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Hamlet To Kill Or Not To Kill
Words: 618 / Pages: 3 .... conscience of the King.
-Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii 615-617
If the king went into an outrage, Hamlet would know that he was the killer of his father, therefor proving to himself that Claudius was indeed the killer, and the ghost wasn't part of his imagination. Of course then again, if he didn't have to prove it to himself, then he could have killed Claudius right away.
The play did come with a success. Claudius did show his disapproval of the play, proving to Hamlet that he was the killer.
Give me some light. Away!
-Claudius, Act III, Scene ii 275
But this leads to Hamlet's second hesitation moment. While Claudius is trying to confess his .....
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Prejudice: Looking Through The Window
Words: 564 / Pages: 3 .... But
they're not our kind of folks." Scout on the other hand doesn't care about
how much money Walter has but about his potential to be a friend. She
doesn't let irrelevant things like money cloud her judgment of people.
The most typical of all prejudice views is that of race. An
example of this is during Tom Robinsons trial. Tom was a black man accused
of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty.
Even though all the facts proved that he didn't do it, the jury still found
him guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". Tom's life has been sacrificed to
racism by the people who were there to protect him. The justice system .....
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An Analysis Of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed In Life Due To His Father
Words: 665 / Pages: 3 .... a family that was quite well off financially
due to the hard work of his father. Mr. Doyle made a lot of money through
hard work and sacrifice as butcher, and he wanted nothing but the best for
his son. He did not want his son to work as hard as he did growing up.
When Jimmy went away to college, he spent more time socializing than he did
studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for
awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25). Jimmy liked better
to be in the company of peers rather than study, and his father condoned it.
When Jimmy was not doing well at Dublin University, his father let him go
off to Cambridg .....
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Never Cry Wolf By Farley Mowat
Words: 1375 / Pages: 5 .... and begins his research. He then discovers the differing peculiarities
of the wolves and finds that they are more than the savage and merciless hunters
that he had previously believed them to be. He discovers that they are in fact
a very efficient and resourceful and have their own distinctive culture. For
example he discovers that they in fact have a symbiotic relationship with the
caribou in that they keep the caribou population strong by hunting down only the
sick and weaker members of the herd. This leads to a situation where the
strongest caribou survive and thus the herd is made stronger. As well they
have their own social orders that .....
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She’s Worth More Than A Diamond
Words: 1149 / Pages: 5 .... Prynne is her mother’s most precious possession and her only reason to live, but also serves as a priceless treasure purchased with her life. Pearl’s strange beauty and deeply enigmatic qualities make her the most powerful symbol Hawthorne has ever created.
The product of Hester’s sin and agony, Pearl, was a painfully constant reminder of her mother’s violation of the Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery. Hester herself felt that Pearl was given to her not only as a blessing but a punishment worse than death or ignominy. She is tormented by her daughter’s childish teasing and endless questioning about the scarlet letter .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Chapter By Chapter Summary
Words: 3237 / Pages: 12 .... Mr. Spencer by telling he still has to go to the gym, which is a lie.
Chapter 3 ---------
Holden thinks by himself that he is a really terrific liar, and notices
that this is actually pretty awful. He returns to his school, Pencey Prep.
When he's in his room, in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing, he's trying to
read a book, but Ackley, a guy that sleeps in the room next door, comes in
through the shower curtains and disturbes him by picking up and laying
down everything in the room and asking stupid questions. Finally,
Stradlater, Holden's roommate comes in in a big hurry and makes Ackley
think of leaving the room.
Chapter 4 ---------
Strad .....
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Kurt Vonnegut
Words: 2012 / Pages: 8 .... War II. During the war, Vonnegut served in the American army in Europe and was captured by German soldiers. As a prisoner of war, he witnessed the Allied bombing of the city of Dresden, in which more than 135,000 people died due to the resulting fires (Draper, 3785). This experience had a profound impact on Vonnegut. From it, he developed his existential personal philosophy and his ideas about the evils of technology. He states, "I am the enemy of all technological progress that threatens mankind" (Nuwer, 39). The influence of Dresden shows up in each of the novels. In Cat's Cradle, one element of his experience at Dresden that Vonnegut portrays is .....
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Fahrenheit 451: A Depleting Society
Words: 607 / Pages: 3 .... has become more and more popular are Walkmen and Discmen.
In Fahrenheit 451 these are called “seashells.” They are a little bit
different but basically the same. Another thing in the book was the “green
bullet” which also vaguely relates to Walkmen or walkie-talkies. Almost
every kid in the United States owns a Walkman and many tapes or CD's. Many
teenagers lives' are spent listening to music. Instead of talking and
carrying on a conversation with somebody a person often turns the music on
and sticks to themselves instead.
Before the 1920's and before Charles Darwin came out with his
theory of evolution and The Origin of Species, the on .....
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Wuthering Heights And The Them
Words: 916 / Pages: 4 .... divergent because there are multiple narrators. Bronte’s character Lockwood is used to narrate the introductory and concluding sections of the novel whereas Nelly Dean narrates most of the storyline. It’s interesting that Nelly Dean is used because of her biased opinions. In addition, the structure of Wuthering Heights displays a uniqueness. Just as Elizabethan plays have five acts, Wuthering Heights is composed of two “acts,” the times before and after Catherine’s death. However, unlike stereotypical novels, Wuthering Heights has no true heroes or villains. “Although this work was written in the Romantic Per .....
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The Sword In The Stone
Words: 886 / Pages: 4 .... of fear for their lives. Wart experiences this
firsthand when the fish-king tells him to leave. He has grown bored of
Wart, and if Wart does not leave he will eat him. The king uses his size
as his claim to power, therefore his subjects follow him out of fear.
In Wart's next transformation into a hawk, he soars into the castle's
mews. All the birds in the mews have a military rank. Their leader is an
old falcon, who Sir Ector keeps for show. The birds who rank below the
falcon, hold her in highest regard because of her age. She applies her
power over the other birds with no concern for their lives. In one
instance, Wart is ordered to s .....
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