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East Goes West
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 722.... culture but found his criticism of American culture distasteful.
I did not fully receive the effect of Kang's humor until reaching the final sentence of the story. Before the final scene, Kang's wit serves the purpose of elevating the Asian Han in the eyes of his audience, but ultimately, it has a more serious, lingering effect. Ironically, it reveals the life of this character to be tragic, hopeless, and not at all amusing. The final line, delivered by Han's mistress, dismisses him from his post, for she requested "a house servant, not a comedian" (2001). Kang thus suggests .....
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Victorian Literature
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 502.... city. Charlotte BRONTE in
JANE EYRE dramatized the particular problems of creating a female identity.
Among the writers of early Victorian nonfiction, Thomas CARLYLE in Past and
Present (1843) argued for the re-creation in industrial England of the lost
sense of community between social classes. In contrast, John Stuart MILL
in ON LIBERTY spoke for the fullest development of the individual through
freedom from social restraint. The foremost art critic of the time, John
RUSKIN, articulated the assumptions of many contemporary critics by showing
in The Stones of Venice (1851 .....
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Frankenstein - The Question Of
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 777.... created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If
there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly
twice the evil, which could hurt or kill his family. When and if
Frankenstein commits the moral sin of creating another monster he may
be rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I
will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally
corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate
there is a chance .....
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Frankenstein
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1474.... and Aphrodite, he fashioned out of clay the first woman, Pandora. Thereafter, men would no longer be born directly from the earth; now through women, they would undergo birth by procreation, and consequently old age, suffering and death. She was given a box which contained all manner of misery and evils and was responsible for letting them escape, to torment humankind forever. Secondly, Zeus caught Prometheus, chained him to a rock, and each day an eagle would visit him and feed on his liver. Prometheus’ liver, however, replenished itself overnight, so he was condemned .....
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Birdhouse
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 971.... had a great time getting to know everyone. If you lived close by (which she did) you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is unless you had a room-mate then you were allowed to have a two to three bedroom dorm which are obviously a great deal larger then the one bedroom.
When summer was over she went back home to her mother, but soon after she left Chuffy had sent a letter informing .....
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How To Improve Your Study Habits
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 504.... improve your study habits. Once you make the decision that you want to improve your studying habits, you must begin to develop the study habits of a successful student. A regular study routine can actually help you to study. Take every opportunity to put yourself to the test and help improve your studying. If you allow your self to continue with some of your bad habits, you will not see any improvements in your grades, and you will become even more discouraged. When you are studying, do not think of what you would rather be doing. Concentrate on what you are doing.
Before you .....
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Langston Hughes
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1450.... child Hughes turned to reading and writing, publishing his first poems while
in high school in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1921 he entered Columbia University, but left after an
unhappy year. Even as he worked as a delivery man, a messmate on ships to Africa and Europe,
a busboy, and a dishwasher, his poetry appeared regularly in such magazines as The Crisis
(NAACP) and Opportunity (National Urban League).1 As a poet, Hughes was the first person to
combine the traditional poetry with black artistic forms, especially blues and jazz.
As a leader in the Harlem Renaissance of the t .....
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Ubu The King
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 828.... this to the public. "Why don't I smash you, Mère Ubu!" is a line that further expresses such language (55). This scene continues with the defiance of society, shown by the relationship between the male and female figure: Père Ubu and Mère Ubu. The exaggerated cruelty between the couple is shocking and serves as a realization to the audience. It is the kind of relationship that exists but is not discussed. In this scene and throughout the rest of the play society's norms are defied by showing an unpleasant yet realistic relationship between man and woman.
This play exaggerates .....
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