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English Language First Woman
1,347 words[... ] a Devil on't the Woman damns the Poet. -- Aphra Behn, Preface to The Lucky Chance Aphra Behn (1640 - 1689) was not the first woman writer; neither was she the only woman writer of her day. But Aphra Behn holds the singular distinction of being the first professional woman writer in the English language. That's right, ladies -- Aphra Behn was the first woman writer who did it for money. It was a natural choice for this young woman, a recent spy for the crown and a widow at the age of 26, t...
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Number Of Missions Colonel Cathcart
1,308 wordsThe name of the novel I read is Catch- 22 by Joseph Heller. This novels uniqueness makes it hard to classify but I would classify it as an anti-war novel. The main theme of the novel is one of hope and freedom from the barbaric grasp of war. Heller uses World War II as an almost invisible framework in which he places a number of vaguely related stories presented in no particular chronological order, although the final narrative does tie them all together. Catch- 22 was written in a very comical ...
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Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Verbal Irony
936 wordsIn the mockery of a Western type story, Stephen Cranes The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky has a simple story line with great meaning against inflexibility. With outlandish humor Crane takes the town of Yellow Sky and their marshal Jack Potter through the change of time, proving nothing can stay stagnant. The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is an ironic comedic literary archetype. The characters of Cranes story closely resemble ones found in an ironic comedy with no central character. Jack Potter plays the ...
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Century B C Role Reversal
1,185 wordsAristophanes was a "craft" comedy poet in the fourth century B. C. during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes' usual style was to be too satirical, and suggesting the outlandish. He shows little mercy when mocking Socrates and his "new-fangled ideas" which were most likely designed to destroy the cohesiveness of society and lead to The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes' comedies are those in which the main characters, the heroes of the story, are women. Smart One of the most f...
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Homer Simpson As A Typical American Male
1,073 wordsMatt Groening changed television forever when, in 1987, he brought the Simpsons to the FOX network. People all across the country enjoyed these hilarious animated series, and, that same year, it was given the Fox's Emmy award. Main characters of the Simpsons reminded American audience of themselves, showed them what they look like in the others' eyes, and did a great job using humor to show the flaws of modern American culture. Simpsons reveal many interesting aspects of modern American culture,...
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Clockwork Orange First Chapter
1,310 wordsA Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, is a dark look into a frightful future of violence and social control. The story dives deep into such issues as free will, the illusions of reality, the morality of ethics, and many others. Burgess fills this horrific tale with satire, numerous puns, and above all: irony. A Clockwork Orange is comparable to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Burgess presents us with a philosophical message that we may soon find ourselv...
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Crying Of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon
316 wordsThomas Pynchon The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 was the second novel written by Thomas Pynchon, published in 1966. This postmodern work of literature is filled with black humor and satire, yet the author manages to incorporate intellectually challenging material. The story begins when Oedipa Maas, a practical but restless woman married to a disk jockey, finds out that she has been made executor of the estate of Pierce Inverarity, a wealthy developer and ex-boyfriend. She goes to San Nar...
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Domestic Violence Police Officer
1,542 words... and the apartment did not reflect any recent violent activity. She did know the name of her assailant. She described him as an acquaintance. This gave the officer more suspicion that she was a prostitute. The officer told the victim that it would be in her best interest if she did not continue the allegations. He said that a jury would laugh her out of the courtroom. He also told her that it would be a waste of time to go to the hospital for a checkup. The officer tells the known prostitute ...
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Saturday Evening Post Sense Of Humor
1,259 words... f the American Dream" (Hoberman 24). Arnold Schwarzenegger came to The United States with only a gym bag, and single-handedly worked his way to fame and fortune. Arnold is a perfect example of the American Dream realized. Perhaps his struggle is the reason that Schwarzenegger appeals to the world. The symbolic representation of the American Dream is a powerful force. " Time " s Richard Corliss called him 'the most potent symbol of worldwide dominance of the US entertainment industry'" (Hober...
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Library Of Congress Jim Morrison
1,797 words"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself and especially to feel. Or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to letting a person be what he really is... Most people love you for who you pretend to be... To keep their love, you keep pretending performing. You get to love your pretense... Its true, we " re locked in an image, an act and the sad thing is, people get so used...
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Falstaff And King Lear
1,279 wordsShakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King heis, as one expects, a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. (Cain) This untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events...
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Beatrice And Bene Censored 16 Th Century
1,851 wordsMuch Ado About Nothing illustrates a kind of deliberately puzzling title that seems to have been popular in the late 1590 s (ex "As You Like It"). Indeed, the play is about nothing; it follows the relationships of Claudio and Hero (which is constantly hampered by plots to disrupt it), and in the end, the play culminates in the two other main characters falling in love (Beatrice and Bena censored ), which, because it was an event that was quite predictable, proves to be "much ado about nothing." ...
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Beginning Of The Story Side Of The Road
1,082 wordsThe Chrysanthemums is a story that takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The story's main character is Elisa Allen. Elisa is thirty-five years old. She is a character that goes through development and many changes in the story. Through out the story Elisa Allen goes through both physical and mental changes. "In the beginning of the story Elisa is strong and eager"). She is working in her garden. Her husband Henry comes over to see her and asks her if she would like to go to town for d...
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Emily Dickinson Dickinson Poetry
1,783 words... g (Readings 109). Although not all critics have been generous about the triumph of her frail sanity, most will agree that her despair and desolation is the crucible in which her poetry is forged (Readings 109). Other recently developed theories regarding Emily Dickinson and her impact on feminism include the feminist conceptions of Dickinson and gay and lesbian elements in her life and her work. Recent feminist analyses have cut through the old rationalization that Victorian women habitually...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
592 wordsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a renowned novel by Mark Twain, is the story of a young boy, who, in a desperate attempt to escape his abusive and poverty stricken home, escapes and seeks help with the Mississippi River, where he experiences many different trials. The novel was finally published in 1885, being written on spurts of inspiration interrupted by long periods during which it sat on the authors desk. Now it is published in at least twenty-seven languages. Samuel Clemens, the name t...
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Hester And Dimmesdale End Of The Film
1,560 words... her trappings of power as his example. The Scarlet Letters filmmaker, Roland Joffe, mastered the coloring of his film just as Hawthorne did. An interesting visual cue he used was a slight, brilliant red bird. The bird first glided across the screen when Hester was planting her garden. Joffe silenced all background noise and music while the bird, in nearly slow motion, flapped out of the forest. The effect was hazy and surreal; all focus was on the radiant animal. Time resumed its interminabl...
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Romeo And Juliet Tragedy Of Romeo
865 wordsRomeo and Juliet Essay The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is a play that consisted of many parts. It had rising action, falling action, and climax, along with many other parts crucial to a good play. Woven into the drama of Shakespeare s love story, were the characters of the play. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, took center stage in almost every act. Romeo was the son of the Montague family and Juliet was the daughter of the Capulet family. Because of the conflict b...
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Bottom At The Same Time Object Travels Rock
398 wordsAfter successfully completing the first two videos of the Paul Hewitt series, I have been drawn to this course. The third video of the series reviews the concepts of vectors and projectiles. In this video Paul goes over a lot of previously stated formulas. The ideas of how fast or hoe far an object travels are restated. The idea of how fast an object travels is known as its velocity. The velocity is found by finding how far an object travels over a period of time. It may be easier to multiply th...
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Super Bowl Poke Fun
694 wordsIn this day and age, society needs to have the ability to poke fun at itself. If society fails to poke fun at itself, then the tiniest disagreements could cause huge splits in the fabric of the world around it. The fastest and widest used medium that is available to be used for this is the television. Through this medium many types of programs have surfaced, from live television to game shows to cartoons society has been poked fun at from every angle possible for many years. Although true, shows...
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Invalid To Arise Book Of Acts Peter
578 wordsOn January 23, 2001 Professor Walker gave our class his presentation titled? Humor in the Book of Acts? . Some of the things he said have caused me to look at the way I read the New Testament in a different light. Even though I had read it a number of times before I never realized some of the humor or funny situations that he pointed out. He explained to us that he believed that the best way to read the New Testament is literally. Professor Walker explained that because of how familiar we are wi...
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