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Personality Essays and Term Papers
An Analysis Of The Jay GatsbyJay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness; and this is exhibited through his house, his clothes, and through Daisy. He owns a large portion of finances due to some mysterious source of wealth, and he uses this mystery source to buy his house, his clothes,and Daisy, for awhile. Gatsby's house, as ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Scarlet LetterIf one would like to read a book with a considerable amount of symbolism, The Scarlet Letter provides more than ample examples. The one that is most evident, perplexing, and misunderstood in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Throughout the story Pearl manifests and evolves into ...
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A Good Man Is Hard To FindThe short story "" by Flannery O'Connor could be viewed as a comic strip about massacre and martyrdom. What stops it from becoming a solemn story is its intensity, ambition, and unfamiliarity. O'Connor blends the line between humor and terror. She introduces her audience to the horror of ...
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Pride And Prejudice, Sense AndJane Austen’s characters always undergo an event that morally changes their being. In Sense and Sensibility this moral change is obvious in Elinor and Marianne. The development of these adolescents into mature, reasonable adults is a gradual transformation seen in Sense and Sensibility. ...
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Pride And PrejudiceQuestion 1:
Chapter 19 concerns Mr Collins's proposal to Elizabeth. Read carefully the exchange between Elizabeth and Mr Collins beginning 'Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth' to 'not fail of being acceptable'. Discuss the passage in detail, commenting on its comic aspects, and what the chapter ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Escape From The TruthIn 1950 J.D. Salenger captures one of society’s tragedies, the breakdown of a teenager, when he wrote The Catcher In The Rye. Holden Caulfield, a fickle “man” is not even a man at all. His unnecessary urge to lie to avoid confrontation defeats manhood. Holden has not matured and is unable to ...
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The Road To IndependenceAs an individual grows, he or she is molded by the actions of the parents or parental figure that is present in the home. In Henrick Ibsen's play A Doll's House Ibsen created Nora who is a victim of her upbringing and male dominance. What is responsible for Nora's attitude toward life and her ...
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The SexesIn the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Petrucio recognizes, respects and desires Katherine’s strength of character. Petrucio is a clever man who sees beyond facades because he uses them in addition to a lot of irony himself. (II, i 46) (II, I 283 - 89) He is ...
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An Analysis Of Frost's The Road Not Taken"Do not follow where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail."
-Robert Frost
Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map
of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that
leaves one with but a sole direction in ...
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The Cruciblewritten by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place
in the sixteen nineties during the famous but tragic witch trials. The entire community is in pandemonium yet certain characters are also fighting internal conflicts of their own. Miller uses three characters who manifest this internal battle ...
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Alcoholismrefers the drinking of alcohol to such a degree that major
aspects of one's life are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. These
aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health.
Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known physical, psychological ...
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Choices And Consequences In FrEveryone is a traveler, carefully choosing which roads to follow on the map of life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a single direction in which to head. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” can be interpreted in many different ways. The shade of light ...
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Barn Burning"You’re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner’s "" does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. The ...
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Ivan DenisovichImagine being captive in a concentration camp for over eight years. Shukhov has experienced just this. In analyzing only one day of Ivan’s life in a concentration camp, he displays many traits that show that he is a hero. Hero, can be defined in many different ways. The definition from Webster’s ...
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Lord Of The Flies PersonalityWhen children are given the opportunity, they would rather envelop
themselves in pleasure and play than in the stresses of work. The boys show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters collapses while ...
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Analysis Of Writers Paulo FreiThe stories behind a piece of art are infinite. The reasons the artist produced the piece is only one explanation behind the work. Even so, who is to know the specific thoughts the artist was thinking at the time? As each art critic may conclude his own analysis of an artwork, who is right and ...
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The Soliloquies Of Richard InRichard III
Throughout the notable play of Richard III, soliloquies, speeches which Richard, The treacherous protagonist speaks to himself and to the audience, play very outstanding and significant roles. As through the villain hero's soliloquies, we are presented the material that cannot be ...
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Rebellious, Risk-Taking YouthE-mail: blinkchick1513@excite.com
Results of a recent study suggest that rebellious, risk-taking kids as young as 11 are more likely to smoke by the time they reach high school. According to the report, children who demonstrate these personality traits in the 5th grade are most likely to smoke in ...
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Lord Of The FliesJack Merridew is a symbol for savagery. From the very beginning, he seems to harbor emotions of anger and savagery. At first, he is the leader of his choir group, who become hunters as the book progresses. Finally, his savage personality and ability to tell people what they want to hear, allows ...
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Crime And Punishment 5“Raskolnikov, Why’d you do it?”
The character Raskolnikov in the novel Crime and Punishment is among one of the most realistic and believable characters I have ever read about. He is also the most confusing and distraught man I have been introduced to this entire year. ...
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