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Term Papers on English
Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Number of words: 2436 - Number of pages: 9.... that of
Jonathan Swift. How could a person, much less a group of people, be so
consumed by the pain of the sin-filled world that they could not feel any
of the magnificence with which God had created the world? In answering
this question, Swift discovered a series of social vices and injustices
that perpetuated the painful poverty of the Irish peasantry, and due to his
resulting anger felt that it was his God-given job to do something about
them. "'What I do is owing to perfect rage and resentment, and the
mortifying sight of slavery, folly, and baseness ar .....
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Macbeth 10
Number of words: 554 - Number of pages: 3.... generals, his
driving ambition to become King of Scotland corupts him
and causes him to murder Duncan and order the slaying of
anyone who threatens his Kingship. When Macbeth
murders Duncan he then on watches everyone around him.
Being scared that he will be founded. Banquo is Macbeth’s
closest friend and also a general in Duncan’s army. Soon
after Macbeth murders Duncan, Macbeth fears that
Banquo suspects him of murdering Duncan, so Macbeth
once again jumps to conclusions and he arranges to have
Banquo murdered. At this point I believe .....
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The Crucible
Number of words: 539 - Number of pages: 2.... Killing another human being over love is meaningless, and this is just one of the very many examples that take place in this story representing the horrible cruelness that humans do bestow.
Also in as another example, a man by the name of Thomas Putnam bestows his very cruel side over wanting more land. Thomas has his own daughter accuse all of his fellow neighbors of witchery just to receive their land. Selfishness is yet another one of humans’ worthless immortalities. So instead of buying or just inheriting his own land himself, he would have innocen .....
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Historical Background To Anima
Number of words: 958 - Number of pages: 4.... way to establish justice, he said, was for t workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against their rulers. "Workers of the worl unite!" he wrote. "You have nothing to lose but your chains."
Another thing Marx taught was that organized religion, the churches, help capitalists to keep the workers quiet and obedient. Religion, according to Mar 'the opiate of the masses'. The church tells working people to forget about th injustice they meet in their lives and to think instead of how wonderful i .....
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Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock
Number of words: 661 - Number of pages: 3.... judged? Prufrock even goes so far as to compare himself to Shakespeare's Hamlet, renowned for his indecision, and also Polonious, too cautious and forever politic, always weighing things in his mind and never acting on impulse. Breaking from his reverie, Prufrock abruptly switches to his other world, of things measured out with coffeespoons. He mentions ladies, at their tea parties, talking of Michelangelo, a subject so deep that it begs a discussion more serious than that of the chatter at ladies' tea parties. But the women just come and go, discussing the gr .....
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Self Reliance Through Hardship
Number of words: 713 - Number of pages: 3.... for herself. It is like she has been thrown into a pool of melancholic acid and every day she sinks deeper and deeper, the satirical substance eating away from the inside out, until she hits the bottom and is consumed by the phlogiston. She has so many hardships that her caustic circumstances drive her to schizophrenia:
“Ever since I got my blue eyes, [Mrs. Breedlove] look away from me all of the time. Do you suppose she's jealous too?
Could be. They are pretty you know.
I know. [Soaphead] really did a good job. Everybody's jealous. Every time I look at .....
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Heart Of Darkness - Lies
Number of words: 785 - Number of pages: 3.... feels this way, he would only tell a lie in the most exceptional state of affairs. The first lie was told by Marlow in extraordinary circumstances. It was told because he had a notion it would somehow be of help to Mr. Kurtz. The lie was to allow the brick maker to think he had more influence in the company than he actually had. This lie would help Kurtz in two ways. Firstly, it would help Marlow to get the rivets he needed to fix the boat, and that would provide Kurtz with a means of communication, or a way out of the jungle. Secondly, it would provide Kurtz wi .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Night
Number of words: 1014 - Number of pages: 4.... he is a hero; if he fails he is simply a failure (except when he fails at defeating the dragon because he has already proved himself and goes with honor, which is different from initially failing). In the last lines of the story the author clearly acknowledges Beowulf’s overall triumph, “Telling stories of their dead king and his greatness, his glory, praising him for heroic deeds, for a life as noble as his name.”
Sir Gawain on the other hand is deemed a hero but seems to lack something that Beowulf simply does not. This is because he is .....
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