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Guilt, Duty, And Unrequited Love
<view this essay>.... The love triangle, for plot purposes, seems to be a popular technique employed to change the dynamic, add dimension, and generally ‘spice up’ an otherwise stagnant monogamous relationship. It would make for a pretty dull and quite unpopular show if such popular daytime soap characters as Luke and Laura or Bo and Hope had enjoyed a smooth courtship, uncomplicated marriage and then grew old and gray together without a single conflict. The viewers watched them go through many conflicts, some of which involved the classic love triangle. Such conflicts as the love triangle keep the story moving. Common elements of triangles in today’s soaps consist of lust, gree .....
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Hamlet
<view this essay>.... to sponges, "When he (Claudius) needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you and, sponge, you shall be dry again," (pg 98, 20). This is random and unexpected, as many of his actions, but the comparison makes sense; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern soak up all the kings favors, only to become dry again after they mop up the King’s mess (spying on , and getting Polonius’s body). Later, with Claudius, tells how lowly a king can be by saying, "A man (beggar) may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm," (pg 99, 29). This also makes sense, and is not quite as random; when confronts Claudius, and .....
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Traditions In "A Moment Before The Gun Went Off" And "The Lottery"
<view this essay>.... losing there grip in other
communities. This detail is not only mentioned in both stories, but looked down
upon by communities that still follow the traditions.
In the story "The Lottery," the tradition is to hold a lottery on a
specific summer day, but instead of winning a cash prize or some other good
thing, the winner gets to be stoned to death by the members of the community.
The character that is mentioned most in this story is one by the name of Mrs.
Hutchinson. Mrs. Hutchinson is a devoted mother and housewife. She is the one
who eventually gets singled out to win the lottery. So it is Mrs. Hutchinson who
is impacted the most brutally by the lottery. .....
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Analysis Of The Crito
<view this essay>.... people will understand. However, Crito’s counter-argument to this is that the majority can cause great harm; therefore we should care what they think. Socrates further goes on to say the majority acts haphazardly; therefore, they cannot do great good or great harm (Plato 45). Crito says that "the opinion of the many" would judge us wrong if we didn't help you (and anyone in your position would agree that you ought to escape). Socrates notes that some opinion is right and some opinion is wrong. It is not simply a matter of mere opinion, but of correct opinion. The authority in this case is the actual truth of the matter. Socrates introduces a distincti .....
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Rude Strength
<view this essay>.... the vision while she lay ill, Julian suggests that, if it were present in actuality as it was in the Showing, Christ's blood would have saturated the bed she was confined to and overflowed. By allowing vision to spill into reality, Julian makes a crude but carefully wrought mess that I offer to you as an example of "."2
is a term I learned from Walter Pater, who used it in 1873 in his volume of essays titled The Renaissance to describe the essential quality of art in the Middle Ages. A fairly ingenuous first-year doctoral student, I read Pater's description and recognized precisely that quality of the literature of the Middle Ages that I find so compell .....
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Analysis Of Gimple The Fool
<view this essay>.... made by him (100). Further he was guilty of blindly loving a woman who would never treat him as a human being. Gimpel did not think of himself as a fool but every reaction betrayed his lie to himself. Gimpel did not make his own way through life and allowed others to persuade his every thoughts. When the voice of reason or logic presented itself, Gimpel chose to ignore common sense. Gimpel was a fool despite his self-denial.
As a necessity of his community Gimpel served the purpose of bread maker and as in all societies he served also as the scapegoat. Gimpel could have been an integral part of his society but instead he was untrue to himself and he wa .....
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Chamberlain And Fabri: Strong Advocates
<view this essay>.... and opponents of “new imperialism” and colonial expansion used this opportunity to appeal to public opinion for support of their arguments. Joseph Chamberlain, (1836-1914) and Friedrich Fabri, (1824-1892) are two examples of strong advocates.
A Speech to the West Birmingham Relief Association, was given by wealthy manufacturer, Joseph Chamberlain, at a meeting called to discuss widespread unemployment and hard times in Birmingham on January 22, 1894. A former mayor of Birmingham, he was an advocate of many social reforms geared toward aiding the working class. In addition to his service as mayor, he became a member of the British Parliament in 1876.2 Fried .....
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William Shaksphere
<view this essay>.... daughter of a local farmer, she was related to a family of
considerable wealth and social standing. Mary Arden and John
Shakespeare were married in 1557.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one
of eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent
people. When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he
probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other
boys of his social class. Students went to school year round
attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict
disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was
probably fascinating. Str .....
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