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Term Papers on English
Beowulf And Paradise Lost
Number of words: 289 - Number of pages: 2.... is that it is a story about good vs. evil. They also have a main character that has sort of magical powers. In Beowulf, Beowulf is the main character. He is able to defeat powerful monsters, either with his bare hands or a weapon. In Paradise Lost, God is able to defeat Satan by kicking him out of heaven. Both stories are written in a poetic style. These stories both involve main characters being leaders of a group of people. Beowulf is the leader of the Geats. God is the leader of angels of heaven. Another similarity is that they are both based on things that supposedly happened. Beowul .....
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Hamlets Antic Disposition
Number of words: 2049 - Number of pages: 8.... of the play is required to consider these questions.
The phrase "Antic Disposition" is initially encountered by the reader in the closings of Act I, scene v. In the preceding scene Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus are seen waiting for the Ghost Horatio had encountered the previous night. When it appears before them, Hamlet agrees that the Ghost bears a striking resemblance to his deceased father and it calls him forth to engage in some discourse-as during the previous night, The Ghost eluded the queries of Horatio and Marcellus to retreat at the call of a cr .....
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The Corrruption Of Innocence
Number of words: 870 - Number of pages: 4.... society had exposed them to the real world and made them think in order to survive they must follow others. Holden goes in part of the book about jobs he likes and starts to describe job of a lawyer and says how they are sincere and try to save innocent lives, but then he goes on to think about how they are probably phonies and only doing it to be hot-shots and makes lots of money to impress society. (Salinger 172) The outcome of his thoughts was that everybody had conformed and followed each society’s ideas, which upset Holden because no one was free .....
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of words: 740 - Number of pages: 3.... then to stop the way it did was unfair. Now, I've read enough essays while deciding which would be the topic for my class presentation that I know many people see that the unfairness of life and the insignificance of our free will are apparently the most important themes in the book, but I don't agree. I also don't agree that it is a war story or a love story. Exactly what it is, though, is not clear to me. Can't art exist without being anything? "There isn't always an explanation for everything." War and love are obviously important themes in the book, and th .....
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Crime And Punishment
Number of words: 1295 - Number of pages: 5.... government clerk, Zakharych Semyon Marmeladov, lingers in the taverns relinquishing every penny to alcohol. Marmeladov's inability to maintain a job causes his family to live as indigents. The lack of money essentially leaves Sofia Semionovna, the daughter of Marmeladov, in a vulnerable position. Although Sonia is an "honorable girl . . .[she] has no special talents" (, Fyodor Dostoyevsky [New York: Penguin Group, 1968] 27). With no steady income flowing into the family's pockets, Sonia's three younger stepsiblings cry of hunger. In response to the cri .....
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The Moon Is Down
Number of words: 1108 - Number of pages: 5.... Medal of Freedom. He died December 20, 1968 in New York due to arteriosclerosis.
The main ingredient I chose was plot and setting for primary focus of the author. The main point is a compare a contrast to captures and captors. The story takes place in a small town and is invaded by the Nazis. The main character of the story is mayor Orden. He has to make important decisions that will affect everyone in the community. He also has to give up his office. Dr. Winter is his best friend. He helps Orden through the crisis. Orden is ordered to make his people .....
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Hamlet 19
Number of words: 2305 - Number of pages: 9.... Hamlet’s fraudulent nature results in a tragedy because of his inability and reluctance to choose which role to play.
One such example occurs near the beginning of the tome. In Act One, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions, inner state, and role. When his mother questions him, Hamlet says, "Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not seems" (Act I, Scene 2). By saying this, Hamlet lets Gertrude know that he is what she sees, distraught and torn over his father’s death. Later, he makes a clear statement about his state of mind when he comm .....
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