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The Crucible
<view this essay>.... Parris tells how he was in the woods at that particular time,
and saw these dances, as well as some other very strange rituals, Abigail
gradually explains what went on, while leaving herself out as the main
practitioner. She says she was sort of led into it all by the other girls.
Anyway, now the stage is set for a variety of unexpected accusations,
scandals and tribulations.
Abigail's performance stood out to me, as I enjoyed how she could
change from that little sweet. innocent girl, to a fierce, roaring woman.
Her costume fitted the time period, and was quite appropriate for the
scenes, when coupled with her movement, and manner. It was very notic .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
<view this essay>.... house, but nothing comes of it that summer.
Scout dislikes school from the first morning. A few times when Scout and Jem walk home from school, they discover small gifts in the hollow oak tree at the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill
returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of Boo’s story. One night they sneak up to the Radley house to look in at a window. Mr. Radley, Boo’s uncle, chases
them off with a shotgun, and as the children flee Jem’s pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clumsily mended them where the fence tore them.
When scho .....
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Perfect Love Casts Out All
<view this essay>.... saved, whereas Miss Foley us ruined by her preoccupation with fear and failure to love.
Mr. Halloway's life is plagued by the constant thoughts of his ever nearing death. As he approaches his middle age, he feels that he has failed as a father to his son, William. Speaking to Will, he tells him, "(I am) always looking over your shoulder to see what's coming ahead instead of looking at you to see what's here." He fears that death is going to come to him and he would have missed out on his son's life as well as his own. Meanwhile, a carnival comes into Green Tree, Illinois, offering eternal youth while at the same time threatening with fear in the form of deat .....
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Bella
<view this essay>.... and I was born white. The leaders marked it at once as a tag, and my mother was shaking every time when I departed on a walk from the house. She left out, that her – so I was called – is very clever and cautious. Once in front of the house a corpse of one of the oldest rats was laying, crushed by an automobile. Upon seeing the turned up, insipid muzzle with the intestines out of the stomach… mother never could get rid of obsess ional memories and phobia, that something similar can happen to somebody from her family. And on the first place in the candidate list was always I.
As soon as I was taken off from mother’s chest, I have started having conversations wi .....
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Edgar Allen Poe's: "The Murders In The Rue Morgue"
<view this essay>.... is presently in the subject's head, is
reached. With this still fresh in mind, Poe gives us a mystery taken right from
the local Gazette, two recent murders with questionable motives and
circumstances, the search for the murderer has proved futile. Poe's stage is
now set. The murders, of Madame and Mademoiselle L'Espanaye are then related by
a series of eleven eyewitnesses, a diverse mix of occupation and culture.
However, they concur on one point: all heard an indistinguishable voice ("that
of a foreigner") and one of an angered Frenchman at the scene of the crime. As
the account of the last witness is registered, Dupin and the narrator decide to
examine the .....
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Macbeth - Influence Of Characters On Macbeth
<view this essay>.... basis for this claim. Studies have shown that both a person’s genetic structure and the circumstances to which he or she is subjected have bearing on how a person thinks, feels and acts. Considering this, the actions of the character Macbeth must be evaluated by his personal motivations and the external causes that may have led to them. It is established from the very beginning that Macbeth is ambitious. There can be no doubt about this. A certain level of courage accompanies his ambition as well. As a noble he is an active one, fighting against the rebel hordes and Norwegians in defense of his king, no doubt for the purpose of gaining notoriety and other rewar .....
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Great Expectations 7
<view this essay>.... there are certain sentiments, fancies-I don't know how to call them-which I am not able to comprehend. When you say you love me, I know what you mean as a form of words, but nothing more" (347). Her lack of emotions and understanding give the people who "love" her a difficult time. Estella appears to do what she has to in a manner irritatingly relaxed. She functions like a robot programed to carry necessary tasks. "You may kiss me if you like," (88), she tells Pip with no feeling, almost as if the kiss was money or a gift. With every cold-hearted action, Estella furthers herself from any true feeling.
Though she advocated it, Estella's actions weren't entir .....
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The Glass Menagerie 2
<view this essay>.... in the parlor. Initially Laura is petrified but she begins to feel more comfortable around him as they reminisce over high school days. Then Jim dances with Laura and kisses her, only to reveal that he is engaged to another woman and must leave. Amanda believes that Tom has purposely made them look like fools and Tom leaves just as his father had. At the end of the play, Tom realizes that he will never be able to forget the sister he left behind.
Character Sketches:
Tom Wingfield-
The son of Amanda Wingfield. He is the sole economic supporter of the Wingfield family. Tom is a poet who is employed at a shoe factory and spends his nights drinking in order .....
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