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Heart Of Darkness
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 753

.... in extraordinary circumstances. It was told because he had a notion it would somehow be of help to Mr. Kurtz. The lie was to allow the brick maker to think he had more influence in the company than he actually had. This lie would help Kurtz in two ways. Firstly it would help Marlow to get the rivets he needed to fix the boat, and that would provide Kurtz with a means of communication, or a way out of the jungle. Secondly it would provide Kurtz with an ally who was perceived as influential. Marlow knew that others were jealous of the success of Mr. Kur .....


The Brothers K
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 557

.... tried for CO status, being a Christian and all. And weird things happened. And…well…I didn’t get it." Page 358 The dramatic realization of the fact that the war will affect a member of the Chance family is apparent in this quote. The amount of sorrow and emotions felt by the Chance family, and for that matter, all families who had children, brothers, husbands, or fathers, drafted into what many felt was a needless war. The novel brings to life what heartache many Americans had to face during the Vietnam era, a heartache that few in my generation have had the ability to re .....


The Color Purple - Childhood
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1304

.... do not see as a type of abuse. Psychological neglect includes the lack of emotional support and love, or the parents never attend to the child. Neither Mr. Compson nor Mrs. Compson says, "I love you" to Caddy; they do not show any type of emotional support. The father is a booze-drinking-could-care-less-life-is-a-bitch-then-you-die type of person, and the mother is a neurotic, whining bitch. Guilty as charged. No personal relationship exists between Caddy and her father; Mr. Compson is not there for his daughter. Can a relationship be established with a man who believes women .....


King Henry IV Part 1 - Hal
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1441

.... for a reasonable man to have boozed and bummed all of his teen years and suddenly renounce his life and become reborn. There is an amoral quality to Hal that allows him to change allegiances as political winds would call it wise. But it is not just amorality that makes Hal a politician - he desires power as well. His amorality culminates in his eulogies for Hotspur and Falstaff with the greatest grasp of power he makes in the play. After he gives them and Falstaff is found alive, he realizes that he has made a slight blunder and backs off a bit, allowing Falstaff some .....


The Sun Also Rises
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 536

.... July leads them to his tribe in Africa. The change occurs right there, to the Smales United States is home but to July it is a foreign place, whereas Africa is where July feels at home and the Smales feel like they are on another planet. Being strangers to this new place Smales depend on July for survival. Their inability to Goldenberg 2 communicate with the natives and the fact that they are the only whites in a tribe complicates things. They depend on July to get tools, find shelter, and get food among other things. At the same time they don’t trust him. They are .....


Macbeth As A Tragic Hero
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 766

.... they do not belong to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly reappears, Macbeth’s new honors sit ill upon him, like loose and badly fitting garments, belonging to someone else: New honors come upon him Like strange garments, Cleave not to their mould But with the aid of use (I, iii, 144-145) This passage is clearly demonstrating that Macbeth cannot fit in these garments. They are not meant to and the clothing imagery is therefor effective. The second form of imagery used to add to the atmosphere is the imagery of darkness. Macbeth, a Shakespearean .....


William Shakespeare And The Globe Theatre
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 289

.... Theatre was build up in a octagonal shape: “Better yet, the walls give back the voices as the innes cannot” (White 36). The octagonally shaped outer wall of the theatre enclosed a roofless inner pit into which the stage projected. Around the pit were three galleries, one above the other, the topmost of which was roofed thatch. “The seeing´s better” (White 36). Most of the plays Shakespeare wrote, like A Midsummer Night´s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth or Othello, had their premiere in the Globe Theatre. James Burbage, actor and owner of the theatre helped Shakespeare .....


Lord Of The Flies
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 874

.... Wilfred up.' " (Page 176) Jack beat up a kid, Wilfred, without a valid reason, because he had done something Jack did not like. Other comparisons are Simon, who represents heroes and philanthropists because he wanted to always help others, and Piggy, who represents the scientists and advisers for his ideas and the advice, which he gives to Ralph. Roger represents the criminals and sadists because he abuses and wants to kill others and does not feel any remorse for what he does. These groups of people are evident in life and in most stories. Most people in life can be comp .....



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