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Modest Proposal
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 750.... see how anyone would be so close-minded to disagree. For instance, poor tenants would have something of value which could help them pay rent and also it would greatly increase the sales at taverns where the cooks would strive to find the best recipes for their new delicacy. Finally it would be a great advantage to those getting married, where as they could sell their children for profit ( with the children’s best interest in mind, of course). Swift has a very logical approach to dealing with the poor and starving. If they were to be eaten it would get rid of the pro .....
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Anna Karenina
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1364.... are
intertwined in the novel and provides a backbone for some of the other
existing themes. With a masterful touch, Tolstoy is able to use these
two themes to show the characters in their true forms at both stages.
The characters are shown to be living in a state of delusion, and as
the characters find themselves at times of near death situations or on
their deathbed, they are able to reveal themselves truthfully.
Many of the characters in the novel are able to show their "real
self" and at times of death, there is a point of reversal in the
c .....
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Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 530.... use of the experience. The opportunity to come United States to study is
very limited for Spanish students. It is limited because even when the country
is not a third world country, Spain is a country not very rich, and for a person
like my it would be not very intelligent to reject this great chance. Here I am
trying to learn as much as possible about American life style, culture, language
and people. My chance was supposed to expire in one year but now I have the
opportunity to not only finish high school in United States, but also continue
my college years here.
M .....
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Symbolism In The Novellord Of
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 318.... spread and pervaded the forest causing the death of the little boy with the birthmark on his cheek.finally in the last chapter the whole island along with it's contains of fruit trees and beautiful nature is destroyed by the fire.
Also symbolic is the sow's head which represents evil.The lord of ther flies is symbolic of the surfacing through of the dormant evil inside the human heart.Actually the whole novels deals with the age-old battle between good and evil inside the human heart.
The island itself can be a double symbol of both paradise and hell supported by the paint .....
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Claudius Vs. Lady Macbeth
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1378.... her husband to obtain the crown. In doing this she was extremely deceitful of her lover also. She employed many conniving tricks in order to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan, such as in scene in Act I, scene seven when she says, ³From this time such I account thy love.² Here she is basically saying that Macbeth may prove his undying love for her by killing the king, thus causing him to feel that he is obligated to murder King Duncan. King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are also very good at disguising their deceit. In Hamlet, only Hamlet himself is aware of the true nature of .....
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The Princess Bride
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 596.... the cups of wine. He poisoned both cups to guarantee
that Vizzini, played by Wallace Shawn, one of the kidnappers of
Buttercup, died. The intelligence was in the preparation. Westley had
built up immunity to the poison before so that the small amount didn’t
affect him when he drank it, but affected Vizzini.
Westley also showed intelligence when he couldn’t move, but
made Prince Humperdink believe that he could. Westley just kept
talking to Humperdink until he could get help and Prince Humperdink
surrendered.
Westley showed that he made good ch .....
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The Hobbit
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 453.... Bilbo and Bilbo told him he desired to find a way out. They then played a riddle game and if Bilbo won, he lived and if he lost, he would die. Bilbo won the riddle game but Gollum still wanted to eat him, But then Bilbo accidentally slipped the ring on his finger and became invisible, so he escaped.
He met with the group again and walked with them for a few days. Gandolf left the group a few days later. The ring Bilbo had helped the group through two more circumstances along the journey.
The group made it to the base of Lonely Mountain. They then climbed the mountain and .....
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Montaigne's "On Some Lines Of Virgil"
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1097.... times, however, it is necessary for the soul to take the
instructor role to keep the body in line. Montaigne makes an example of
saints inflicting great pain on their bodies (by denying it of certain
pleasures) to perfect their souls. Their bodies, he says, could have had
little to do with this; it was more their bodies following behind their
souls (page 323.)
In Montaigne's eyes, it is unjust to prejudice the soul toward
bodily pleasures in this manner. These pleasures are natural and should
therefore be enjoyed in moderation, not completely avoided. Resistance,
in .....
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