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Contrast In Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind
410 Words - 2 Pages.... They didn't see the the thousands of men killed each day. They didn't see the millions of men who were wounded and probably wished that they were dead. Yet, they still thought that they understood what the war was about and what exactly was going on. The soldiers did see that, and more, everyday, everynight, never to not be faced with it.
The phrase "war is kind" is mentioned several times throught out the poem, which is not what most people would use to describe the war. That is probably the reason that the certain phrase was used. By saying that war is kind, it made the reader think, really think, about why would Crane use that phrase about the war. The reader ....
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Things Fall Apart 4
520 Words - 2 Pages.... Okonkwo has bad luck. Another way of looking at this fact is to say that the events are a result of coincidence. However, I disagree with these views, and instead assert that Achebe deliberately made sure that after each of Okonkwo's outbursts, a tragedy befell him and those around him. I think that Achebe could have been trying to hint to the reader that placing too much emphasis on acting manly is bad.
One example of Okonkwo's quick reflexes is seen when he kills Ikemefuna because he did not want his fellow clansmen to think that he was weak. After the Ikemefuna's slaying, Okonkwo is unable to eat or drink for two days due to the fact that he is upset over the death of ....
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A Pair Of Tickets By Amy Tan
686 Words - 3 Pages.... with his long lost aunt. After visiting with her for a day they plan to take a plane to Shanghai, China where Jandale will meet her two half-sisters for the first time. It is both a blissful time and yet a time of remorse, Jandale has come to China to find her Chinese roots that her mother told her she possessed, and to meet her two twin half-sisters whom her mother had to abandon on her attempt to flee from the Japanese.
Some people have no opportunity to get to know their heritage and their long lost family members. Jandale however, had almost waited her entire life to connect with her heritage and her family. She was willing to visit China and meet with her two half ....
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The Landlady: The Power Of Details
624 Words - 3 Pages.... should have been reminded to Weaver at this moment. Looking at the green curtains, the yellow chrysanthemums, the dog resting soundly in front of a fire, and a parrot in a cage by a variety of cozy couches, he assumes that this would be a suitable arrangement. "Animals are usually a good sign in a place like this", Billy told himself. He failed to investigate any further when the incredibly cheap price was revealed. Why would such an exceptional environment be so inexpensive? He failed to question this. "There were no other hats or coats in the hall. There were no umbrellas, no walkingsticks-nothing." With such a reasonable rate, why wouldn't others be reaping the ....
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Antigone Greek Ideals
907 Words - 4 Pages.... ideals.
They both based their actions on their beliefs of what is right and
wrong. The conflict arose when the ideals that backed up their actions
clashed with each other, making it contradiction between morals.
Antigone's side of the conflict held a much more heavenly
approach, as opposed to the mundane road that Creon chose to follow.
Antigone feels that Creon is disregarding the laws of heaven through
his edict. After she is captured and brought to Creon, she tells him
"I do not think your edicts strong enough to overrule the unwritten
unalterable laws of God and heaven, you being only a man." Antigone's
staunch opinion is one that supp ....
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Shakesphere
394 Words - 2 Pages.... split up at birth in the same fashion. Coincidentally, one servant ends up in on the city of Syracuse with one of the brothers and the other servant ends up in Ephesus with the other brother. Both sets of twin brothers had the same name. Both masters were Antipholous and both servants were Dromio. Is that not ironic?
Shakespeare also creates comedy by making fun of other characters. For example, in Act 3, Scene 2, Dromio of Syracuse, servant of Antipholous of Syracuse, is making fun of a woman who thought that he was the other Dromio and tried to "jump his bones". He says, "she is spherical, like a globe. I could find countries in her" (p.36) Dromio finds such coun ....
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Analysis Of Poe's "A Tell Tale Heart"
660 Words - 3 Pages.... sneak into the old man's
room while he was sleeping and stare at the eye. Although he would find the
eye always closed, he would still stare. It was hard for him to overcome
this obsession. This continued for seven nights straight, but on the eighth
night the obsession would become a killer.
On the eighth night the narrator, full of confidence, would enter
the room and awaken the old man. At this point the old man's eyes open and
the protagonist sees the evil eye. The narrator's obsession is becoming
more furious. Then, already furious the protagonist hears a heartbeat. It
was a sound that, "a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." This was the
old man's heartbeat a ....
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Hektor Is A Greater Hero Than
1332 Words - 5 Pages.... shows his heroism in Homer’s description of him as the greatest of the Trojans. Homer describes Hektor’s strength and greatness several times in the epic. In Helen’s conversation with Hektor in Book VI, she appeals to Hektor and makes several statements about him being the best man among the Trojans, much better than her husband Paris. Helen says, “I wish I had been the wife of a better man than this is”(book VI, ll. 26). The “better man” to whom she refers is Hektor. Hektor also receives praised at his burial ceremony when the women of Troy speak in his honor. Here, his wife, Andromache, says, “There were so many ....
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