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The Soul Essays and Term Papers
A HeroDanielle Ngbo
3/26/11
Period 4
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the mot-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in the lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been ...
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Ishmael Experiencing the SublimeIn the novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, a mysterious unknown, such as the whale oil painting displayed in the decrepit Spouter Inn and the crucial characters of Queequeg and Captain Ahab, troubles Ishmael throughout his journey. The abnormality experienced throughout the duration of each ...
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BalletThere are so many wide varieties and different forms of dancing. My personal favorite and one of the most well known forms of dance in the past and present, is Ballet. It has been around for over 300 years, beginning in royal courts in the early 1600’s. During this time, ballerinas wore long ...
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Karma And SamsaraWHAT IS KARMA? HOW IS KARMA RELATED TO SAMSARA AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Hinduism may be one of the most difficult religions to define because it has adopted so many customs and concepts of other religions that it is difficult to determine its end. Hinduism began as a polytheistic and ritualistic ...
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Is Capital Punishment Justified?Capital punishment, in my opinion, is something that in certain cases is justified. I am not against or in favor of capital punishment because I am not a person who wishes anything unpleasant in anyone’s life. Capital punishment should only be used on people that have committed crimes for murder ...
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The Story of an Hour: A Feminist ReadingIn Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour”, the element of oppression exists. Not only does Louise Mallard suffer in her medical and marital conditions, but she also poses a threat to herself, as her sister Josephine warns. The story reflects this danger thoroughly, since all of the ...
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The Role of Masculinity, Honor, and Chastity in “Rape if Lucrece”Lucrece's catastrophic downfall in Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece can be essentially blamed on virile rivalry. Her unfortunate story began with a challenge to determine which man possesses the most virtuous wife. After Lucrece was decreed the most dutiful, Sextus Tarquinius, a Tarquin prince and ...
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Emily Dickinson and Walt WhitmanThe two poems being analyzed are “A Book” by Emily Dickinson and “When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. When growing up, Emily was a very bright child that had multiple poetic skills. She was able to create ...
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The Bitter End: The Use of Death Scenes in Richard IIIRichard III is one of Shakespeare’s most bloody plays and the film adaptation starring Ian McKellen as the brutal monarch is no different. Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, demonstrates a keen talent for subtle deception in his rise of power, but is always swift to take violent action to advance ...
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The PianistThe Pianist is a movie based on the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman. In the beginning of the Pianist, we see young Wladyslaw playing his piano, on a radio station, when suddenly, the sound of bombs dominate the scene. The bombings get closer, but young Wladyslaw continues to play, despite the warning ...
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God: He is my HeroIn this world there are many types of heroes. We grew up knowing all kinds of heroes, the type of heroes you will idolize, or see on TV. Even a cartoon character can be heroic.Hero can be something to you that is a hero. There are heroes like superman, Spiderman, Batman, Iron Man, Wonder Women, and ...
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HamletCharacters of
Shakespear's Plays -
By William Hazlitt
(First Published 1817)
This is that Hamlet the Dane whom we read of in our youth, and whom we may be said almost to remember in [74] our after years; he who made that famous soliloquy on life, who gave the advice to the players, who ...
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“A Perfect Day for Suicide”“A Perfect Day for Bananfish” by J.D. Salinger reveals one man’s struggle through his psychotic life of innocence. Seymour obviously has psychological problems that may have been triggered by the war. He is only able to communicate with the two little girls, Sybil Carpenter and Sharon Lipshutz, ...
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Scarlet LetterThe Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was set in a time where people were overly zealous, and obsessed with their religion. People were immersed in their absurd religious beliefs, which made life really confusing and at that time. Hawthorne was able to make his book so awesome that, even ...
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CreonIn Sophocles' play Antigone, one of the main themes is obedience. To the ancient Greeks, obeying the laws of the gods was very important. They believed that if one did not obey the laws; they would bring a curse upon their family. Zeus is the king of gods, therefore he is almighty. This picture ...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSteven Ginzburg
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Throughout the story of The Strange Case Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, presents his idea of the duality of man- where Dr. Jekyll and Hyde have a dark, wicked side within them, where evil is held in waiting to surface, but ...
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A Young Jane Eyre CharacterizedJane Eyre, the female protagonist of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, begins the novel as a ten-year old orphan living with her aunt in Victorian England. As an orphan, Jane gains very few happy experiences with her cousins—John, Georgina, and Eliza Reed—and her aunt—Mrs. Reed. Additionally, she has ...
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A Story of An Hour: The Emotions of Louise MallardIn the short story "A Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin, the whole range of emotions are felt by the main charter Louise Mallard. Upon learning of her husband's death she is immediately overcome by sadness; however, once she is alone she allows herself to experience her feelings of joy at the ...
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Words can Heal and Words can HarmWords can Heal and Words can Harm
Words are very important. Words can heal and words can harm. Words can hurt grievously and for a long time. The tongue can bless and the tongue can curse. It is very important for us to control our words and tame our tongue when we are angry. Many times, ...
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The Age of InnocenceMay Welland and the Countess Ellen Olenska: Alike or different?
In the novel The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, two characters are compared throughout the story. This novel took place in the early eighteen seventies in New York City. In the early seventies, women and men had certain roles ...
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