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The True Meaning Behind That Layer Of Blue Nail Polish
<view this essay>.... and the “freaks” were the only ones who had the
guts to wear what it took to get attention and to shock the world. For them
shades of nail polish whether they were blue, black, or glitter have never been
an issue of inappropriateness. Those who were less eccentric when it came to
expressing their exterior image stayed with the “acceptable” red tones.
Now that blue nail polish is the latest manicurean craze, both the
tamest and the wildest adolescents together are donning the shade. When asked
why they choose to wear this latest cerulean shade of nail polish, many give
back similar responses such as: “It looks cool”; “If I wore red I would just
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Death Of A Salesman
<view this essay>.... family. For Willy Loman, to be liked was the definitive criterion of life success. The American dream of wealth and luck became Willy’s dream, and it almost became reality. Willy realizes that in fact he has lived his life in vain, never achieving nor succeeding but remaining a shadow of his ambition. It is this sudden insight that urges him into a fantasy, afraid to face the future. It is only through Willy’s failure as a salesman that his innate desire for the outdoors is exposed. At the end of the play, Charley mentions, "… He was a happy man with a batch of cement … so wonderful with his hands … he had the wrong dreams, all wrong.". It has been of .....
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Definition Of War
<view this essay>.... a war there must be some form of a protagonist as well as an antagonist, but in many cases, it is unclear who gets which label. The American Civil War is a perfect example. The South wanted the freedom to make decisions that benefited a large agricultural society, and when that freedom was denied, they withdrew from the Union. The Union, on the other hand, viewed the South as a group of radicals making an attempt to dissolve the unity of states their ancestors had worked so hard to create. As a result, they felt their freedom of unity and nationhood had been taken away. It is difficult to say who was right, but when all of the negotiations had been exhausted, .....
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Hamlet Spying And Deception
<view this essay>.... and spying in the play.
The tone of deception is initiated by Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, now, the bestial King of
Denmark. Claudius’ murderous actions are revealed by Old Hamlet’s ghost. The visitations
explain the background to Denmark’s deception. “The serpent that did sting thy father’s
life/Now wears his crown” (1,V,39-40). The first speech by Claudius is well organized and is
clever enough to conceal his deadly sin which was committed through ambition and possibly
lust:
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast.
With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-
A witched wit, and gifts that h .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God R
<view this essay>.... the mysteries and rewards life has to offer. Zora Neale Hurston was, the daughter of a Baptist minister and an educated scholar who still believed in the genius contained within the common southern black vernacular(Hook http://splavc.spjc.cc.fl.us/hooks/Zora.html). She was a woman who found her place, though unstable, in a typical male profession. Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Eatonville, Florida, the first all-incorporated black town in America. She found a special thing in this town, where she said, "... [I] grew like a like a gourd and yelled bass like a gator," (Gale, 1). When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care .....
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A Bird Came Down The Walk.
<view this essay>.... and tetrameter means there are four stresses. Meter plays a very important role in poems because it gives the poet another tool to help convey the feeling of the poem.
Dickinson used this metrical pattern to convey to the reader that the bird did not feel natural on the ground. The meter forces the poem to be read very jumpy and quick, much like how a bird acts while on the ground. Even though the bird is on the ground for a short amount time it still acts cautiously because its natural habitat is in the sky.
And the he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass–
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass–
When the bird finally flies .....
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A Review Of "The Rattler"
<view this essay>.... overall effect of life being dear.
The author first portrays the man as a likable character creating
the effect of life being dear. The author first displays the man to the
reader as a person who likes nature by expressing details about the man. “
I walked out into the desert.” The author depicts the man among the
setting of nature because the author knows a reader is more favorable to
character who enjoys nature. The author then uses first person point of
view to produce a likable main character. The man says that “my duty” is
to kill the snake to protect the women and children of the farm he is
working on. The author creates a man who thinks not .....
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Prisoners Dilemma
<view this essay>.... then let go.
Smith and the other man are being offered the same deal. One might assume that each man would confess against each other. In this case both men would receive five years and not obtain the minimum possible time spent in jail. If each man looked out for him self both will end up worse off than if they had acted in a more benevolent manner. This is what makes the prisoner’s dilemma such a paradoxical situation. Both men will be better of if they look out for each other or rather not look out for themselves.
This is a situation that can be used in every day living.. Any time there are peoples' interests that are affected not only by what they d .....
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