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The Mending Wall
<view this essay>.... two different types of people utter the conflicting remarks and both are right. Man cannot live without walls, boundaries, limits and especially self-limitations; yet he resents all fetters and is happy at the destruction of any barrier. In "Mending Wall" the boundary line is useless:
There where it is we do not need the wall.
And, to stress the point, the speaker facetiously adds:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
One may find far-reaching connotations in this poem. As well as that it states one of the greatest difficulties of our time: whether national walls s .....
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In Fortinbras, Laertes, And Ho
<view this essay>.... kill someone in the church. Even Laertes agreed with Claudius when he said in Act IV, Scene 7 that "no place indeed should murder sanctuarize." The only times that Hamlet takes action is when he has no choice. He takes action when he is sent to England. He only does anything, because if he doesn't, he will be killed. The other time that he uses action instead of words is, of course, at the end. but by that time, it is already too late.
Laertes, on the other hand, was quite the opposite. He was all action and no talk. A very headstrong character, he was rash and let his emotions make his decisions for him. an example of this is when he finds out about his father .....
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The Old Man And The Sea: An Analysis
<view this essay>.... hero, a culmination of a
life time of writing that comes together in the portrait of Santiago. He is old,
unlucky, humble despite is glorious past of fishing and el champion, trying to
do the most he can from his weathered body. He has lived so much that he does
not need to dwell on the past events or people he shared it with and is
perfectly happy reading about baseball and dreaming about lions on the beach in
Africa.
The struggle between the marlin is a beautiful depiction of courage and
resilience, but I begin to wonder who is hooked into who. The old man and the
fish are one and their lives become connected through that line as they live
each moment .....
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The Glass Menagerie
<view this essay>.... world. A way to
escape from reality. Both examples can readily be seen: Tom will stand
outside on the fire escape to smoke, showing that he does not like to be
inside, to be a part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand,
thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be
seen when Amanda sends Laura to go to the store: Laura trips on the fire
escape. This also shows that Laura's fears and emotions greatly affect her
physical condition, more so than normal people.
Another symbol presented deals more with Tom than any of the other
characters: Tom's habit of going to the movies shows us his longing to
leave the apa .....
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1984 By George Orwell: Character Sketch
<view this essay>.... should be.
Here is my example from the book that shows Winston's character:
"Just now I held up the fingers of my hand to you. You saw five fingers. Do
you remember that?"
"Yes."
O'Brien held up the fingers of his left hand, with the thumb concealed.
"There are five fingers there. Do you see five fingers?"
"Yes."
And he did see them, for a fleeting instant, before the scenery of his mind
changed. He saw five fingers, and there was no deformity. Then everything was
normal again, and the old fear, the hatred and the bewilderment came crowding
back again. But there had been a moment – he did not know how long, thirty
seconds, perhaps – o .....
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Summary Of The Heart Of Darkness
<view this essay>.... the
story that Conrad himself had experienced in his own life.
After being examined by a doctor who measures his skull and
cautions him to remain “calm” in the jungle, Marlow takes a French steamer
to the mouth of the Congo River. The steamer moves very slowly, making
many stops along its way, and Marlow marvels at the vastness and mystery of
the jungle. They pass a French gunboat firing shells into the dense, black
depths of the jungle. Marlow is told that there are enemy natives hidden
there, but it is struck by the absurdity of this war with the “darkness”
and its invisible forces. Finally, the steamer reaches the mouth of the
Congo and Marlow disemb .....
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Dr. Faustus
<view this essay>.... he desires further knowledge and power, knowledge and power that are not humanly attainable. However, through his pact with the devil, Faustus gains the power necessary to perform black magic, cast spells, and perform other godly deeds. Although Faustus is repeatedly warned by Mephostophelis, he continues greedily and foolishly in his actions. Despite his high aspirations, Faustus still has desires of the flesh, as he requests a wife from Mephostophelis: “…I am wanton and lascivious and cannot live without a wife.” (p. 43) Here Faustus is shown to have internal conflict between godly aspirations and human aspirations. Nevertheless, it is shown that is intent .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Love
<view this essay>.... hard by Logan. He made her do all
sorts of things that only men should have to have done. He was even going
to make her plow the fields-a job that requires a considerable amount of
strength: strength that Janie didn't have. Janie complained that nothing
beautiful was ever said. She had no love with Logan Killicks. That is why
she left him for a man that showed much potential to give the kind of love
she was looking for.
The whistling man that Janie ran away with was Jody Starks. With
Jody, Janie thought that she would forever have "flower dust and springtime
sprinkled over everything." She thought she'd have "a bee for her bloom."
She didn't ex .....
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