In book one of “The Once and Future King” we are introduced to a young character named Wart; a foster child who is left in the care of Sir Ector. Kay, Ector’s son, is being trained in the ways of knighthood to one day take over his father’s throne. Wart found many ways to keep him entertained as...
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Donne seems to consciously ignore conventional measures of rhyme and meter and poetic beauty. His language is direct and like a conversation instead of a typical verse, in which his verse is full of dissonance. Critics of John Donne's "The Sun Rising" often note that the poem's displacement of the...
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Born on approximately April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, William Shakespeare is considered by many to have been the greatest writer the English language has ever known. His literary legacy included 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and five major poems. Among his many plays is the notable...
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Honor in marriage is a state of holding supreme levels of respect and self-respect for one self and one another. Honor is earned through esteemed behaviour, benevolent and just conduct, courage and integrity. In both “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and Medea by Euripides, the author shows the...
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Writing Sappho, Aeschylus and Homer are Greek authors that discuss the role of women in Greek Society. Women hold traditional Greek roles in society taking on the role as wife and mother. These roles are generally viewed as subordinate roles to men in Greek times. This can be seen through the...
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There are many accomplishments in the world done by people who are heroes. Some of their heroic deeds are simple and some heroic deeds are important to each individual life. In the novel Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand is a story about a man who uses poetry to sweeten ears of love and...
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Flowers for Algernon is a novel written by Daniel Keyes and first published in 1966. It was originally a short story and, in the year 2000, was adapted into a film of the same name. There are no direct references to the time period in which the story takes place, but it’s safe to assume that...
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Invisible Man Journal Entry #1 To me, the most interesting part of this novel so far is the interaction with Jim Trueblood and the story that he tells. The different reactions that Jim gets from white people and black people is especially interesting because the whites, upon hearing about what Jim...
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Madame Bovary: Destiny Destiny: the seemingly inevitable succession of events. 1 Is this definition true, or do we, as people in real life or characters in novels, control our own destiny? Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary exemplifies how we hold destiny in our own hands, molding it with the...
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is one of the most widely recognized and beloved stories of all time. The popularity of the novel and its author has made the book a frequent subject of literary criticism. Although the work has received mainly praise, some critics attack the novel. Since its...
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Hamlet vs. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead- The Truth William Shakespeare 1600’s play Hamlet inspires Tom Stoppard’s 1967 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in the fact that they both contain the same plots where everyone dies and everyone makes the same speeches. But with some crucial...
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The Awakening: Edna's Steven Schwartz January 3, 1997 Mr. Speight The society of Grand Isle places many expectations on its women to belong to men and be subordinate to their children. Edna Pontellier's society, therefore, abounds with "mother-women," who "idolized their children, worshipped their...
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?Brainstorming My research paper is based on a true event in history that happened way back before I was even born, the most talked about in history would definitely be the holocaust, but what can I say about it. There is so much talked about the holocaust and topics I can write about. Here are...
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"Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour. " (Golding 68) The character...
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In "The Once and Future King," T. H. White writes in a way that is apposed to war and violence. The novel maintains an anti-war perspective, which is contrary to the traditional Arthurian beliefs. White was a conscientious objector during WWII, the period when he wrote the majority of this novel...
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In this excerpt, Cochran disagrees with the body of criticism which finds The Sun Also Rises overtly cynical, focusing instead on the circularity of the human condition. Emphasis in the considerable body of criticism in print on The Sun Also Rises rests with the cynicism and world-weariness to be...
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Twelfth Night comedy in Other Writings While Great Expectations and Gulliver's Travels were not written as comedy, humor is seen in them. The comedy in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night can be related to the comedy in those writings, although Shakespeare used a variety of comedic techniques, not used in...
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A Doll’s House A) Written by a Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1879, A Doll's House is a three act play written in prose about a seemingly typical housewife, Nora Helmer. The story revolves around a committed forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald whose career...
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?The characters in Aeschylus' Agamemnon create only fear and no pity in each other and in the audience. ' How far do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to a certain extent, however, I think it does not represent the whole of the Agamemnon. I think that what invokes pity...
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In what way are influences from the Victorian society present within the work, and how do these influences complicate the meaning of the work as a whole ? - Regarding The Turn of The Screw. The victorian era consisted of moralistic, prudish ideals, a sexist point of view and therefore enforced...
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There is a lot of symbolism in the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Ernest Hemmingway characterizes the inner struggle that exists in men who engage in war. The motivations and passion begin to erode, leaving desperate men in a struggle about which they no longer feel strongly. As the novel...
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THE INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, embodies many villains that the narrator (the main character) faces. Dr. Bledsoe and Brother Jack are just two of the villains that use and take advantage of the narrator. After each confrontation with his enemies, the...
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Gustave Flubert's masterpiece, Madame Bovary, was first published in 1857. The novel shocked many of its readers and caused a chain reaction that spread through all of France and ultimately called for the prosecution of the author. Since that time however, Madame Bovary, has been recognized by...
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Oliver Twist 12/17/01 Oliver Twist, a poor, innocent orphan boy, stands out in this story as the main character, but it is the supporting characters that allow this novel to develop a much more satisfying and believable theme. With "Good V. S. Evil" as one of the major conflicts, in such...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead The argument of whether our lives are predetermined or not has been one that has been going on since the beginning of civilization. In Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Stoppard explores the idea of existentialism in a number of different...
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Kate Chopin's The Awakening Portrayal of the character Edna Her foils Setting- feminist mvment, etc. Style Intended to help the reader understand the character of Edna her actual beliefs external/internal influences tone Helping the style, the tone also helps the reader understand the rest of the...
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The Diary of Anne Frank The Diary of Anne Frank, a play written by Franes Goodrich and Albert Hackett in the play they decribe the life of a young Jewish girl, named Anne Frank. Anne and her family were forced into hiding because Hitler's discrimination against the Jews. The hiding place is small...
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The Satire of Earnestness It was a play that made controversy in the lush mansions of Victorian society. Subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," The Importance of Being Earnest jokingly criticized Victorian manners and morals and attacking the society of the rich and luxurious. Oscar...
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Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders may at first glance seem to be a jarring departure from his critically acclaimed Godfather films of the 1970s, but a closer examination proves that this little movie is consistent with many of the themes forwarded in those two blockbusters. While The Outsiders...
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Participation in the war can alter ones views of the world. For Hemingway and the characters of The Sun Also Rises it meant the world had lost its innocence, and that traditional Christian morality no longer had any relevance. The expatriates lack religion as a whole and although they may know the...
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The Portrayal of Women in Twelfth Night The women in Shakespear's play: Twelfth Night, are all depicted as having power, comedic and being very emotional. All of the female characters are given power, whether it be over each other, men or their servants. The woman with the power over the greatest...
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Dimitri Antonopoulos English 8 Dr. McDonald A Doll House Study Question Essay #2: Nora lies to Helmer in the opening scene about eating macaroons. Trace the theme of lying through the play. In Ibsen’s A Doll House, Nora and Torvald encounter common problems that many couples have experienced in...
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In asking this question we must remember to look at both sides of the 'coin'. On one hand we have Agamemnon's uncompromising position and his good qualities, and on the other, we have Clytemnestra and her reasons for killing her husband. We shall start with Agamemnon. The first time we...
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In his literary work, Daisy Miller, Henery James uses different characters to exemplify certain belief and to contribute the symbolic pattern of the story, Daisy Miller. James uses the two characters of Daisy Miller and Mrs. Castello to exemplify the different between America and Europe. in order...
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Hemingway uses certain repetitive themes and ideas in his book, For Whom the Bell Tolls, which relate to the grander dogma that he is trying to teach. By using these reoccurring ideas, he is able to make clear his views on certain issues and make the reader understand his thoughts. The most...
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In the Pacific there is an island shaped like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephant and birds abound. A young Indian girl lives and waits for her people to return for her, from the land to the east. Karana with her long black hair and...
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and The Awakening by Kate Chopin both show the life of a woman in a half-dreamy stupor, overzealously running around looking for something but not knowing what it is they are looking for. They feel immensely dissatisfied with the lives they are stuck with and find...
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Name Analogies of: Oliver Twist A story of an orphan, lost and found. Written by: Charles Dickens Summary: Oliver Twist is a poor orphan boy cruelly treated in the public workhouse. Pennyless and hungry, he runs away to London, only to fall into the clutches of a gang of thieves and pickpockets...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead A tragic hero is a person of a higher class that experiences a fall from greatness. Tom Stoppard’s play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, displays two characters, R and G, who are clearly not tragic heroes. R and G are not tragic heroes because they do...
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The Awakening: Public Controversy The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, was a book that was truly ahead of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right, but yet she was seen as a scoundrel. At the time, it was "a world that values only her performance as a mother, whose...
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During World War II, the Franks and the Van Daans were hiding in a small area of two to three rooms, with a single window, in the attic of an office building in Amsterdam. In her diary, Anne refers to it as the "secret annex. " For two years, these close quarters serve as a shelter and protection...
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Accountability The U. S. army values soldiers that are accountable for their actions. Being accountable means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time. Morning formation is the...
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The Outsiders INTRODUCTION: "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background, the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first...
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Selflessness In Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, we are taken back to the 1920’s, accompanied by the “Lost Generation. ” During this time, prohibition was occurring in America. Hemingway uses alcohol as an obstacle that causes distresses between the main character, Jake and his life. Along with...
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Twelfth Night, by Shakespeare, is a comedy that embodies the concepts of illusion and deception. The play contains many themes reminiscent of love; however, it is important to analyze the theme of illusion and deception as well. The characters in the play physically deceive and provide illusions...
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Theatre Evaluation- A Dolls house On the 21st of July I saw a performance of ‘A Doll’s house’ written by Herrick Ibsen in the Young Vic theatre in London, directed by Carrie Cracknell. The play highlights a woman’s battle with everyday life in the 1870’s (presumably. ) The plays is based around...
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I think that Hamlet was more tragic in comparison to Agamemnon. The reason being is because in Hamlet Claudius is driven to kill his own brother, King Hamlet, just so he can marry his own sister-in-law. Hamlet is plotting to kill his own uncle and is speaks of his own mother in a hateful manner...
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The story of Daisy Miller starts off in Vevey, Switzerland with Winterbourne and Daisy meeting through Daisy's brother Randolph. Winterbourne is immediately attracted to her stating, "she was strikingly, admirably pretty" (James 470). The story continues with Winterbourne giving Daisy a tour of...
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When reading an Ernest Hemingway novel, one must try very hard to focus on the joy and encouragement found in the work. For Whom the Bell Tolls is full of love and beauty, but is so greatly overshadowed by this lingering feeling of doom--a feeling that does not let you enjoy reading, for you are...
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Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O'Dell Plot: Once, Indians lived on an island in the Pacific that looked like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. When they left, one girl was left behind along with her brother. This girl's name was Karana. Karana and her brother lived on the...
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