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Term Papers on English
Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: Stanza 74
Number of words: 1373 - Number of pages: 5.... emphasizing Gawain’s quick decision. He is then ecstatic about the thought that he will survive his meeting with the knight the next day, shown by "often thanks gave he/ With all his heart and might." Later, Sir Gawain finds three faults in his actions, the first being his cowardice – in direct contrast to the main principles of knighthood, the second being his covetousness, his lust for life, and the third being his lack of faith in God. Even when it is shown that God has forgiven him by healing the wound on his neck, Sir Gawain still feels that he .....
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Analysis Of Good And Evil In "The Crucible"
Number of words: 1044 - Number of pages: 4.... hate in
the play. She tempts Proctor into lechery, and comm its unlawful acts which
all are against the Puritan religion. To escape punishment for dancing, she
deflects the actions and blames them on someone else, and does not care how
many lives she ruins. La ter when she grows into power and influence, she
seems to enjoy sending these innocent peopl e their deaths. She takes
pleasure in her lies, and thrives on the attention and power that th ey
bring her. All these are the aspects of being the evil character. Power,
attention, and acts of w rongful doing. Ther .....
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Death Of A Sales Man
Number of words: 1015 - Number of pages: 4.... and having personal attractiveness. Willy builds his entire life around this idea and teaches it to his children. When Willy was young, he had met a man named Dave Singleman who was so well liked that he was able to make a living simply by staying in his hotel room and telephoning buyers. When Dave Singleman died, buyers and salesmen from all over the country came to his funeral. This is what Willy has been trying to emulate his entire life. Willy's need to feel well-liked is so strong that he often makes up lies about his popularity and success. .....
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A Rose For Emily
Number of words: 911 - Number of pages: 4.... good for her. The townspeople even state "when her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad being left alone. She had become humanized" (219). This sounds as if her father’s death was sort of liberation for Emily. In a way it was, she could begin to date and court men of her choice and liking. Her father couldn’t chase them off any more. But then again, did she have the know-how to do this, after all those years of her father’s past actions? It also sounds as if the townspeople thought Emily was above .....
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Writings Of Confucius, Hammurabi's Code Of Laws, And Egypt's Book Of The Dead
Number of words: 717 - Number of pages: 3.... The second of these three values is responsibility and respect to one's family and elders, and responsibility and respect to others families and elders. This is most evident in Confucius' writings. He is constantly stressing family values and responsibility. One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of your parents be that you might become ill." This stresses personal responsibility and respect to your parents. Hammurabi showed responsibility by saying "If a builder has built a house for a man, and has not made his work sound, and the house he bui .....
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Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness And Acceptance Of Life's Disappointments
Number of words: 891 - Number of pages: 4.... all for the good.
Candide's endless trials begin when he is forced into the army simply because
he is the right height, five feet five inches. In the army he is subjected to
endless drills and humiliations and is almost beaten to death. Candide escapes
and, after being degraded by good Christians for being an anti-Christ, meets a
diseased beggar who turns out to be Dr. Pangloss. Dr. Pangloss informs him
that Bulgarian soldiers attacked the castle of Westfalia and killed Cunegonde -
more misery!
A charitable Anabaptist gives both Candide and Dr. Pang .....
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Grandmothers Victory
Number of words: 776 - Number of pages: 3.... lower class white girls. "If they come in the store, you go in the
bedroom and let me wait on them. They only frighten me if you're around."
Atticus and the children are experiencing harassment from other white folks,
for defending a "nigger" named Tom Robinson. "But Mrs. Dubose held us:
"Not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for
niggers!" These quotes show the attitude of most whites towards blacks in
this time period. There is a very interesting difference in these two stories.
In Grandmother's Victory it is white ch .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
Number of words: 1017 - Number of pages: 4.... of the sea which is known for the eight rows of raking teeth. In this novel, Hemmingway, with his descriptive details, make the characters sound so realistic; he makes them come “alive.”
For eighty-four days, Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first Manolin had shared his bad luck, but after the fortieth day the boy’s father tells his son to go on another boat. From that time on, Santiago works alone. Each morning he rows his skiff into the Gulf Stream where the big fish are. Each evening he comes back empty-handed.
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