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Analysis On Hamlets Madness
<view this essay>.... statement about his thoughts of mind when he commits himself to revenge. Hamlet says, “I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain” (I, iv, 99-103). With this statement, the play makes a transition. Hamlet gives up the role of a student and mourning son, and commits himself to nothing else but the revenge of his father’s death. There is no confusion and certainly no sign of madness in Hamlet’s character. In Chapel Scene, when Claudius is praying alone for his g .....
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The Giver
<view this essay>.... community. Sometimes kids from other communities go play with the kids in the book’s community. All the people are provided with homes, jobs, and food. A bad thing about ’s community is release. When a person breaks a major rule, is too old, or isn’t right as a baby they get released. Release is killing. In the book there are twins and the smaller one has to be released. His father turned and opened the cupboard. He took out a syringe and a small bottle. Very carefully he inserted the needle into the bottle and began to fill the syringe with a clear liquid. Jonas winced sympathetically. He had forgotten that newchildren had to get shots. He hated shots himsel .....
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Accounts Settled: A Review
<view this essay>.... The rising action started when
Gordon had a sense of fear as he went into the valley. The, the porcupine stole
his food and Gordon was going to kill it but remembered an old woodsman tale
that it's bad luck to ill a porcupine. Gordon then goes to bed, hungry and it
took him awhile to fall asleep. He later wakes up to find a cougar ready to
pounce on him. The cougar dose not strike yet because it is waiting for Gordon
to move. Gordon knows better and stayed in the same position for what seemed
like hours. Suddenly, the porcupine returns to look for more food and this
disrupts the cougar. The climax is when Gordon quickly reaches for his gun and
shoots the .....
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George Orwell's Animal Farm: Ignorance Of Animals And Pigs Controlling Farm
<view this essay>.... animals understood how to vote, but could
never think of any resolutions of their own.” (Page 38) This quote is symbolic
of the way that animal farm was operated.
The pigs acted as leaders, the other animals were followers. Especially
when a new rule that involved more work was ratified. Then the pigs simply acted
as overseers, and, in effect, slavedrivers of the working animals, blatantly
avoiding anything physically taxing. This is demonstrated in a quote from page
35, “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others.” Of
course, the ignorant animals put forth no opposition.
The sheep, cows, horses, and birds were digging their own gr .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Idea Of God
<view this essay>.... showed in
the Greek and Roman myths. These gods, however, lived on earth and were
accustomed to the same pleasures and desires and led the same lifestyle as
the Greeks and Romans. First proposed by the Hebrew prophet Isaiah, god
became a higher being, as mankind had mastered something within themselves
to have a need for a higher god. This first god was still immoral and like
the humans, except that he could live forever and did not dwell on the same
surface as the humans, but god still lived in heaven, which was thought of
as a tangible place in the sky, and still was thought to be in the shape of
a man. This idea was challenged by another Hebrew prophet, Je .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage Of Atticus Finch
<view this essay>.... for legislature. Secondly it is courageous of
Atticus when he shoots the mad, rabid dog. At this scene he also takes many
risks. Atticus risks the chance of missing, and the dog running up, and
attacking them. He also risks the chance of shooting a non rabid dog. Atticus
could miss the dog, and cause damage to a living, and or a non-living thing.
Thirdly it is courageous of Atticus to be willing to charge Jem with Bob Ewell's
death. He risked the loss of Jem in the process. He also risked the chance of
Jem getting mad at Atticus, and never talking to him. Also It was courageous of
Atticus to teach his children not prejudge others until they really know .....
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Shakespeare's Cymbeline
<view this essay>.... her arrogance that started this whole play. She married the King (Cymbeline) only so her son Cloten could marry his daughter Imogen, and become prince, then she could kill the KING and Cloten would take his place as ruler of the kingdom. But her plan did not come to fruition and instead ended up hurting everyone around her including herself. Her plot got Posthumus banished and imogen Locked up in the dungeon. It got her son killed and almost killed imogen (the Tonic, that was supposed to be poison). But after she realized what her arogant scheme had done to her son, she went mad and died as a result. So in the end she got what was coming to her.
Cloten-The Q .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Summary
<view this essay>.... he succeeds in school.
6. Stradlater is Holdens senior friend and roommate. This
character likes to go out with many girls.
7. Jean Gallagher is not only Holdens friend; she's Holdens best
friend. These characters like each other, and have known each other since
they were very little.
8. Sally Hayes is Holdens friend. She likes poetry, and she also
likes to go to the theater. She goes out on a date with Holden.
PLOT
This story is based on a young boy's life. This young boy's full
name is Holden Caulfield. He is twelve years old, and attends a school
called Pencey. Holden starts off this story by telling his story about the
last C .....
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