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Glass Menagerie Character Analysis
1,154 words... the only way she knows how, which is to take it out on Tom which causes Tom to leave. Toms leaving in turn causes further distress for Amanda and Laura which is not covered in the play. When Amanda suddenly enters reality it causes her to explode at Tom which shows that she did not spend enough time in reality to know how to deal with distress. Unlike her children Amanda is in a state of illusion but convinced that she is not, this makes her flawed and responsible for the tragedy that befell...
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Primal Scene H 2
795 wordsAccording to Kristeva's theory, in order to become a subject in the symbolic realm it is necessary to reject / abject that which gave us our existence - namely, the mother. Moreover, within patriarchal cultures women are reduced to the maternal function and therefore women, maternity and femininity are affected along with the maternal function. This misplaced abjection is one way to account for womens oppression and degradation within patriarchal cultures. For Kristeva, the process is helped alo...
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Fact That Holden Catcher In The Rye
1,101 wordsSiblings are never meant to get along. They yell and bicker over everything and are never able to have a friendly relationship. Very rarely do I see a pleasant relationship between a brother and a sister, who actually are able to communicate without killing each other. When I see siblings that are nice to each other, I admire them because it takes a lot to be nice to their siblings, especially if there is a seven year difference between them, like Holden and Phoebe. In J. D. Salinger's novel, Th...
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Kill Or Die March Of Folly Ideal
552 wordsThe song "Imagine" by John Lennon from the Beatles is certainly one of the songs that affected the youth in the 60 's and the early 70 's. It is clear that the song is trying to present a certain ideal about the world in the future- and ideal of peace, harmony and no wars. It is hard to argue with the song about the necessity of the things, but it is very easy to revoke the possibility that this ideal will come true. In this paragraph I would like to talk about the ideal itself. The ideal for su...
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Plays We Have Read Horizon Of Significance Play
766 wordsBefore turning to Stoppard's play, however, I'd like to linger for a few moments on those plays we have read in Liberal Studies: some Greek tragedies, Aristophanes's Clouds, and Shakespeare's Tempest and, most importantly, Hamlet. These all contain elements that seem to be lacking in Stoppard's play -- and our initial confusion, if there is any, may stem in large part from our sense that we " re missing something that we are used to. Traditional drama presents human actions in a social context. ...
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Comparing Great Expectations And Of Mice Men
1,121 words... prologizes for his outbursts and says that he likes Lennie. This shows the reader that George is willing to put up with Lennie because they are friends and he enjoys Lennie's company. Steinbeck uses imagery to portray Lennie's cumbersome physique. Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse. This shows the reader that Lennie is like a horse, strong and not very bright. He drank out of a stream without even checking the water to see if it is safe. This is the behavior common t...
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Violence On Television People In Society
1,503 wordsRecent studies show that North Americans have more televisions than bathrooms in their homes. Television is a part of everyones life, even if you dont watch it you are surrounded by those who do. Due to this large audience, this form of media can help shape societal development, while enjoying their favorite television shows people unknowingly absorb the political, social and economic messages that are assumed in the program. Television is a tool that can be used for both bad and good, it can be...
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Feminism In Chaucer The Knight Tale
1,065 wordsAlthough Chaucer has sometimes been called a sexist author, one of the dead white males whose vision of the world is patriarchal and demeaning to women, such an accusation is far from being valid. In The Knights Tale, for instance, what we are presented with is, in fact, a subversion of other sexist literature. Rather than simply delivering a conventional romance in this work, what Chaucer does is have his Knight tell a tale in which typical male figures from such works are made to look ridiculo...
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Juvenile Justice System Juvenile Offenders
709 wordsEven without the same level of involvement as victims or juvenile justice system participants, the public has the perception that juveniles get off lightly, merely slapped on the wrist all too often. Moreover, there is a strong undercurrent of belief by the public that juveniles, who are all too familiar with the powerlessness of the system, are encouraged to continue their lawless lives. While juvenile advocates dismiss the commonly held belief that harsher punishment would deter crime, they do...
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Things They Carried Jimmy Cross
705 wordsIn his story The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien describes a group of soldiers marching through Vietnam. He does this by describing the items that each of them carries with him during the march. The things that the soldiers carry with them are both tangible and intangible items and what these things are depends upon the individual soldier. They carry the basic necessities for survival (if one can consider such things as chocolate a necessity) and the bare minimum to make life as livable as poss...
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Sexual Freedom Mme De
1,678 wordsThe Marquis de Sades Attitude Towards Women The Marquis de Sade was an author in France in the late 1700 s. His works were infamous in their time, giving Sade a reputation as an adulterer, a debaucher, and a sodomite. One of the more common misrepresentations concerning Sade was his attitude toward women. His attitude was shown in his way of life and in two of his literary characters, Justine and Juliette. The Marquis de Sade was said to be the first and only philosopher of vice because of his a...
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Delusion Of Mankind Garson Poole Life
439 wordsIn the short story The Electric Ant, Philip. K. Dick is expressing his sarcastic al opinion of man in society and mans inability to distinguish between the truth and fantasy. Using his main characters life, Garson Poole, the author illustrates teh delusion of mankind's freedom. This delusion is demonstrated by three components of Garson's life: his automated reality chip, and his emotional and physical makeup as an organic robot. Garson Poole who, prior to his detection of the reality chip was u...
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Leaving With Tom Jay Gatsby Daisy
690 wordsF. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby is considered a novel that embodies America in the 1920 s. In it, the narrator, Nick Carroway, helps his neighbor Jay Gatsby reunite with Daisy Buchanan, with whom he has been in love with since 5 years before, during World War I. The affair between the two fails, however, and ends in Gatsby being shot and killed. The reason that this was inevitable is that Gatsby created a fantasy so thoroughly that he became part of it, and he fell with it when reality cam...
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Good Country People True Meaning
635 wordsGood Country People The short story, Good Country People, written by Flannery OConnor, is a story that captivates one by usage of symbolism and theme. The story centers on the meaning of being a good person, in the sense of leading a Christian, pious life, worthy of salvation. OConnor contrasts mindless chatter about good country people with questions about the true meaning of religious faith. There is also a class hierarchy formed that includes stereotypes about good country people and literal ...
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Compare And Contrast Mistress Eyes
919 wordsCompare And Contrast: My Mistress Eyes Compare And Contrast: My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun &# 038; She Walks In Beauty Compare and Contrast: My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun &# 038; She Walks In Beauty Time has seen an infinite amount of beauty in its long existence. Nature has produced so many wonderful scenes and objects that we cannot collect it all even in one life. We ourselves are keepers of such beauty and intrigue that poets and other writers have captured our essenc...
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Twenty Thousand Men Act I Scene Ii
1,842 wordsIn Shakespearean literature, soliloquies are important dramatic devices. They allow the reader to understand a character better as a play unfolds. In Hamlet, the soliloquies performed by the title character help reveal his innermost thoughts and feelings aloud. Hamlets soliloquies are the keys to his internal struggles, which are hidden under a mask. From Hamlets soliloquies in Act I, II, III, and IV, one learns of his feelings towards the new marriage between his mother and his uncle, his indec...
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War Of The Worlds Wells Wrote
1,053 wordsOne of the most prolific writers of his time, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells was able to do it all. He was universal, and could write from many different sides. He was one of the most versatile writers, as he could write like a novelist, as in the The History of Mr. Polly. He could also write short stories, like The Star, or The Door In The Wall. He was also considered to be a visionary and a dreamer, as shown throughout A Modern Utopia, and Men Like Gods. What Wells was most famous for was his ab...
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Male Or Female True Identity
1,411 wordsHiding behind a Computer Are computers and the Internet redefining human identity as people explore the boundaries of their personalities, adopt multiple selves, and form online relationships that can be more intense than real ones? Is the World Wide Web redefining our sense of community and where we find our peers? The answer is simple. An individual should not use a false identity to produce a life on the Internet. They should also avoid using an online life to influence their identity in real...
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Clash With Reality Hottest Day Dream
496 wordsIn Search of a Dream/Clash with Reality A dream is a vision, a vision different for each man on the earth. Some dream of the past, events they cannot change, either with horror and shame at their choices or resting content in the preludes to their happiness and glory. Others, knowing their past, look to the future for their greatness or failure to come. One must be careful, though, that these dreams, past or future, do not obscure reality; that one doesn t only see what he wishes to see. The con...
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Childhood To Adulthood Force Of Nature
1,196 wordsThe transition from childhood to adulthood is a complex but universal passage. Both Katherine Mansfield's The Wind Blows and D. H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy embody adolescent angst in their characterization. Matilda and Yvette search for meaning beyond the lives they perceive they are condemned to lead. Both bring about greater understanding of the struggle between a young girls struggle of innocence versus sexuality. In similar uses of metaphor and imagery the stories tell the tale of...
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