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Famous Explorers Of Africa

Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer who led one of the first expeditions to investigate the course of the Niger river in Western Africa. Mungo Park was a 23 year-old scottish surgeon surgeon who had just returned from a journey to Sumatra on a ship of the East India Company. There he had discovered ...

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Candide - A Contrast To Optimism

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction ...

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Cyrano De Bergarac

Every generation has its own heroes that display, what they believe to be, ideal characteristics. While each is different in their own way, many of these role models share similar qualities. Most tend to have courage, strength, compassion, or another respected trait, but this is not necessarily ...

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Candide - A Contrast To Optimi

sm Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction ...

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Cyrano De Bergerac 4

Who should take the blame for this tragedy? In Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is portrayed as a valiant hero who exhibits humorous intelligence as well as great generosity. However, if we examine the play more carefully, we would find that Cyrano is personally responsible for ...

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A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man

is above all a portrait of Stephen Dedalus. It is through Stephen that we see his world, and it is his development from sensitive child to rebellious young man that forms the plot of the novel. There are many Stephens, often contradictory. He is fearful yet bold, insecure yet proud, lonely and at ...

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The Devil And Tom Walker: Human Intent And The Aftermath Of It

Washington Irving, in writing "The Devil and Tom Walker", and Stephen Vincent Benet, in writing "The Devil and Daniel Webster" illustrate to the reader the consequences of man's desire for material wealth and how a person's motivation for a relationship with the devil affects the outcome of the ...

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The Lives And Works Of Elizabeth Barrett And Robert Browning

“The love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning is one of the most beautiful in all literature,” says novelist Irving Stone. (Winwar pg. 198) Through their lives, passion and works Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, they will forever hold a place in English Literature. ...

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The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations

Formative period. Singing and dancing were performed at the Chinese court as early as the Chou dynasty (C.1111-255 BC). An anecdote describes a case of realistic acting in 402 BC, when the chief jester of the court impersonated mannerisms of a recently deceased prime minister so faithfully that ...

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Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky

In this essay, I need to compare two biographies of a famous person. I will plot out the difference and compare the two books considering point of view, bias, aim, omission, interest and interpretation. This person is my hero and idol. He is one of the great player in the history of hockey. ...

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Macbeth And Lord Jim

Realization of one’s imminent death can drastically change an individual. Knowing that death is imminent can change the way we look at things, and cause us to confess our sins. In Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the main characters experience this trauma. The ...

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The Natural

The role of symbolism in Bernard Malamudˇ¦s is important in helping the reader understand the theme and meaning of the novel as well as the time period in which it took place. Malamudˇ¦s use of symbolism defines the character of Roy Hobbs and shows how the events occurring around him affected ...

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Louis Riel

  was born in 1844. He was captured and executed by Canadian authorities in November 16, 1885. He was a leader who gave up his life and time to fight for the right of the Metis, Indians and the western settlers. He was an well-educated young man fluent in both French and English. He was ...

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Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire: Tragic And Comic Elements

Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is considered by many critics to be what is called a flawed masterpiece. This is because William’s work utilizes and wonderfully blends both tragic and comic elements that serve to shroud the true nature of the hero and heroine thereby not allowing ...

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Tradgedy 2

Oedipus Rex, Macbeth, The Great Gatsby Throughout literary history tragic heroes have managed to deceive everyone but themselves. The tragedy lies in the fact that the they believe they can fool themselves as well as everyone else. Tragic heroes always seem to bring their own downfall upon ...

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Oedipus

Essay (Fate) Sophocles “ the King” is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of was well known to the athenian’s. is the embodiement of the perfect Athenian. He is self-confident, intelligent, and strong willed. ...

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A Farewell To Arms

Do you agree that Farewell to Arms is as successful in the portrayal of fear and suffering as when he writes of courage and comradeship? The four themes of fear, suffering, courage and comradeship are prominent issues which are raised in the novel Farewell to Arms. The protagonist, Frederick ...

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The Effectiveness Of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956

On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this work. Presidents are judged by a number of factors for their overall effectiveness. In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower took public office for the first time. During his first term as President he was confronted with many ...

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Jack Londons Apparent Conflict

In history, many extraordinary authors have written about struggles among two or more forces. Even in the earliest times, Homer, one of history’s greatest writer and philosophers, has written such pieces as The Odyssey, the fable of a common man who challenges elements he has no control ...

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An Analysis Of The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a play that is very important to modern literature. Tennessee Williams describes four separate characters, their dreams, and the harsh realities they faced in the modern world. His setting is in St. Louis during the Depression-Era. The story is about a loving family ...

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