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Term Papers on English
Lysistrata -
Number of words: 1051 - Number of pages: 4.... men doubt the innocence of a woman.
If women were such beasts as Euripides stated then would women have managed to seize the Acropolis, and prevented the men from squandering them further on the war. Euripides might have referred to the vulgarity of the women’s thoughts and language:
“It’s a sair thing, the dear knows, for a woman
tae sleep alone wi’oot a prick – but we maun do
it, for the sake of peace”
The language of the women is, as mentioned earlier, strictly for the humor. For Euripides to make such a quote seems ra .....
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With Malice Toward None By Ste
Number of words: 2490 - Number of pages: 10.... because of the shaky system of land titles in Kentucky. Because the Lincoln's arrived in Spencer County at the same time as winter, Thomas only had time to construct a "half-faced camp." Made of logs and boughs, it was enclosed on only three sides with a roaring fire for the fourth. The nearest water supply was a mile away, and the family had to survive on the abundance of wild game in the area. Less than two years after the move to Indiana, Mrs. Lincoln caught a horrible frontier disease known as "milk sick.". Thomas Lincoln returned to Kentucky to find a new .....
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An Attempt At A Rhetorical Ana
Number of words: 1068 - Number of pages: 4.... He states:
The fundamental job of the imagination in ordinary life, then, is to produce, out of the society we have to live in, a vision of the society we want to live in. (140)
He provides several examples to advance his claim. The cliché receives much of his attention. He emphases that not only does Communism rely heavily on the cliché to cloud the minds of it’s followers, but we have our own also. He says the imagination is what allows us to realize that we can not take clichés literally, but to see beyond them. He speaks of government jargon or “gobbledeg .....
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Of Mice And Men
Number of words: 548 - Number of pages: 2.... only because it was a "bad thing," but because he had lost a friend.
A few times throughout the story, especially near the end, Lennie realizes how much of a burden he is on George. George had always taken care of Lennie. Even when times were rough, George always made sure that Lennie was alright. Although most of the bad events the had taken place were Lennie's fault, George protected Lennie from people and things that might have caused him harm. George tells Lennie that he could have a wonderful time without him. Lennie knows that this is true. Geo .....
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Oedipus Rex
Number of words: 407 - Number of pages: 2.... it was
Laios' child. but it is your wife who could tell
you about that.
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Shepherd: There had been prophecies...
Oedipus: Tell me.
Shepherd: It was said that the boy would kill his own father.
Oedipus: Then why did you give him over to this man?
Shepherd: I pitied the baby, my king, And I thought that
this man would take him far away to his own country.
He saved him- but for what a fate! For if you are what
this mane says you are, No man is more wretched than
Oedipus.
Oedipus: Ah God! It is true! Al .....
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Hamlet 2
Number of words: 890 - Number of pages: 4.... of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet has them reenact the murder of is father in front of his uncle Claudius. The actors murder scene also make Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. Hamlet says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To make oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the region kites / With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2 page 84 line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet watches is uncle Claudius to see his reaction when the actors perform the m .....
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Billy Budd
Number of words: 2847 - Number of pages: 11.... to another, sometimes quickly and dramatically, sometimes inventing hypothetical situations to use as comparisons or differences? This is similar to the case as seen in . The Book doesn’t work in a strict and orderly fashion but starts out to describe at length different characters, then moves to fast actions, slows down again to a very argued trail, then draws rapidly to a close with Billy’s hanging. Even after that event, (the hanging), the book lingers on with a comment of it and ties up all loose ends (Captain Vere dieing etc…). Though this story lacks orthod .....
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By Means Of Power
Number of words: 784 - Number of pages: 3.... the entire poem.
In the next section of Lordes poem she describes a dreamlike situation. This is where her son has been shot, probably in the face. Although "blood from his punctured cheeks and shoulders/is the only liquid for miles"(9-10), "my mouth splits into dry lips"(12). With the death of her boy she is willing to sacrifice her own need of any quenching of her lips. She is "thirsting for the wetness of his blood"(14) but it is more important to resist the temptation, "trying to make power out of hatred and destruction"(18).
The power displaye .....
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