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Phyllis Wheatley
Words: 1434 / Pages: 6 .... teachings, ideas that aggregate Christianity in society. Instead, the old,
the poor, and the rich are buying something to have as their own when they have nothing else,
whether it be in the material, social, or emotional sense. So-called faith gives them possession, yet
places responsibility in the hands of a higher force. And in that, they are hoping to find freedom in
knowing that their lives are less empty and without direction.
It may seem that we can hardly relate the televangelist audience of the 20th Century to
poetic views on Christianity of the 18th Century, but surprisingly, there lies many similarities
between the two.. Both .....
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Othello - Anger In The Play
Words: 736 / Pages: 3 .... In this quote, Iago is telling Othello not be jealous of Desdemona, however in reality, he does want him to be jealous. The idea of jealousy probably wouldn't have entered his mind if it were not for Iago saying that. Iago also brings up the idea of Desdemona cheating on him here. He mentions cuckold, which means a man cheated sexually by his wife. Later on, Iago continues to torment Othello about Desdemona and Cassio. "Lie with her? Lie on her? We say lie on her when they / belie her. Lie with her? Zounds, that's fulsome! … It is not words that shakes me thus! Pish! / Noses, ears, and lips! Is't possible? - Confess? / Handkerchief! O .....
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Joy Luck Club
Words: 963 / Pages: 4 .... corrupt their lives. Through perseverance and the passing of time their lives return to normal. Ann-Mei, Lindo, and Ying Ying subjugated by males because of their sex, and Chinese tradition. Ann-Mei is oppressed in many ways. Her mother is invited to spend time at the home of a wealthy merchant named Wu Tsing. During the night he comes into Ann-Mei’s mother’s room and rapes her. Despite emotionally scaring Ann-Mei this demonstrates the lack of respect for a woman in China. Ann-Mei’s mother is forced into concubinage because of her lack of power as a women. She becomes the third wife. As a third wife she maintains very little status in the ho .....
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Edgar Allen Poe
Words: 1466 / Pages: 6 .... mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record. He got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. Poe was confused and homes .....
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Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" And "The Lottery"
Words: 674 / Pages: 3 .... both use names as
symbols. Hawthorne uses the names Young Goodman Brown and Faith to portray nice,
descent people. The name Faith alone implies a faithful and Christian
individual as stated "And Faith, as the wife was aptly named," (211). Jackson
uses the name Mr. Graves throughout her story, he is the coordinator of the
lottery. She needs not give any explanation to the name, as it speaks for itself
(a symbol of death). Various other names are used as symbols within each story,
however, these mentioned are the most significant names to the theme. The
stories each contain names, objects, and acts as important symbols.
Hawthorne uses .....
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Huckleberry Finn 2
Words: 1177 / Pages: 5 .... and it will. The different currents and movements are the various personalities of the river. No one can predict the next mood that it might take on. For this reason, Huck chooses to admire the powerful and dangerous body and respect it for its personality(338-46).
The only mode of transportation that Huck and Jim have to flow down the mighty Mississippi is a raft . The river controls the voyage of Huck and Jim. It will not let them land at Cairo, where Jim could have been free. It then separates them and leaves Huck at the Grangerford house for a while. Finally, it reunites the two friends and presses upon them the company of the king and .....
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Odysseus Is Not A Hero
Words: 800 / Pages: 3 .... to
try to fight Scylla even when she takes six of your men, but Odysseus tried to
fight her and he lost three more men than the six he already lost. He also
neglected to take the advice from his crew member, Eurylochus. Eurylochus told
Odysseus not to send men to see what was on Circe's island and because he sent
them anyway, they ended up being turned into pigs. Odysseus also neglects other
people's lives when he takes action; such as when he tried to fight Scylla after
strictly being told not to. Because of this ignorant action, he lost three more
men on top of the other six. He also sacrificed men when he waited at the
Cyclops' home for "gif .....
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Analysis If Homeward Bound
Words: 564 / Pages: 3 .... Another satiric scene is where Norris told her family about her affair, but the circumstances were that she had the affair with Nick’s gay partner and she was bearing his child. This is a very unusual example of satire because this sort of thing usually does not happen to a middle class society (or at least not that I have heard of). The family’s reaction to this newfound information is very humorous because they act almost opposite as to what is expected. Hayes is almost ridiculing the middle class’ mentality and their views on life. Hayes also satirizes when Bonnie reveals Donna’s little secret of her indecent be .....
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The Secret Sharer By Conrad
Words: 933 / Pages: 4 .... … in scenes replete with touching, groping, mingling, and clasping, "He caught hold of my arm, but the ringing of the supper bell made me start. He didn't though; he only released his grip" … For whose glances "mingle" and whose hands meet "gropingly" and linger "united in a steady and motionless clasp" except the glances and hands of lovers? (Casarino 235)
Casarino seems to use the language of the story to make his point. He makes assumptions that since Conrad uses certain words than he must have meant to give an underlying meaning, a "secret" meaning that I do not see. I am not familiar with Conrad's other works, but could this .....
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King Lear - The Role Of The Fool
Words: 355 / Pages: 2 .... thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with." The Fool also warns Lear about Goneril and Regan stating that Lear is now a lap dog to Goneril and Regan, "Truth’s a dog must to kennel; he must be whipped out when the Lady Brach may stand by the fire and stink." The Fool disappears in act three, when Lear goes mad. This shows that the Fool is Lear’s view of reasoning because when a person goes insane they cannot think straight or reason and therefore after act three there is no need for Lear to have a Fool as he is mad.
The Fool also tries to help Lear to feel a bit better about what is going on by putting .....
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