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Term Papers on English
Antigone - A Contrast Of Two T
Number of words: 1257 - Number of pages: 5.... have extensive creative license; no one alive today can claim to know exactly how the play is intended to be read. This opportunity for individual technique is exemplified and exercised by the two authors whose works are the basis of this essay, H. D. F. Kitto, and Michael Townsend.
The first difference I noticed between the two translations was that the one produced by Kitto was substantially more proper than Townsend's. It gives the initial impression of being more of what a Greek tragedy should be; florid, formal, and full of imagery. Through this, the .....
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Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
Number of words: 2001 - Number of pages: 8.... on February 27, 1902. His father's family, originally called Grossteinbeck, had come from Wuppertal, about twenty miles east of the German city of Düsseldorf. During summers he worked as a hired hand on nearby ranches, "nourishing" his impression of the California countryside and its people (Lisca 32). He made occasional exciting trips to San Francisco with his family and more frequent trips to the Monterey peninsula (Fontenrose 2). In 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and almost died, but he was able to recover. After graduating from Salinas High Sch .....
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The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
Number of words: 3840 - Number of pages: 14.... The Poets
ofConfederation "established what can legitimately be called the first
distinct "school" of Canadian poetry"(17, Keith). The term ‘The Poets of
Confederation' is a misnomer since not one of these poets/authors was more
than ten years old when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. However,
all of these writers were aware of the lack of a distinctive Canadian
literary tradition and they made efforts to create one for their successors.
While each of these men had their own distinctive writing style they all
sought to contribute and create a ‘nation .....
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Comparing William Faulkners Tw
Number of words: 1118 - Number of pages: 5.... drank with the younger men in the Elks¡¦ Club --- that he was not a marrying man¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 126). To keep him with her forever, Miss Emily chooses to murder Homer. ¡§Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and learning forward, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 130), Faulkner implies that Miss Emily actually sleeps with the corpse. She must love Homer deeply, to endure the rotten smell and appearance of the dead body. She even enjoys being with it .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird 4
Number of words: 1167 - Number of pages: 5.... Tom Robinson is a black man that was accused
of raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell is Mayella's father. He is out for
revenge on Atticus for what he did to him and his daughter. Mayella is
Bob's daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor
is the Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because
he has the main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The
decision being whether to defend or not to defend Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mocki .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities
Number of words: 250 - Number of pages: 1.... on. Madame
Defarge is a commoner and she doesn't like the aristocrats.
In seeking vengeance, Madame Defarge has acquired the very
traits of those who wronged her. She sees no focused blame
and is willing to exploit an entire class to satisfy her
need. Her vengeance emerges through her knitting, which
represents both her cold patience and her impassioned urge
to retaliate, as she knits the names of her intended
victims.
A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken in the
street. Some men kneeled down, made scoops with their two
hands joined, and sipped. Others, men and women, dipped in .....
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Comparison Between The Book Of Exodus And The Movie Prince Of Egypt
Number of words: 805 - Number of pages: 3.... so she placed him in a basket and let it flow down the river. In the book of Exodus, The Pharaoh's daughter finds the baby and asks a housemaid to fetch it from the water. She then contacts with the baby's sister, Miriam who had followed the baby down the river, and tells her to get a woman to nurse it until he gets a little older. Miriam brings back the baby to their mother. As in the movie, Pharaohs wife finds the baby herself while playing with Ramses in the river. In the book of exodus it says the Moses fled from Egypt because he was afraid that Pharaoh wo .....
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All About Triffles
Number of words: 1068 - Number of pages: 4.... the rope under his neck," (Glaspell568) showing a plural pronoun and a singular verb suggests the involvement of more than one in a single outcome, and it suggests that the three women will be in conspiracy in the case controlling the outcome or the fate of all characters(Meak88). The information about the living condition of Wrights on the farm is supplied mainly by Mrs. Hale describes Mr. Wright as "a hard man," and she describes how she remembers Mrs. Wright when she was younger. She describes her as "kind of like a bird."(Glaspell571) She establis .....
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