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Term Papers on English
Fraternities
Number of words: 1480 - Number of pages: 6.... College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia on
December 5th 1776. After half a century of existence, it
became and has since remained a scholarship honor society.
Throughout the nineteenth century, many new fraternities were
founded, but none of these were permanent. Then, in 1825, the
Kappa Alpha Fraternity (now Kappa Alpha Society) was born at
Union College. Two years later, Sigma Phi and Delta Phi had
been founded at the same college, constituting the so-called
Union Triad which was, in a large measure, the pattern for the
American Fraternit .....
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Victorian Doubt In God
Number of words: 1149 - Number of pages: 5.... not represent an answer to the problems of the world:
We, the whole species of Mankind, and our whole existence and history, are but a floating speck in the illimitable ocean of the All; yet in that ocean; indissoluble portion thereof; partaking of its infinite tendencies: borne this way and that by its deep swelling tides, and grand ocean currents; of which what faintest chance is there that we should ever exhaust the significance, ascertain the goings and comings? A region of Doubt, therefore, lovers forever in the background: in action alone can we have cer .....
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Tartuffe
Number of words: 773 - Number of pages: 3.... happy ending are also present in .
It is in the duality of Orgon, who is a believing and devoted subject, and , the manipulating hypocrite. Moliere takes his shot at the extremes of enthusiastic belief. plays the role of a man whose greedy actions are cloaked by a mask of overwhelming piety, modesty and religious passion. Orgon is the head of a household who has taken in, and given him shelter and food. Everyone in the family, except Orogon’s mother, knows that is a fake. In this play Moliere uses Cleante to emphasize pious qualities, Cleante spoke wit .....
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Red Dress
Number of words: 417 - Number of pages: 2.... to him as having to memorize Shakespeare."
The narrator's school life was just as bad if not worse. She would never be sure of herself when she is called up to the blackboard. Her "hands became slippery with sweat when they were required to work the blackboard compass." She would also envision the worst case scenario, that she had her period prior to being called to the front of the class, even when impossible. This shows that her self-esteem is really low, and she could not deal with the dance.
The dance was an experience in itself. Her attitudes towards the .....
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Macbeth 6
Number of words: 577 - Number of pages: 3.... Macbeth's intentions to kill Banquo, a fellow leader of Duncan's Scottish Army, is a second example that proves evils powers.
2"Bring them before us, to be thus is nothing
but to be safely thus our fears in Banquo stick
and in his royalty of nature reigns that which
would be fear'd tis much he dares"(Act 3, I, 47-52)
Macbeth decides to take Banquo's life because, he has a slight idea of the true nature and identity of Macbeth. Banquo knows that Macbeth was behind the murder of Duncan. What Banquo does not know is that Macbeth knew of .....
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The Brothers K
Number of words: 546 - Number of pages: 2.... the bad thing is, the real humdinger, see, is that I tried for CO status, being a Christian and all. And weird things happened. And…well…I didn’t get it.” Page 358
The dramatic realization of the fact that the war will affect a member of the Chance family is apparent in this quote. The amount of sorrow and emotions felt by the Chance family, and for that matter, all families who had children, brothers, husbands, or fathers, drafted into what many felt was a needless war. The novel brings to life what heartache many Ame .....
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Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
Number of words: 530 - Number of pages: 2.... of having a great education, and I have to make
good use of the experience. The opportunity to come United States to study is
very limited for Spanish students. It is limited because even when the country
is not a third world country, Spain is a country not very rich, and for a person
like my it would be not very intelligent to reject this great chance. Here I am
trying to learn as much as possible about American life style, culture, language
and people. My chance was supposed to expire in one year but now I have the
opportunity to not only finish high sch .....
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A Separate Peace
Number of words: 1155 - Number of pages: 5.... that time World War II was going on and the sixteen-year old boys were trying to preserve the peace in their lives, before they would be old enough to be drafted into the war-just one year later. One day Finny, the best athlete in the school, came up with the crazy idea to jump out of a tree into a river. All of the seventeen-year olds had accomplished this task because it was a mandatory test for the war. Phineas, naturally was the first sixteen-year old to conquer this feat; so Gene was the second. None of the other boys ever tried the jump. After a whil .....
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