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Term Papers on Book Reports
Kings Lear
Number of words: 2163 - Number of pages: 8.... just punishment
for many of its characters. The deaths of Lear, Goneril, and Edmund are
prime examples of justice prevailing for evil, and in Lear's case
unnatural, acts.
Lear's ultimate fate is death. His early demise is a direct result of
breaching the "Great Chain of Being" which states that no mortal will
abandon his position in the hierarchy of ranking set by God. Lear's
intention of abdicating his throne is apparent from the outset and is seen
in the following speech spoken during the opening scene of the play:
. . . 'tis our fast int .....
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“The Prince Of Hate”
Number of words: 498 - Number of pages: 2.... spells to take out the gargoyles and one of the two had dropped to the ground dead. What they found on the gargoyle was a key that will help there travels to get to Innoruuks inner sanctum. After they took out the other gargoyle they had then moved on to the Castle of Undead. In the castle they had gone around different corridors and found out they were just walking in circles.
The sun was starting to go down and the night was creeping upon the group. It was cold, dark and damp in the castle. The undead were starting to come out and look for there next .....
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The Awakening: Edna And True Love
Number of words: 536 - Number of pages: 2.... be described as a life that she was confined to living rather than the life that she had always yearned for.
With the winds of change came a person that she found contrasting to her current life. This man was Alcee Arobin. His role in her life was not true love either. He merely introduced the taste of tangible love to a searching body. This love was not the kind that Edna was longing for either. Arobin's role was to introduce her to the importance of sex. This was something that was foreign between her and her husband. She felt more like an individual when s .....
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Parkland By Victor Kelleher
Number of words: 832 - Number of pages: 4.... on language.
He is very smart, even for a human, and is stubborn and not prepared to
hold the truth even when threatened. Physically he is very fit and is great
at climbing walls.This comes in handy when he is trying to find out
information with out being caught.
Half way through the book the keepers do to him what is known as ‘
deprogramming', which gives him a stroke and his skills are reduced due to
the left side of him being limp. Boxer goes through a lot of pain to save
his friends and never grizzles or wants anything in return which I find is
very admirabl .....
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Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism Of Death In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"
Number of words: 1661 - Number of pages: 7.... - Analysis, 5).
Poe is grouped with other writers in the Romantic period. Writers of
this period focused on life, emotions, and the existence of the human race.
Although Poe's work has many characteristics of Romanticism, "The Fall of the
House of Usher", falls into the Gothic category. "It is usually admired for its
‘atmosphere' and for its exquisitely artificial manipulation of Gothic claptrap
and decor"(Abel, 380).
Bringing forth the symbolism of death is a major part of this writing.
All of the characters in "The Fall of the House of Usher" are l .....
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A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel
Number of words: 717 - Number of pages: 3.... his role in Hagar's redemption with herself. Like Hagar, Lees has no
actual faith in religion, and says that "I kind of mislaid it and when I
went to look for it, it wasn't there". Lees' religion was the cause of his
greatest loss, when his son died in a house fire while Murray and Lou Lees
were at the Tabernacle. This loss created a permanent distrust in religion
for Murray Lees, something Hagar also has. The loss of a child reminds
Hagar of the loss of her son, John, which allows her to trust Lees' opinion
of religion. Unlike Mr. Troy, who has only learned .....
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The Great Gatsby
Number of words: 1056 - Number of pages: 4.... lover. Breaking free from the room, Myrtle rushes into the street to find Tom where she is hit by the car of Gatsby, driven by Daisy. After doing some investigating, and after being misled by Tom, Wilson believes that it is Gatsby that is having the affair with his wife. Before his wife’s death, Wilson was simply content to move his wife away; however, after her death, he is out to make her lover pay. With pistol in hand, Wilson sets out to find Gatsby and kill him. Upon reaching Gatsby’s estate, he finds Gatsby alone and shoots and kills h .....
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"The Gift Of The Magi" And "The Necklace": Money And Its Control On People
Number of words: 389 - Number of pages: 2.... for
her hair. They both sacrificed themselves for gifts for each other.
On the other hand, in "The Necklace", the main character, a middle
class woman named Madame Loisel is selfish, greedy, and an uncaring woman.
Although she is beautiful, she only cares about money. In the story, she
and her husband are invited to a party. She has her husband spend the 400
francs he has saved for a gun, on a dress she wants to wear to the ball.
She also wants something beautiful to go with her dress, so she borrows a
gorgeous necklace from a friend.
Madame Loisel was the hi .....
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