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The Crucible: Summary
395 Words - 2 Pages.... a group of
girls trying to conjure up spirits, some say she was just trying to get
attention. Finally, John Proctor shows that when Mary accuses Elizibeth
Proctor and himself of witchcraft something must be wrong. So Mary Warren
decides to speak out and tell the court that Abigail tried to kill her
severel times so she would lie for them.
John Proctor has an even bigger conflict, he has to maintain his
good and honest image while keeping a deep secret inside of him. He seems
like any other citizen in the community except he has had an affair with
Abigail and he is afraid abigail is trying to kill his wife to get him.
Proctor weighs all parts of this conflict and deci ....
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The Big Chill: Symbolism
393 Words - 2 Pages.... that
nobody really knew each other since their college days. This is symbolic
that their friendships had been frozen, or dead, perhaps, since the group
"broke up" many years ago.
Another possibility is that the title symbolizes each individual's
stolid realization that a certain part of their lives was dead, or frozen.
This could refer to Alex, who had killed himself. Or it could refer to
their friendship, which pro bably dwindled down from an occasional phone
call to a seasonal letter or card, and eventually to virtual non-
communication.
The title could even have yet another "hidden" meaning. It could
refer to the group's total loss of communication wit ....
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Barney Vs. Sesame Street
486 Words - 2 Pages.... focuses on one topic for every show. The one that I watched,
entitled "Up We Go", was about flying. You learn about kites, birds, planes and
more. You get more out of the show than if it was about many topics like Sesame
Street. The one we saw had many topics like eating healthy, dental hygiene, the
airport and more. The child can have an overload of ideas for one day and get
all mixed up.
Both Barney and Sesame Street have songs in them. I found that Barney
had many more songs than Sesame Street. The songs are used as jolts and they
work well in getting the attention of the child. I found that the Barney songs
were much catchier than the Sesame Street songs. ....
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Hamlet: Spying
1227 Words - 5 Pages.... will reassure his new suspicions of Claudius killing his father by spying on the King of Denmark. This gives Hamlet two good reasons to kill Claudius. First, he hated the fact that his uncle married his mother in just a few months after his dad died. Second, his father's ghost wants revenge on Claudius. Most of the time Hamlet does his own spying. He tries to force Ophelia to give him information, but she ends up lying to him in ACT III Scene i.
Hamlet: Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a
breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but
yet I could accuse me of such things that it were
better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud,
revengeful, ....
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The Merchant Of Venice: Shylock - Victim Or Villain
2695 Words - 10 Pages.... in portraying Shylock, had
any political or social intentions" ( 112-13). Both Jews were placed in time
where "anti-Semitism was in fashion" (Palmer 113), and both thrown into court
where they would be tried unjustly. The story of Roderigo Lopez sets the tone
for The Merchant of Venice. Lopez' incident occurred in 1594, The Merchant of
Venice was written only two years later. Anti-Semitism was prevalent during
Shakespeares' time, and therefore we must understand that it was as easy for him
to make a Jewish man the villain as it would be for us to make a Nazi the
villain. According to Sylvan Barnet "The Merchant of Venice [shows] the
broad outline of a comedy (not merely ....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
1210 Words - 5 Pages.... arrive and tell Hamlet about the ghost and Hamlet agrees to join them
that night in search of the ghost, his father.
1.3 At Polonius's room, Laertes says good-bye to his sister Ophelia and
tells her not to trust Hamlet. Polonius arrives and says good-bye Laertes and
offers him advice. He then talks to Ophelia about not seeing Hamlet and then
orders her stay away from him.
1.4 Claudius is drinking the night and Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus
see the ghost again. The ghost signals to Hamlet to come, but the others try
and hold him back. Hamlet struggles free and moves towards the apparition.
1.5 The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father and that
h ....
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The Star Wars Trilogy
797 Words - 3 Pages.... Orion on search of help.
They meet Han Solo and Chewbacca who have a ship to get them there.
At this time in an attempt to get the co- ordinates for the Rebel base
from the Princess Darth Vader, A leader of the Empire, Destroy Orion with there
new space station the Death Star. As Luke and Han Aboard the Falcon get near the
old planet they are caught by the Death Star. Once in side they escape there
captors and seek to escape the Death star. While doing this they find Leia and
free her. Ben also find his long time student turned evil, Darth Vader, and
fights to the death. Vader wins but Ben spirit remains with Luke. The others
escape but the Empire has already found the ....
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Brutus Is A Very Ambitious Man
498 Words - 2 Pages.... less, but that I loved Rome more” (3,2,23-24). Brutus honored Caesar but felt that he made the Romans slaves. Brutus took this as a negative and did what he thought was right for Rome.
Brutus was very honorable himself. In reaching his goal for the people Brutus knew how to lure the crowd, appearing to their better judgement. At Caesar’s graveside Brutus’ eulogy appealed to the better judgement of the Romans. He encouraged the crowd to believe him as an honorable man. He says that he wants them to know the facts, “Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may better judge” (). Brutus got people sympathy by saying that he never wronged Ca ....
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