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Hedda Gabler And Phaedra: Death And The Heroine
<view this essay>.... incestuous, in Athenian eyes), which
she is the first to hold in contempt. She makes every endeavor to overcome
it. She convinces her husband to send her stepson into exile and in the
later part of the verse she chose death rather than to disclose her secret
to anyone. When confronted by Oenone, she relates her tale in a manner
which convincing enough to interpret it as a curse, as she does so with
shame and confusion. She even goes to an extent to call herself a monster.
If one looks at the entire text of the verse, one does tend to notice that
throughout the play she has not slandered or even made any accusations at
or to anyone but has always implies so. .....
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Hamlet Research Paper
<view this essay>.... the death of his brother Claudius. By this time Claudius has
already ascended the throne, and married Hamlet's mother Queen
Gertrude. Hamlet decides to take a passive approach to avenge his
father. Hamlet first decides to act abnormal which does not accomplish
much besides warning his uncle that he might know he killed his father.
Later in the play a troop of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet
has them reenact the murder of is father in front of his uncle
Claudius. The actors murder scene also make Hamlet question himself
about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. Hamlet
says ' But am I Pigeon-livered .....
Number of words: 2900 | Number of pages: 11 |
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Ethan Frome
<view this essay>.... her because she had tried to help his mother recover from an illness and once his mother died he could not bear the thought of being alone. His wife was seven years his senior and always seemed to have some kind of illness. It seemed that all she ever did was complain, and he resented this because it stifled his growing soul. Since his wife was continuously ill, and her cousin needed a place to stay, they took her in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate liking to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was always happy, and could share his youth, unlike his s .....
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Beauty And The Beast-interpret
<view this essay>.... starts out simply enough. There was a merchant who had three daughters and was going to the market. He asked each daughter, “what they wanted from the market.” The two older daughters were very vain and each wanted material things. Beauty, who was the sweetest of the three asked for a rose that was picked for her by her father. The man gets stuck in a storm and finds himself at a castle where he spends the night. The0re seems to be no one around but there is a wonderful dinner set upon the table. The merchant looks around the house and when he finds no one, he eats the meal. Then since he is weary from his trip he spends the night in the house, the next morn .....
Number of words: 1459 | Number of pages: 6 |
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The Things They Carried 2
<view this essay>.... by returning to the death of Ted Lavender throughout the story. Someone who had actually experienced similar events could only write the story with such detail. The repetitive narration describing the accumulation of things they carried eventually had meaning. This was the way their lives had become, step by step, ounce by ounce. The repetition reached a climax when the author revealed the heaviest of all the things they carried, “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die” (paragraph 77). The main characters in the story were First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and Martha, a college student who wrote to him. The story flowed from beginn .....
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School Uniforms
<view this essay>.... not play. Jesuit Prep needs to continue this vital dress code and hair restrictions for the future.
Having a school full of students wearing the same clothes and hairstyles helps build an integration within the class. Students that wear many different styles of clothes all come together wearing similar pants, shirts, ties, and shoes. Through a dress code and hair restrictions, everyone is helped to be made more comfortable by wearing similar clothes, otherwise, people may feel alienated with less trendy or "cool" clothes. Hairstyles help ease this integration as well by giving each person similar styles making everyone feel more at ease. The overall integra .....
Number of words: 541 | Number of pages: 2 |
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Continental Drift
<view this essay>.... strength, or charm, (Homer, 54). Odysseus represents the timeless virtues of masculinity that all men, including Bob, desire. That Bob seeks to break the free of his average life, tries to become something other than the sad normal man that his father was; that he endeavors to become a great man, is what brings these two stories together. As the men in The Odyssey look to Odysseus as the touchstone of masculinity, Bob Dubois looks to the men in his life in his attempt to become a good man. Bob wants to become a mythical male, "handsome, of course, and sexy and good-humored; he’s not rich, not yet, {…} he’s kind and gentle, tender to women, children .....
Number of words: 3066 | Number of pages: 12 |
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Macbeth Persona
<view this essay>.... hiding behind walls built on the backs of those they are
meant to serve, their days filled with plans to cement their positions as absolute rulers of
Heaven and Earth. In this edition of my column I beseech the people reading this to take a
stand against the corrupt nobles and demand that we get the king that this land of ours has
needed for so long.
The one who we trust with the appointment of governing us must stand up to a
certain measure in my opinion. He must be no more important than any other man under
God, but he must also be able to fill the duty that no other is qualified for. I have a list of
specific qualities that such a man must posses if he .....
Number of words: 900 | Number of pages: 4 |
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