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Term Papers on Book Reports
Anselm's Definition Of God
Number of words: 1572 - Number of pages: 6.... In essence, that means that God depends on nothing else for his
existence, he is uncaused. Therefore, his existence is timelessly-eternal.
This means that God cannot stop existing. On the other hand, contingent
beings (such as ourselves) depend on something else for their existence.
One example of this is, that as a child we utterly depended on our parents
for food, clothing, and shelter. Contingent beings therefore can begin to
be or cease to be at anytime. They can, unlike God, be here today and gone
tomorrow.
Anselm uses the definition of God (the .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
Number of words: 773 - Number of pages: 3.... (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is
another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil,
which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral
sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With
the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises
the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a
chance that the monste .....
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Wuthering Heights And The Them
Number of words: 916 - Number of pages: 4.... novel whereas Nelly Dean narrates most of the storyline. It’s interesting that Nelly Dean is used because of her biased opinions. In addition, the structure of Wuthering Heights displays a uniqueness. Just as Elizabethan plays have five acts, Wuthering Heights is composed of two “acts,” the times before and after Catherine’s death. However, unlike stereotypical novels, Wuthering Heights has no true heroes or villains. “Although this work was written in the Romantic Period, it is not a romance. There are no true heroes or villa .....
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Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
Number of words: 1755 - Number of pages: 7.... "..of a lusty,
able body.." who "would always be condemning the poor people in their sickness
and cursing them daily….he didn't let to tell them that he hoped to help cast
half of them overboard before they came to their journey's end". But, "it
pleased God before they came half-seas over, to smite this young man with a
grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the
first that was thrown overboard". Bradford believes that the sailor died
because God was punishing him. According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and
mistreatme .....
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Franny And Zooey: Childhood
Number of words: 646 - Number of pages: 3.... An abused child is not at fault of the results
of their childhood. A child is easily susceptible to having the rest of his or
her life ruined, such as being emotionally scarred.
I believe this happened in Franny and Zooey's case as children. They came from
a relatively large family, consisting of two parents and seven siblings. The
Glass children had a radio talk show called the "Wise Child" when they were
younger. Such pressures put upon the children resulted in which Zooey calls "The
Wise Child complexes". He believes that they never really left the air. .....
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The Functions Of Setting In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
Number of words: 846 - Number of pages: 4.... light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference” (141). He quickly establishes the fact that it late at night and most people have either fallen asleep or have at least headed home for the night. From this one sentence it is also evident that the café is lit by an electric light that is bright enough to casts a crisp shadow over the last, lonely occupant of the establishment. One old man was remaining at the café .....
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Jack London's White Fang: Summary
Number of words: 439 - Number of pages: 2.... named White
Fang. White Fang became a pet of the Indians. He moved with the Indians
everywhere they traveled, yet he still heard the call of the wild. They
cherished him as he became a great fighter, fighting dogs. He became wise and
learned many tricks. His value to them was priceless except a man named Beauty
Smith found a way to buy him through liquor. Beauty Smith used White Fang as a
valuable fighter. He arranged fights and took in bets on them. White Fang
whipped everybody he fought until he fought a pitbull. The pitbull had White
Fang by the nec .....
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Antigone 4
Number of words: 760 - Number of pages: 3.... events in the play. The manner she poses her characteristics in such as being stubborn and raggedness portrays her flaw in the play. Antigone attempts to challenge Creon's love for power and accepts the punishment given to her. She bows to death because she is aware that she has done a good deed and she will inhale her last breath in honor. Whether Creon thinks of her as a traitor or not, Antigone knew the gods would reserve their judgment in favor of her. She never once regrets burying her brother which makes her character all the more admirable.
Although th .....
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