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Billy Budd 2
<view this essay>.... the epitome of demon-haunted man. In chapter twenty, Melville carefully describes the change in Claggart’s twisted figure as he speaks to Billy with a “hypnotic stare” of his charge against the handsome sailor. His image initially was of “a serpent fascination,” however; his facial expression corrodes as he reveals his anger antipathy toward Billy face to face. First, his eyes change their color from a “wonted rich violet” to a “muddy purple.” Melville even portrays him almost into a non-human being, an “alien eyes of an uncatalogued creature.” Furthermore, as opposed to his initial image, Melvi .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Simon, The Christ Figure
<view this essay>.... the trees. Then, amid the roar
of the bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they
could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed
them back to the endless outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he
paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double
handfuls of ripe fruit. (56) In giving them the fruit until they are
satisfied, Simon recreates the event in which Christ multiplied the loaves
and fishes to feed the poor until they were contented. After this, Simon
disappears from the others to be alone and begins to have feelings that
something is wrong. He starts to have premoni .....
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Political Allegory In The Book Animal Farm
<view this essay>.... and oppressed.
This happened in the book "Animal Farm by George Orwell" Orwell
uses this example to base his book on. He makes the characters personify the
major players in the Russian Revolution. Orwell uses this to form a well
written piece of literature. In "Animal Farm" The Democratic society led by Mr.
Jones the original leader of Manor Farm was overthrown by a policy called
Animalism. Animalism was a theory concocted by the Old Major a Pig. In "Animal
Farm" the pigs were personified as the smartest and the best among animals.
The Pigs take control of the farm. The two major idealists Snowball and
Napoleon have conflicting ideas. Th .....
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Of Mice And Men: The Feeling Only The Lonely Could Feel
<view this essay>.... on the
Ranch cause Crooks not to be a part of their group because of the racism
that existed in society in that particular time period. Crooks is not
allowed to be close friends with anyone or participate in the fun stuff
other Ranch workers are able to enjoy. These things combined with others
cause Crooks to feel inferior and lonely. He feels as though there is no
one on the Ranch he can be friends with. Crooks is one of the loneliest
people on the ranch and the saddest because he is unable to do things
normal people could do because of his color.
Candy was a character who felt the despair of loneliness when he
was forced to have his best and only fr .....
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Evaluation Of Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave
<view this essay>.... knows and all he wants to know.
As written in the text, “People are happy in their ignorance. They resent those who force them to recognize that they are ignorant”.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave greatly symbolizes man's struggle to reach the light of knowledge and the suffering of those left behind who are forced to sit in the dark of their ignorance and stare at shadows on a wall. I think the problem is with those who choose to stay in the dark. People are afraid, why, or is it simply that they are not ready? For the truth and reality both require change. People can only learn and acquire knowledge through reasoning and open-mindedness. I believe that som .....
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The Glass Menagerie: The Tragic Effects Of The Past
<view this essay>.... the family
when the children were young. When Jim came over for dinner, Amanda wears
the "girlish frock of yellowed voile with a blue silk sash" that she wore
on the day she met her husband (1222). Amanda obsesses with the past, and
at the same time damaging the children psychologically.
Constant allusions to the past have psychologically
affected Tom and Laura, trapping them into Amanda$BCT(J lost world. Tom
and Laura fail to survive in the present because they are always trying to
live through the past. However, the past no longer exists, causing them
distress in their journey through life. Tom is unsuccessful with his job
at the warehouse and Lau .....
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The Thief's Journal: The Prince Of Thieves - Genet
<view this essay>.... thus leading its readers to the realization that complete
fulfillment and enjoyment of the senses cannot only be accomplished in
polite society, but in the slums and alleys in which Genet roamed as well.
Genet's life as a petty thief, prostitute, and prisoner is so
foreign to most people and it is therefore fitting that his entire
perspective and way of life is alien as well. For example, he sees
intimacy in the sharing of lice between himself and Salvador.
Salvador took care of me, but at night, by candlelight, I
hunted for lice in the seams of his trousers. The lice
inhabited us. They imparted to our clothes an animation, a
presence which, when they .....
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Macbeths Ambition
<view this essay>.... his power all over the country by becoming the new monarch. He desires to be more wealthy and respected by the nobility as well as by the common people. Becoming king represents the highest rang in the political pyramid. The act of murdering is the only way to make his dreams come true because Duncan’s fair and prosperous rule over Scotland experience the support of the whole population. As Malcom and Donalbain fly to England, he automatically takes possession of the throne. Macbeth displays political ambition first of all because of his wife. After she reads her husband’s letter about his meeting with the witches, she suggests for Macbeth to ki .....
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