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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 th .....
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Catcher In The Rye 2
<view this essay>.... become. Some would believe that Holden has become obsessed with his sister even if he just wants to protect her. Holden does not want her to change. Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible but it's too bad anyway. Anyway, I kept thinking about all that while I walked.
Holden's sister, Phoebe, is his connection to children. Holden believes all children are like her and that they are much more superior than adults. When an adult does something that is somewhat abnormal, Holden finds this a disgusting show of what people becom .....
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Romeo And Juliet 10
<view this essay>.... why this play has been successful is also because the hints of tragedy increased the suspense and irony of the play. For example, when Juliet looks upon Romeo and says;
“O God, I have an ill-diving
soul!
Methinks I see them, now
thou art below
As one dead in the bottom
of a thumb. ” (Act III, Scene V, lines 54-56)
thus pointing out the hints of tragic death.
Romeo and Juliet is also a play which is full of anger, passion, and death. The secrecy of the marriage of Romeo and Juliet pointed out a form of dramatic irony. This is shown by Juliet’s “ double-edged ”phrases when Lady Capulet is denouncing Romeo. For e .....
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The Tragedy Of Creon In Antigo
<view this essay>.... the play’s perception that he almost escapes tragedy, makes him that much more lamentable. The general perception of Creon as “villain” is shifted as the Chorus elucidates that he is indeed the tragedy.
Along with its shifting opinon in the play, the Chorus comments on proper conduct as viewed by the masses in Ancient Greece. “Zeus hates with a vengeance all bravado, / the mighty boasts of men.” (lines 140 and 141) The notion that men should be reverent to the gods is the antithesis of what Creon initially embraces. “The power is yours, I suppose, to enforce it / with the laws, both for the dead and all of us, / the .....
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Call Of The Wild 2
<view this essay>.... was a fair and caring Canada Mail carrier. The first days on the sled team where a new experiences for Buck. When his instincts stopped he learned on from his companions. Each dog had to take care of himself as Perrault only had so much time on his hands.
If there was one problem it was with his companion Spitz. The two of them where aimed at each others throats from the day they met. It was a constant battle of who was king of the hill, one that would end in the others death. That day came when the team was chasing a rabbit through the woods. Buck was in the lead just inches behind the prey, when Spitz took a shortcut and jumped on Buck. It was a life and .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: Stanza 74
<view this essay>.... preservation of his life ahead of chivalry. The knight has withstood the lady’s constant barrage of sexual advances, and kept his promise to the lord of the castle, but when the chance to save his life is presented, he snatches it up without a second thought. This point is shown by the way the author puts "Outright" on a line of it’s own, emphasizing Gawain’s quick decision. He is then ecstatic about the thought that he will survive his meeting with the knight the next day, shown by "often thanks gave he/ With all his heart and might." Later, Sir Gawain finds three faults in his actions, the first being his cowardice – in direct contrast .....
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Macbeth - Lady Macbeth
<view this essay>.... chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round,
Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
To have crowned thee withal.”
-Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Sc5, Lines 13 – 28
Amongst the most essential of characters in the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is Lady Macbeth. Upon the introduction of Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth is brought into the plot of the play. In this soliloquy, Lady Macbeth comments on her thoughts after having read a letter from her husband, Macbeth, informing her about the witches’ prophecies on the possibility of Kingship. A variety of outstanding topics are explored, inc .....
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Elli
<view this essay>.... to beat the Jews, such as sterilization. This is demonstrated in Chapter Twenty in the book, they hear the rumor circulating that the Germans are putting "Bromide" in the prisoner’s food. The prisoners are provided no forms of personal hygiene such as showers, except the one they receive when they enter and leave the camp, other than that they are given no forms of washing or grooming. Their toilet facilities are non-existent, and instead they have to balance precariously over a pit that is never emptied of the stagnant waste that remains inside. They receive no protection from the sun in summer and because of this they develop numerous blisters .....
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