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Turn Of The Screw By Henry Jam
<view this essay>.... the narrator and unnamed in this story, has more credentials than the housekeeper and is mainly in charge of caring for the children. Flora and Miles, two young children who are left in the care of these women until their uncle returns. Throughout the story the governess explains to Mrs. Grose that she is seeing two people staring at her. At first Mrs. Grose thinks what she is saying is ridiculous, but after careful examination she begins to agree with the governess. The governess explains in full detail what these people looked like and Mrs. Grose tells her it’s the ghosts of Peter Quint (the previous butler) and Miss. Jessel (a previous maid).
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The Red Badge Of Courage 3
<view this essay>.... of war,
and of what it would be like to fight in those glorious battles. His
mother was a wise, caring woman who had strong convictions about not
wanting Henry to goto war. She is a very hardworking woman, and loves
her son a great deal. She gave him hundreds of reasons why he was
needed on the farm and not in the war. Henry knew his mother would not
want him to enlist, but it was his decision to make. He dreamed of the
battles of war, and of what it would be like to fight in those glorious
battles. He didn^t want to stay on the farm with nothing to do, so he
made his final decision to enlist.
After enlisting he finds himself in a s .....
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The Crucible 7
<view this essay>.... walk straight, arms by their sides, eyes slightly downcast, and their mouths were to be shut unless otherwise asked to speak. It is not surprising that the girls would find this type of lifestyle very constricting. To rebel against it, they played pranks, such as dancing in the woods, listening to slaves' magic stories and pretending that other villagers were bewitching them. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frighte .....
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
<view this essay>.... place in the US after W.W. II when violence began to grow rapidly. Women were coming home from the war, and men were demanding their voting rights. In the 50's crime was on everyone's mind, on television and in the moon. O'Connor's knew taht society was drastically changing for the worse, and she probably knew that one day we'd end with something liek the Internet with all its pornos. O'Connor's displeasure with society at the time could have been attributed to strong belief in God from a Catholic point of view.
OConner was trying to put the question of Religion to the reader. What has happened to the World ? It had become complicated. Here you have a dear old .....
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The Lottery
<view this essay>.... obviously saw examples of this misuse of tradition and ingeniously placed it into an exaggerated situation to let us see how barbaric our actions are. The townspeople, in the story, all come together for the annual lottery; however, in an interesting twist, those participating stone the winner to death. Everyone in the story seems horribly uncivilized yet they can easily be compared to today’s society. Perhaps Jackson was suggesting the coldness and lack of compassion the human race can exhibit in situations regarding tradition and values. The People who were stoned to death represented values and good being as the townspeople, who represented societ .....
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Dream Deferred
<view this essay>.... and dying like a raisin left out in the sun. If a raisin is left out in the sun too long, it will inevitably die. The same principle can apply to a dream left in the mind too long. The environment will kill the dream if it is left idle for a lengthy period of time. It will wither up and die, just like the raisin in the sun.
Hughes continues to make his point through the symbols of inanimate objects as the poem progresses. In addition, all of the symbolic statements except the final one are similes. In lines four and five, the statement, "Or fester like a sore--And then run?" is extremely symbolic. The visual picture of a sore festering and the .....
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Othello 2
<view this essay>.... “ But, sir, be you ruled by me: I have brought you up from Venice. Watch you tonight; for the command, I’ll lay’t upon you. Cassio knows you not. I’ll not be far from you: do you find some occasion to anger Cassio, either by speaking to loud, or tainting his discipline; or from what other course you please, which the time shall more favorably minister. “ (Pg. 673)
Roderigo does this for Iago promises it will make him look good in front of Desdemona. Iago needs to make Cassio suffer and manipulates Roderigo to do it by playing on Roderigo’s desire for Desdemona. Iago also uses Roderigo for his money as well as helping h .....
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Spin Cycle
<view this essay>.... shows how the use of controlled leaks, meticulously
worded briefs, and the outright avoidance of certain questions allows the White
House to control the scope and content of the stories that make it to the front
page and the nightly network news. As Kurtz makes clear, the president and
First Lady are convinced that the media are out to get them, while the journalists covering the White House are constantly frustrated at the stonewalling and the lack of cooperation they encounter while trying to do their jobs. In the middle is the White House press secretary Mike McCurry, a master at defusing volatile situations and walking the fine line with the press. .....
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