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  • Measure for Measure Essays

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    Measure for Measure The Following dialogue is spoken by Duke Vicentio in Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’, Act 3, scene 1. Duke Vicentio makes Lord Angelo the leader of Vienna temporarily and pretends to leave but instead dresses as a friar to observe the goings in his absence. Angelo is strict, moralistic, and… 518 words Social…

  • Franek

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    Franek is Eliezer’s foreman at Buna. He is very selfish, greedy, he wants to exploit others. He is an unpleasant character in the book. Also, we find out that he wants Eliezer’s gold crown and does everything to get it! Strange, how people can low down themselves having strong desires. He is a typical example…

  • Alas, Babylon Study Guide

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    Alas, Babylon Study Guide Author: Pat Frank Original title: Alas, Babylon “Alas, Babylon” was written by Pat Frank in 1959 and it became a bestseller almost immediately. As Tolkien for the fantasy genre or Orwell for the future dystopian books, Pat Frank became a “grandfather” of all postapocalyptic fiction. “Alas, Babylon” shows us the bleak…

  • Edgar

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    Edgar is one of those characters that evoke genuine sympathy. Due to circumstances, he is forced to flee and avoid his own father, although it is Edgar who is the only legitimate heir to Earl of Gloucester. He is distinguished by excessive honesty, childish naivety, and nobility of nature. He believes in the positive qualities…

  • Snow Falling on Cedars Essays

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    Report on Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson The novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, was written by David Guterson and was published on September 26, 1995. It took Guterson, who was born on May 4, 1956, over ten years to finish the book, which immediately became a bestseller and was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award…

  • Lilliputians

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    Gulliver met the Lilliputians on his first trip. These human beings are no more than six inches tall. After being a prisoner of them, Gulliver studies their language, manners, traditions, law, and order. Due to his huge growth, he sees everything happening in the kingdom very clearly. The average height of the natives is slightly…

  • The Catcher in the Rye Essays

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    The Catcher in the Rye and Their Eyes Were Watching God Essay One of the interesting things about literature is that comparisons can often be drawn between different works based upon prevailing themes in those works. In the case of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes were Watching…

  • The Chosen Summary

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    The Chosen is a novel based on the friendship between two Jewish boys in the timeline of World War II. Reuven Malter was the narrator through which the story is portrayed. He came from a very traditional orthodox Jewish background and was a son to David Malter who was a known scholar and worked for…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 5 | Just Great DataBase

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    What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. — Darcy Pride and…

  • Equality 7-2521

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    The main protagonist is a handsome and intelligent explorer who defies the conventions of his time and advocates against the philosophy of collectivism. His name, Equality, is quite ironic as he demonstrates the superiority of a separate human intellect over the unthinking majority which constitutes the future society. Apart from being a Street Sweeper, this…