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The Glass Menagerie 2
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1194.... never be able to forget the sister he left behind.
Character Sketches:
Tom Wingfield-
The son of Amanda Wingfield. He is the sole economic supporter of the Wingfield family. Tom is a poet who is employed at a shoe factory and spends his nights drinking in order to escape.
Amanda Wingfield-
Mother of Tom and Laura. She is a middle-aged southern belle whose husband had abandoned her. She spends her time reminiscing about the past and nagging her children. She is completely dependent on Tom for financial security and holds him fully responsible for Laura's future. .....
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Romeo And Juliet-violence
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 537.... the two families. In Act one Scene one, Sampson and
Gregory servants for the Capulets, insulted the Montagues servants
Balthasar and Abraham by biting his thumb at him. This leads to a
fight, which involves the Lord’s of both families and the Prince. No
death occurred, but the families attitudes against each other were
worse then before. Which caused a lot of prejudice against the
families that lead to violence.
In like manners, another duel between the two feuding families
start up again in the street of Verona in Act three Scene one. When
Mercutio .....
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Compare And Contrast The Ways
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1376.... broke down.
In “An Anniversary” the poet says:
“The sky’s smeared monotone.”
This means the sky was smeared with one colour, which may signify a boring colourless relationship.
“Two willow leaves glide smoothly on
The water’s shimmering skin;”
This is an example of ‘Enjambment’. It describes the leaves floating smoothly but apart from each other. The use of enjambment here helps the rhythm of the poem carry on smoothly like the leaves gliding. It could signify the two people still going on in life smoothly b .....
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The Awakening
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 895.... that she could hope to achieve. With time, Kant noted, the person who devotes their life to reason finds themselves needing a release, in the end despising reason, and eventually pursuing only their true happiness.
After being "reasonable" for the twenty-eight years of her life, Edna breaks down. She wants to pursue love and disregard her duty to her husband and children. She falls in what she considers "girlish" love with the character Robert. She proclaims to him:
"I love you . . . only you; no one but you. If was you who awoke me last summer out of .....
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Crucible
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 737.... New York City. He is the second son of Isadore Miller who manufacture of women's clothing and Augusta Barnett Miller. Many characters in Arther Miller's plays are modeled after his older brother Kermit Miller.
In 1933 after he graduated high school he became interested in literature after reading dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamaou". Then he was refused admission to the University of Michigan because he had too low of grades. Then he went and worked on his families new garment business. That's when he wrote his fist piece of work "In Memoriam" which was never published. .....
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Achilles 2
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1032.... plea for his son’s body. It could be considered odd that Achilles is so understanding to Priam and the burial of Priam’s son, when not that long ago Achilles was dragging the body of Hektor around the grave of Patroklos. This is the same corpse that Achilles vowed to feed to the dogs, the man who slew Achilles’ dearest companion and led him to swallow his pride and return to the battlefield. I believe that this is not the same Achilles we saw prior to the death of his loving companion Patroklos. After Patroklos rode off into battle and was cut dow .....
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The Iliad
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 744.... rest of the Achaians, but does not act
accordingly to the position he claims for himself. He forgets that as leader, the consequences of his actions, also affects those whom he holds in his charge, and close to his heart.
Furthermore, instead of assuming full responsibility for his situation, Achilleus places part of the load on his mother Thetis, as well as Zeus. In drawing gods into the conflict, Achilleus further complicates the matter. Without the intervention of immortals, the victor of any contest is simply the stronger, more skilled, or perhaps luckier opponent. Once .....
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The Tempest - Barbarism Versus
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 875.... Caliban comes across very bestial and immoral. While approaching Caliban’s cave, Prospero derogatorily says, "…[he] never/Yields us kind answer," meaning Caliban never answers respectfully. When Prospero reaches the cave, he calls to Caliban. Caliban abruptly responds, "There’s wood enough within." His short, snappy reply and his odious tone, reveal the bitterness he feels from leading a servile life. Caliban’s rudeness makes him seem like an unworthy and despicable slave. Also, Caliban displays an extreme anger toward Prospero. When Caliban is asked to come forth he speaks .....
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