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Movie Review: Gone With The Wind And Glory
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1105.... and finally to her lavish life after she marries Red Butler. The atmosphere of Georgia before the war was very relaxed and secure. The southerners felt that their problems would take care of themselves, and as long as they had control over the congress nothing could hurt their interests. People threw parties, laughed, made jokes about Abe Lincoln, and overall were quite carefree. The world around them seemed to collapse with the onslaught of the Civil War. They were out-gunned, out-manned and out-produced. They knew that they could not win the war, however they decided to fight .....
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The Problem In Macbeth
Number of pages: 12 | Number of words: 3187.... included - unhampered and in absolute selfishness only seek my
own, the misfortune I could inflict on someone would naturally be limitless. So
there has to be a further addition to the concept of Good.
The Good, we might add, is not only the instantaneous need for
satisfaction - in a matter of time it will often turn out to be an evil - but it
is in fact the absolute purpose for any human being (the highest Good), and it
isn't just common for everyone, but, when you strive for it, you include the
others in a true community.
But that means that the Good isn't just a sub .....
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Antigone: A Tragic Hero
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 959.... As Antigone is charged with
the burying of her brother, an action which the King has declared unlawful, she
holds like stone to her undying gratitude for her deceased brother. She holds
to this thought because of the fact that she believes that her, who died
fighting against the state, must be interred with the same honor as her brother
who died defending the state. She believes that this will help lift the curse
plagued on the household. The curse in which there father tried to hold at bay
and failed. Her sister Ismene warned Antigone by exclaiming "Sister please,
ple .....
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Blindness In Oedipus
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 964.... to die. However, a shepherd saved and gave him to Polybus and Merope. When he learned of his prophecy, he fled, under the assumption that they were his real parents. While fleeing, he encountered Laius and killed him. He correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx, finally became the king of Thebes, and later married Jocasta. Oedipus fulfilled the prophecy without even knowing it. Thebes now had to endure a plague, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the land of Thebes. Oedipus called on Tiresias, and Tiresias clued him that the polluter was the king. As Oedi .....
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Review Of "Saving Private Ryan"
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1600.... it
not be, possessed of such reverence for the suffering endured by so many
soldiers in the defense of a nation? As difficult as it may be to
distinguish between national pride and blind nationalism, Spielberg makes
his film by insisting on visualizing an overwhelming sorrow at the loss of
so much human life, and a similarly gratitude for the sacrifices that have
been made. The flag in this certain frame represents everything worth
fighting and living for, however, it doesn't tell the whole story. Its
mere presence in the frame insists that something else, perhaps something
s .....
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Personalities And Themes In "The Shawshank Redemption"
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1292.... for its harshness. One does not know if it is Andy who committed the
murder of his wife and her lover. What is learned though, is that he is
not ready for prison and honestly doesn't seem like a man who would survive.
His thinking going into prison is just to survive and blend in. He's a
wise man who competently deals with what the justice system has served him.
He is normal on the outside but emotionally tormented on the inside. Andy
is a very complex character who displays introverted tendencies, keeping
his feelings to himself and never allowing anyone beyond hi .....
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King Lear - Evil
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 632.... who caused the evil and Lear believes that humans
were the ones who created evil. Edgar, is another character in the play
who believes that evil is caused by humans and not the gods. Edgar said,
"The gods are just, and of our peasant vices make instruments to plague us"
(ACT V, iii, 169). Edgar clearly says that the gods are right and it is
the people who are responsible for promoting evil in the world. It is us
who make the instruments necessary for evil to spread and plague the world.
In the world of King Lear many characters believe evil was caused by the
people and not b .....
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The Deplorable Life Of Willy Loman
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 819.... Willy told Biff
and Happy to run up the street and steal some sand to finish some steps,
which tells them that stealing is OK. This is a trait set in him by his
father, which proves to haunt him his entire life. Willy was also a cheat,
whether it was adultery or simple card cheat, his dishonesties certainly
rubbed off on his children, and proved to be the downfall in their lives.
On the other hand, Willy affected more than just his sons life
with his deceit. He greatly altered his own when he was caught in the mist
of an affair with a meaningless prostitute, by his .....
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