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English Essays and Term Papers
To Kill A Mockingbird -A lawyer in a small southern town who defends a Negro man.
Atticus' young daughter who functions as the narrator of the story
Jem Finch:
Scout's older brother
Cal (Calpurnia)
The Negro cook who has been responsible for raising the Finch children
Aunt Alexandra:
The very "proper" aunt who ...
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The Tempest 5In The Tempest, it would seem that no two characters could be further apart than Prospero, the "right duke of Milan", and Caliban, the "salvage and deformed slave." They represent two different extremes on the social spectrum: that of the natural ruler, and the naturally ruled. Their positions on ...
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Othello 7In the Elizabethan times, there was a common belief that all beings belonged to a structure called the “Great Chain of Beings”. At the top of the chain was God, who was the absolute symbol of perfection, followed by angels which had reason, human beings, and then animals, that were ...
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Macbeth - Tragic HeroThe character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. There are many factors which contribute to the degeneration of Macbeth of which three will be discussed. The three points which contribute greatly to Macbeth\'s degeneration are the prophecy which was told to him by the ...
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Animal FarmThe definition of Utopia is "no place." A Utopia is an ideal society in which the social, political, and economic evils afflicting human kind have been wiped out. This is an idea displayed in communist governments. In the novel, , by George Orwell Old Major's ideas of a Utopia are changed because ...
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A Reminder Of Manhood In The OThroughout Homer's epic work, The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters temptations of beautiful women and the promise of immortality. Under the price of having to sacrifice his manhood, Odysseus is willing to abandon his homeland, one of the ways in which manhood was defined in the ancient world, to live ...
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An Explication Of Love PoemMy clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases,
At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring,
Whose palms are bulls in china, burs in linen,
And have no cunning with any soft thing
Except all ill-at-ease fidgeting people: 5
The refugee uncertain at the door
You make at home; ...
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Watership Down 2Watership Down as Good Literature
Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is considered good literature because of the literary techniques and because of the plot. Several literary techniques are used to pull the reader in and the plot is a well constructed to hold their attention.
Watership Down's ...
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A New England NunIn “”, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman depicts the life of the classic New England spinster. The image of a spinster is of an old maid; a woman never married waiting for a man. The woman waiting to be married is restricted in her life. She does
chores and receives education to make her more desirable as ...
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Utopia Vs. DystopiaEach person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state, a paradise, a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models ...
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The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, tells the story of a woman, Edna Pontellier, who transforms herself from an obedient housewife to a person who, is alive with strength of character and emotions which she no longer has to repress. Playing the role of a wealthy New Orleans housewife, Edna searches for ...
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Young Goodman Brown 2If there is one thing to learn from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” then it would have to be that there is a little bit of evil in every aspect of life. In the short story, Goodman Brown leaves his wife Faith, who is “aptly named”, behind to go on a ...
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The Scarlet Letter 4Throughout time, the power of the people and their laws have differed in many ways. The Puritans are one example. Many people in this time period died because of their "branded sin." In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet Letter, the character Hester Prynne and her child Peral deal with this sin by ...
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The Scarlet IbisJames Hurst\\\'s short story, \\\"\\\" reveals that the brotherly bond between the narrator and Doodle is an essential component in the story. If Doodle was a girl, the brotherly connection and bond would be lost, resulting in many variations throughout the story.
If Doodle was a girl the ...
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The Breakfast Clubwas to say the least a boring 80’s movie. But it was a good movie for the purpose of analysis. Simply put, it will not be on my list of movies to rent next time that I am at the rental store. I chose to explain the points of view of Andrew, the jock, and Allison the loner/quite person. ...
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Character Change, IllustratedCharacter Change Brought on by Setting, Illustrated in Deliverance and Invisible Man
Plot setting is a crucial aspect of any novel. It delivers to the audience the atmosphere which the novel itself is taking place. In both Deliverance and Invisible Man setting illustrates to the reader where the ...
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Hamlets Changing Character - BIn Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet's interactions with Horatio, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern give the reader a better understanding of Hamlet himself. The changes that occur within Hamlet are revealed through his interactions with these young men. Horatio is Hamlet's loyal friend who ...
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Catcher In The Rye - Fall Of InnocenceJerome David Salinger, born in New York City on January 1, 1919, may not have written many novels in which he is recognized for. Although, he did write one novel, which brought him fame. In many of Salinger's short stories and especially his most well-known novel he writes about how the main ...
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Invisible ManAccording to Goethe, "We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." Despite the hyperbolic nature of Goethe’s statement, it holds some truth. Because of this element of truth, society looks to psychoanalysis as an important tool ...
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Lord Of The FliesOne of the themes in the novel, , by William Golding, is that there is the potential for evil in everyone. In society, this evil can usually be controlled by moral and authoritative boundaries, but in some cases, it can be gradually let out in bursts of immoral activity. As the characters in the ...
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The Tragedy Of HamletIn Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the death of a character becomes a frequent event. Although many people lose their lives as a result of their own self-centered wrong-doing, there are others whose deaths are a result of manipulation from the royalty. This is the case of Polonius' family. The ...
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Hamlet - Act 1 SummaryThe last couple days have been miserable for me. The sudden death of my father has complicated my whole life and is causing me much grief. As well, my girlfriend has apparently been forbidden to see me and I have no idea why.
My mother is being a jerk. She has remarried after only 2 months of my ...
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Camus Philosophy As Revealed IIn L’Etranger, Camus uses Mersaults’ experiences such as his mothers’ death, killing the Arab, the trial, and his interactions with other characters throughout the novel to convey his philosophy, which satisfies all principals of existentialism.
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Johnny Tremain 2Johnny Tremain a young boy grown up as an apprentice
during the 1700’s in Boston was an unfortunate but lucky kid. In the
next several paragraphs, I will describe interesting parts in the book
and also described the Authors factorial & emotional feeling and not
to mention my feelings ...
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As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner's is a novel about how
the conflicting agendas within a family tear it apart.
Every member of the family is to a degree responsible for
what goes wrong, but none more than Anse. Anse's
laziness and selfishness are the underlying factors to every
disaster in the book.
As the ...
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