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Henry James Book Report
2887 Words - 11 Pages.... woman, which opens many new opportunities for her. Lily has fewer possibilities open to her due to her meager income and her insatiable need for excessive luxury, which would need to be sacrificed in order to maintain an independent lifestyle, while Isabel's wealth give her the option of a lifestyle that is simultaneously independent and luxurious.
Lily and Isabel are both extremely attractive and charming, which cause them to have more than one marriage proposal from wealthy and eligible bachelors. This option would alleviate their financial concerns but would also restrict their personal freedom. Isabel refuses the proposals of Casper Goodwood and Lord Warburton , be ....
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Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" And "The Lottery"
674 Words - 3 Pages.... thoughts in ones mind
while reading them.
The stories "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery" both use names as
symbols. Hawthorne uses the names Young Goodman Brown and Faith to portray nice,
descent people. The name Faith alone implies a faithful and Christian
individual as stated "And Faith, as the wife was aptly named," (211). Jackson
uses the name Mr. Graves throughout her story, he is the coordinator of the
lottery. She needs not give any explanation to the name, as it speaks for itself
(a symbol of death). Various other names are used as symbols within each story,
however, these mentioned are the most significant names to the theme. The
stories each c ....
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Night
403 Words - 2 Pages.... happen, he wonders.
As the days go by, there are frequent selections. A man with a little stick decides who will live and who will die. This man acts like God. To the right you live, to the left, you die. As Wiesel watches the evil that exists, his belief in the existence of God continues to deteriorate. Wiesel asks, "Where is my God? Where is He?"(61)
Wiesel continues to witness hangings, beatings, starvation, and torture. One day when Wiesel comes back from a day’s work, he sees three gallows being assembled. The whole camp has to witness the hangings. Among the 3 people who would die that day, was a young child. Wiesel wondered what that poor innocent boy had done to de ....
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The Merchant Of Venice
965 Words - 4 Pages.... "But tell not me: I know Antonio
Is sad to think upon his merchandise.2
Antonio: "Believe me, no: I thank my fortune for it,
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,
Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate
Upon the fortune of this present year:
Therefore, my merchandise makes me not sad."3
Salanio: "Why, then are you in love."4
Antonio: "Fie, fie!"5
The mystery of Antonio's sadness remains, as he dismisses the
prospect that his sadness is related to his ships or a lost love.
Uninterested in the 'world' of suitors and marriage, Antonio is left
without his lifelong companion, Bassanio after he travelled to Belmont
to woo Portia.
Early in ....
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Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomat
494 Words - 2 Pages.... hysteria, but got her expelled from school for using the word "martini."
At age 19, Fannie began writing and producing TV specials, and since then has appeared in more than 500 shows and in many motion picture and stage productions, including Candid Camera, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Love Boat, and Grease
Fannie Flagg, (as she later changed her name to), was quite good at acting and comedy, but when she decided to take up writing in her late thirties, she never knew that her book would be such a success. The novel, received rave reviews, high praise and gained more serious recognition by critics and the public eye overall. Being so, producer Jon Avnet turned it into a ....
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Civil Disobedience Reaction
377 Words - 2 Pages.... civilization, which would make people savage. And not only would human beings suffer, but the environment and animals would, too. Government doesn’t only keep people in line, but it makes sure that the environment is healthy too with laws.
Government also keeps technology and education going. Money would be a big problem without a strong government, because it wouldn’t always go where it needed to schools and businesses. Money would probably go to waste and not to things that would help economy. Without the money businesses need, people would soon lose jobs. Money would be spent very quickly and be gone very fast.
Government is needed so much when you think ab ....
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Beowulf
1020 Words - 4 Pages.... strong but called to the lords hands." Both of there deaths were honored by very large funerals. Shild Shaving was set out to sea on a fighting ship which was brimming with treasures. body was burned along with massive amounts of treasure. His funeral pyre was kept kindled for 10 days. Both Shild Shaving and were incredibly loved, and respected by their people. Both were very mighty warriors, and capable of tremendous feats. They conquered land and peoples, and they both died very proud deaths. The story is focused around the main character, . He is a man of awesome, superhuman powers. He is able to battle huge beasts without the aid of weapons. In the story, he sails ....
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Death Of Salesman
979 Words - 4 Pages.... succeed.
Willie Loman, in Death of a Salesman,, has lived his life in
pursuit of the American dream. Traditionally the American dream
meant oppurtunity and freedom for all, and Willie believed that.
However, hard work could not earn him everything that he wanted or
thoght he deserved. Willy judged himsel and those arround him by theit
material accumulation, as is demanded by capitalism and the protestant
work ethic. The ethic demands accumulation and work as signs of favor
in the eyes of god. Thus in order to please god and himself he had to
accumulate wealth and objects. The consumer oriented society in which
Willy lives will not allow him to live ....
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