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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism In The Forest
Words: 865 / Pages: 4 .... Hibbins who explains that the witches are meeting in the forest,
and she then invites Hester to become more deeply involved with her evil
ways. "Wilt thou go with us tonight"(113) asked mistress Hibbins, yet
Hester refused to sign her name in the black mans book on that night. She
explains that the only reason she does not sign is because Pearl is still
in her life. At this time the forest itself is a open door to another
world, a wicked world that would take her away from her present situation,
but that is not the only door that the forest holds.
The forest is an open door to love and freedom for both Hester and
Dimmesdale. It is a place .....
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The Color Of Water: When Tragedy Strikes
Words: 1188 / Pages: 5 .... her speaking Yiddish. Children at her elementary school tease her for being Jewish. Ruth becomes ashamed of her identity, and tries to conceal it by changing her name. She explains, “My real name was Rachel, which in Yiddish is Ruckla, which is what my parents called me--but I used the name Ruth around white folk, because it didn’t sound so Jewish ”(80). Ruth’s attempt at acceptance is in vein, however; it never stops the children from teasing her.
When Ruth leaves Suffolk and moves in with her black, soon- to- be husband Dennis, intolerance follows her like a hungry dog following the scent of a steak. Dennis and she live in a predom .....
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The Sign Of The Moonbow
Words: 625 / Pages: 3 .... Cormac's only goal in life was to bring an end to this evil, but he could not kill it himself because, "...he could not be slain, for he was not truly alive (6)." Thulsa could only be brought to an end by a crowned woman, a queen of her land. There was believed to be no such person, but Cormac's quest was to find one so he could rid the world of his eight thousand year old enemy.
Cormac's first development occurred when he had witnessed a young girl get raped by four very large men. Cormac had never hurt the defenseless before, let alone rape a young woman. He felt a slight tinge of compassion and rescued the girl, slaying her attackers. The next .....
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The Riders: Summary And Analysis
Words: 639 / Pages: 3 .... keneally is a character whom has commitment to family and has a good
working morals which even scully thinks of, on page 28 “the man cound work?”
Peter has no children but has a brother whom has been constantly drunk in
past few years. Peter is the first person which scully encounters when he
arrived in Ireland and from then on peter has become a good friend of
scully, bringing him his telegrams, having a social chat and helping
scully with his home. (34).
Since the first greeting between peter and scully, peter has schown great
enthusiasm to help scully recondition his home on page 24. This even meant
putting off his daily post. “ .....
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Joyce's "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man": A Review
Words: 903 / Pages: 4 .... The growing debts incurred by Simon
lead to his son's transferring to a day school. Stephens' difficulties at
his former educational institution are relayed by his father, much to the
chagrin of the younger Dedalus. Later in the novel, Stephen loses even
more respect for his father as the familys' debts continue to grow and they
are forced to move. Once, when the two males travel to sell of the family
estate, Simon returns to his former school and converses with his former
classmates. Stephen is upset to hear of his father's wild behavior as a
youth, and of his flirtatious nature. He begins to rebel against his
strict upbringing, striking back .....
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Sir Gawain And The Wife Of Bath
Words: 4742 / Pages: 18 .... (DR)
The Marriage of Sir Gawain (MG)
The Adventure of Daire's Sons (DS)
The Ballad of King Henry (KH)
The Ballad of the Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (SD)
The Ballad of Kemp Owyne (KO)
Libeaus Desconus (LD) {one episode}
Wolfram's Parzival (P) {the German version of Chretien's Contes Del Graal} (one episode)
They are chosen because of certain common features which may help to illuminate Chaucer's use of motifs and incidents, and certainly not with an eye to source study.
If we count the magical nature of the meeting with the hag as a separate feature from her transformation, then there eight features which these tales, or most of them, .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Summary
Words: 462 / Pages: 2 .... involved in a fictional account of the
French Revolution. Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter after he has
been in the Bastille prison for eighteen years. She is unaware that her
father was even alive. Together they go and live in London, England. There
her father recovers from the effects of being in prison for so long. She
and her father become very close to each other. Meanwhile, over in Paris
the tension is mounting. The Monseigneur, and the Monsieur the Marquis are
murdered by the French Resistance. Much secrecy occurs among the French
peasants. The Defarges are two of the main characters in the resistance.
Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette .....
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Crime And Punishment: Is There Or Is There Not Such A Thing As Crime?
Words: 1017 / Pages: 4 .... For
example, purposeful and alleged manslaughter is a crime, because it is a
law to not kill others; people are not allowed to go cavorting around
killing whomever they please, if they did, civilization would fall. Laws
and rules hold us to civilization.
Another way to define crime is through ethics and morals. Each
person on this Earth possesses a conscience; when we do something wrong,
our conscience makes us feel guilty, although some people feel less or more
guilt than others about certain acts; it varies individually. Based on
this, one can define a crime as the things that make us feel guilty,
although some crimes do not make us feel guilty. .....
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Character Analysis Of Iago In
Words: 542 / Pages: 2 .... does is on his boss, Othello. Iago plays Othello perfectly. He plays on every man's weakness, jealousy. Othello takes every word Iago says like it is truth, and whenever he does question Iago, Iago's quick wits keep him uncovered by weaving all his lies together. Iago was capable of bringing Othello into killing his own wife without ever have Othello question his wife or anyone else. In Othello's mind, Iago was so trust worthy that anyone elses word would not be truth, and all of Othello's faith was placed in Iago. Iago calls himself trust worthy in Act II Scene I Line 196, Iago is quoted saying "As honest as I am", which everyone knows is f .....
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Mice Of Men
Words: 503 / Pages: 2 .... is very remorseful about what he did. Once, after being yelled at Lennie says, “I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead- because they were so little (13).” Lennie’s remorse is probably more for upsetting George than it is for actually killing the animal. Another way that death and loss is evidenced by this novel is when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. When Lennie is in the barn (after killing his new puppy) Curley’s wife came into the barn and came on to Lennie. Lennie not knowing what was happening let her lull him into touching her hair. To Lennie it was like petting any other animal. Curley’s wife became flustered when Lenni .....
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