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Term Papers on English
King Arthur And Beowulf: A Comparison
Number of words: 547 - Number of pages: 2.... and the haft
was all preious stones." The distinguished Excalibur was carried and shown with
dignity. Immense care and respect was imposed into the weapons of the king.
The noble King Arthur utilized the arms of his time, opposed to Beowulf's
unarmed way of battle.
Described as the strongest man in the world, Beowulf voyages across seas
slaying evil demons with nothing but his bare hands. "…Knew at once that
nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands where harder." In the
confrontation of Grendel and Beowulf, our hero brings forth a force greater th .....
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Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality Or Illusion
Number of words: 801 - Number of pages: 3.... places the rose in the water so there could be
proof of the mysterious water's power, but in the same act of proving its power
to his guests Hawthorne proves to us the power of the water because when the
rose regains life nobody was drunk or had even attempted to drink the water.
"The crushed and dried petals stirred, and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson,
as if the flower were reviving from a death-like slumber;"(page 3) It is that
clear cut, and completely undeniable considering that five people witnessed the
act and not one had the slightest objection. .....
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Tomorrow When The War Began
Number of words: 835 - Number of pages: 4.... you find out from Ellie is about what the group is going to do to try and stop this force and other various things like bringing live stock into their camp site which is named “hell”. Issues from whom to take camping, to find out how to blow the towns main bridge apart. Issues were the main part for the book if it weren’t for the issues this look wouldn’t be as compelling
The book is written in an indirect way where you see it through a persons eyes by the name of Ellie. Ellie got chosen because she was known as the best writer e .....
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Langston Hughes
Number of words: 480 - Number of pages: 2.... the terrorizing feelings this door holds for this child:
The simple silly terror of a doorknob
on a door that turns to let in life
From lines 4 to 10, we can assume that we are reading of a child who is terrorized of the grownups that live with him; perhaps he is an abused child:
on two feet standing,
walking, talking,
wearing dress or trousers,
maybe drunk or maybe sober,
maybe smiling, laughing, happy,
maybe tangled in the terror
of a yesterday past grandpa
Lines 11 to 15 reinforce the terror this child is feeling and carrying with him. It .....
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Fire And Ice
Number of words: 1408 - Number of pages: 6.... window the cold and
gloomy outside world. The winter landscape represents society, cold and
emotionless. The curtains, representing Jane's passionate nature, symbolize
how Jane's fiery personality alienate her from society. A short while later,
John Reed, representing a male-dominated society, enters the room in search
of Jane. When John attempts to assert his dominance over Jane, she is unable
to control her passionate nature and retaliates. As punishment for giving in to
her fiery side, Jane is locked inside the red-room. Obviously, the color red is
of .....
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Battle At Trafalgar
Number of words: 2902 - Number of pages: 11.... peace Treaty of Amiens afforded Napoleon eighteen months of opportunity to put the plan of crossing the English Channel into place. Napoleon's plan was to build a fleet of landing craft, flat bottom boats, powered by sail and oar that could outmaneuver the great English Men of war.
The person Napoleon appointed to direct the building of the fleet was Admiral Denis Decres. Decres, in turn, appointed a Flemish engineer, Pierre Forfait, to see to the construction of the landing fleet. Forfait's objective was to supply the French forces amassed at Boulogne with 1300 .....
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Short Story Essay -
Number of words: 606 - Number of pages: 3.... Gee, and 'The hole that Jack dug', by Frank Sargeson. Much less detail is provided to us about the characters, so again we imagine the aspects which are not given to us. Take for example the second paragraph in Frank Sargeson's 'The hole that Jack dug'. The narrator takes less than one paragraph to describe Jack. However, using special wording, the narrator can describe him in much detail using little words to emphasize a few of Jack's unique physical aspects: "The trouble with Jack's grin is that it shows too many teeth."
Once Characters are established, .....
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Where The Red Fern Grows
Number of words: 569 - Number of pages: 3.... to try and catch the coon who went up there. So Billy had to go up and get him down. Billy tried as hard as he could to get his big dog down, then he finally did. When Old Dan got down he was so eager to get the coon he went back up the tree. So Billy went up the tree again and tried to get him down. With all his strength he finally got Old Dan Down for the second time.
Billy thinks that God helped him in getting the tree to fall and catching the coon. This all happened when Billy promised his dogs that if they get the coon up the tree he would get the coon. So B .....
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