people in...
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Robert F. Kennedy stated, “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can...
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As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every story. This is because in real life, and when analyzing literary works, people often perceive situations differently than one another. What the reader and that characters perceive to be happening in a story is not always what it seems. This...
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Contemporary social universal issues are reflected in common themes that are evident in extensively appreciated texts. Written by Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People is a prominent example of a text that incorporates universal topics which are those of integrity and environmental damage. Similarly...
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Faust as a Romantic Hero In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, the protagonist exhibits many characteristics of a typical romantic hero. First, he is larger then life. He has obtained numerous advanced degrees, and conjures up spirits. In his effort to go beyond knowledge and gain experience he...
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“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.” — — “You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.” — Page 52 — “Never test another man by your own weakness.” — — “It is my...
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The Age of Innocence major subject is based around a conflict of the individual’s desire and the humdrum life. regulations and responsibilities that control New York during the 18 1970ss. The struggle is between freedom and society. It was a society “intent on keeping its ain stiff stability” ...
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Nicholas Bouwer Mr. Koughan Anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice Anti-Semitism, which has often been called the longest hatred (a comment on the unbelievably long time jews have been prosecuted as the bane of the earth), has recurred in society for centuries. Since before medieval times, Jews...
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JUST ENGLISH TUITION CENTRE Secondary 1 Name: ____________________________________ Class Code: ______________ Date: __________ A) WRITING EXPOSITION / DISCUSSION In an exposition / discussion type of essay, you present or discuss a particular topic. This may involve one or more of the following...
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Henrick Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People is a play set in a town on the southern coast of Norway. Dr. Stockmann discovers trouble when the water of the Baths is contaminated with bacteria, leaving the whole town at risk to become sick. Several of the town's leading men like Hovstad (the paper's...
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Effects of Reaching For the Intangible Authors Goethe of Faust and Shelley of Frankenstein depict the inevitable downfalls of the seemingly omnipotent protagonists who in the end, only reach an undying thirst for more than they can handle. However, with each going to the extent of isolating...
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Carol is a modern, college educated woman. In the novel we see a great distinction between small town existence and the sophistication of city life. When she moves to Gopher Prairie, she sets her mind on reform, intending to transform the small town into a place of sophisticated culture...
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The Ambassadors was the first written (1900-1901), but second published (1903), of the three major works with which Henry James concluded his career as a novelist. Like The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl, it treats Americans abroad in Europe, and like those novels it relies on careful...
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A play I have studied is The Merchant of Venice. Two characters in the play who have a tense relationship are Shylock and Antonio. This tension stems firstly from religious differences. In Venice at this time the Christians looked down on the Jewish people because of their religion. Shylock cannot...
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Qinghai Lin Update profile My courses Logout . Friday 06 December 2013 You have approx. 3:48:00 time online since last Monday. eLearning Home Back to Aces Centre . You are here Aces Centre / > BSBMKG506B-DB1 / > Assignments / > Assessment Task 1 . Case study – D. A. Garden Supplies part 1...
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Approximately 88. 32% of world governments are corrupt. What classifies them as this? Perhaps it’s the inability to be truthful with the majority. The power within these governments does not corrupt, truth and fear corrupts them. Possibly the fear of a loss of power. The truth is what enlightens...
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escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking , there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee” (Bridge Builder’s Bible, Job. 1. 12-16). Job loses his...
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I. SUBJECT Carol Milford is a student of Blodgett College, and the protagonist of Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. Her ambition is to settle down in a prairie village and transform it into a place of beauty. She works as a librarian at St. Paul after her graduation. She marries the doctor Kennicott...
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Hans Holbein The Ambassadors ❦Introduction The Ambassadors is one of the most complex and arguably portrait which Holbein had painted. The purpose of this report is to analyze Han Holbein? fs painting, ? gThe Ambassadors? h. The main task of this report is to uncover the meaning of this...
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Written sometime between 1596 to 1598, The Merchant Of Venice is classified as both and early Shakespearean comedy and as one of the Shakespeare’s problem plays. Scene 1 introduces one of the major plot points as well as several key characters. When Antonio, Solanio and Salarino enter at the...
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In this paper I will be looking at China and Japan two really different illustrations of native non-western civilizations that have been impacted by western civilization really otherwise. Globalization can be described as the increasing interplay of civilizations brought nearer together. The...
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ESSAY: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Harry Latirofian 07/SP_CORE_1006_22 The Global Challenge An Enemy of the people is a drama filled with ethical dilemmas and issues that are largely were caused by the contrasts between the Stockmann brothers. Thomas Stockmann is jovial by nature and likes to be...
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Faust: An Immoral End For A Moral Man Morality is a funny thing. It is subjective to each person. It varies on the values from one person to the next. One may believe that it is morally all right to engage in sexual intercourse before marriage and someone else might believe it is entirely immoral...
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In “Just Off Main Street” author Elmaz Abinader depicts the physical and social barrier between Americans and hyphenated Americans such as Arab-Americans who live in dual sensitivity facing identity crisis, racism and other various problems living in America. In the first part of the story...
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“Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?” — — “Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular so long as you have your life. If...
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Glossary—The Merchant of Venice Act I, Scene II 1. “By my troth”—a mild oath like “Upon my word” 2. aught—anything 3. surfeit—overindulge 4. superfluity—excess 5. Hare—to run fast 6. “overname them”—say their names over 7. colt—a young, or inexperienced person 8. Death’s-head—skull 9...
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Shield India Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd is a private insurance brokering house that matches clients to insurance companies. It is an insurance mediator that focuses on the Urban and Semi-Urban Indian market which includes concern organisations and persons. Its Head Office will be located in Pune...
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“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” — — “The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of...
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romanticism is a period during the early nineteenth century where literature and fine arts were based on imagination, personal emotion and freedom from any form of rules. One of the leading authors that exhibit this in his writing is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. One particular story that...
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“I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. We're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers...
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The Boston Red Sox are a in private owned organisation located in the Kenmore Square portion of the metropolis. The squad plays at Fenway Park. located at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston. The Red Sox Front Offices are besides located at Fenway Park. The park is presently observing its one-hundredth...
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In fact, George Eliot introduces a single protagonist who comprises two personages: Maggie and Tom, neither of them being predominant. Maggie, upon her renunciation of Stephen, rushes back to Tom as if she was hurrying to, for a moment forgotten, “herself”. I contend that this compound protagonist...
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Conflict appears in many different shapes and forms, internal and external, small and large scale, but all force characters to make difficult decisions. Henrik Ibsen’s play, An Enemy of the People, focuses on the internal conflict of Dr. Thomas Stockmann as he chooses between crippling his...
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In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust, we see the romantic side of the ninteenth century. In the age of romanticism we see the dominance and assertion of a more individualist society heavily based on imagination and freedom. When society became more heavily individualized poets began...
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“The happiest topographic point on earth” “Where dreams come true” I bet at least one of you in this room thought instantly of Walt Disney World. Well you are right. I am here to inform you about the happiest topographic point on Earth. Disney World has a immense impact on me and my household and...
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The Hundred Years War was a series of battles between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453, where they disputed the total control of both nations, and ultimately one single king would rule them. Since William the Conqueror became king in 1066, after his victory in Battle of Hastings...
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The victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victoria's rule from June 1837 to January 1901. [1] This was a long period of prosperity for the British people and calamity for many of its dominion subjects, as profits gained from the overseas British Empire, as well as from...
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?My Hero's Journey : I think that in my life as a whole, I am still in the call to adventure, I have had, and i still have this anguish feeling of what am I exactly going to do, even if I had some idear of an ultimate goal, I don't really have any precise one As far as I remember, I always have...
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This paper is a text analysis of George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man.” This play shall be examined on the following grounds: event, emotion, conflict, action, objective, need of the protagonist, relationships, circumstances, and environment, and character. To be able to accomplish such a huge...
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Eternal Feminism in Faust Goethe concludes his famous literary work Faust by exalting the “eternal feminine. ” However, Goethe does not present us with a clear meaning of this term. I believe Goethe is saying that man’s struggle for knowledge and enlightenment can only be fully achieved when he...
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It's true everybody has a bad day no matter what lifestyle you live or what part of the world you are in, it is Just something that everyone has to deal with. I was completely fine with that fact until my bad day came out of nowhere and practically slapped me right across the face due to many...
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The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, was first published by Fawcett Crest Books in 1968 and runs to 304 pages. The two protagonists, Danny Saunders and Reuven Malther, are boys thrown together by fate after a serious accident when Danny almost blinds 15-year-old Reuven. They become friends though the...
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Literapedia Book Notes for The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Characters Narrator (ch 1) — the storyteller Maggie Tulliver (ch 2) — the protagonist and main character Tom Tulliver (ch 2) — Maggie's brother Mr. Tulliver (ch 2) — Maggie's father Mrs. Tulliver (ch 2) — Maggie's mother Mr. Pivart...
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