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English Essays and Term Papers
Analysis Of Similes In The Illiad
In the Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just
by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly
faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use
everyday activities, at least for the audience, his fellow
Greeks, in these similes nearly exclusively. When ...
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Coming Of Age In MississippiAnne Moody's "" was a good book for people who , just kidding . I found the book altogether insightful into the life of an African-American raised in the deep south during the civil rights movement . Although some parts played into the old stereotypes I heard over and over growing up , it did ...
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Cathedral 2The story is about a blind man who visits a married couple. He is an old friend of the wife, but the husband does not look forward to see the blind man (called Robert) because he does not know what to expect. He has never known any blind persons and his picture of these is based on a very little ...
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Player PianoIn , everything is controlled by machines and computers and depends on productivity. The managers and engineers only create new programs for more productive production. Even the rates of production and consumption are calculated by a computer (EPICAC), which is seated in the large Carlsbad cavern ...
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Strange News From Another Star“” is found to be a story which contains numerous symbols which in many cases contain some important, abstract information. Symbolism is something which is very difficult to explain due to the fact that not everyone sees the so mentioned symbol. They don’t quite see it as you, because no two minds ...
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Macbeth - Supernatural Forces Cause The Fall Of Man In MacbeIn Shakespeare’s \"Macbeth\" supernatural forces create a suspenseful atmosphere. The use of the supernatural in the witches, the visions, the ghost and the apparitions provides the backbone of the climax and \"excuses\" for Macbeth’s change of character. Because conscience plays such a central ...
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Comentary For EnglishThe material I'm discussing in my contemporary issue is a poem called Lost. It is one of many poems from the book My Country. it is about a person being alienated from the surrounding people and he's got a disease called AIDS .
Lost is a poem about a person being alienated because he or her has ...
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Compare And Contrast EssayWhen most people think of the movie, “Cinderella”, they think of the animated Disney version with the little mice and the happy ending where Cinderella marries the prince and they live happily ever after. While the movie “Ever After” is based on “Cinderella”, ...
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Beowulf 10Beowulf is a very complex piece of literature, or perhaps I just have a small mind, never the less it was difficult for me to understand. It was originally a folk-lore, passed verbally through the years, therefore it was told in a manor that could be easily remembered and retold. This story was ...
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IonThere is a deep sense of realism that lies in the play . The opening of the play arouses an old wrong, the seduct of Creusa by Apollo, which slowly develops into a tangled plot of deceit. The theme of the play is unique in how it is centered on a human dilemma that many can associate with in ...
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A Raisin In The SunConflict in
In the play , the playwright Lorraine Hansberry depicts the life of an impoverished African American family living on the south side of Chicago. The Youngers, living in a small apartment and having dreams larger than the world in which the live, often use verbal abuse as a way to ...
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If I Should Die Before I WakeIn the book , the author, Han Nolan, portrays
Chana to be a very strong person emotionally. Chana's strength is shown
throughout the book from losing her family one by one, to the consequences
dealing with escaping Lodz. Chana lost her father first; he was shot by
Nazis.(16-18) Next Chana's ...
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The Farming Of The BonesTowards the end of Edwidge Danticat's new novel The Farming of Bones, a man says "Famous men never truly die... It is only those nameless and faceless who vanish like smoke in the early morning air." The time is 1937, the place the island which Haiti and The Dominican Republic share. Through the ...
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The Importance Of An EducationThrough the course of time in our lives, people make decisions. Some will be more important than others . They can be big decisions or small. The decisions I make are based on the fulfillment of my future goals. Striving for a good education is one of my goals I hope to achieve in life. ...
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Portrait Of A Lady Isabel Archer doesn't go away with Casper Goodwood because it would mean giving up what she values most, her freedom and independence. The very first time we meet Isabel she tells Ralph that "I'm very fond of my liberty" (p. 30) and that she is "not a candidate for adoption" (p. 29). Both of ...
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Cry. The Beloved Country", for the unborn child that is the
inheritor of it all. Let him not love the earth to deeply. Let him not
be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give to
much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of
all if he lives too much. Yes cry, " "Cry The ...
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Charles DickinsThe "rebirth" of art in Italy was connected with the rediscovery of ancient philosophy, literature, and science and the evolution of empirical methods of study in these fields. Increased awareness of classical knowledge created a new resolve to learn by direct observation and study of ...
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The Functions Of The Chorus InIn many Greek tragedies, the Chorus serves an important role. It is used for many things, such as clarifying the feelings of the characters and to establish and point out the significance of facts in the story. In Oedipus the King, the Chorus serves these functions, as well as to give the reader ...
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The Great Gatsby 15The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is the center of many novels. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for ...
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Academic AttitudeDuring the course of a student's progression through academia, he must learn that the teacher cannot think for him. It is essential for a student to free his mind, allowing thought to flow. Instead of waiting for the answers to be handed to him on a silver platter, he will rise to his full ...
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The Art Of War The pounding of shells, the mines, the death traps, the massive, blind destruction, the acrid stench of rotting flesh, the communal graves, the charred bodies, and the fear. These are the images of war. War has changed over the centuries from battles of legions of ironclad soldiers enveloped ...
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The English PatientAs followed by the big hit of Titanic’s great tragedy love story . It seems that
love romantic stories are in favour to touch people’s deep feelings.
, " however, is a great epic romance novel. It's an
extravagance of the romantic spirit, a yearning for passion. A immoral love story
between one ...
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What's It Like…On The Other Side"Perhaps she was both, both child and woman, darkness and light, past and present, life and death-all the opposites contained and reconciled in her (348)." This quote from Paule Marshall's article "To Da-Duh, In Memoriam" synthesizes one of the recurring themes throughout the story, contrasts. In ...
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Careful, He Might Hear YouCareful He Might Hear You, by Sumner Locke Elliot, is a complicated novel, revolving around the story of a six year old boy named PS and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. The narration of these conflicts, as well as the history behind their origins, ...
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