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Supernatural Elements In Macbe
Words: 574 / Pages: 3 .... all part of the witches’ plan. They knew that Macbeth was both single-minded and gullible, and took full advantage of it. Macbeth let these predictions go to his head and he expected King Duncan to make him the next in line for the throne. When this didn’t happen, Macbeth saw no other alternative than to murder King Duncan. Due to the witches’ forecasts Macbeth thought he deserved the throne, almost like it was meant to be. Macbeth’s clear thought of reasoning became clouded as his ego increased. He no longer knew the difference between right and wrong. He was being guided by supernatural powers.
It was the witches̵ .....
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Summary Of The Great Gatsby
Words: 476 / Pages: 2 .... East of New York. He has a
beautiful house in a place called West Egg. That was on Long
Island.
He made contact with his neighbor living closest to
him, Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby was a very rich man with an
enormous property. His house had a big lawn, a swimming pool
and an exclusive garden. Despite all his money, he wasn’t a
very happy man. There was no woman in his life, just
servants. His way of getting in touch with people was
through his parties. He had parties in his home all the
time. The house always got messed up, so the servants had a
lot to do the day after the party.
Nick got to know a lot of people, some better than .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities
Words: 535 / Pages: 2 .... of itself." (68). The fact is, that the blackened hearts of the aristocracy saw capital punishment as a convenience, rather than justice. The guillotine "cleared off (as to this world) the trouble of each particular case, and left nothing else with it to be looked after" (62). This negative light that the ruthless use of capital punishment casts upon the rulers of France is exactly what Dickens had intended.
When the revolution actually takes place, the Jacques become drunk with bloodlust. Their methods of restoring order and peace are exactly the same as those they opposed: send anyone to the guillotine who disagrees with them. "They are murdering .....
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1984 Orwell
Words: 1507 / Pages: 6 .... watch over everyone. Each house has at least one telescreen mounted on the wall so the government can keep watch over everyone's actions. They do this to keep individuals in line. The Party members are not allowed to love or keep a family. The proles, because they are considered to be inferior and stupid, so it is ok for them to think and love and have a family. But they still do not have freedom; the government still keeps track of their actions. "Proles and animals are free." Since the Proles make up 85% of the population in Oceania, the government had to give them some freedom or they would rebel. This is also why the government's motto is .....
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The Moviegoer By Walker Percy
Words: 1041 / Pages: 4 .... just thoughts in the authors mind, but they are questions that Binx must find out about. The following will talk about the idea of despair & everydayness and if others think about searching the way Binx Bolling does.
Binx is deathly afraid of being pulled into everydayness. That is to say that he does not want to fall into the trap of a daily, weekly of life long rut. He does not want to settle for just living just an existence. He wants to be noticed, to have the ability of excitement on a daily routine. To work hard and start a family and fight for what he thinks is a grand life. Only to realize years later that such a routine was established you ne .....
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Sticks And Stones Can Break Th
Words: 670 / Pages: 3 .... more often.
Coleridges poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" illustrates Christian redemption and man’s redeemable qualities. Coleridge believes life and poetry both follow a cyclical pattern. The story is about a man’s literal and spiritual journey and how they parallel each other. On these journeys, Coleridge imaginatively explores the supernatural. He makes the story and the Mariners experiences more interesting. The Mariner experiences moral error and physical decay that changes his view on life during his journey.
In the first part of the story, the Mariner and his crew come across an albatross, a "pious good omen," "Th .....
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Fahrenheit 451
Words: 836 / Pages: 4 .... who attempt to preserve knowledge through memorization.
At the beginning of the novel Guy Montag is described as a "minstrel man" (4). He is a fireman who "never questioned the pleasure of watching pages consumed by flames." (Back cover). He is a brave individual who decides to rebel against society. Montag meets a crazy and imaginative seventeen-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She tells him of a time when firemen used to put out fires instead of making them. After that, Montag and the other firemen burn a house filled with books and burn its owner. "They crashed the front door and grabbed at a women, though she was not running , she .....
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The Reality Evasion Drug: Deat
Words: 1007 / Pages: 4 .... discusses his disappointment in Biff with his dear wife Linda. When Willy fails to cope with
this misfortune successfully, he returns in his head to a time when everything was going well and life was more fortunate to him. It is perfectly normal for one to remember more fortunate days at the more dispirited times of life, as long as they can return to the present and deal with the reality of the situation. However, Willy never does return to the original problem, he just
continues on with life, fleeing from the troubles that cross his path. His refusal to acknowledge reality becomes so significant, that he honestly believes the past, and he l .....
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Families Portrayed In Roddy Doyle's Books
Words: 1431 / Pages: 6 .... will breakdown
eventually. In an interview about his novels the author said, "I didn't set out
to capture the good in every family, or bad for that matter, I just wanted to
show a typical Irish family."1 Doyle's writing is real--he deals with issues
that might not hit home with every reader however, they are events that
confront many people every day. The Rabbitte family is used in all three novels
that make up the "Barrytown Trilogy." While the times are both good and bad for
the eight members of this Irish family, in some way they find a way overcome
every problem that faces them.
One of Doyle's strengths is his feel for personality: his charac .....
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The Chrysalids
Words: 622 / Pages: 3 .... inhumane person to anyone who has or is involved with a deviation. The reader would see this attitude when Aunt Harriet visits the Strorms and brings her deviant child with her: "Send her away. Tell her to leave the house - and take that with her." (p.71) Joseph did not show any sympathy at all toward his own sister in law.
Aunt Harriet is the sister of David's mother Mrs. Strorm. She enters the story half way through the book, where she goes to Mrs. Strorm seeking help. Yet the help she is looking for is not something Mrs. Strorm agrees with: "Nothing much! You have the effrontery to bring your monster into my house, and tell me it's noth .....
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