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The Bean Tree
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1130

.... was a major achievement for Taylor. She needed to get away from there to get ahead, and when she goes, she leaves almost everything behind, including her real name. Taylor is the name she adopts at the place where her car runs out of gas, in Taylorville, Illinois. However, what starts out as a commonplace search for personal opportunities soon turns into a test of her character and beliefs, and of her ability to face and overcome obstacles. On her way west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she acquires a completely unexpected child. The baby girl is given to her .....


Analysis Of Three Of Hawthorne's Works: Solitude And Isolation
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1995

.... above are separated from the world because of some sin or evil. Their separation is a painful, devastating feelings. The themes of solitude and isolation are depicted in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "Young Goodman Brown, "and "Rappaccini's Daughter." At the age of four, Nathaniel Hawthorne's father died, devastating his mother and destroying his family forever. He later recalls how his mother and sisters would "take their meals in their rooms, and my mother has eaten alone ever since my father's death" (Martin 10). Naturally, Hawthorne's mother's isolated .....


Personal Identity
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 559

.... in his essay that the body and soul are similar because there is a "link" between one another, that is they both make up a person and are responsible for the qualities associated with being an individual (height, weight, character, belief, etc.). Perry also comes back to challenge this using the analogy of a river. If one goes to a river, and then the next day goes back to the same river, the person will not say that it is a different river, although almost all of the properties of the river have changed (water molecules, pollution level, temperature, etc.). This is t .....


How The Characters In The Merc
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 776

.... he also hates all Christians. He shows this when he says, “I hate him for he is Christian”(I iii 39). He is almost basing his whole dislike for Antonio on his religion. Shylock’s cruelty causes him to be punished. Portia tells him, “Thou hast contrived against the very life / Of the defendant; and thou hast incurred / The danger formally by me rehearsed”(IV i 358). Shylock’s cruelty towards Antonio and his prejudice against Christians results in his punishment by the law. Bassanio uses his wisdom to wed Portia and he courageously helps .....


The Romantics
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 597

.... was a first generation writer, and he wrote "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud." It has four stanzas and a rhyme scheme of AB AB CC for each one. His was a lyric poem, describing a million dandelions in a field. Wordsworth was terrific at putting words together. All groups took their turn at writing narrative poetry, but among them, a first generation writer, Samuel Coleridge, definitely stands out. His "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" took extreme imagination and skill. Along with the nature described, he portrays "Death and Life- in- Death," a combination never before thought o .....


The Crucible And Mccarthyism
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 970

.... it comes time to confess, he knows that confessing will save his physical life, but at the same time it will ruin his reputation. He said "Why must it be written?… Why must I say it?" (Miller 138, 140). Proctor knows that his confession will be posted onto the church wall for all to see. This is why he ends up tearing the confessions. If it were seen by anyone in the community John Proctor's reputation would be tarnished to the point where he could no longer show his face in Salem. He therefore chooses death over humiliation. A parallelism of this can be seen in .....


Riches, Knowledge, And Power....
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 388

.... to the enviroment. I may even may make something that would help re-juvinate the depleted ozone layer or improve surgical technics. So if I could be smart then i could someday think of something that may help the world and to me that would be much better then being famous for being rich or to have a power. If I was smart I could also see some bad points to being extreamly smart. If I was too smart then nothing in my life span would be a challenege. Everything would be so easy to finish or accomplish because i'd already know how to do it. Being smart would also be .....


Canterbury Tales Wife Of Bath
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 801

.... what women what the best.No women in the assembly disagreed with the knight's reply and certainly not the old hag.So it must be true power is what women what the most.There is another example of the desire of power for the women it the relationship. The old hag, after marrying the knight, gives him_a choice. For her to either stay ugly and be faithful or to become beautiful and wonder. " 'My lady, my love, my dearest wife, I leave the matter to your wise decision.You make the choice yourself, for the provision.I don't care which; whatever pl .....



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