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Helen Of Troy Willing Resident
<view this essay>.... back home in Lacedaimon. It is because of Aphroditę, Helen has stayed with Alexandros so long and laid with him in bed.
When Iris, messenger of the gods, tells Helen that Alexandros and Melelaos are going to fight for her, she reacts with sorrow and regret.
"These words pierced Helen to the heart. She longed for her husband of the old days, for home and family. At once she threw a white veil over her, and left the house quickly with tears running down her cheeks."
Once she gets to the battlements, Priam calls her over to sit by him. He feels sorry for her and tries to take her mind off of her situation by asking her to point out members of the Achaian a .....
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Jane Eyre: The Preserverance Of The Personality
<view this essay>.... can preserve or regain its integrity and stability in such an environment is the underlying subject of the novel, which can serve as our aim of exploration.
The opening chapters of the work are as crucial as childhood can be; the books, especially Bewick's British Birds, that Jane reads at Gateshead determine her imagination: in the pictures she paints, the way she interprets her story. The shocking account of that extreme terror and brutality she suffers from John and Mrs Reed (the book flung at her, shut up in the red-room) points out that the fountainhead of her emotional life is the experience of oppression. Yet, her little self is full of fiery en .....
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Old Man And The Sea: Themes
<view this essay>.... of nature is himself, for which he must fight off his hunger. This is
a harsh part of the story. He manages though to get a few bites in the
form of flying fish and dolphin of which he would like to have salt on.
This part of the story tells of a cold and harsh sea, that is, one that has
value and mystery as well as death and danger. It has commercial value as
well as the population of life in it. It is dark and treacherous though,
and every day there is a challenge. A similar story tells about a tidal
pool with life called `Cannery Road'.
This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It
mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of .....
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The Worn Path Of Life
<view this essay>.... trek of an aged black grandmother who follows a familiar wooded path on a cold winter's day, with only one purpose in mind: to obtain another bottle of medicine for her sickly grandson from the free clinic in town.
On the surface, the old woman's long walk seems to be the entire story, but it is much more than that. Throughout the narrative, the reader is drawn into Phoenix Jackson's inner thoughts and feelings as she makes her way through the pinewoods, brandishing her homemade cane which is fashioned from an old umbrella handle. The weather is cold; it's mid-December, and the ground is frozen. Phoenix's cane taps the frozen earth as she walks alo .....
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Ambition In Macbeth
<view this essay>.... to his critical essay on Macbeth, “Shakespeare and the Hazards of Ambition,” Robert N. Watson comments that ambition becomes the enemy of all life, especially that of the ambitious man himself, in this play. In Macbeth, Shakespeare interprets a man’s lifelong ambition that seems to be fulfilled, but causes consequences that his mind cannot handle. Macbeth’s desire to gain wealth and status completely overpowers him. Macbeth becomes more ambitious as his wife and the witches make him question himself and his desires. Lady Macbeth is the biggest encouragement to his ambition, since she uses her husband’s trust to change her .....
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The Hobbit Bb J. R. R. Tolkien – Review
<view this essay>.... who hordes the treasure he stole from the dwarves of Dale.
GOLLUM: He is perfect example of the evil powers of the One Ring. He was born a Hobbit but had the ring too long. It made him into a slimey little creature who only lives to possess the ring.
BARD: The archer who killed Smaug. He shot the dragon in the one spot it had no protection. The towns people later considered him a hero. What the people didn't know it was Bilbo who discovered the weak spot in the dragon's iron scales.
BEORN: An enemy of orcs, he becomes friends with Bilbo and Gandalf. He has th e ability to change forms from human to bear. It is he who determines the outco me of the battl .....
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Lord Of The Flies; A Review
<view this essay>.... the rivalry for leadership between
Ralph and Jack. We later find that it was not meant to be and that as time
passes Ralph and Jack's rivalry develops into a hatred for each other and
Jack's true colors shine through. Through the rivalry between Ralph and
Jack an opening is formed for Piggy to become Ralph's friend. Ralph and
Piggy soon realize that they need each other to stay sane and alive while
on the island and that they are in reality best friends.
While stranded on the island many of the boys dream of one day
being rescued and going home. Ralph constantly shows his obsession with
getting home and uses all of his power and knowledge to find a .....
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Night: A Summary
<view this essay>.... his family were basically kept captive in this area by the Gestapo. This was just until they were to be taken away to the concentration camp in Birkenau where he was separated from his mother and sister. On their way to the camp they learned of the fire. The Nazis were burning people alive. It was like a giant crematory. They could see the blazing fire from far off in the distance.Fire meant death. The Jews of long ago following Abraham's example in the bible, would build a fire to offer an animal sacrafice to God. Originally Abraham was to sacrafice his son Isaac by fire. But God stopped him. I'm sure that as Elie moved forward in the line that he thought th .....
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