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Antigone Tragic Hero
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Hero: Antigone or Creon? In the play of Antigone
there are two choices of tragic heroes or figures.
By many of Antigone? s actions I feel that she is
the one who fits this description perfectly. A
tragedy is a play in which a central character,
called a tragic hero or protagonist suffers some
serious misfortune which isn? t accidental and
therefore meaningless, but is significant in that
the misfortune is logically connected with the
heroes actions. I feel that this definition fits
Antigone perf...
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Didn T Isn T
927 words
Racism, sexism, and belief that one way of life is
the only way of life are prevalent in every
society but should not be tolerated. People being
tormented in such a hurtful manner shouldn t have
gone through the horror of being treated that way
in any day, time or place. In I, Tituba Black
Witch of Salem, Tituba struggled with having her
own belief system, the only parents she knew
dying, and struggling with the day to day life of
just being a woman in that prominent slavery
society that the boo...
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Book And Movie Book And The Movie
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There are many ways to tell a story. Back before
there were books there as the actual storyteller
who could speak out a story. There is also acting
where people physically perform a story. Books are
another storytelling device that is more
permanent, the words are kept and they can be
reviewed again and again. Now there are movies,
which provide story telling with more an emphasis
on visual effects. The question is which way is
the best to present a certain type of story. The
Ice Storm by Rick M...
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Didn T T Matter
488 words
In the Life of a Shoe By Lance Squeak, squeak, and
squeak. That s all I ever hear on a floor walked
on for centuries. Hi, my name is Lenny the left
shoe. I come from a little shoe factory north of
Korea called Gurushi shoe factory, it s a little
place, no one even knows it exists. I started off
in a town called Sicily, a domain of Italy if you
didn t know. I was held in a little store called
Francis s Shoes. He was a nice man, small, alone,
and gentle. One afternoon a man by the name of
Kindred ...
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Jack Kerouac Beat Generation
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Born Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac Born in the town of
Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, Jack Kerouac was
born to Leo and Gabrielle Kerouac, a
French-Canadian couple in which Jack didn t even
learn to speak English until age 6, when he was
enrolled in school. Jack Kerouac would aspire to
be one of the most inspirational writers of his
time and in American history. Although, through
his younger years, and while he was in school, he
took a more athletic approach to life. Jack played
Football in high sch...
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Jane Eyre Didn T
350 words
Hamlet, William Shakespeare said? This above all,
to thine self be true. ? This quote applies best
with the novel Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre was true
herself throughout the entire novel. Jane always
said what she thought and behaved according to her
own rules of etiquette. She never followed someone
else; she believed in herself and was true to
herself. When she lived in Gateshead she didn? t
change her personality to fit in withthe Reed
children. When she was scolded, by Mrs. Reed she
didn? t change....
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Body Was Found Pieces Of Paper
1,875 words
It was Christmas night 1996, Boulder, Colorado.
The Ramsey family was on their way home from a
Christmas party. Jonbenet was asleep in the
backseat of the car. The Ramsey s were planning a
trip to their family home in Michigan the next
morning. When the morning of December 26 th came,
something happened that would change not only the
Ramsey s life, but also the city of Boulder as
well as all of America forever. As Patsy Ramsey
headed down the stairs of her 15 room Tudor home
just after 5: 00 am,...
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Romeo And Juliet Fall In Love
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Romeo and Juliet Essay It is known that in
Shakespeare? s tragedies main characters die in
the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet
are going to die in the end. Some events have to
lead to their deaths, and someone makes these
events happen. The person (s) who started it all
and did something that led to all the other events
that caused the death of a pair of star-crossed
lovers (Prologue, 6). The Capulets and Montague's
would be most respo...
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Started Smoking Didn T
722 words
Little John and Tall Sue She was, still is, and
always will be sixteen. That s how I will always
remember her. I was twelve and hopelessly in love.
She called me Little John. That was her joke.
Little John was also a character in Robin Hood,
but he was quite big. I was, still am, and will be
till the day I die, small. The doctor said that my
height was determined by genetics. Mom said it was
because I started smoking. My Rabbi said that it
was G-d s will. Nobody admitted my height resulted
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Mother Foster Homes
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Book Report? The Lost Boy? by: Dave Peltzer Dave
Peltzer the author of? The Lost Boy? tells his
story from the time he left his abusive mother and
alcoholic father, through his experiences in five
foster homes and juvenile detention, and how he
eventually made it into the Air Force. He was a
defiant, rebellious boy who, despite his
background and personality, managed to endear
himself to many guardians, social workers, and
teachers. Pelzer writes in an honest, sometimes
rambling, style; he is ne...
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Five Hundred Dollars Hundred Thousand Dollars
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Mark Twain s Greatest Downfall Mark Twain is one
of the greatest humorists and writers that the
world has ever seen. Mark Twain had a natural
ability to portray the lives of real people and
also add a humorous twist to their lives. As most
people know, Mark Twain s real name was Samuel
Clemens. Samuel Clemens, despite his fame from his
books and short stories, did not have success with
his financial dealings. Samuel Clemens was a
regular man who took financial risks and suffered
from them greatl...
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Didn T Baby Girl
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? Please, Megan Renee Megan Renee? Please, just
let me hold her, ? she pleaded, ? just once? ? ?
I? m sorry, ? replied the plump nurse coldly, ?
but I have my orders, and besides, it will only
make things that much worse. ? To an outsider, it
was a heart-wrenching scene. To the hospital, it
was something that they dealt with on a daily
basis. To her family, it was a mistake that never
should have happened. To Sara, it was a day that
changed her life forever. ? Katie, I can? t
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Battle Of Gettysburg Army Of The Potomac
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The American Civil War I. Background The
groundwork for the Civil War was laid many years
before its actual start on April 12, 1861 with the
firing on Fort Sumpter. One of the main reasons
for the war; slavery, had been going on since
before the formation of the United States. However
it wasn t until the early 1850 s that anyone had a
real problem with slavery. From then on, it was
only a matter of time before the greatest war ever
fought on American soil would begin. In 1850, the
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Gilded Age Civil War
1,568 words
After the Civil War had ended, several soldiers
had returned home to find their places of living
destroyed. Most of these people returned to
practically nothing. The United States had to
rebuild itself, and this rebuilding was called
Reconstruction. Today historians refer to this era
of reconstruction as the part of the Gilded Age.
Many people had to pickup and start all over
again, while others continued their quests of
expanding. Expanding by taking control over the
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Didn T Couldn T
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Pericles of Athens was in a family that no one
would think reform came out of. Pericles family
had dignity, valor, power, and wealth. Pericles
family was aristocrats. Pericles grew up an a
noble man with respect, but no one at the time
knew how he was to change the world forever. Many
things happened in Pericles life but I think the
most important was his love for a woman not of
Greek blood. Since this women was not a Greek she
couldn t vote. When Pericles had a child with her
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Christian Temperance Union Roaring Twenties
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Prohibition Was Introduced In 1919 And Was
Prohibition Was Introduced In 1919 And Was Due To
Many Different Reasons? ? Prohibition was
introduced in 1919 and was due to many different
reasons. It was not a new idea as the movement had
already begun in 1830 when women opposed men
drinking. Although the law against the sale and
transportation of alcohol in America was passed by
congress in 1917 due to the eighteenth amendment,
it didn? t come into effect until midnight of
January 16, 1920. Shortly...
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Importance Of Being Earnest Ernest Worthing
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Oscar Wilde is a legendary author who has composed
many great plays including The Green Carnation and
A Woman of No Importance, however, The Importance
of Being Earnest was undoubtedly the most famous
of his works. First published in 1930, yet
acknowledged since the late 1800 s, The Importance
of Being Earnest helped to revive the theater
tradition of Congreve and Sheridan. The story is a
comedic view of romance and the emphasis we place
on seemingly trivial articles, such as a name. In
this sto...
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Play The Game Funeral
1,086 words
? Meursault is punished, not for his crime of
killing another human being but for refusing to
play the game. ? This statement is of great
relevance to the novel The Outsider, by Albert
Camus. Society as a whole enforces its ideas and
values, upon all individuals, but particularly on
those who differ from the? norm? . Through
Meursault? s view of the world, contrasted with
that of both the religious and judicial system
this notion is foregrounded. Meursault? s outlook
on death and dying is very d...
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Hester Chillingworth
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn begins by
dealing with Hester Prynne? s crime and sentence.
She shows herself to be a proud woman in how she
embroiders her bright red? A? with golden thread
to be displayed to her community. She is a skilled
seamstress and she doesn? t seem, despite her
disgrace, to be afraid to show that about herself.
When she walked down the street from the prison to
the scaffold, the narrator talks about her
realization of how foolish and cowardly she would
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Year Old Girl Conflict Theory
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Conflict Theory is a basic concept that was
founded by Karl Marx. The theory suggests that
everything that happens in society is a result of
conflict. This Theory teaches us that the elitist
class in society does everything in their power to
keep the lower classes where they are. In the
Movie Street Wise, Richard, Duane, and Erin are
subordinate kids who have to deal with the
problems that society has brought on them. This
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