A Separate Peace Obstacles after obstacles came in the path to success. In the novel A Separate Peace, John Knowles revealed a very strong idea through one of his characters. Through Gene it was revealed that weak individual who once was weak morally and mentally can become a strong and a more...
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Antigone The main theme for Antigone is that people sometimes have to learn the hard way from their mistakes. This theme is expressed in the final four lines of the play. They read, There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always...
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Why does Bayardo return and what do the letters mean? Apply any of the aspects of magic realism that we have addressed so far, or do an analysis of language. Upon reading about Angela's letters to Bayardo, my thoughts veered towards the move The Notebook. In this popular love story, based off...
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Picture yourself, trapped in a lackluster world, where everything seems to have a shade of gray. Everyone around you seems to be moving in an excessively slow pace. Yet you’re not able to leave that place, not being able to find a hint of love or joy anywhere you look. That place is called...
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Christina Priester Amy Smith Eng 205 10/15/12 The main characters in Shakespeare's Henry V are extraordinarily compelling. From the beginning of the play, most of the focus is directed to interactions between King Henry and other royalty or people of status and significance. Very little attention...
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Reference to Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Eugene O’Neill’s, Long Day’s Journey into Night have many connections to each other. One of the strongest connections with the two stories is the theme of isolation. Mary isolates herself from the rest of the family as she constantly...
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Krystin Tavares This paper is free of punctuation errors. Jean-Paul Sartre’s play No Exit is a symbolic definition of Sartrean existentialism that entails characters pretending to be something they are not through themes “self-deception” and “bad faith,” which satisfies Sartre’s “philosophical...
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Pygmalion George Bernard show Pygmalion as a problem play Problem play: defined and explained A problem play is a play in which a number of problems are presented and analyzed thoroughly but no solutions to those problems are provided by the dramatist. Such a play serves as a great irritant to the...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Genre: Fiction, Adventure Novel Historical Context: First published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Naturalism (c. 1865-1900) A literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions...
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Introduction Alice Walker's novel revolves around major issues that were associated predominantly by medieval black community at a time when aspects regarding slavery were taking front stage in almost any argument. The novel therefore provides significant reflection of the developing aspects...
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Michael Ilcyn The experience of living in the world of Gillead with all its restrictions and procedures on love and family upbringing already brings about reconstruction on the society we live and know today. Throughout the story, however, old traditions are secretly brought back, further...
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“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.” — James Dashner, The Maze Runner “You are the shuckiest shuck faced shuck in the world!” — James Dashner, The Maze Runner “Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?" Minho asked, pulling Thomas's attention away from Alby. "Go ahead," Newt replied...
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In The Song of Roland, Roland “embody an especially pure form of the spirit of feudal loyalty to one’s overlord” (Lawall 1104}. The websites describe Charles the Great as a father figure and Roland as a loyal and honorable subject. In the introduction of The Song of Roland one is told of the...
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SOCIETY NORMS VS. INDIVIDUALITY The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee deals with several controversial topics. Among these is society norms vs. individual. The setting of the story takes place in the 1930’s in the southern town of Maycomb. In Maycomb it was hard for people like...
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George Orwell provides to his readers in 1984 a dystopian look at how totalitarianism can influence the thought, speech, and action of the citizens of the effected state. The underlying theme throughout the text is the effect of Big Brother, from the loss of past language replaced by Newspeak and...
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A Separate Peace: Friendship, Conformity, and War We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some of these bonds were lasting and others were not. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with the friendship of high school boys. These boys attend an all-boy’s school called Devon School...
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Sophocles' play "Antigone" illustrates the conflict between obeying human and divine law. The play opens after Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus' brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles...
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold What I dont understand is that how killing Santiago was ever going to retrieve the displaced honor of the Vicario family. It wasn't as if Angela was going to be able to get back her virginity if Santiago was killed. It seemed like a waste of a life and the fact that...
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Diego Rubio Ms. Tan English 11 Honors 10 January 2011 Ethan Frome: Torn Between Two Worlds The novel Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton, is set in turn-of-the-century New England, in the fake town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. During this time, both men and women were torn between duty and morality...
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The Prince vs. Henry V A comparison of attributes After reading Machiavelli’s The Prince and watching Shakespeare’s Henry V in class, one begins to notice similarities between the authors’ idea of what a “perfect king” should be. The patterns between the ideal ruler of Shakespeare and the ideal...
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I agree with William Faulkner’s statement that, “The past is not dead, it is not even past. ” Not only does what goes around come around, but everything taking place now is a result of what is, or has already been. We are currently living in both the past and present, while simultaneously creating...
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"No Exit's" central themes of freedom and responsibility come from Sartre's doctrine that existence precedes essence. Sartre believed that a being-for-itself differed from inanimate objects, or a being-in-itself, since humans have the ability to choose and define their individual characteristics...
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SCASI: Pygmalion Setting Physical: London; torrents of heavy summer rain, cab whistles blowing in all directions; portico of St. Paul’s church Political: Post WWII Economic: Big gap between rich and poor Time: 11: 15 p. m. Characters Traits: Eliza: proud; independent; dignified Higgins: studied...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Macro: Plot:“Pretty soon he... it was Miss Watson’s Jim! I bet I was glad to see him. I says: ‘Hello, Jim! ’ and skipped out. ” (Twain 40) “Who do you reckon ‘t is? ” “I hain’t no idea. Who is it? ” “It’s Tom Sawyer! ” (Twain 203) Point of View: “It didn’t take me...
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In the novel, The Color Purple, there are three main characters who demonstrate meaningful traits of women. Celie, the main character, is the most important of the three. She is influenced by other characters in the novel and is inspired to let herself seek their virtues. Celie’s two friends...
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Fact Checker: Berlin Wall versus “The Wall” In this novel, the narrator mentions about the Wall that is built across the church which force some people in Gilead getting separate from the others. Margaret Atwood uses the reference of the Berlin wall to describe the wall in this novel. The Berlin...
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“The Maze Runner” is the first book of a trilogy written by American author, James Dashner. Set in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic future, sixteen year old Thomas wakes up remembering nothing about himself except his name. His memory has been completely wiped, only retaining basic memories, as...
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In examining the Song of Roland, the notes of Gloria K Fiero were use. During the reign of King Charlemagne, epic stories were used to entice warriors before they went to war. The Song of Roland is just one of those epic yet dramatic stories that was used to get a desired effect. In the paragraphs...
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In my opinion theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Hypocrisy as shown in three main incidents . These are the teachings of Ms Gates about the atrocities of Adolf Hitler whilst she hated blacks ; the missionary circle trying to show how Christian they are while believing that to...
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A sudden flash of light illuminated the night. Apparently, my car went a couple inches past the stop light line, causing the traffic camera to take a picture. It was astounding to me that even at an isolated intersection such as this one, people are always under the iron hand of the law. Under...
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"He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls"(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to it's fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the "carpe diem" (seize the day) philosophy from the movie "Dead Poets...
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Through his Antony and Cleopatra play, playwright William Shakespeare describes various phenomena through the actions of the main characters. For example, the political, social, and moral condition of the societies of Rome and Egypt are described. Moreover, through the actions of Antony...
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The loss of honor by Angela Vicario motivated the killing of Santiago Naser in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. One way this motivated Santiago’s death was the Vicario family’s moral values, Mrs. Vicario, the twins, and Angela’s not caring at all. Another way that Angela’s honor motivated Santiago’s...
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Rough Draft: Ethan’s Colors Symbolism approach to interpretation has so many possibilities—so many paths to consider! An exciting approach to interpretation and criticism, comparable to hunting, finding the symbols, an object or image that, although interesting in its own right, stands...
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Elective History Medieval Assignment Henry V Henry V made a significant impact on the outcome of the Hundred Years War. Henry V shifted the focus of the war to the north of France; the areas of Normandy and Brittany were now a central focus instead of lands close to Gascony in southern France. He...
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Eugene O'Neill's Play, Long Days Journey into Night On June 25, 1939, Eugene O'Neill began an outline for a literary masterpiece that would reach its completion on April 1, 1941. The title of his autobiographical drama is Long Days Journey into Night. He wrote it for his wife on the occasion of...
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“I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.” — — “Hell is—other people!” — Page 56 — “You are -- your life, and nothing else.” — — “So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers...
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Pygmalion Essay The Feminist Literary Criticism that I am going to apply is the importance of woman, their relationships with one another, what each of them do like occupation, etc. , and explaining what Shaw is trying to say about Feminist. First, in this essay, I am going to talk about the...
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Great literature has always run into great controversy, such as classics like The Catcher and the Rye by J. D. Salinger, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, and of course The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is of the antics of a 13-year-old Huck...
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a very controversial novel, which many people found to be very offensive. It is basically the struggle for one woman's independence. The main character in The Color Purple is Celie a coloured woman with little or no education at all. She is one who has been used...
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‘How is Gilead presented as a place of power and control in the opening chapters of The Handmaid’s Tale? ’ The Republic of Gilead is the fictional country which Margaret Atwood chose as the setting for her dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. We can infer from the first chapter that Gilead is...
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The Maze Runner is considered to be one of the most popular stories with teenagers and young people in general. Both a book and a film are imbued with a certain number of issues that the author tried to bring up. The following themes are ones that are present throughout all of the time...
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Gilgamesh and Roland's Heroism Mesopotamia was about 300 miles long and 150 miles wide. It was located between two rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The word Mesopotamia itself means "The land between two rivers". With this, Mesopotamia depended on the cultivation of the land for survival...
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a highly regarded work of American fiction. The story of the novel teaches us many lessons that should last any reader for a lifetime. The messages that Harper Lee relays to the reader are exemplified throughout the book using various methods. One of the most...
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In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston Smith is introduced as a man with an itchy varicose ulcer above his right ankle (talk about a symbol) who knew that the simple act of writing in a diary could quite possibly get him killed, yet he finds it curious in the moment, that in the act of putting pen to...
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In John Knowle's A Separate Peace, symbols are used to develop and advance the themes of the novel. One theme is the lack of an awareness of the real world among the students who attend the Devon Academy. The war is a symbol of the 'real world', from which the boys exclude themselves...
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?Antony and Cleopatra'. The simplicity of the Jacobean Stage and its lack of scenery focused the audiences' attention on the actors. Discuss how Shakespeare created the grandeur of the Worlds of Rome and Egypt, and the magnificence of the protagonists, through his use of imagery in ? Antony and...
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Columbian Culture in the First two Chapters “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is a very poignant and compelling novel written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez it is the story written in an omniscient point of view after the narrator's return to the Colombian town to resolve the details of a murder twenty...
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Love is supposedly such a strong force that a couple would die to be together forever. The force that traps the escape of love and living happily together for a couple is almost just as strong. In Ethan Frome, Ethan falls out of love with his wife Zeena and into love with his house girl Mattie...
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Henry V Themes * Power: How do you secure power? How do you keep it? “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown”. * Language: How language is used in art and life, and how language is used to manipulate people, and create truth in the minds of the listeners. How is language used to position people...
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