Thornton Wilder’s Our Town: Back to the Good Ol’ Days Desiree Lynette Taylor Bethel University Abstract Our Town: a simple play about a simple time, yet still one of the most popular plays in America. In the midst of many controversial and seemingly more interesting events, why would a playwright...
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An Analysis of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” I. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. I Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. New York: Norton, 2006. 162-213. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem from the Middles Ages. It is the...
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Mythologies of War and Peace From the text: Myths o Live By Joseph Campbell Copyright 1972 From a lecture given in 1967 It is for an obvious reason far easier to name examples of mythologies of war than mythologies of peace ;for not only has conflict between groups been normal to human experience...
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Passage Page # Response “First, picture the forest. I want you to be its conscience, the eyes in the trees. ”| 5| (C) This quote goes on to describe the jungle in great detail, setting up the location before the main characters are even introduced. Many works of literature and films begin with a...
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Unit 7 War and Peace “Under what circumstances should the U. S use military force against other people/countries? What should be the goal of foreign policy? Is peace possible? ” The United States should use military force in defense of personal liberties and rights, for stability and security, in...
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NATIONAL PEACE ESSAY CONTEST 2012–2013 Gender, War, and Peacebuilding + + + + INSIDE: CONTEST RULES AWARDS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS SAMPLE OF A PREVIOUS WINNING ESSAY DETACHABLE POSTER SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2013 Gender, War, and Peacebuilding +...
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Chapters 1 and 2: Summary: In the beginning of the book, we are introduced to the eight strangers who were invited to the mysterious island named “Soldier Island” by an unknown host name U. N. Owen. The eight were Mr. Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, Philip Lombard, Emily Brent...
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[trx_quote title="John Green" top="inherit" bottom="inherit" left="inherit" right="inherit"]"That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste."[/trx_quote] [trx_quote...
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Much Ado About Nothing was written between 1598 and 1599, it was first published in a good quarto in 1600. It is a mature romantic comedy, and has enjoyed considerable success in the theatre. This would make Much Ado one of Shakespeare's later comedies. This is a specific comedy because the humour...
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WATERSHIP DOWN by RICHARD ADAMS (1972) PART I The Journey 1. The Notice Board CHORUS: Why do you cry out thus, unless at some vision of horror? CASSANDRA: The house reeks of death and dripping blood. CHORUS: How so? 'Tis but the odor of the altar sacrifice. CASSANDRA: The stench is like a breath...
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Research Paper on Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” by Stephanie Gill Outline I. Introduction and Name a) “Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade (1969)” b) Most famous work about the bombing of Dresden c) “Vonnegut’s telegraphic, schizophrenic” style II. Background a) Vonnegut joined...
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Hard Times Symbolism, Imagery & allegory Sometimes, there’s more to Lit than meets the eye. Fairy Palaces and Elephants (a. k. a. Factories and the Machinery inside them) This one is from the narrator and runs throughout the novel: the idea that the ugly, square, fact-based, oppressive mills...
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What is the significance of Fiver's vision? Fiver sees the hillside near the Sandleford warren covered with blood. Although he does not know the cause, he is certain the warren is in danger. The blood foretells the death of all the rabbits who remain in the warren. Prompted by the vision, Hazel...
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The Odyssey - Book 1, "A Goddess Intervenes" Odysseus is stuck on the sea due to Poseidon's wrath. Odysseus's men are all starving when they land on an island, but Odysseus is warned not to eat the cattle because they are Apollo's sacred cattle. Odysseus warns his men and goes to sleep, but his...
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Full Circle ? from Sin to Salvation Great works of literature have been written throughout history. However, The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost have the inept ability to stir the soul and cause a person to examine and re-examine their life. The brilliant descriptions, use of imagery, metaphor and...
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Postcolonialism, discussed from a literary approach, deals with the literature produced in countries that were colonies and by the colonized peoples responding to the colonial legacy by what the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called “writing back”, and thus confronting colonial cultural...
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This study aims to determine that George Orwell's Animal Farm is a political satire which was written to criticise totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin's practices in Russia. In order to provide background information that would reveal causes led Orwell to write Animal Farm, Chapter one is...
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There are not many individual who can claim to have completely redelevoped a style of writing, but James Joyce was not like most individuals. As an introverted yet observant youth, Joyce formed a highly progressive (while unpatriotic) view of his hometown of Dublin (Levin, 11). When considering...
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Hatchet Answer Key Novel Study Guide Gary Paulsen Answer all questions in sentence form. Chapter One 1. Describe the setting at the beginning of the story. Brian Robeson is sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 406 on the runway of a small airport in Hampton, New York, as the pilot beside him...
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Introduction In Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, the author explores both the viability and the perceived importance of the institution of marriage in the rapidly transforming society of nineteenth century Russia. Tolstoy was acutely aware of the dramatic shifts taking place in Russian society in...
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Postmodern literature has its many spokesmen. Many would agree that Kazuo Ishiguro is not the most typical representative of this somewhat anarchistic literary and social movement, but he is certainly one of its most subtle and valuable artists. He uses the principles of post modernistic writing...
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Since the creation of humankind, man has faced the war of conquering the land, to attain its ownership. Be it during the times of the Homo sapiens, when man fought against the wildest animals, creating its own pastures of growth and living, or the times when lands were being shaken by monstrous...
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In the character of Jane Eyre, Victorian-era women found a relatable everywoman who has been viewed by some as an emblem of early feminist characterizations. An orphaned and self-sufficient woman, moving forward in her life alone, first by abandonment and then by choice, she finds love in Mr...
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In discussing Chaucer's collection of stories called The Canterbury Tales, an interesting picture or illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However, while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government, the church became corrupt -- this corruption also led to a more...
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“The Remains of the Day” -post-colonial novel- Postcolonialism, discussed from a literary approach, deals with the literature produced in countries that were colonies and by the colonized peoples responding to the colonial legacy by what the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called “writing...
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A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett This research paper will examine and explain how imaginative play via storytelling, doll play or other similar objects provide children an avenue to act out coping skills. By examining this thought, I will help to explain that “Children who live in...
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Dolly Moore Mr. Barrows Honors English January 25, 2013 Plot Overview East of Eden is a novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1952. It follows the lives of two families, the Hamiltons and the Trasks, and illustrates how the families lives intertwine. The novel starts out with a short...
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The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery's most famous novella. Saint-Exupery wrote it while living in the United States. It has been translated into more than 180 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies, making it one of...
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The Visions of Light Vs Darkness When Joseph Conrad composed Heart of Darkness he created a literary masterpiece which embodied the essence of light contrasting with darkness. Throughout the novel Conrad constantly utilizes the images of light and dark and uses them to mold a vision, which the...
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1 Introduction This seminar paper tries to give some insight into the biblical structure of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. The reason why I chose this novel is that I am really fascinated by Steinbeck's style of writing which varies from symbolic to allegorical. After I have finished...
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As the conscientious reader nears completion of The Canterbury Tales, they have seen that Chaucer has written about various types of belief systems such as physiognomy, alchemy, fairies and spells, and pagan mythology. Yet, of all the belief systems that Chaucer explores in The Canterbury Tales...
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“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst 1 It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox. The five o'clocks by the...
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John Steinbeck, one of America's favorite authors, wrote the novel East of Eden in 1952. The story takes place in Salinas, California, where Steinbeck was born and raised. His mother's family name, Hamilton, is one of the names used in his novel. According to Riddel, East of Eden is "a symbolic...
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Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass Summary The preface by William Lloyd Garrison describes the encounter between Frederick Douglass and Garrison, at an anti-slavery convention. It tells about how this encounter led to a long partnership between the two as well as Douglass’ involvement in...
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Hamlet In Act 1:1 of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ the audience is shown the ghost of the dead King Hamlet and the genre of a revenge tragedy is introduced. The scene is set in the night which immediately creates a sense of mystery, intrigue and apprehension, linking to the feelings...
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Interesting/ Valuable Quotes Page 39: “They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort. ” This sentence caught my concentration when reading chapter four. It shows that without people they know and love around they are satisfied with strangers. These are...
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‘Words, words, words’: Hamlet’s philosophy of action Central to any drama is action. What distinguishes drama from other literary forms is the very fact that it is acted upon a stage, that voice is given to the words and that movement creates meaning. It is, therefore, puzzling...
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Lord of the Flies By William Golding Critical Thinking/Interpretive Study Guide Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell 1. How do the boys end up on the island? They are in some kind of plane crash, though the details are not all clear. 2. Who is “the voice” referred to on page 7? What does the voice...
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Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel which is about white lawyer Attic's Finch who defends an innocent African American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is narrated through eyes of a child whose name is Scout. Harper Lee narrates nonsense of prejudice and discrimination through...
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Frankenstein Journal Characters Victor Frankenstein- The main character of the story. He builds the monster. He is scared of his creation forgets about it. The monster kills his whole family and sends Frankenstein to his doom. He is never able to stop the monster. The Monster- The creation of...
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The Deception in King Lear William Shakespeare's play King Lear is a play full of deceit, betrayal and meaningless promises. This becomes evident in the first few lines. We first learn of the empty words of Goneril and Regan as well as their hatred for their father, King Lear. This becomes the...
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King Lear – Act 1 Scene 1: 1. In what way does Learn disrupt the Great Chain of Being? What is his motivation? What is his hamartia? What is his fatal flaw? How would this affect his knowledge and understanding of others such as his daughters and Kent? Lear disrupts the Great Chain of Being when...
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NAME: ________________________________ YEAR 9 ENGLISH TEXT STUDY STUDENT WORKBOOK INTRODUCTION This workbook has been designed to assist you in completing a close and detailed text study of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. For the purpose of your study, the novel has been divided into five sections...
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Scholars generally agree that the drama was written around 1606 because various references in the play correspond to events which occurred in that year. Many also believe that it was composed for a performance before King James I, who had a deep interest in witchcraft. Quite possibly the play was...
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Journal 1: setting Most authors give small details throughout the novel of where and when a story takes place, and the reader must piece the bits together. As I lay dying is no exception and like any other book gives many examples of setting. First off you can tell that the story takes place many...
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"I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth." — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying "He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew that that word was like the others: just a shape to fill a lack; that when the right time came, you wouldn't need...
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Macbeth: A Warrior of Freewill In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the constant question of whether Macbeth is a victim of fate or that he chooses his own path looms. Macbeth is not necessarily a play of fate, but rather a tragedy that occurs as a result of uncontrollable greed and ambition by Macbeth and...
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?The Cop And The Anthem By O Henry 1) What are the signs of approaching winter in the story? The signs of approaching winter given by the author are: 1. The birds (geese) flying south 2. Women wanting to buy new warm coats (sealskin coats – coats made from sealskin keep people really warm) 3. The...
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? In both Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 the society the characters live in is government controlled and they limit certain things in the lives of the citizens. Both of the authors of these books are trying to warn today’s societies about the dangers of the different faults they each exhibit and how...
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? In both Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 the society the characters live in is government controlled and they limit certain things in the lives of the citizens. Both of the authors of these books are trying to warn today’s societies about the dangers of the different faults they each exhibit and how...
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