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Jerry Father
1,504 words
Jerry Renault in The Chocolate War appears to be?
going with the flow? ? trying out for football,
checking out girls? but his inner character drives
him to differ. He fights to grasp his feelings and
lacks self-confidence when he needs it most. As
Jerry begins to unearth his inner-self, other
obstacles and ideas dealing with certain emotions
arise. As he progresses and reaches a level of
comprehension, he grows closer to his goal? a
sense of self-rule. Jerry seems to be a typical
freshman, in a ...
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Acute Tragic Hero
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It seems that the nearly all critics of Medea are
unanimous in one prominent feature of the play
alone, and that is in their immense abhorrence for
Jason. Kit says In him (Jason) it is impossible to
find anything that is not mean´ , while
Lucas says Jason is utterly selfish, and utterly
unconscious of his selfishness. It is hard to find
anything kind about Jason as on face value he is
such an obvious villain. But all these comments on
the Medea centre round a study of Medea herself,
while ...
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Appearance Versus Reality Hath Not A Jew
969 words
The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's The Merchant
of Venice is still relevant today because it deals
with issues which still affect us. Show how two of
those issues are discussed in the play. Throughout
the play a distinction is made between how things
appear on the outside and how they are in reality,
or on the inside. The issue of appearance versus
reality is demonstrated in varied ways, mainly by
the use of real-life situations. The first
representation of this is Shylock's generosity
with hi...
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Lady Macbeth King Of Scotland
1,728 words
By the end of Shakespeare? s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
has proven that her imagination is stronger than
her will. During the beginning of the play, Lady M
had been the iron fist and authority icon for
Macbeth. She was the voice of determination and
hardness, yet deep down, she never carried such
traits to begin with. She started this ordeal with
a negative, bombastic rhetoric, preying on
Macbeth? s weaknesses in order to egg him on. In
no way did she make a positive contribution to
Macbeth or to her...
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State Governments Great Depression
445 words
The Change of Federalism Federalism is derived
from the meaning of federal; which is defined as:
pertaining to the nature of a union of states
under a central government distinct from the
individual governments of the separate states.
What this explanation means in everyday terms is
that, federalism consists of the national
government, the state government and the local
government all having one central body of
government. Throughout the history of the United
States, as with everything else, tim...
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Madame Bovary Emma Bovary
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Filth, Smut and Vast Amounts of Love? - A Short
Essay on Madame Bovary A theme throughout
Flaubert's Madame Bovary is escape. Emma Bovary
(the main character) attempts to escape the
ordinariness of her life by reading novels, which
at the same time influence her perception of a
romantic relationship. It is Emma's early
education that Flaubert describes for an entire
chapter that awakens in Emma a struggle against
what she perceives as confinement brought upon by
the restrictiveness of the conven...
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Aunt And Uncle Harry Potter
530 words
After Harry Potter Quick Review After being
brought up by his horrid Aunt and Uncle, Harry is
surprised one day when a letter arrives for him.
He never gets post, but for some reason, his uncle
doesnt want him to have it. The next day more
appear, and then more and more, until the huge
Hagrid arrives. He tells Harry the terrible story
of his parents death, and the truth about Harry.
He is a wizard, and is invited to attend Hogwarts
School for wizards. When he gets to school, he
soon makes friend...
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Tragic Hero Witches Prophecy
473 words
December 16, 1996 Advanced English 11 Tragic hero
essay One might choose to assent to the statement,
Macbeth is a tragic hero. This conclusion may be
based upon certain characteristics, proposed by
Aristotle, that warrants him worthy of such a
title. Aristotle stated that a tragic hero must be
of certain qualities: a man of noble stature,
good, though not perfect, have a fall that results
from committing an act of injustice, which is his
own fault, and receive a punishment that exceeds
the crime...
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Tom Robinson And Boo Radley Kill A Mockingbird
843 words
Whether the injustice is mental, economical, or
physical, the innocent person it effects, will
always suffer. Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird
has more than an abundant supply of injustice
present in novel. Miss Made says it best when she
states that its a sin to kill a mockingbird (p.
94). This statement reflects the following
characters because they can all be considered
mockingbirds, and since they were all harmed in
some way they can all be considered as victims of
injustice as well. The fo...
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Body Count Isn T
857 words
This story starts out with Calley talking about
his trial. He receives orders and a plane ticket
and was told he was going to Washington, D. C. In
Washington Calley is met and questioned the Chief
of Staff. He later finds out that he s being
questioned for murder at My Lai 4. Word gets out
to the media about his actions and he receives
loads and loads of letters. He received many
letters from past war veterans supporting his
actions in My Lai. At the same time he received
just as many letters ca...
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Risk Of Contracting Blood
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The Safety of Blood A five-year old girl is riding
down the street, on her way to her best friend? s
house. She doesn? t have a care in the world and
is quietly humming to herself. Suddenly a car
whips around the corner and swerves to avoid the
child, but he looses control and squarely hits the
girl, causing the her to fall and get trapped
between the car and her battered bicycle. A main
artery in her leg has been severed and blood fills
the gutter of the street. As she gets rushed to
the hospit...
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Cuckoo Nest Electro Shock Therapy
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The role of the hero in Ken Kesey? s novel, One
Flew Over the Cuckoo? s Nest, is played by Randle
P. Mc Murphy, a wrongly committed mental patient
with a lust for life. The qualities that garner Mc
Murphy respect and admiration from his fellow
patients are also responsible for his tragic
downfall. These qualities include his temper,
which leads to his being deemed disturbed, his
stubbornness, which results in his receiving
numerous painful disciplinary treatments, and
finally his free spirit, wh...
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Cell Membrane
638 words
The human body consists of many different organs
and organ systems, which are made up of billions
of cells. Inside these cells there are? 8364;
339; tiny organs? 8364; ? , or organelles.
These organelles act in many ways like the organs
and systems of the body. To better understand the
relationship between them, I am going to compare
and contrast their differences and their
similarities. The brain is the control center of
the human body. It sends and receives messages to
the rest of the...
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Epic Hero Normal Man
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In the Clash of the Titans, Perseus, the
protagonist, is an epic hero. Perseus is to be
married to Andromeda. During their wedding
ceremony, her mother, foolishly, says that
Andromeda's beauty is greater than Aphrodite, the
goddess of love and beauty. Furious at this mortal
and her people, Aphrodite says, through the head
of her statue, that Andromeda is to be sacrificed
to the Crakin in thirty days. Because Perseus
loves Andromeda, he decides to find a way to kill
the prodigious creature that w...
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Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson
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Plot Summary Stonewall Jackson is one of the most
famous of the American Civil War. General
Stonewall Jackson served with distinction under
Winfield Scott in the Mexican War and from 1851 to
1861 taught at the Virginia Military Institute. He
was one of the greatest Confederate generals in
the Civil War. He served under the great General
Robert E. Lee during the first Battle of the Bull
Run. This is where Thomas Jonathan Jackson, his
real name, and his brigade earned their sobriquet
by standing l...
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Act Iii Scene Act Iv Scene
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Many people are villainous in the way they behave.
Their villainous acts may be attributed to their
desire to destroy others and in turn elevate
themselves to a higher financial or social level.
However, the root cause of their villainy may be a
response to the treatment they have endured at the
hands of others. In short, they have been taught
villainy, rather than it being an integral part of
their personality. In such instances, revenge can
be a key motivator in inspiring them to act in a
vill...
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B And C Second Largest
384 words
Saturn is the second largest planet and sixth from
the sun. Saturn is most known for its rings, first
seen in 1610 by Italian scientist Galileo and
identified as rings by Dutch astronomer Christian
Huygens in 1655. The rings consist greater than
100, 000 single ringlets. It is the most oblate
planet because of the rapid rotation of the
planet, which flattens Saturn at the poles by
about 10 %. Its composition is mostly composed of
hydrogen and helium. It is mostly liquid, with a
small rocky core ...
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Sibling Rivalry Older Sibling
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From the moment a new baby enters the home, many
changes occur. New rooms are made, safety
precautions are taken, and parents attention and
time are needed. When a new baby is taken into a
home where an older child lives, the older sibling
may become jealous of the new baby and the changes
that are taking place. The time and attention of
parents that was previously devoted to the older
sibling is now halved and the older sibling may
feel he or she needs to get that attention back.
From these fee...
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Obi Wan Kenobi Desire To Leave
548 words
The broken globe by Henry Kreisel tells the story
of a father and a son torn apart by their
differing views of the world. Another story which
I feel parallels this story in certain aspects is
the 1977 classic Star Wars by George Lucas. In
Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, a young fanboy on a
backwater world, receives a light sabre from Obi
Wan Kenobi, this inspires an urge to leave his
world and learn to be a Jedi. One of the conflicts
Luke must face is his Uncle Owen who wishes him to
stay on his worl...
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Mental Anguish God S
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The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid
Throughout Virgil+s Aeneid and Job from the Old
Testament, great obstacles block the paths of the
protagonists. Mental and physical, anguish is
placed upon Job and Aeneas. Though both men suffer
extreme pain, the extent and content of the
tribulations are different. Job+s suffering is
placed upon him without provocation. Aeneas also
believes his |pain [is] so great and unmerited! X
(Virgil 2. 89). Juno+s hatred towards the Trojans,
however, is fuele...
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