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Wood
1198 Words - 5 Pages.... trees and they would be shipped
to a nearby river where they would be floated downstream to the
new lumber mill. At least this was what was supposed to happen.
After the first couple loads, there came reports that the logs
weren’t reaching their destination. Some of the men started talking
about how they were logging on uncharted territory and this was
a bad omen. Woody just laughed and said, “Uncharted territory or
not, we have a job to do and I’m not going to let some little thing
like this ruin my reputation. I’ll go see what the problem is.” And
so Woody packed a bag with supplies and sailed off down the ....
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The Pearl - Greed
951 Words - 4 Pages.... to assistant the child, turning them away when theyarrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek theirfortune. When Juana set sight on the "Pearl of The World." shefelt as though all her prayers had been answered, if she couldhave foreseen the future what she would have seen would have beena mirror image of her reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of mirrors, and they were all shattering one byone. In the night he heard a "sound so soft that it might havebeen simply a thought..." and quickly attacked the trespasser.This is where the problems for Juana and her family began. Thefear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over hi ....
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Turn Of The Screw By Henry Jam
1120 Words - 5 Pages.... charge of caring for the children. Flora and Miles, two young children who are left in the care of these women until their uncle returns. Throughout the story the governess explains to Mrs. Grose that she is seeing two people staring at her. At first Mrs. Grose thinks what she is saying is ridiculous, but after careful examination she begins to agree with the governess. The governess explains in full detail what these people looked like and Mrs. Grose tells her it’s the ghosts of Peter Quint (the previous butler) and Miss. Jessel (a previous maid).
Mrs. Grose may or may not see the ghosts the same as the governess. After realizing the governess is quite scared of ....
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The Odessey Paper
1223 Words - 5 Pages.... plea to her father, Zeus where she states:
…my own heart is broken for Odysseus, the master mind of war, so long a castaway upon an island in the running sea; …But such desire is in him merely to see the hearthsmoke leaping upward from his own island, that he longs to die. Are you not moved by this, Lord of Olympos? Had you no pleasure from Odysseus' offerings beside the Argive ships, on Troy's wide seaboard? O Zeus, what do you hold against him now?
Homer, very early in the epic, defines Athena as having a strong role in the story. I believe this passage is a very powerful point in the poem because it demonstrates strength in a female character. I think ....
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Selfishness Of Silas Marner
632 Words - 3 Pages.... fellow, who seemed to enjoy his drink more when other people went dry." (21-22) Dunsey's selfishness was shown when he took Silas' money. It didn't take him long to convince himself that he was entitled to the money. "... he lifted up two bricks, and saw what he had no doubt was the object of this search; for what could be there but money... Dunstan felt around the hole to be certain that it held no more." (37) Dunstan was looking out for number one. Being the greedy person he was, he spent extra time to make sure that he had every last guinea of Silas' money. At no point did he even consider what happened to Silas. All he could focus on was his need for the money, h ....
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Macbeth - Blood
879 Words - 4 Pages.... of blood is one of honour, and occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeant and says "What bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy.
After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by this, is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless ....
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Crime And Punishment 2
543 Words - 2 Pages.... of the street, gut then stops himself when he is revulsed by the
wickedness of his society. Why did I take it upon myself to interfere?
Was it for me to try to help? Let them eat one another alive - what is
it to me? At one time Raskolnikov is both caring and concerned and yet
he is able to push aside the whole affair by being totally
indifferent.
This is how Raskolnikov is able to commit his crime. His
intellectual side ignores his conscience and is able to commit the
crime in a rational and orderly way. It is his dual character thta
serves as his punishment. One side of him is able to commit the
murders so the other must bear the punishmen ....
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Psychoanalysis Of Hamlet
3921 Words - 15 Pages.... of all time was Sigmund Freud. His theories on repression most directly parallel to Hamlet's actions in the play. This theory states that "much of what lies in the unconscious mind has been put there by consciousness, which acts as a censor, driving underground unconscious or conscious thoughts or instincts that it deems unacceptable. Censored materials often involve infantile sexual desires" (Murfin ). These unconscious desires are seen in dreams, in language, in creative activity, and in neurotic behavior (Murfin ).
This theory of repression also is directly correlated to Freud's Oedipus complex. The Oedipus complex deals with Infantile sexuality as well, by e ....
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