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Term Papers on English
Canterbury Tales - The Evil Rooted In Women
Number of words: 2161 - Number of pages: 8.... The Wife of Bath represents the "liberal" extreme in regards to female stereotypes of the Middle Ages.(chuckiii, 4) Unlike most women being anonymous during the Middle Ages, she has a mind of her own and voices herself. Furthermore, she thinks extremely highly of herself and enjoys showing off her Sunday clothes whenever the opportunity arises. She intimidates men and women alike due to the power she possesses. Because of her obnoxious attitude Chaucer makes her toothless, fat and large. Doubtlessly, she is very ugly, almost to the point of "not-presentable .....
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Supernatural Forces In Macbeth
Number of words: 926 - Number of pages: 4.... which to gain power of the throne is brought up. The only way to gain power of the throne was for Macbeth to work his way to the throne, or to murder King Duncan. Murdering the king was an easier plan since the motivation in his dreams urged him on. Lady Macbeth also relied on the supernatural by her soliloquy of calling upon the evil spirits to give her the power to plot the murder of Duncan without any remorse or conscience "… Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood Stop up the access and passage to remorse,That no compunctious visitings of natur .....
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20/20 Vision, Not A Vision For Me
Number of words: 1440 - Number of pages: 6.... School. My teacher continuously asked me questions referring to things on the board. I told her that my glasses didn't work, but she thought I was just trying to get out of doing my work. After several days of this she called my grandmother. I got in a lot of trouble for not doing my work. I complained often about my glasses with no recognition from anyone. It wasn't until that summer when my glasses broke that they realized I had been telling the truth. I went to Lens Crafters, a place that sells glasses in my local mall, and the optometrist infor .....
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The Connection Between Ernest
Number of words: 1285 - Number of pages: 5.... It was perfection. For Hemingway, nature was good. It epitomized all that he stood for. Places with the clutter of men invariably led to pain and suffering or death. Hemingway was really big on simplicity in his works. Everything was simple, from his style, to his characters (ie: Catherine - simpleton if I ever saw one). I think that he likened civilization to a giant machine. The larger and more complex it got, the more things it did. However, when something gets larger and more complex, then that increases the chances and the areas that something can br .....
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The Black Death
Number of words: 1089 - Number of pages: 4.... Every night I heard his cries as each family member dies. And then I heard his screams as the plague ate his body alive. I can still remember the scratching on my walls as he struggled with the pain of this great sickness. No matter how hard I tried to be the great shelter I once was. No matter how tight I shut my windows and doors. No matter how I wished them not to leave the house. I could not keep the plague out.
I remember when it all started her in London. The whole family was out when I first heard about this killer. I was anxiously waiting there retu .....
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Oliver Twist
Number of words: 1362 - Number of pages: 5.... off London, instead of returning to his workhouse. Not knowing where to go, he is "rescued" by the Artful Dodger, who tells him "I knows a respectable old gentleman as lives there wot'll give you lodging for nothink." (51). The "respectable old gentleman" is none other than Fagin, a crafty, old, shriveled scoundrel who enriches himself by teaching outcast boys how to steal. It's unsettling to witness the calculated manipulation of the trusting and impressionable Oliver into the world of petty crime. And, it isn't only Fagin who spreads evil among the cast-of .....
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Cymbeline
Number of words: 714 - Number of pages: 3.... thou diest. Away,
Thou'rt poison to my blood. (I.I.126)
According to the King and his Queen, her son, Cloten should be the
rightful man for Imogen. Not only are they sold on the idea, but Cloten is
as well. He tries every second he can to, in some way, try and do
something to look great in front of her. His life, sadly, revolves around
trying to do what his mother thinks is right and winning Imogen's
affections. Much to his dismay she is not only annoyed, but uninterested.
Giacomo is the next in line to hurt .....
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Silas Marner
Number of words: 787 - Number of pages: 3.... such a close knit community. Silas moved himself to the fringes of
civilization. He cared for no one and wanted no to care for him.
Both of their attitudes changed when Eppie arrived. Godfrey knew that he could marry Nancy now beacuse his old wife had died. This also showed how shallow he was. Godfrey thought he could throw money at Silas and he would be very compliant to give Eppie back to her ‘rightful’ father. Yet at the final moments of ths confrontation Eppie’s arrival unleashed a side of Silas not seen for fifteen years. He became a caring human being .....
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