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Good Angel Scene 5
627 words
Could Faustus have saved his soul had he repented
to God before facing his impending damnation?
Coming from a Christian upraising and parochial
schooling, I would have to think that Faustus
could have saved himself. I was always under the
assumption that sincere repentance could be given
at any time in ones life for salvation. God is not
an angry and merciless being. Being born with
original sin, salvation may be gained no matter
what the faults of any mortal. In fact, Christ
taught of love and ...
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Feelings Of Guilt Sibyl Vane
1,508 words
... theories that in Basil Hallward's garden had
first stirred within him the passion for
impossible things" (Wilde 67). Wilde instills hope
in the reader that Dorian may be saved. Dorian is
even able to stand up to Lord Henry. Dorian
confesses, "I know what conscience is, to being
with. It is not what you told me it was. It is the
divinest thing in us" (Wilde 71). Dorian appears
to be changing for the better. He regrets hurting
Sibyl and has gained the courage to do the right
thing in order to ...
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Make Jim Suffer Paul Had Told Doc
679 words
Reading through the whole story Haircut, it is not
easy to believe that the death of Jim Kendall is
really accidental. It is most likely that the
incident is a murder. Jim Kendall is not a man who
is loved by people in that small town, although
some people find his jokes funny as long as they
are not on them. There are many examples of those
on whom Jim always makes annoying jokes such as
Milt who has got an Adams apple that looks more
like a muskmelon Julie Gregg and especially Paul
Dickson who...
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' P Loved One
1,150 words
... the gods celebrating traitors? Inconceivable!'
(p 73) Creon speaks of citizens that loyally
submitting to their king would follow their kings
in good times as well as bad. But his own nephew
turned against him and his state, and an audience
can understand the problem Creon was faced with as
the ruler of the city and can empathize that the
decision not to pay the last rites to a traitor is
just. By empathizing with this it gives credit to
Creon as a ruler, but raises ambiguity about
Creon's c...
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Heart Of Darkness Nineteenth Century
1,363 words
There have been many critics, predominantly China
Achebe, that have cast a cloak of racism upon the
back of Joseph Conrad. Those authors base these
allegations upon the novel Heart of Darkness,
calling it a vile and most ungodly novel that only
seeks to set the black race as a footstool of the
white race. However, one must realize that there
is a much deeper meaning to the novel than that of
blatant racism. It is, in fact, a connection with
the past that shows both the mindset, as well as
the ig...
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Why Macbeth Is An Aristotelian Tragedy
1,174 words
Shakespeare's Macbeth is an exemplary form of
Aristotle's definition of tragedy. Macbeth, on par
with Oedipus and Medea, begins the play on a noble
pedestal, but, before the eyes of the viewers,
loses the battle with his destiny, and degrades
from a hero to a butcher by its denouement. This
is not all there is to Macbeth, however. Aristotle
took the concept of tragedy very seriously, and,
in order to be tragic by his standards, something
would have to fulfill numerous goals, stay within
certain ...
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Wuthering Heights And Daz 4 Zoe Heathcliff
2,132 words
... is shows that although Bront has made
Heathcliff seem cruel, Hareton does not really
suffer, apart from the shame he feels later on,
which is overcome in the final chapters by Cathy.
Once again, Bront has given us another, valuably
positive balance, guiding the structure towards
Heathcliff's favour. One of Bront's most effective
techniques is mentioned in David Cecil's Early
Victorian Novelists He describes this as the
concept of calm and storm, the latter given in the
wild, exotic, overgrow...
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Act 1 Scene 3 Hath Not A Jew
665 words
Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in the Merchant
of Venice is more complex than is originally
thought. He is not only seen by the audience as
the traditional stock villain; I hate him-p 13,
but he also evokes the audiences empathy such as
in his famous speech: hath not a Jew eyes? -p 47.
Shylock is caricature to fit the profile of a
typically villainous character in the eyes of an
Elizabethan audience; his career in usury, his
Jewish religion, and his attitude towards money
and the Christians ...
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Oedipus Ironic Tragic Tale Play By Sophocles
820 words
In the play Oedipus by Sophocles, Oedipus's
elf-destruction and fall from power leaves him as
the villain and not the hero in the play. The very
thing he fights so hard to discover is what leads
to his self-destruction. Therefore, we tend to
feel sorrow for Oedipus seeing that it was only
the fate of the G-ds and the oracles. Oedipus is a
tragic hero who fails to achieve happiness in such
a way that it brings upon fear and pity by
everyone in the highest degree. Tell me, and never
doubt that I w...
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8 Or 9 Men 8 Or 9 Island
387 words
Deep The Aquabats The Story! Deep in the South
Pacific lies an undiscovered island. This island
housed a people raised on the foundation of song
and the luxury of time. An island named after its
amphibious and bat- like people. AQUABANIA! Life
could not be too good on the island, from church
baking contests to Calypso Camp, until an evil
force descended upon the island and life would
never be the same. Pushed to the brink of
disaster, 8 (or sometimes 9) men escaped impending
doom. In a hollowed ...
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State Of Nature Life Liberty And Property
469 words
1. Thomas Hobbes State of Nature- The state of
nature is war. There are no morals in the state of
nature, justice is non-existent. He claims that
the supreme power determines justice, in a state
of nature, there is no power. Nature of Man-
People are created equal, but its just a
metaphysical fact, we are all equally in secure.
Man is naturally bad, we are out for ourselves at
the expense of others in an anti-social way.
Natural Rights in Nature- Only one, the right to
preserve ones self. In Soc...
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Hedda Gabler Judge Brack
647 words
TITLE: People may argue that George, Eilert, and
Judge Brack are responsible for Hedda s death, but
in reality it is the fault of Hedda s society. I
ve chosen this statement for several reasons.
Ibsen s character, Hedda Gabler, represents the
women of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Hedda stands the issues of self-worth and the
deflated value that each woman places upon her own
importance as a result of male dominance. We can
see this in the play, as we read we learn more
about the charac...
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Relationship With God Geoffrey Chaucer
1,960 words
The Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's
poem, The Divine Comedy, written roughly around
1307 - 1308 chronicles Dantes figurative journey
to God. In this poem, Dante is led by the ghost of
Virgil, the Roman poet, who has come to rescue him
from he dark forest and to lead him through the
realms of the afterlife. Geoffrey Chaucer, who
emerged as the leading poet in English literature
during the late fourteenth century, some fifty
years after Dante s supremacy as the primary bard,
brought f...
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Poem Le Monde
845 words
? Le Ch? ne Et Le Roseau, ? a poem by Jean de La
Fontaine, shows the contrast of the characters
while moralizing about hidden strengths that are
often overlooked or belittled. In this poem, the
oak is personified as having a stubborn sense of
strength, while the humble reed is represented as
possessing the qualities of endurance,
flexibility, and hidden strength. Fontaine teaches
the reader his lesson through the use of nature by
having the oak and the reed converse about their
strengths. In the...
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Joan Of Arc Connecticut Yankee
2,093 words
Joan of Arc (From Harpers Weekly, 1896) The
historical novel is one of those flexible
inventions which can he fitted to the mood or
genius of any writer, and can be either story or
history in the proportion he prefers. Walter
Scott, who contrived it, tested its elasticity as
fully as any of the long line of romancers who
have followed him in every land and language. It
has been a favorite form with readers from the
first, and it will be to the last, because it
gives them the feeling that to read...
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John Main
484 words
John Proctor is internally conflicted throughout
the entire play, The Crucible. His struggles
evolve in each act. But, he is not a character
deserving of pity because all of his struggles are
self-inflicted. His affair with Abigail is at the
root of most of them, the others are a result of
stubborn pride. In Act 1, John? s main conflict is
dealing with his lust for Abigail. He does still
lust for her even though they ended the affair,
but though she persists, he does not submit. She
catches him ...
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Act Iii Scene Act Ii Scene
1,375 words
All people have definite concepts of self. In
different situations, one may feel short, tall,
smart, slow, fast, talkative, reserved,
etcetera's. These self-concepts are usually very
different than how others opinions of us.
Depending on ones actions, words or even tone of
voice, one may misrepresent oneself and be
misinterpreted. One may be so arrogant or so
humble that they prevent themselves from seeing
themselves through others eyes. In William
Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, two main char...
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Assassination Of Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 1
663 words
In the Shakespearean tragedy Julius Caesar was
written to inform the audiences about the
assassination of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar is
the main character of the story. He is also the
character that treasures friendship the most.
Friendship is the center of any orderly world. If
people are disloyal to each other only disasters
will come out of the situation. In this tragedy it
is very clear what will happen when friends are
disloyal to each other. They end up stabbing you
in the back. On the I...
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Act I Scene End Of The Play
862 words
The Roles of the Fool in King Lear Fools in
traditional royal households were seen as imbecile
and jesters, nothing more. The older role of a
royal fool, which Shakespeare adopted from the
pagan setting of King Lear, was to correct minor
faults and incongruence in their masters. By
detaching the Fool from a conventional fools role,
Shakespeare allows for the crowds suspension of
disbelief in the Fools ability to get away with
the comments he makes to the King. In the opening
scenes, King Lear fa...
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Error In Judgment Tragic Hero
968 words
Tragedy is defined in Websters Dictionary as: 1) A
medieval narrative poem or tale typically
describing the downfall of a great man 2) A
serious drama typically describing a conflict
between the hero and a superior force (like
destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous
conclusion that excites leaves the readers full of
pity or terror. King Lear is one of William
Shakespeare? s great tragic pieces; it is not only
seen as a tragedy in itself, but also a play that
includes two tragic heroes and ...
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