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The Scarlet Letter And A Tale Of Two Cities: A Comparison
<view this essay>.... or bear the consequences of the
deed alone. Due to her doggedness, the townsmen sentenced her to wear a scarlet
letter *A* embroidered on her chest. The A served as a symbol of her crime, was
a punishment of humiliation, gave her constant shame, and reminded her of her
sin. Hester*s penalization was a prime example where deception led to negative
consequences in that she would have been spared the entire encumbrance of the
crime if she did not deceive the townspeople. Although seemingly, her paramour
did not escape punishment.
In fact, the father of her bastard child took a more severe sentence.
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale seemed to be an upstand .....
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Symbolism In Ethan Frome
<view this essay>.... I had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed buy long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down o their support; I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months’ siege like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter.” (7)
Another truly symbolic point of the story is the Elm tree. The Elm tree symbolizes the end and the escape of two lives. Even though Mattie an Ethan were not killed by the sled crash, that was their purpose. The Elm tree also symbolizes strength .....
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A Comparison Of "The Handmaid's Tale" And "Anthem"
<view this essay>.... the problem was the individual, that all men are equal in all
things and that anything that is created by one person is evil. This train of
thought is carried to such and extreme that the very word "I" is removed from
their vocabulary. An example of this is found when the main character,
Equality-1329, re-invents the electric light. He shows his invention to the
scientist and although this invention could improve the quality of life of the
people it is deemed "evil" because he worked on his project alone. The society
in this book is also strict and authoritarian to the point of dictating what
your job will be, to whom you will have children with.
In The .....
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Book Report A Voyager Out
<view this essay>.... odd that she put so much into her correspondences. In one case, she wrote a ten-page letter to a friend. His response to her was that she was wasting many of her good stories that could be published on a letter. Her response was to write him a six-page letter. She loved writing. She also loved her voyages to Africa.
Part of Mary Kingsley’s reason for loving her travel abroad came from her childhood life. Mary was born the daughter of a high-class man and his cook. George Kingsley was a writer and came from a family of writers. He did not produce much however. He left a lot of his works unfinished, and many others unstarted. Because he did not do .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Oppression Of Women In Society
<view this essay>.... to admit that there might really be something wrong with his wife. This same attitude is seen in her brother, who is also a physician. While this attitude, and the actions taken because of it, certainly contributed to her breakdown; it seems to me that there is a rebellious spirit in her. Perhaps unconsciously she seems determined to prove them wrong. As the story begins, the woman -- whose name we never learn -- tells of her depression and how it is dismissed by her husband and brother. "You see, he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really .....
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Famous Mathematicians: A Book Review
<view this essay>.... or books, which dealt with different topics including geometry, theory of proportions, and the theory of numbers. Data was another important mathematical writing, which discussed early dealings with algebra. Euclid wrote the problem of dividing geometric figures, such as rectangles and triangles, in a book called "On the Division of Figures." Euclid's name will be known throughout mathematical history because of his work on the Elements, which has been and will continue to be an important part of mathematics.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse in 287 BC and is thought of as the greatest mathematician, engineer, and physicist of ancient times. He was often as .....
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Call Of The Wild - Character S
<view this essay>.... mix between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog. He weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried every one with utmost pride. Buck had everything he could want. Little did he know, he would soon have it all taken away from him. One night, while the judge was away at a raisin grower’s committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was going, Buck’s pride was severely damaged, if not completely wiped out by men who used tools to restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he woul .....
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The Ingenu
<view this essay>.... circumstances, he becomes imprisoned and able to educate himself. He learns of the French society on a hands-on basis by feeling their cruelty. This Child of Nature symbolizes John Locke's "blank tablet". , also known as the Child of Nature, Becomes enlightened through his experiences with French society by having no prior worldly knowledge of his own, being taught by the French, and disregarding everything they have taught him to learn for himself the lessons of French society. The Child of Nature comes into the French society with no worldly knowledge of his own or beliefs. He is a spontaneous, curious young Huron and is viewed as quite naive. The Fr .....
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