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J.D. Salinger
1913 Words - 7 Pages.... better. The works of show the quest for happiness through religion, loneliness, and symbolism. Salinger’s works often use religion in order to portray comfort. In Salinger’s Nine Stories Franny Glass keeps reciting the "Jesus Prayer" to cope with the suicide of her brother Seymour (Bloom in Bryfonski and Senick 69). Salinger is able to use this prayer as a means of comfort for Franny. The prayer stands for the last hope for Franny in this situation. Franny would be lost if their was no prayer. (Bryfonski and Senick 71). Salinger shows us comfort in Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caufield, the protagonist, is very much in despair for losing his girlfriend, so Caufield reads ....
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Parataxis Of Homer
587 Words - 3 Pages.... the city of Priam for nine years, and in the tenth
they sacked the city and set sail for home, but on the voyage home they offended Athene,
who let loose an evil tempest and tall waves against them. Then all the rest of his
excellent companions perished, but the wind and the current carried him here and here
they drove him.” The original conversation between Hermes and Kalypso had little to do
with Odysseus’s journey. Hermes in lines 97 to 115 tells Kalypso that Odysseus’s fate lie
not on the island, but back home in Ithaka. The parataxis interrupts the line of
conversation to inform the reason why Odysseus arrives here. It gives a glimpse the span
of Ody ....
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Planet Of The Apes Satire
750 Words - 3 Pages.... in the book is through Ulysees’ mind. He is clam and patient. Taylor in the movie is an impatient angry man who is never satisfied and is outraged by the fact that apes are running the planet and have locked him up. In the movie Taylor is a misanthrope who is hot-tempered and not respectful to the apes. He calls them "Bloody Baboons!" Taylor left Earth to find a better place and ended up where he started. In the book, Ulysee is kind and respectful towards the apes, and he was granted citizenship to their civilization and begins to assign apes human features. Ulysee was granted citizenship because of the speech he made before them. He gave that speech with respect and loy ....
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The Merchant Of Venice
647 Words - 3 Pages.... by acting belligerent towards him.
"Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call." 2
Shylock mistreats this man because of his poverty, and because Launcelot is socially beneath him. You also start to wonder about how fair Shylock is, when Launcelot is deciding whether or not to leave him.
Shylock also mistreats his own daughter, Jessica. He mistreats her by keeping her as a captive in her own house, not letting her out, and not letting her hear the Christian music around her. He orders her to:
"Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum...
..But stop my house's ears-I mean casements.
Let not the sound of shallow fopp'ry enter
My sober house." 3
Jessica co ....
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The Hobbit
453 Words - 2 Pages.... group from the goblins. The group ran ahead and Bilbo was lost behind them.
Bilbo found an underwater lake and a ring on an island in the lake. He found out that the ring made him invisible. In the lake also lived a creature named Gollum. Gollum was a creature that ate other people. Gollum approached Bilbo and Bilbo told him he desired to find a way out. They then played a riddle game and if Bilbo won, he lived and if he lost, he would die. Bilbo won the riddle game but Gollum still wanted to eat him, But then Bilbo accidentally slipped the ring on his finger and became invisible, so he escaped.
He met with the group again and walked with them for a few days. Gandolf left ....
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Macbeth Character Analysis
571 Words - 3 Pages.... Macbeth shows his lack of integrity in many ways throughout the entire play through his actions towards the other characters, this trait helps to personify what kind of person Macbeth was and what kind of person he was becoming.
In the beginning of the play Macbeth is portrayed as an upstanding citizen to Scotland and a man with unending courage. He could do no wrong in the eyes of the king and because of this was presented with many honors. As with any person when they are recognized for what they have done Macbeth became somewhat greedy in his newly found fame and this greed also spread to his wife, Lady Macbeth. With this greed, as you can expect, came a want for more ....
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A Story About WWF
620 Words - 3 Pages.... degenerates. I feel it's time for a real champion get the belt. That is why I'm here, I'm the people's cham....."
Before sting could finish his sentence he is attacked by HHH. HHH's partner distracted the referee long enough for him to deliver the devastating 'Piledriver'. With Sting's head exposed, HHH drops to the ground and drives Sting's exposed head on the cement floor. The force was enough to break his neck. Sting was knocked out from the force of the impact. When he awoke, he was in an ambulance.
"Where am I? Somebody please tell me where I am," Sting pleaded. The paramedic treated him to calm down. "I can't move! I can't move" he would say.
It took about ha ....
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Antigone: Gender Conflict
980 Words - 4 Pages.... for the reason
of a funeral or religious festival. Only the poverty stricken women
were allowed to work outside the home. They were not allowed to own
property. They lived their lives under the control of a male figure.
(Kishlansky 75)
Women in marriage did not gain much pleasure. They married
between the ages of twelve and eighteen. (Kagan 53) The marriage was
arranged by their fathers. Marriages were conducted with these
words, “I give this women for the procreation of legitimate
children...I accept...And I give a certain amount as dowry...I am
content.” Clearly the purpose of the women was to bear children.
The role of the husband is vague ....
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