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Janies Quest In There Eyes Wer
<view this essay>.... is for dependence rather than satisfaction.
The first two people Janie depended on were her Grandmother, called Nanny, and Logan Killicks. Janie’s marriage to Logan Killicks was partially arranged by Nanny. She felt the need to find some one for Janie to depend on before she died and could no longer depend on her. At first Janie was very opposed to the marriage. Nanny responded with, “’Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection. ...He (God) done spared me...a few days longer till Ah see you safe in life.”(p.14) Nanny instilled a sense of needing a man to be safe on Janie that she keeps with her all t .....
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Animal Farm: Boxer Is A Leader's Ideal Disciple
<view this essay>.... faith in Napoleon. It shows that
even if he and the other animals have a slight or even a great doubt about
something Napoleon says, Boxer will follow the lead that Napoleon sets no
matter what the other animals tell him. Boxer also tried to remain loyal
to the memory he had of Snowball at the Battle of the Cowshed until
Squealer brainwashes him into thinking otherwise. While Squealer is
attempting to persuade Boxer, Boxer says, "I do not believe Snowball was a
traitor at all in the beginning." He sticks to this until he is told that
Napoleon said that the story about Snowball was true. He then resorted
back the motto that "Napoleon is always right." He m .....
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Glass Menagerie 2
<view this essay>.... play the Wingfield family is eating dinner, after constant harassment on how to eat his food Tom leaves the table to go smoke a cigarette on the fire escape. Amanda tells Laura her story of the old days when she received seventeen gentlemen callers in one day. The next day Amanda finds out that Laura has dropped out of business school, and confronts her, Laura explains that she could not handle the class and has been out walking every day. Amanda sits down with Laura and asks if “she ever liked a boy”?, Laura points to a picture in her yearbook. Later that evening Amanda and Tom argue, she does not understand why Tom goes to the movies every night. .....
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Robinson Crusoe
<view this essay>.... On one of his voyages he was ship wrecked and picked up by another boat. The captain owned a plantation. Soon after this Crusoe bought his own plantation. When other plantation owners needed slaves to work their farms they asked Crusoe to sail to Africa. Crusoe agreed and set sail. On the way there they ran into many storms. Three men were killed very soon. The twelfth day was a hard one. The biggest storm hit. Its waves were giant. The ship was in very bad shape and Crusoe had to abandon it. He and the other sailors loaded into the small boat and paddled to land. All of the sudden a titanic wave crashed onto the boat. It drowned everyone but Crusoe. He was .....
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Wuthering Heights Summary
<view this essay>.... sick,
and that they much come to the Heights. When they see him, he is sickly
and weak, but he tells them that his father said that he was just tired and
growing too fast. Cathy tries to talk to Linton, but he ignores her,
causing her to get angry. She threatens to leave, and Linton becomes
terrified, and begs her to stay. He tells her to let Heathcliff know that
he is feeling better, and swears to Cathy that he really is. Cathy and
Nelly leave, promising to come back the following week.
Edgar is dying, and Cathy doesn’t leave his side until the day of
her appointment with Linton. Edgar tells her to go, even though she doesn’
t want to leave him. Linton .....
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The Masque Of Red Death: No One Can Hide From Death
<view this essay>.... dancers, there were
musicians, there was beauty, there was wine. All these and security were
within. Without was the "Red Death" (202). Prince Prospero had the gate
bolts of iron welded closed to prevent anyone else to enter or leave. "The
external world could take care of itself" (202). As if being wealthy means
he is not responsible for the less fortunate and only those few selected
should be cared for.
After the fifth or sixth month together a masquerade is planned, and in
typical "Poesque" fashion the great halls are described in imagery that
foreshadows a horror to follow. The "masque" takes place in the imperial
suite, which consisted of seven ve .....
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Macbeth- Tragic Hero
<view this essay>.... frailty."
-Aristotle
The play follows Aristotle’s five-act pattern. In Act I, the Act of Introduction, the setting, characters, and plot are introduced to the reader. The background and setting of the play are introduced in order for the reader to fully understand it. In Act II, the Act of Development, the plot develops, the conflict intensifies, and signs of character’s flaws appear. Act III is the Act of Tragic Decision. Characters usually act under the influence of a tragic flaw, causing them to make a crucial decision. In Act IV, the Act of Falling Action, the character realizes the error in the decision. In a futile effort, they try to reverse i .....
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Comparison: Mary Reilly And The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
<view this essay>.... existence as Dr. Jekyll. Gradually, however, the unmitigated evil of his darker self predominates, until finally he performs an atrocious murder. His saner self determines to curtail those alternations of personality, but he discovers that he is losing control over his transformations, that he slips with increasing frequency into the world of evil. Finally, unable to procure one of the ingredients for the mixture of redemption, and on the verge of being discovered, he commits suicide.
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, is a powerful and moving novel. It takes the story Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, and gives a fresh take on the distinguished Dr. Henry Jekyll .....
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