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  • Wide Sargasso Sea Essays

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    Woman, Enslavement and Madness in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea Adrienne Rich defines revision as “the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction” (305). The act of revision may thereby be seen as the act of re-reading a text while in the process…

  • Watership Down Essays

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    Watership Down Watership Down, Richard Adams’ first novel, made its way into my life in the Christmas of 1974 and has drawn me back to its yellowing pages ever since. A present from a much loved uncle, the story of the quest for survival by a brave, easy to love band of rabbits, seemed to…

  • George Sorenson

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    We don’t get a lot of information about this character, but after reading some pages of the book, we can comprehend that this person is a fisherman. He is ill, but kind, he is scared of a lot of things. For example, George is afraid of dirty things to death. It’s a phobia. But as…

  • Common Sense Summary

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    Common Sense is a pamphlet by Thomas Paine that discusses in-depth the points and reasons that are vital in liberating America from Britain. He simply argues with some theories and appeals to common sense. Here, his opinions are highly persuasive and advice America to get liberated as soon as possible. The pamphlet begins with Thomas…

  • Hard Times Essays

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    Fancy Versus Fact: A Study of Two of Dicken’s Characters Charles Dicken’s novel Hard Times is a commentary on the shortcomings of the Mid-Nineteenth Century England’s Industrialization Era, which favored the development of human beings into machines, without having any emotions or imagination. The characters in this novel have allegorical shades and… 474 words Hard…

  • Jones

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    Mr. Jones is a symbol of despotism and lawlessness. A wakeless drunkard and unlucky master, he shows too little care for the fate of his own farm and the health of animals, its main inhabitants. One of the essential reasons for insurrection was the indifference of Jones. He keeps forgetting to feed your horses and…

  • I care for myself. The more solitary, Jane Eyre

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    I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad—as I am now. Laws and principles are…

  • Macbeth Essays

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    Freewill Macbeth is considered one of the greatest and shortest tragedies that William Shakespeare has ever written. Similar to his tragic heroes like Othello and Hamlet, Macbeth was initially portrayed as a courageous hero who had defeated the kingdom’s enemy. However, in this story, Macbeth and his wife… 929 words Characterization in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”…

  • Mr. Thomas Palmer

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    Mr. Thomas Palmer is a minor character of the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. This man is a husband of a nice-looking and elegant woman Charlotte, who is a mother of their child. Mr. Thomas Palmer is a known person that has a strong character. Despite the fact that he competes for the…

  • Jean Morrel

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    When few first see Jean he appears to be Gorge’s girlfriend. She is a girl who likes psychic powers, the paranormal things. Jean is shown as nice, lovely, well-educated woman who we love a lot. She gets excited about things very easily, and she doesn’t lose the interest very quickly. The Overlords see it and…