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Term Papers on Book Reports
The Great Gatsby: Is Nick Genuine?
Number of words: 498 - Number of pages: 2.... this because most of the people at Gatsby's parties just invited
themselves. This is the time when Nick's character is showing some
development of genuineness.
Another time that Nick shows his development into a more genuine
person is when he helps rekindle the love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy. He
does this by setting up a surprise meeting at his house. Gatsby knew of
this because he had asked him to do it. At this time in the novel is when
Nick says "I'm going to call Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here to
tea." (Gatsby, p.82) This shows that Nick is .....
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Byblis And Myrrha
Number of words: 1473 - Number of pages: 6.... fulfill her desires. Instead she is “forlorn- denied the very man for whom [she longs]” (339). In Crane’s translation, Myrrha considers herself “most depraved” (on-line). All of these revelations compel readers to feel sorry for the girls in their situations; they seem to be victims of their desires.
both denounce their passions. After Byblis awakes from dreaming intimately about her brother, she claims she would never want to see this scene in daylight (Mandelbaum 308). Later in her speech, she refers to her incestuous pursuit as a “forbidden course” and .....
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The Firm: A Student Review
Number of words: 672 - Number of pages: 3.... who had passed away before quitting the firm. One day a FBI agent came up to him outside of the firm asking him questions about security and what transpired from the deaths. From the conversation they had, Mitchell gained a different perspective about the firm. At this point, beginning to realize the firm was not all that it was cracked up to be in holding up the high moral standards they set for others and themselves, Mitchell was beginning to get a different sense of the firm. Mitchell was also told by the FBI agent, Terrance, that the firm kept a clos .....
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1984
Number of words: 1028 - Number of pages: 4.... "The Proletariat" which are the poor, and considered to be animals by the party. The main leader of this government is Big Brother. The novel is told in third person and partly first person, and is also divided into three parts. In the first part the main character and his conflicts with the world he lives in are revealed. Winston Smith is a bureaucrat who works for the government by altering history at the Ministry of Truth. He begins to ponder the reason things are so bad and commits a terrible crime. In the second part, he falls in love with Julia, and is ta .....
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The Count Of Monte Cristo: Revenge
Number of words: 1192 - Number of pages: 5.... enemies who conspired against him to
send him to prison, in the manner of an eye for and eye. These four
conspirators are Danglars, Caderousse, Fernand Mondago, and Villefort. In order
to take revenge on his four enemies, Dantes uses a variety of names and
disguises. The main new identity he uses for himself is The Count of Monte
Cristo.
Danglars, as mentioned above, was the Count's shipmate when his name was
still Edmond Dantes. When Edmond went to jail, Danglars ran away and became
very rich. Caderousse was a tailor. He was also the Count's father's .....
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Iago Is Evil
Number of words: 832 - Number of pages: 4.... being
what he seems. He is not what he is. And whatdoes he use as his
reasoning for his obvious ill towards Othello. Well, he is sort of mad
that Cassio was chosen as a Lieutenant instead of him. It is interesting
that Iago feels theneed to justify himself to a pantywaist like Roderigo,
who entrusts him with his "purse"without really even knowing him. When
he does not belief his daughter to be "making thebeast with two backs"(I,
i, 113), as Iago so gently puts it, Brabantio calls Iago a villain.
Instead of denying it, Iago simply replies by saying, " .....
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Haircut: Irony
Number of words: 495 - Number of pages: 2.... witted, to fetch a left-handed monkey wrench from the garage when he knew well that a left-handed monkey wrench did not exist. He also took pleasure in humiliating Julie Gregg for being interested in Doc Stair and even went so far as to imitate Stair's voice on the phone and set up a phony meeting with Julie then chased her down the street when she showed up. The fact that Whitey narrates these stories in first person doesn't soften Jim's awful practical jokes but shows the barber's equally insensitive ignorance making Jim's character all the more plausible. .....
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How Does Arthur Miller Expect
Number of words: 2630 - Number of pages: 10.... this feeling with words, in his final speech.
‘I think I will love him more than all my sensible clients’
This makes me think that Eddie wasn’t stupid, and he wasn’t a fool, he was just oblivious to the fact that Catherine was going to grow up, to love others but him, he couldn’t understand why this had to happen.
Alfieri has a great deal of respect for Eddie, like the other characters in the play.
When Eddie is killed by Marco in a fit of rage, he lies, dying in Beatrice’s arms, only then, does he realize what he’ .....
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