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Penelope As Moral Agent
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2964.... this essay that I could find is the ignorance of a few facts that could possibly be construed as being in opposition to her findings. Since I am not familiar with and have not read any of the outside texts to which Foley refers (Aristotle's Oedipus Tyrannos, Poetics, Politics, and Ethics, the Hippocratic medical texts, and the feminist theory of Carol Gilligan), I can only assume that her interpretations of these texts are correct. In any case, she uses Aristotle and Hippocrates in order to develop a historical framework against which she can judge Homer's fictitious characte .....
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Paralytic - Sylvia Plath
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1654.... tight
Drum of my sleeping couch
Photographs visit me-
My wife, dead and flat, in 1920 furs,
Mouth full of pearls,
Two girls
As flat as she, who whisper "We're your daughters."
The still waters
Wrap my lips,
Eyes, nose and ears,
A clear
Cellophane I cannot crack.
On my bare back
I smile, a Buddha, all
Wants, desire
Falling from me like rings
Hugging their lights. .....
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The Theory Of Property
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2781.... To Morgan, the "germ" of the
institution of property slowly infected many different societies in many
different parts of the world. His teleological approach states that due to the
"unity of mankind" various technological innovations, which gave rise to the
ever-growing availability of property, allowed social change to occur in many
areas of the globe independently. Every area, went through its own version of
evolution in which the importance of wealth grew at varying rates. This
discovery leads Morgan to believe that while the past was unified in its
variation, it is .....
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Cry Wolf
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2854.... of life in this
country. There has been a public outcry to rectify the situation created by
the ignorance of our ancestors. However, in seeking to address a situation
created by the human compulsion to control nature, it is crucial to discern
how much human interference is necessary. Human control must be tempered by
respect and restraint. Programs designed for the protection and restoration
of wildlife must reflect deference for the natural order rather than
dominance over it.
The consequences of human actions involving the elimination of the gray
wolf have been especial .....
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Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 382.... begin to walk, something that they vowed they would never do, or when they got drunk, again, something they vowed they would never do. In addition to verbal and situational irony, we can too find some dramatic irony. When Boxer is sent off to be slaughtered, the characters trust Squealer when he says Boxer is being taking off to a hospital, but the reader knows the truth. While that is a good example, the best, perhaps, is the ending where it is stated that the onlooker could not tell the difference between pig and man.
The two most prominent themes in Animal Farm, freedom .....
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Review Of Amistad
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 471.... are charged for murder and piracy. In the beginning, they are embraced by abolitionists Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) and Lewis Tappan (Stellan Skarsgard), as well as a young, idealistic real estate/property attorney named Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey). During the proceedings this case divides a nation. Two great American figures butt heads in debate as to what the outcome should be. Pro-Slavery Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne), seeking re-election in 1840, is willing to convict the Africans to gain favor with voters in the South, as well as with Queen Isabella .....
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Growth Of A Chrysanthemum
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2527.... story. Chrysanthemums are not only flowers of the autumn: they are the autumn itself . . . This man knows what he wants. He sees the scene of his story exactly. He has an authoritative mind. (Ford 257)
As a fiction editor, he is quite receptive to Lawrence’s descriptive gifts. He is impressed with Lawrence’s sense of purpose. But readers needn’t assess the short story by Ford’s methods alone. Modern readers have a very different perspective than Lawrence’s contemporaries, ensuring that many different analyses of "Odour of Chrysanthemums" are possible.
However, the plo .....
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Reaching For Dreams - A Ballet
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 671.... This of course is the beginning of their voyage to opening night. The dancers taking part in this production were from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The ballet that they plan to perform in seven weeks is called “Speeds.” The choreographer of “Speeds” is a world-renowned woman by the name of Jennifer Mullers. This production contains a cast of eleven dancers and five alternates. “Speeds” is a modern ballet that explains how one moment in time is like no other, and how often things in the world change.
Throughout this book, Kuklin observes the life of a dancer. The .....
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