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Santa Clause Drivers License
1,250 wordsJules de Gaultier stated, Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. I think the war against reality is the process of aging and imagination is our naivet that shields us from the frightening world. By imagining that situations will never be uncomfortable; girls will never experience heartbreak; men will always have jobs to support their families; and people will never become sick, we are setting our selves up for a slap in the face when, inevitably, we are forced to notice how t...
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Socialism And Communism Union Movement
1,670 wordsThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1) Since the time it was being published in 1906, Sinclair's novel The Jungle used to attract a lot of criticism. Most of literary critics were pointing out to the fact that author uses novels plot as the vehicle of popularizing his political ideas. Sinclair never made a secret of his affiliation with Socialist movement, nevertheless, in The Jungle; he adopts a posture of neutral observers. This, of course, cannot be considered as very honest attitude, towards the r...
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Terminally Ill Bible Thumper
1,230 wordsMind or Miracles It is assumed that we live in era of post-modernity, which implies that the role of religion in society becomes negligible. Nevertheless, various miracle workers are still able to earn a lot of money, while exploiting peoples naivety. Despite the fact that we live in 21 st century, 150 million Americans still believe in Genesis. It is well known that Christianity has turned into one of filthiest businesses long ago, along with drug trafficking or weapons trade. What make the pro...
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Femme Fatale Rita Hayworth
1,619 wordsPresentations of female sexuality Sociologist Charles Henry Horton quoted, The more developed sexual passion is very largely an emotion of power, domination, or appropriation commenting on female and male sexuality. The feminine sexuality has always been a topic of intrigue in society and has been concealed through various channels. Writers, artists, poets all commented on the level of feminine sensuality in their works, all using metaphors and simile underlying these themes. The 1949 award winn...
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Tragic Flaw Tragic Hero
699 wordsTragic Hero Tragedies frequently focus on a tragic hero that has a flaw that ultimately leads to his downfall. That flaw is commonly referred to as a tragic flaw that is inborn to the person and can reflect his background. In Aristotle's Poetics, he discusses the theory of tragedy and what criterion is essential in an ideal tragedy. According to Aristotle, the tragic flaw is the most important part of the hero and the events that occur in the work is a reflection of that flaw. A tragic flaw is e...
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Early In The Play Othello Mind
1,067 wordsTragedy of Trust Naive, unsophisticated, proud, and strong-willed, although a short list of characteristics it is broad in meaning, almost a paradox in ways. These are the personality traits that are brought out in the character of Othello throughout the play, The Tragedy of Othello. However, only a few of these traits would have been apparent if it had not been for the character of Iago. He instigated all of the wrong- doing that occurred by recognizing the weaknesses of Othello and using them ...
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Jane Austen Novels Jane Austen Austen's
783 words"Miss Austen was surely a great novelist. What she did, she did perfectly. Her work, as far as it goes, is faultless. She wrote of the times in which she lived, of the class of people with which she associated, and in the language which was usual to her as an educated lady. Of romance, -- what we generally mean when we speak of romance -- she had no tinge. Heroes and heroines with wonderful adventures there are none in her novels. Of great criminals and hidden crimes she tells us nothing. But sh...
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Acceptable Behavior Sex Life
787 wordsThe Paul Bernardo Paul Bernardo The urge shot through the mans body, uncontrollable, like sharks in a feeding frenzy. He could only quench his feverish desires by carrying out unspeakable devilish acts. The victim didnt matter, no thought was given to any implications of the satanic rituals. Several times Bernardo resorted to defecating of human beings in order to satisfy his sick and abnormal urges. Paul Bernardo's lustful and diverted sexual desires sprouted from the influence of pornography. ...
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Othello Character Iii Lines
1,279 wordsOthello Character Analysis- In the play Othello, the character of Othello has certain traits which make him seem naive and unsophisticated compared to many other people. This is why Iago, to get his just rewards uses him as a scapegoat. Iago told Roderigo, O, sir, content you. I follow him [Othello] to serve my turn upon him (I, i lines 38 - 9). Iago is saying, he only follows Othello to a point, and upon reaching it he will not follow him any longer. Iago has opened my eyes to see the real mean...
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James Joyce Bright Light
415 wordsSetting, Theme, Araby The setting in Araby reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light and darkness. The experiences of the boy in James Joyce's Araby illustrate how people often expect more than ordinary reality can provide and then feel disillusioned and disappointed. The author uses dark and obscure references to make the boys reality of living in the gloomy town of Araby more vivid. He uses dark and gloomy references to create the mood or atmosphere, then changes to bri...
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Real World P 58
1,171 wordsWorld Civilizations II Voltaires Candide is a novel that contains conceptual ideas and at the same time is also exaggerated. Voltaire offers sad themes disguised by jokes and sarcasm, and the story itself presents a distinctive outlook on life. The crucial contrast in the story deals with irrational ideas as taught to Candide about being optimistic, versus reality as viewed by the rest of the world. The main theme that is presented throughout the novel is optimism. Out of every unfortunate situa...
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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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Thane Of Cawdor Murder Of Duncan
948 words&# 65279; Macbeth and its Fatal Flaws Anyone who is not a god, is not perfect. Everyone has a weakness or a flaw. Some flaws are more deadly than others. Some are addicted to heroin while others are unable to remember where they put their keys. Every major flaw in this story though, comes back to haunt them. The reason why anybody fails in this story is because of their? flaw? . Not everyone dies though, that is because their flaw is not fatal. Following will be an explanation of how the major f...
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Rises Must Converge Good Country People
1,224 wordsGood Country People: Like Julian in " Everything that Rises Must Converge, " Hulga is a proud intellectual and has little doubt of her belief in " nothingness. " However, by the end, she has fallen prey to the same naive stereotypes as her mother. Do you think her beliefs are based on reason or on the desire to distinguish herself from the ignorance which is all around her? Hulga accentuates her wooden leg by making unnecessary noises when she walks and plays up the deformity...
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Lord Of The Flies Golding
327 wordsThe Lord of the Flies: Good vs. Evil The constant struggle for survival of the young boys in The Lord of the Flies ultimately results in innocence transforming into savagery. There is an on going battle between good and evil which has always been the focus of William Golding? s works. ? Stung by what he considers an unreal view of life, the novelist is too magnanimous to stop at exposing the faults of another, but goes onto tell the truth? (Cook 173). In this novel, Golding uses intense imagery ...
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Gulliver Travels Reader Learns
713 wordsEssay: Gulliver's Travels Literary Techniques Socrates stated, The unexamined life is not worth living. From the beginning of a mans life, he looks for a purpose or a calling that he has been placed on the earth to fulfil or become. Authors throughout the ages, aware of this knowledge, write with the intent helping man search inside his self to examine the purpose of his existence. Swift uses many techniques to spark this analysis. One technique Swift uses in Gulliver Travels is juxtaposition. A...
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Huck Feels Freeing Jim
922 wordsThesis-Huck's relationship with Jim evolved from witticism and ridicule towards Jim to regard and mutual esteem for him. I. Huck and Tom mocked Jim by taking advantage of his naive attitude, but when they met on Jackson Island, Huck began to realize the Jim was human. II. While travelling down the river, Jim grew dear to Huck because they faced and overcame many obstacles. III. At the end of the book, Jim almost gave up freedom for Toms well being because Huck didnt carry out his pledge to free ...
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Mad White Giant Ate His Dog Allen
1,016 wordsA walk in the crocodiles shoes Explorers who make a living by writing about their expeditions know that it takes two journeys to make a book: the physical slog is followed by its recreation in literary form. And the second can be even more perilous than the first. Benedict Allen wasnt quite as green as the rainforest when he decided, at 22, to beat a path alone from the Orinoco to the Amazon. After all, hed got BSc in environmental science, and a doctorate in self-possession. But by the time the...
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Late Nineteenth Century Thomas Hardy
836 wordsTess of the Durbervilles Tess of the Durbervilles Essay essay selection number two The Victorian period was generally known as a peaceful and intellectually static era. Thomas Hardy tries diligently to educate the reader on multiple facets of the Victorian era. Hardy uses many sources to illustrate a changing era throughout the novel Tess of the Durbervilles. Specifically, the changing society, urbanization, and Darwinism all illustrate his main focus on dialect in nature. One attribute to the t...
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Wall Street Journal Barbara Kingsolver
1,175 wordsOf bears and bobcats, stars and stripes Small Wonder Barbara Kingsolver 282 pp, Faber Barbara Kingsolver is one of the few American writers who have refused to join George Bush's cheerleaders. A writer who reminds her readers, as Kingsolver has done, that every war is both won and lost would hardly seem extreme over here, but in the US such talk can receive some pretty nasty responses. One writer in the Wall Street Journal suggested that a reasonable response to Kingsolver's articles would be fo...
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