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The Sword In The Stone
<view this essay>.... to regard this as making him inferior in some way". Because Kay constantly reminded the Wart that he "was not a proper son" and said that he was inferior, upsetting the Wart, he learned to simply give in to Kay and always let him get his own way. After this constant torment and opportunities only available to Kay, I think that it is only deserving that, in the end, the Wart becomes more powerful and important than Kay, Sir Ector and the other people who had always 'ruled' him.
I think that the Wart was a better person to Kay and although he may not have been superior to Kay, he certainly had a better personality and was kinder than Kay. With Merlyn's 'educ .....
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Future O Internet
<view this essay>.... Many tried to preidct the future of computers but few succeeded. It was Bill Gates, in 1981, who said, "640K ought to be enough for anybody." And Tom Watson, chairman of IBM, in 1943, said, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Then Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, the man who started to make smaller and smaller computers, in 1977, said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." These quotes from some of the most respected and influencial people in the history of computers shows how difficult it is to predict the future. I just hope my predictions prove to be more accu .....
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Beowulf: A Hero With Courage, Strength, And Integrity
<view this essay>.... is also one that is strong. To be strong
a person needs not only brawn, but the knowledge to use it. Strength without
direction is like trying to hit a cloud with a bow and arrow. A hero is also
anyone that posses integrity. With integrity a hero knows how to do without a
doubt what is right. A person with integrity is unimpaired, so he is able to
accomplish the task at hand. A person who upholds these qualities and more is
truly a hero.
Beowulf, a hero for heroes overcomes the hideous creature Grendle, in
order to aid the Danes, whom are in the need of aid. Beowulf sits awake in
uncertainty of what comes in the depths of the everlasting night. This s .....
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Phantasia For Elvira Shatayev
<view this essay>.... stanza, "After the long training the early sieges we are moving effortlessly in our love." To characterize the terrorizing, freezing, and finally fatal trek up Lenin peak as effortless due to a "love" depicts a bond of a immeasurable magnitude. When the speaker talks of love or strength within the team, the word "I" is seldom used. The repeated use of "our" and "we" show an intense strength of love in there group. They are one, working together toward a common goal with their hardship only serving to tighten their unit.
A great courage is depicted in the character of the speaker. Her "yes," as well as the group's, work together to create a great feel .....
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Great Expectations - Mrs. Joe
<view this essay>.... a compassionate, sensitive character, and the most direct way to display this feature is to have the character appear vulnerable. Mrs. Joe serves as the tyrant for which Joe is made helpless. Joe, unless he is a scared character, does not recognize the friend he has in Pip. Without Joe as a major role in Pip's life, Pip also seems very incomplete. Second, Mrs. Joe also serves as the comical interlude of an otherwise sombre story. "When she had exhausted a torrent of such inquiries, she threw a candlestick at Joe, burst into a loud sobbing, got out the dustpan -- which was always a very bad sign -- put on her coarse apron, and began cleaning up to a terrible ex .....
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Othello Vs. Twelfth Night
<view this essay>.... to let her go.
“I am hitherto your daughter: but here's my
husband, and so much duty as my mother
show'd to you, preferring you before her
father, so much I challenge that I may profess
due to the Moor my lord” (Othello, I.iii 184-188)
As the course of events shift, Othello and Desdemona end up in Cyprus together. Iago, ensign to Othello, in his lust for power, tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona has had an affair. Othello is overcome by jealousy, the “green eyed monster.”
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on…” (Othello, III.iii 169-17 .....
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A Pair Of Tickets By Amy Tan
<view this essay>.... train, the are destined for China. Their first stop will be Guangzhou, China where he father will reunite with his long lost aunt. After visiting with her for a day they plan to take a plane to Shanghai, China where Jandale will meet her two half-sisters for the first time. It is both a blissful time and yet a time of remorse, Jandale has come to China to find her Chinese roots that her mother told her she possessed, and to meet her two twin half-sisters whom her mother had to abandon on her attempt to flee from the Japanese.
Some people have no opportunity to get to know their heritage and their long lost family members. Jandale however, had almost waited her .....
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Slave To Painslave To Pain An
<view this essay>.... the pain go.
Beloved is the embodiment of Sethe's pain. Beloved is the symbol, if not the child, whom she murdered, an event, which is closely tied to her worst pain. The action of killing Beloved occurred while she was trying to kill all her, children and it is the reason that two of her children run from her because they fear for their lives.
Beloved wishes to consume Sethe, she wants to own Sethe, a relation not unlike that of a master and slave. "I am Beloved and she is mine," (Morrison 211) is one of the more eerie statements in the book. How Beloved traps Sethe is simple, for Sethe "the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay" (Morrison 42 .....
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