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The Awakening- Edna Pontellier
<view this essay>.... next room to check on the children. "She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow…. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir." (7) This is the first incident in which we see Edna's depression. At first, it doesn't seem like it is that significant, but Edna then goes out and sits on the porch and cries some more: " The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir refused to dry them…. Turning, she trust her face, steaming and wet into the bend of her arm and went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her a .....
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Oedipus
<view this essay>.... excellent leader, it seems curious that the only notable thing about his kingship was an act that took place fifteen years and four of his children ago. Was it really Sophocles' intention that we regard as a "good" man? accuses Tiresias and Creon, two innocent men, of conspiring to d! ethrone him and take over the country. Would a "good" man do this, lacking any evidence but his own suspicions? Would a "good" man wish his own brother-in-law dead when no one could even testify to his guilt? Would a "good" man threaten a timid shepherd with pain and death merely because he was hesitant to reveal the harsh realities of ' life? ' tale of meeting Laius is .....
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The Crucible Summary
<view this essay>.... throughout this play. At the outset of the play she is perceived to be
a very shy girl who will never speak her mind as shown when Proctor
sends her home and she responds with " I'm just going home" (21). As
the play continues and as she is influenced by Abigail, Mary begins to
break this self induced mold and does what she wants. Mary Warren,
along with many other girls gets caught up in the hype of getting all
the attention and exercising power via initiating and adamantly
continuing these "witch trials". Finally John Proctor, the
rationalist, shows that when people like Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth
Proctor who are the saintliest of people are ac .....
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Macbeth - Ambition
<view this essay>.... hand him the throne, rather than killing Duncan himself to inherit it. (If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir. Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 154-156) Macbeth contemplates the idea of killing Duncan even as he is saluting Duncan at Duncan's palace. Macbeth's urge to exterminate Duncan increases when Duncan names Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, the heir to the Scottish throne. Macbeth's ambition strengthens because he pleads to the stars (his destiny) to make his plan a reality. (Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand! yet let that be, which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. A .....
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The Outsiders - Human Nature
<view this essay>.... Ponyboy and Johnny, Ponyboyıs best friend, get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. Johnny and Ponyboy run to a fellow Greaser, Dally, who is always in trouble with the law. Dally helps them by giving them some money, a gun, and a place to hide. They hide in a church outside of town for a week until Dally says itıs okay to come out. They go out to eat and when they get back to the church they find it burning. When they see that there are kids inside and the fire could have been started by their cigarettes, they run inside to save th .....
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Diversity Of Hawthorne's Writings In "Young Goodman Brown", "Ethan Brand", And "The Birthmark"
<view this essay>.... these stories it is possible to become engrossed in
the darkness that is portrayed and none is better than "Young Goodman Brown" .
Young Goodman Brown, the character, is first introduced to us in the clearing of
Salem village and we learn that he has faith in the goodness of the village and
Faith for his companion as well. The people that we meet in Salem village in
the first few paragraphs are just Goodman and Faith. These two characters are
very important to understand for their surface characters or illusional
characters. It is soon learned that Goodman Brown is not such a good man and
later Faith shows us just as much false character. Goodman and Fa .....
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The Stories Of A People
<view this essay>.... species, kingdom, phylum, etc, etc (so far this only applies to humans). In general, myth is a narrative that describes and shows the origin of the basic characteristics and presumption of a culture. Mythic narratives usually are about stuff such as, how the world began, how humans and animals were created, why is the sky blue, why do someone go splat when they jump off a cliff, how certain customs work, and other such topics. Almost all cultures possess or at one time possessed and lived in terms of myths. Myths are different from fairy tales in that they refer to a time that is different from ordinary time. The time sequence of myth takes place usually in .....
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Reconstructing A Crime Scene
<view this essay>.... until he came across an old Clint Eastwood movie: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. He sat back down with a grim look on his face.
"Those sons-of-bitches," Simon uttered. He was heartbroken and disappointed to see the Bears take such a serious butt whipping. He was especially embarrassed that he had to sit through this massacre in the company of his brother-in-law.
"Now, calm down son. It was only a game. Let's enjoy the holiday festivities," Simon's father advised.
Norton observed the collection of moose heads and gun racks hanging along the walls. He picked-up one of the hunting magazines that were lying on the coffee table, and flips through a couple .....
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