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Term Papers on English
Hamlet - Claudius Vs. Lady Macbeth
Number of words: 1378 - Number of pages: 6.... hungry as Claudius, and she too plotted a murder in order for her husband to obtain the crown. In doing this she was extremely deceitful of her lover also. She employed many conniving tricks in order to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan, such as in scene in Act I, scene seven when she says, ³From this time such I account thy love.² Here she is basically saying that Macbeth may prove his undying love for her by killing the king, thus causing him to feel that he is obligated to murder King Duncan. King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are also very good at disguising t .....
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The Ruined Cottage
Number of words: 342 - Number of pages: 2.... of a storyteller telling an effective story is in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The Ancient Mariner mesmerizes on e of three wedding guests. The mariner tells his story about a young mariner that shot an Albatross and got into trouble for shooting it. The moral of the mariner's story is to love all things that God has created. The wedding guest leaves the mariner's story a sad but wiser man.
In both of these examples we get a look at the effectiveness of both storytellers telling a story. Armytage tells the young narrator a story and the young narra .....
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“Bartleby The Self-Reliant Scrivener”
Number of words: 1223 - Number of pages: 5.... he is unaffected by society and so called, normal life. He doesn’t do what he is expected by society, but rather what he expects of himself. After reading this Bartleby seems less abnormal, and begins to fit many of the characteristics Emerson uses to describe “self reliance”.
In “self reliance” Emerson says, “Society is a joint stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most requests is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. .....
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Troubles Macbeth Faced
Number of words: 589 - Number of pages: 3.... about killing people when he says,
"From this moment
The very firstlings of my heart shall be
The very firstlings of my hand."
(IV, i, 145-147).
This saying contradicts him, when he first killed King Duncan, when he said,
"But wherefore could I pronounce 'Amen'?
I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen'
Stuck in my throat."
(II, ii, 35-37).
However, due to the fact that Macbeth knows that he is disconnected from God, it will be impossible to be reconnected to Him. So his guilt fades away, knowing that he will end up in hell. Thus, this makes Macbeth lose .....
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The Allegory Of The Cave By Pl
Number of words: 443 - Number of pages: 2.... someone goes into the light of the sun and beholds true reality and then proceeds to tell the other captives of the truth, they laugh at and ridicule the enlightened one, for the only reality they have ever known is a fuzzy shadow on a wall. They could not possibly comprehend another dimension without beholdin! g it themselves, therefore, they label the enlightened man mad. For instance, the exact thing happened to Charles Darwin. In 1837, Darwin was traveling aboard the H.M.S. Beagle in the Eastern Pacific and dropped anchor on the Galapagos Islands. Darwin fou .....
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Black Like Me
Number of words: 1749 - Number of pages: 7.... Howard Griffin produced a 188-page journal covering his transition into the black race, his travels and experiences in the South, the shift back into white society, and the reaction of those he knew prior his experonce the book was published and released. John Howard Griffin began this novel as a white man on October 28, 1959 and became a black man (with the help of a noted dermatologist) on November 7. He entered black society in New Orleans through his contact Sterling, a shoe shine boy that he had met in the days prior to the medication taking full effect. .....
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Alice Munro's "Boys And Girls"
Number of words: 1050 - Number of pages: 4.... something - hang out the
wash or dig potatoes in the garden. She looked out of place, with her bare
lumpy legs, not touched by the sun, her apron still on and damp across the
stomach from the supper dishes.1
The narrator had problems coming to terms with the role in life
that she was expected to lead. She wanted to work outside with her father
doing the work that she deemed important. The mother tried to get the
narrator to work inside doing work deemed appropriate for a lady, however
it was not something she enjoyed. "I hated the hot dark kitchen in .....
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The Storm 2
Number of words: 611 - Number of pages: 3.... of them do not know is that not only is a physical storm looming but also a disturbance to their family.
In the beginning of section two, it becomes dark and rain begins to fall and here also enters Alcee to Calixta's house. Alcee intended on just staying outside and wait for the rain to let up, but the storm grew more violent causing Alcee to go in doors. As the storm grew more bold so did Alcee's intentions. At the middle of this section we have the apex of the storm and we also have the union of Calixta and Alcee. The passion between the two of them reac .....
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