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The Count Of Monte Cristo: Revenge
Words: 1192 / Pages: 5 .... Château d'If. The Château d'If
was surrounded by water and was known as a place of no return. When Dantes
escapes, he takes revenge against his four enemies who conspired against him to
send him to prison, in the manner of an eye for and eye. These four
conspirators are Danglars, Caderousse, Fernand Mondago, and Villefort. In order
to take revenge on his four enemies, Dantes uses a variety of names and
disguises. The main new identity he uses for himself is The Count of Monte
Cristo.
Danglars, as mentioned above, was the Count's shipmate when his name was
still Edmond Dantes. When Edmond went to jail, Danglars ran away and became
very ric .....
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Title Of The Great Gatsby
Words: 424 / Pages: 2 .... way it was before.” Gatsby does not want to lose sight of his dream through petty pessimism. Gatsby also has unending loyalty to his goal of pursuing Daisy. When Daisy strikes and hits Myrtle with Gatsby’s car, Gatsby takes the blame for it. He believes that lying for her will help him in his quest to get Daisy to love him. Gatsby is great in his unyielding pursuit for Daisy.
Ultimately, however, Gatsby can only be considered great in a sarcastic tone, for the way in which he pursues his noble goal brings results in some one getting hurt. His great optimism that everything will be just the way it was delays and intensifies the effe .....
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Heroic Elements In Beowulf
Words: 1511 / Pages: 6 .... characteristics of these men, such as bravery and intelligence as well as other not so common ones, like loyalty, generosity, kindness, and strength. Beowulf is a Geat from a region that is today southern Sweden, who sets sail from his homeland to try to liberate Herot, Hrothgar's hall, of a monster that has been ravaging for twelve years. This monster, Grendel, is an enormous creature, which battles with Beowulf, a young adventurer wanting fame.
Throughout this epic poem , various heroic elements can be appreciated, which reflect the values by which the Anglo-Saxon society lived as strength, loyalty, and bravery. Beowulf has outstanding characterist .....
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A Farewell To Arms: Summary
Words: 684 / Pages: 3 .... The conflict is that while Tenente is in war and Catherine is with her group of nurses, they are separated for some lengths of time. Tenente is always trying to get to her during the war.
Main Events:
The story starts with Tenente being attached to an Italian ambulance unit on the Italian front. His friend, Lieutenant Rinaldi, told him that a group of British nurses had arrived to set up a British hospital unit. Tenente started to call on Catherine Barkley, but not yet had he fallen in love with her. At the front, he was injured badly in the leg and was transferred to a hospital in Milan. He had his leg operated on and his wounded knee fi .....
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Fahrenheit 451: A Censored And Structured World
Words: 452 / Pages: 2 .... a part of him as the book
progresses. Montag eventually becomes a freedom fighter of sorts when he joins a
group of people who illegally hide and read books. Montag's wife Mildred on the
other hand prefers not to have to think, but rather to allow others to think
for her to simply say "yes I agree." Mildred is the epitome of laziness. The
most complex of all the characters is the fire chief Beatty. Beatty is a man who
once was educated but has now turned his back on education and works to destroy
it. Beatty knows what is in books but chooses not to care, not to do anything
but help the destruction of books.
The loss of the characters freedom to .....
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Words: 2582 / Pages: 10 .... door.
Enfield tells a story of how, one night at about 3:00 am, he saw a strange,
deformed man round the corner and bump into a young girl. The strange man
did not stop but simply walked right over the young girl, who cried out in
terror. Enfield rushed over and attended the girl along with her family.
Still, the strange man carried on, so Enfield chased him down and urged him
back. A doctor was called and Enfield and the doctor felt an odd hatred of
the man, warning the man that they would discredit him in every way
possible unless he compensated the girl. The strange man agreed to offer
100 British pounds.
Enfield notes that the man is like Sa .....
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Moll Flanders: Themes
Words: 1145 / Pages: 5 .... Moll lets down her
guard and meets with the brother frequently. "… so putting the purse into my
bosom, I made no more resistance to him, but let him do just what he pleased and
as often as he pleased…" (Defoe 30). Later in the story, Moll becomes
acquainted with a woman who persuades Moll to work for her as a prostitute.
Even though Moll is now married, she agrees to sell her body for profit. "I
found presently that whether I was a whore or a wife, I was to pass for a whore
here…" (Defoe 144). Moll's acts of prostitution show that she will carry out
illegal practices in order to get money.
Moll's many instances involving thievery also expre .....
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A Separate Peace: True Friends
Words: 496 / Pages: 2 .... best student in the school;
Phineas was without question the best athlete, so in that way we
were even. But while he was a very poor student I was a pretty
good athlete, and when everything was thrown on the scales they
would in the end tilt definitely toward me"(47).
So in Gene's mind he was better than Phineas, and this appeased the grip of
jealousy for awile at least. Peace is once again retained at the Devon
school, but it wont last. Neither Gene nor Phineas can foresee the agony
which will soon be beckoning them.(4)
The summer was quickly passing for these two boys and Gene nearly
forgot his jealousy toward .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbols
Words: 1214 / Pages: 5 .... (money) and his abiding faith in
the common people to overcome the hostile environment. The novel opens with a
retaining picture of nature on rampage. The novel shows the men and women that
are unbroken by nature. The theme is one of man verses a hostile environment.Â
His body destroyed but his spirit is not broken. The method used to develop the
theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of
symbols in the novel from the turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end. Â
As each symbol is presented through the novel they show examples of the good and
the bad things that exist within the novel.
The .....
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Released From The Grip Of What He Carried: Freedom Birds
Words: 1162 / Pages: 5 .... the unnecessary on a tour. The seemingly
innocent picture, the numerous letters sent, and even thoughts of what it was
like to be home, all of a loved one is now shown to have an impact. As seen
with Jimmy Cross, some men even went to a profound obsession. As mentioned
early in the work, Jimmy Cross carries letters and two pictures from a friend
named Martha. The story tells how "he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands
under a canteen, unwrap the letters and photos, hold them with the tips of his
fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending, he would imagine romantic
camping trips…" (275). One picture is a black and white picture of .....
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