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Satire And Jane Austen: A Winning Combination
<view this essay>.... and Prejudice is thought of by most as being nothing more
than a domestic comedy, but a reader of fine taste can discern an accurate
summary of Austen’s work by adding her use of horation satire to the belief
appraised before mentioned (Southam 106). It is this technique coupled
with a wealth of satirical implications that ultimately allow the reader
not only to see through the mask worn by most of the characters within the
novel, but to also understand Austen’s frustration with people similar to
them who allow their ranks in the community to effect the way in which they
treat others. A prime example of this would be her characterization of the
Bing .....
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Rudyard Kiplings Kim
<view this essay>.... conveys this message about the "white man's burden" and the mindset of colonial India through Kim’s positioning in the Hindu caste system. Kim, who grows up as an orphan in India and is in no way different from an Indian except for his racial heritage. For Kipling's imperialist ideology, it is a narrative strategy to represent Kim's authority over the native inhabitants of the colony. Kim’s malleable social status is important because it has powerful ramifications about the colonial power-dynamics within a particular historical milieu. The Hindu caste system and various stereotypes also play an important role in Kipling’s story. For example, every person K .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Class
<view this essay>.... years. Characters who fit into this class were Atticus Finch, a well-off,
highly respected lawyer and citizen in town, and Judge Taylor, the justice
of Maycomb County and presiding judge at the Robinson trial. Other
characters who belonged to this upper class were Miss Maudie At tkinson,
an open- minded, kind woman, and Miss Stephanie Crawford, the renown
gossip of the town.
The second class in Maycomb County included the blue collar , white
workers, primarily farmers who struggled to make ends meet. The
Cunninghams, Dolphus Raymond, and the mysterious Radley family represented
this group. The third class of Ma ycomb Co .....
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A Winter Dream: Judy Jones
<view this essay>.... try to go out with, and establish a relationship with Judy, however most of them are just lured in and taken advantage of. She in so many words simply implies that “if I talk to you that should be enough” and to her advantage it usually is that way. Men meet many a lady, but none quite as rememberable as Miss Judy Jones.
Unfortunately for these men, Judy’s personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “do every thing for me”. She knows that these men who such desire her will sacrifice life and limb for her, and she not only excepts that, but also usually makes them prove it. Judy looks .....
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A Rose For Emily: Symbolism
<view this essay>.... house parallel her physical appearance to show the changes brought about by years of neglect. For example, the house is located in what was once a prominent neighborhood that has deteriorated. Originally white and decorated in “the heavenly lightsome style” of an earlier time, the house has become “an eyesore among eyesores”(Faulkner 204). Through lack of attention, the house has advanced from a beautiful representative of quality to an ugly holdover from another era. Similarly, Miss Emily has become an “eyesore” for instance; she is described as a “fallen monument”(Faulkner 204) symbolizing her former beauty and later ugliness. Like the house, she has .....
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Revenge In The Crucible
<view this essay>.... it upon themselves to govern. With all the chaos and disorder of the trials many people could express hatred and violence toward anyone and anything under a sheet of "righteousness". People could accuse anyone or anything of being sinful and "against gods will" just by stating that they had truth to the matter. This led to complete chaos and miscommunication among families and townsmen. Now that society was down everyone could break the rules and get feelings out that had originally been kept inside them due to the fact that if they had expressed them earlier they would have been punished by society. With the trials keeping all of the city officials busy,
Peo .....
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Gatsby's Pursuit Of The American Dream
<view this essay>.... recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Dais .....
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Ethan Frome: Ethan Lost Control Of His Life
<view this essay>.... to improve his life. The reason he does
not have control of his life is because he is married to Zeena, and he is not
brave enough to go away with Mattie. The reason he is married to Zeena is
because his mother died. Since Zeena is why Ethan does not have control of his
life, and Ethan married her because his mother died, the point in time when
Ethan lost control of his life is when his mother died.
I believe Ethan could have changed the direction of his life if he had
gone away from the farm to marry Mattie. The reason he did not have control of
his life was because he was married to Zeena. If he would have married Mattie
and left Zeena, he would not ha .....
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