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Odysseus Is Not A Hero
<view this essay>.... ignorant to other people's values and needs.
There are multiple examples of Odysseus being self-centered, such as not
taking people's advice. Odysseus was given advice from Circe that said not to
try to fight Scylla even when she takes six of your men, but Odysseus tried to
fight her and he lost three more men than the six he already lost. He also
neglected to take the advice from his crew member, Eurylochus. Eurylochus told
Odysseus not to send men to see what was on Circe's island and because he sent
them anyway, they ended up being turned into pigs. Odysseus also neglects other
people's lives when he takes action; such as when he tried to fight S .....
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Catcher In The Rye
<view this essay>.... out to be a rough tough
boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one o'clock or so, getting drunk as a
bastard. I could hardly see straight." (pg. 150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He
drank, cursed and criticized life in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these
habits. Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more than a few people in this book.
He used the term to be what a person is if they don't act naturally and follow other
people's manners and grace. Holden didn't like phonies, he thought of them as if they
were trying to show off. He didn't like it when they showed off because it seemed so fake
and unnatural every t .....
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Araby: How The Setting Reinforces The Theme And Characters
<view this essay>.... the narrator.
Darkness is used throughout the story as the prevailing theme. James
Joyce's story begins at dusk and continues through the evening during the winter,
in Araby Ireland. He chooses this gloomy setting to be the home of a young boy
who is infatuated with his neighbors sister. The boy is young and naive and he
leads a dull and boring life. Joyce uses darkness to make the boy's reality
more believable through more vivid, precise descriptions.
Bright light is used to create a fairy tale world of dreams and
illusions. James Joyce uses the bright light when describing Mangan's sister,
the boy's infatuation. The protagonist is infatuated with his .....
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King Lears Emotional Stages
<view this essay>.... to sanity through redemptive salvation.
Lear makes many mistakes at the end of his lifetime. The want of an
untroubled life of second childhood without the responsibilities of a well
respected king is the main mistake Lear makes. The slippage of his self-
image finally causes him to go mad (Dominic 233). Before Lear goes mad he
realizes the state in which he is turning when he states, “My wits begin to
turn.”( III.ii.67). Lear’s suffering is primarily mental and climaxes when
Regan throws him out in the storm (Bruhl 317). The main mistakes appears “
as he [Lear] enters the phantasmagoria [fantastic imagery, as in a dream] of .....
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A Separate Peace 2
<view this essay>.... with a “busted leg.”
Gene Forrester, the main character in the book, returns to his old prep school-Devon- that he attended some fifteen years earlier. While there he remembers the incident that changed his life. In the summer of 1942, Gene and his friends stayed at their prep school for the summer session. His best friend in those days was a boy named Phineas, or Finny. During that time World War II was going on and the sixteen-year old boys were trying to preserve the peace in their lives, before they would be old enough to be drafted into the war-just one year later. One day Finny, the best athlete in the school, came up with the crazy idea .....
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Capitalism In Mass Media
<view this essay>.... when they surface. In my analysis, I will be discussing capitalist values and the role of democracy in the media.
The film "You've Got Mail" uses themes such as technology and competition in conjunction with romance, naturalising some of capitalism's values into the character's lifestyle. The use of the Internet and competing businesses combine to create the story between the main characters. They have two relationships: their anonymous romantic Internet relationship and as rival business owners. As the outcome is reached, we understand that competition and technology are not important to the relationship, when the two meet. It is the emotions (such as love) th .....
Number of words: 1448 | Number of pages: 6 |
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Comparison Between Beowulf And Tick
<view this essay>.... the Geats-
greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world" (ll. 109-111). So
neither of them are whimps. Theyre tough too. Theyve had plenty of battles
to prove it. "...from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood.
I drove five great giants into chains, chased all of that race from the
earth" (ll.247-250). Beowulf is a tough guy. Beowulf and Tick like to talk
about themselves a lot. Though they do it at different times, both brag
often. "I swam in the blackness of night, hunting monsters out of the ocean,
and killing them one by one" (ll. 250-253). Beowulf likes to brag about his
accomplishments.
But Beowulf and Tick are also very diff .....
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Madness In Yellow Wallpaper
<view this essay>.... This paper will explore two possible causes of the main character’s madness. These causes are the subjugating treatment inflicted upon her by her husband, and the idea that the main character has clinical schizophrenia. Additionally, this paper will examine the parallels of Gilman’s true-life experiences as compared to those of the main character.
The beginning emphasis will be on the interaction and roles of the husband and wife in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, which are based on the male dominated times of the late 1800’s. The main character, a woman whose name is never revealed, tells us of the mental state of mind she is under and how her husband and hi .....
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