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First Soliloquy First Time
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Hamlet: The Theme of Having A Clear Conscience The
most important line in Hamlet is, The plays the
thing, wherein Ill catch the conscience of the
king. (II, ii, 617). In the play, the issue of a
clear conscience forms a key motif. When the
conscience of the characters appears, it does so
as a result of some action; as in the case of the
aforementioned line, which follows Hamlets
conversation with the player. This line is of
particular significance because it ties action and
its effect on the con...
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Reader Is Told Description Of Jim
980 words
By Racism Debate Racism Debate By M. One There is
a major argument among literary critics whether
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain,
is, or is not a racist novel. The question comes
down to the depiction of Jim, the black slave, and
to the way Huck and the other characters treat
him. The use of the word nigger is a main point
raised by many critics, who feel that Twain uses
the word too much and too loosely. Although Mark
Twain never presents Jim in a completely negative
light, h...
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Wife Penelope Double Standard
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Women in The Odyssey In The Odyssey the main
character, Odysseus, meets and entertains an
impressive array of women. All of the women that
he meets are very different and have different
personalities and Homer clearly states his
attitude towards each of the women. Some of the
women are seen as essentially good or essentially
bad. It is also clear that Homer adopts a sexist
attitude towards the women in his novel. In The
Odyssey women are generally portrayed as
manipulative and deceitful and Home...
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Magnus Eisengrims Entourage Dunstan Journey Begins Paul
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There are many different paths people can take
throughout their lives. In the novel, Fifth
Business by Robertson Davies, the main character,
Dunstan Ramsey, takes the path of the Canadian
hero. There are many different steps to be taken
by the hero and Dunstan Ramsey follows his path by
completing each step. Dunstan's journey begins
when he gets his call for adventure. The call for
adventure lets the hero know that his or her life
is about to change. Dunstan's call for adventure
comes when he le...
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Crime Rate 24 Hours
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In the opening sequence of John Carpenters Escape
From New York, an anonymous narrator sets the tone
of desperation and hopelessness with the line once
you go in, you never come out. The narrator is
referring to the only rule in the maximum security
prison built on Manhattan Island. The prison,
which was built in 1981 as a reaction to the crime
rate going up 400 percent, has no guards. Its
every man for himself. The once busy streets of
New York city are now nearly deserted, decayed,
and run by ...
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Catcher In The Rye Sex Life
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Catcher in the Rye The book Catcher in the Rye
Holden expresses many issues that get to him
personally. One of the issues deals with his
sexuality. Holden, is very homophobic, thinks a
lot of guys he meets in the story are fifty.
Holden also shares with us that he doesnt like his
sex life, he even goes as far as getting a hooker
but he backs (out of course! ) In Holden's story
he goes trough a very big change. He deals with
his loss of innocence's and the strange situations
he gets into. Holden'...
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Catcher In The Rye D B
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The Catcher in the Rye, starts off with the main
character, Holden Caulfield being expelled from
school once again. Holden is a sixteen year old
boy who has been expelled on numerous occasions
from other schools. This time he is being expelled
from Pency Prep. Before Holden goes home to his
parents, he plans to spend a few days in New York.
His parents do not know of the expulsion, so he
spends the weekend in a hotel. Holden is a pretty
strange kid who can always find a way to get
himself into t...
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Life Is A Game Holden
988 words
Nikki Bumbacco Ms. Morris ENG 3 A 0 May 15, 1999
Often in literature characters, through different
experiences, undergo changes which enable them to
grow. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the
author J. D. Salinger portrays Holden as a
confused adolescent. The author conveys Holden? s
inner growth through specific incidents. When
Holden is expelled from Pencey he grows and
develope's a new attitude towards his family.
After meeting with a prostitute Holden becomes
more mature when he realizes...
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Museum Of Natural History Catcher In The Rye
782 words
All novels contain common elements and qualities.
In most cases the plot, conflict, and a narrative
voice forms the style of writing. Frequently the
incidents told are direct experiences from the
narrator himself. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D.
Salinger and Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens
employ these characteristics, particularly using a
constructive voice, symbolism, and a complex
connected sequence of events, dealing with human
experiences. There are many instances in The
Catcher in the R...
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Year Old Boy Catcher In The Rye
549 words
The title of the book refers to a song Holden
heard from a little boy. One line says: If a body
meets a body coming through the rye. Holden
thought it was If a body catches a body He
pictures himself catching children who are playing
in a rye-field. The Catcher in the Rye is a story
about the thought and opinions of an emotionally
disturbed young sixteen-year-old boy named Holden
Caulfield who runs away from school because he was
expelled, and meets people who only annoy him. The
story begins an...
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Selina And Gordons Selina Instantly Gordon
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In her novel, A Patch of Blue, Elizabeth Kata
tells a story of Selina, an eighteen year old
blind girl who meets and develops a relationship
with Gordon, an older black man. Gordon helps
Selina realize many hopes and dreams, though not
without some drawbacks. One of the disadvantages
of Selina and Gordons relationship is that he is
able to withhold telling her about the colour of
his skin. Selina hates black people because the
only colour that she can see is black, and she has
grown to despise i...
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Make More Money Minor Characters
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Characterization In The Little Prince And
Pinocchio Characterization In The Little Prince
And Pinocchio Childrens stories are often written
about growing up or appreciating the joy of being
a kid. These stories consist of characters that
children can easily relate to and offer the road
to exciting adventures. The main character has a
personality very similar to the young readers.
They have childlike qualities that are enchanting,
lovable, curious and especially adventurous. The
protagonist encou...
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Bret Easton Eliss Bret Easton Victor
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Bret Easton Eliss In Glamorama Glamorama Bret
Easton Eliss In the book Glamorama you read about
model / actor Victor Ward. In the begining of the
book victor is opening a club for a guy named
Daimein and gets caught up in an affair with
Daimein's girlfriend. When his d. j. for the club
is murdered he looks for a new one but instead he
meets a rich man named F. Fred Palakon. Palakon
gives victor a bunch of money to find his old
girlfriend, Jamie. After the meeting takes place
Victor starts gettin...
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Victorian England Satis House
607 words
Great Expectations which was set in Victorian
England tells the story of a young boys struggles
in life. Pip, a young orphan who lives with his
older sister is seated the cemetery looking at his
parents graves when Magwitch an escaped convict
attacks Pip and orders him to bring food and a
file for his leg iron. Pip obeys, and gets
everything the convict asks for, but soon the
convict is captured, but he protects Pip and says
that he stole everything himself. Pip soon goes to
a play at the Satis ...
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Medea Fatal Flaw Jason Her Selfishness Medea's
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The Curse of a Fatal Flaw Every highly tragic and
dramatic figure has a fatal flaw that leads to his
or her downfall. The character of Medea fits into
this category perfectly. Excessive passion is what
leads Medea to her destruction. Her love for
Jason, her selfishness, and her rage are all
factors of Medea's hamartia. First, the strongest
factor contributing to Medea's fatal flaw is her
love for Jason. During Jasons quest of searching
for the Golden Fleece and meets the Princess of
Colchis, Med...
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Herman Melville Moby Dick
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I Try All Things; I Achieve What I Can (Herman
Melville in MOBY DICK) Herman Melville, in his
novel, MOBY DICK, combined the results of large
amounts of research in history, personal
narratives, and scientific tracts with his own
experiences on a whaling ship. He wanted his book
to be an allegory, full of psychological and
symbolic richness. Though the plot itself is
deceptively simple, there are many layers and
elements that make up this important novel. It is
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Moby Dick Ahab
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Moby Dick Story by Herman Melville This is a story
about a sailor named Ishmael, who is the narrator.
Captain Ahab, the one-legged commander of the ship
Pequod, is the main character. Ahab has sworn to
kill this huge whale, Moby Dick, who took away his
leg. Starbuck is the first mate of the Pequod, and
Queequeg, Tashtego, and Daggoo are the three
harpooners. This story takes place in Great
Britain, all over the eastern Atlantic Ocean and
in the Indian Ocean, around the early 1800 s. It
begins wi...
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J D Salinger Faith In God
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The Color Purple By Alice Walker And Franny and
Zooey by J. D. Salinger Alice Walker and J. D
Salinger demonstrate how faith helps their main
characters to discover their true potential. Both
authors use their novels to show the readers how
faith, religion, and human interventions can
promote a positive and meditative change within a
person. In Alice Walkers novel The Color Purple,
protagonist, Celie, relies upon her faith in God
and her sister to give her strength in times of
hardship. This fai...
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King Lear First
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Narcissism can be seen throughout the book Anne of
Green Gables. Narcissism has been defined by the
Oxford Paperback Dictionary as? abnormal self-love
or self admiration? . Narcissism is also
synonymous with vanity, conceit, egotism,
self-importance and arrogance. The narcissistic
tendencies in Anne seem to change throughout the
book and are often displayed through her
imagination. When Anne arrives at Green Gables she
is an orphan and has never learned to love anyone
but herself, this changes p...
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Daisy And Gatsby Gatsby
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In the beginning of the story, Nick is introduced.
He has moved from the Midwest to New York to get
rich by becoming a stock broker. Also living in
New York is his second cousin, Daisy, who is
married to Tom Buchanan. Nick, being liked by
everyone, learns a lot. First of all, he learns of
Gatsby who is his next-door neighbor. Secondly, he
learns of Daisy and Gatsby? s past relationship.
They used to be a couple but broke up due to the
fact that Gatsby was away at war and had lost his
money. This...
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