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Suffer The Little Children - S
<view this essay>.... She is an unhappy woman. We can gather what kind of person she is from her reference to the children as monsters, bitches, evils, who have nasty little games. The diction of the story emphasizes wickedness. King uses metaphors, and almost every one of them suggests a likeness with something evil, taking for example the giggling, like the laughter of demons...or they were ringed in a tight little circle, like mourners around an open grave. Irony also exists in this story. Sidley seems to be the ideal teacher, who is efficient at her job and knows how to keep her students quite in class, when actually she is the one who has a disturbing behavior and ends u .....
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Animal Farm 2
<view this essay>.... farm because he secretly trained the dogs to attack Snowball. George Orwell writes, “ ‘Never mind the milk, comrades!’ cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. ‘That will be attended to, the harvest is more important’ (817). Napoleon is quite demanding none of the animal’s even question his authority because they know that he has more control than any other animal. Throughout the novel Orwell has many quotes that describe Napoleon as a leader, “ ‘long live Comrade Napoleon’ ” (846). All the animals on the farm (no matter what Napoleon did to them) would treat him as a powerful le .....
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Merchant Of Venice 2
<view this essay>.... pure evil like The Merchant of Venice's Shylock. Shylock is a usurer and a malevolent, blood-thirsty old man consumed with plotting the downfall of his enemies. He is a malignant, vengeful character, filled with venomous malice; a picture of callous, unmitigated villainy, deaf to every appeal of humanity. Shylock is the antagonist counterpart to the naive, essentially good Antonio, the protagonist, who must defend himself against the devil Shylock. The evil he represents is one of the reasons Shakespeare chose to illustrate Shylock as a Jew. According to many historians, Jews of his time were seen as the children of the Devil, the crucifiers of Christ .....
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"The Stranger": Analysis
<view this essay>.... bureau, in an automobile-accessory firm, in a shipping company to help
pay for his courses at the University of Algiers. Albert Camus then started
journalism as a career. He finished early schooling, majoring in philosophy
with a goal to teach. He was married to Simone in 1934 and divorced in 1936. C.
The factor that influenced Albert Camus was his parents, who were a working
class family. He was determined to make a better life for himself by getting an
education and preparing himself to go to college. The fact that he lived in
North Africa, he wrote lots of fiction books, dealing with moral problems of
universal importance. 1. I think Albert's p .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Theme Of Punishment
<view this essay>.... is modest in everything that she does.
Hester herself wears only poor clothing while she embroiders marvelous
works for the rest of Boston. The only piece of clothing forbidden to
create was the wedding vail. How could a woman wearing the scarlet letter
create a dress that represents the values of marriage; having committed
sin as she did to be involved in the marital bonds of another couple.
Although she does the job willingly and rarely ever looks back to the
horrid past behind. The scarlet letter was constantly worn by Hester with
pride and dignity. Hester knew that what was done in the past was wrong
and that the scarlet A was the right thing to do, there .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag And Clarisse
<view this essay>.... Montag observes " Darkness. He was
not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this
as the true state of affairs " (12). Montag's awareness is triggered at the
point in which Clarisse states " But you're just a man, after all " (7). This
statement by Clarisse makes Montag think of a time when he was a child during
power failure, and he wishes it not to end.
In Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a
dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse
explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the
dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What .....
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The Necklace: The Downfall Of Mathilde Loisel
<view this essay>.... from
her lifestyle of being middle-class. There is a stereotypical "rich man, poor
man" quality as Mme. Loisel longs for the material things that her old
schoolmate Mme. Forester has. The physical appearance of the characters as well
as their actions, thought, and emotions are very detailed throughout the story.
The main character's life, as well as her husband's, takes a dramatic turn and
the author describes the physical and emotional changes in great detail.
The story's title does not signify the theme however, the theme of the
story is reiterated throughout the story. "She had no dresses, no jewels,
nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she .....
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Summary Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
<view this essay>.... just like the rest of his characteristics.
In this book Mr. Hyde was first described by a man named Mr.
Endfield which is good friends with Dr. Jekyll's lawyer. On one of their
regular Sunday walks Mr. Endfield was describing his contact with Mr. Hyde.
His story consisted of seeing Hyde trample right over a little girl with
absolutely no remorse whatsoever. This story included Endfield's
description of Hyde which was quite disturbing. "He must be deformed
somewhere, he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't
specify the point"(Stevenson,8-9). There is no pinpoint of what Endfield
saw that was so disturbing but it was something about him tha .....
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