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Obasan: Book Review
<view this essay>.... Alberta finding out that her uncle has died. When Naomi returns home to console her Aunt Obasan, she begins to relive the difficulties of her life. She recounts the struggle against the government and themselves while trying to stay in Vancouver. Naomi is very small at the time of the war and did not really fully understand what was happening to her race. The novel recounts the struggle of Naomis Aunt Emily to ensure that her family would be together in whatever place they were sent to. Aunt Emily wanted to head east to Toronto, but was unable to get the documentation for the entire family which included her sister children, who she was taking c .....
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A Dolls House 2
<view this essay>.... He too considers himself superior to her.
As for Kristine and Krogstad their relationship is much more open to us. It is apparent that if Kristine and Krogstad were to engage in an argument, it is more likely that that they would come to a compromise.
A strong sign that Mrs. Linde brings us a better understanding of Nora is their parallel in characters.
Both are willing to sacrifice themselves for values dear to their lives. This act of aiding significant loved ones gives us a better understanding of Nora. It gives us an image of who the character Nora really is.
Mrs. Linde shows her loyalty to her family when she did not think that she “had the right& .....
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Aphrodite Versus Athena
<view this essay>.... share many
similarities between their traits. They were both “born” from a male
figure being gods in particular. The father of Aphrodite is Uranus and the
father of Athena is the omnipotent Zeus. Not only were they both brought
into existence from the males but specifically and indirectly through male
body parts. Cronus, son of Gaia and Uranus, despised his father to a vast
degree that “with his right (hand) he swung/the fiendishly long and jagged
sickle, pruning the genitals/of his own father with one swoop and tossing
them” without hesitation in anger(Hesiod, 66). the genitals were throw “
into the restless, white-capped sea/ Where they floated a long .....
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Jane Eyre: Somewhere, The Dark Sheds Light
<view this essay>.... Jane's journey through Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institution, Thornfield Manor, Moor House, and Ferndean Manor. As she grows, however, as she is her own shoulder to lean on in her times of need, Jane slowly learns how to understand and control repression.
Jane's journey begins at Gateshead Hall. Mrs. Reed, Jane's aunt and guardian, serves as the biased arbitrator of the rivalries that constantly occur between Jane and John Reed. John emerges as the dominant male figure at Gateshead. He insists that Jane concedes to him and serve him at all times, threatening her with mental and physical abuse. Mrs. Reed condones John's conduct and sees him as the victim. Jane's .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor
<view this essay>.... because the downfall was the character’s own doing. Throughout the ages, there have been a plethora of tragic heroes including Marcus Brutus in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Creon in the play Antigone. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor fits the classic Greek definition of a tragic hero.
One characteristic of the tragic hero, which Jon Proctor possesses, is that he is a man of stature. This is evident from the very beginning of the play in the exposition about Proctor. The author says, “He was a kind man-powerful of body, even tempered and not easily led”(20). He goes on to say that he has a “quiet confidence a .....
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Love In The Time Of Cholera
<view this essay>.... the cholera epidemics that ravaged the country. Fermina has forgotton that once she was not married, and not in love with Dr. Urbino, but instead she was in love with Florentino Ariza.
Florentino, unlike Dr. Urbino, is not the most sought-after suitor of his time, but one who has admired Fermina's every step from afar ever since the day that she decided that she no longer wanted him in her life. Since that day he feverishly concieved poetry, and claimed a vow of devotion for her. And then finally, more than 50 years later, he was given the chance to renew his fow for Fermina at the Dr. Urbino's wake.
But Fermina is offended by his ill timing and throws .....
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Saki's "The Interlopers": Plot Analysis
<view this essay>.... But neither shoots. "The chance had come to give full play to the
passions of a lifetime. But a man who has been brought up under the code
of a restraining civilization cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his
neighbor in cold blood and without a word spoken, except for an offense
against his hearth and honor." (p. 44) Just as both are about to shoot, a
tree branch from above crashes upon the men. The feeling of suspense flees,
and a feeling of sorrow and pity for Georg and Ulrich fills one's heart.
The reader feels immense sympathy for the situation: how many times in
one's own life has a mere squabble gotten out of control and wrecked
everyt .....
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The World Of Odysseus
<view this essay>.... primarily The Odyssey and Iliad, which are accepted as accurate sources of Ancient Greek history. As he divides the book into five chapters, the author organizes his data while carefully providing the reader with historical relevant background data.
In one of the chapters known as "Homer and the Greeks," the author provides the reader with basic information of Ancient Greece as well as information on The Odyssey and Iliad, the two books on which this book is based upon. In another chapter, referred to as "Wealth and Labor," the author successfully supplies the reader with a larger knowledge base for what the Ancient Greek period was like. Economic and social t .....
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