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  • Feste

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    Like a lot of comical characters in Shakespeare’s plays, Feste is called not only to entertain the viewer. If you remember that Illyria is a country of an eternal feast, it becomes clear why in those times the “allowed” fools are so appreciated. He is an intelligent, resourceful and ironic hero. His caustic remarks about…

  • The Man with the Red Eyes

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    The Man with the Red Eyes is a servant of IT. As an individual, he is rather vague. It can be explained through the fact that children could not look directly on him. Besides that, Charles Wallace could feel like the Man with the Red Eyes talked through him. The Man with the Red Eyes…

  • The Prelude Summary

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    Although it is now known as “The Prelude” today, during William Wordsworth’s time, it was simple known as the “Poem to Coleridge”, an epic poem. According to the poet himself, this was not the usual sort of an epic since it is not concerned with the arduous struggles and ultimate victory of a hero in…

  • The Mill on the Floss Study Guide

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    The Mill on the Floss Study Guide Author: George Eliot Original title: The Mill on the Floss The Mill of the Floss is the family drama novel written by George Eliot. Some of the parts of the story are considered autobiographical, but the plot shows us the relationships that can happen in every rural patriarchal…

  • Childhood’s End Summary

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    The space race between USSR and USA reaches its peak. But suddenly it is interrupted by the third party, the ultimate winner. Colossal spaceships from beyond the Solar system cover all the major cities of Earth. Their owners – the Overlords they call themselves – announce that they have come to bring prosperity and peace…

  • Doctor Faustus Essays

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    Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe, in his play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, examines the renaissance spirit that aims for secular and materialistic knowledge, and explores its affinity with magic. In our modern era secular knowledge has lost all its associations with magic, and this makes it… 1 571 words Manipulation in Othello and Dr.…

  • James Jarvis

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    Before the death of his son, James Jarvis was a man who found satisfaction in caring for his property and maintaining a clear separation from the outside world. He is basically a good man who instilled in his son solid virtues but never worried about the controversial problems of the time. He always believed in…

  • Hamlet Essays

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    Hamlet I. Introduction Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1600 or 1601. It is often considered his supreme achievement, and one of the world’s greatest tragedies. Considered as one of the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Hamlet is also one of the best-known plays in world… 1 111 words A Study of…

  • The House of the Spirits Essays

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    House of the Spirits Introduction The world is engulfed by positive and negative forces. Violence, the negative force, is always there around us. We silently experience its impact, without responding. When one responds to the violence vocally, it may or may not produce the desired effect. There are two parties to the… 1 615 words…

  • Billy Budd Essays

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    Billy Budd by Herman Melville Billy Budd by Herman Melville is a story about a young, charismatic sailor, Billy Budd, who is called to be transferred to Bellipotent, a British warship, from Rights of Men, a merchant ship. Billy Budd works diligently on the new boat and wins the favors of most of the crew,…