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Term Papers on English
Our Grandmothers
Number of words: 2473 - Number of pages: 9.... had been a lot of travelling and blacks were beginning to be used in Europe for the slave trade. During the time the play was written, the Queen of England had banned all blacks from entering the city. She spoke of them as "Negars and Moors which are crept into the realm, of which kind of people there are already here too many". It seems that Shakespeare is almost mocking the Queen by characterising Othello as a black man who has a high ranking position in the Army and who marries a white aristocratic women, against her fathers will.
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Contrasts In Taming Of The Shr
Number of words: 920 - Number of pages: 4.... her and he begging anyone to marry her, but as her relationship with petruchio grows she began to be much less of a shrew, and she become an obedient and lovely person to everyone. At the other side Bianca at first is known as a sweet and gentle person who only care about studying, but as she reach her goal, to be married her true self appears. She becomes insensitive and unkind by not coming at the call of Lucentio. In the other word she becomes almost what her sister was. By making this contrast Shakespeare developed the theme that we can not decide about peopl .....
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J.D. Salinger
Number of words: 2227 - Number of pages: 9.... others in the area. Young Salinger did well in school, but his weakness was in arithmetic. Salinger showed an early interest in drama, voted most popular actor at a 1930 summer camp in Harrison, Maine. Our subject later belonged to the Valley Forge Military Academy Glee Club, and Mask and Spur (a dramatic organization).
In 1934 Salinger enrolled in Valley Forge Military Academy. There his IQ was tested at 115 points, an above average score for his age. Salinger scored well in his classes, averaging a B in his studies. Our author found a place for himself .....
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Pocahontas
Number of words: 1521 - Number of pages: 6.... important visitors in a formal manner with a large feast and festive dancing. Although they did occasionally put prisoners to death in a public ceremony, it was no more savage than the English customs of public disembowelment of thieves and the burning of women accused of being witches.
In May of 1607, English colonists arrived on the Virginia shoreline with hopes of great riches. They established a settlement that they named Jamestown. Little watched as these strangers built forts and searched for food. She eventually became quite familiar with them and .....
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Touch Wood By Renée Roth-Hano
Number of words: 847 - Number of pages: 4.... Hungary to find a freer, better life. They settled in France and thought they¹d be safe. Then Adolf Hitler, a German man who hated Jewish people, started trouble all over again. First, seven synagogues were blown up. Then, the Germans created a curfew prohibiting Jews to go during certain hours. Any Jew caught in the street after curfew would be taken as hostage. Also, all Jewish people must wear a Star of David on their shirts. An ordinance is created requiring all Jewish firms to be registered. Then the Jewish are forbidden to go to most public places, and the .....
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Macbeth
Number of words: 1042 - Number of pages: 4.... of Cumberland.
could not help but notice how close he was to being king and hinted his ambition to have the title in his letter to Lady . He wrote, ³...came missives from the King, who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdor, by which title, before, these weyard sisters saluted me, and referred me to the coming on of time with ŒHail, King that shalt be!² Since the witches had predicted gaining Thane of Cawdor, he believed they might be right about him replacing Duncan, as the letter continues, ³This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, .....
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The Stranger 2
Number of words: 522 - Number of pages: 2.... Even after her death, Meursault's mother's social and private life still remained mostly a mystery to him. Meursault comes to realize this when he finds out his mother has started her life over and has a fiancèe he didn't know of, Mr. Thomas Pèrez.
Another element in the novel that further more displays the significance of the title is the relationship between Meursault and Raymond. Before Raymond invites Meursault over to his house for a snack, Raymond is a stranger. Meursault only knows of Raymond from what he's seen or heard, and finds that he gets to kn .....
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Summary Of Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
Number of words: 1163 - Number of pages: 5.... right
away starts to ask Connie if "(She) wansta come for a ride." (Oates 1012).
Arnold seems to be pressuring Connie from the start and is obviously not
there just to take her for a ride. The "ride" that Arnold talks of could
possibly even have a sexual connotation that Connie does not pick up on
because she is so young and blind to the world of sexual pleasures that
Arnold lives in. Oates chooses words too carefully to show that Arnold is
a devious snake. Connie sees Arnold many times as an evil character and
letting the reader know by describing Arnold as .....
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