The Cask Of Amontllado
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Montresor knows the servants have left for the evening because he ordered them not to abandon the house, but told them that he would not be returning until morning. He knew that during this time of merriment the servants would disappear as soon as he turned his back. He lures Fortunato deeper and deeper into the family catacombs where the cask of amontillado was supposedly stored. Fortunato had a cold in the catacombs' mold aggravated his cough. Montresor kept offering Fortunato the chance .....
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The Catcher In The Rye- A Stud
.... Salinger emulates elements of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Like Huck Finn, The Catcher in the Rye is the story of a young man’s journey into adulthood. Holden journeys into the human condition, Huck likewise seeks out human nature. Huck, like Holden, hates hypocrisy, and fells the need to search for integrity. Similarly, both works start out the same way. Their simple exposition of location and scope draws in the mind, and fastens it securely to the page. Holden’s o .....
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The Challenges Faced In Jane E
.... that Jane is a liar and must be watched carefully. The teachers at Lowood are pious and strict and are completely intolerant of someone they consider untrustworthy. However, Jane finds her first friends at Lowood at this point in the book - her classmate, Helen Burns, and the school superintendent, Miss Temple. They teach her that not everyone in the world is harsh and unaccepting of her. Miss Temple even clears Jane of the charges of being a liar by writing a letter to Jane’s childhood doctor who .....
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The Chamber
.... February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at OLE Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In 1983, he was elected to the state House o .....
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The Cherry Orchard
.... tragic flaw of the characters contributing to the downfall of the estate and its orchard. Another theme Chekhov portrays is the effect of choice and free will. In some surcumstances this is the ultimate form of tragedy, depending on the outcome. With this, Chekhov succeeds in confusing tragedy and comedy in his final play The Cherry Orchard.
Chekhov’s characters in The Cherry Orchard contribute greatly to the comedy. The action takes place on a Russian estate belonging to Mrs. Ranevsky. T .....
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The Color Purple
.... think very highly of Celie at all. Once they spend time together, Shug begins to love and care for Celie. Besides her sister, Shug is the only person to ever love Celie. As their relationship grows, so does Celie’s image of herself. She slowly begins to see herself as Shug does, a strong woman who is deserving of love. Celie also discovers her sexuality through Shug, who teaches her about her body. Although they share a physical relationship, their love goes beyond that, and they bond in .....
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The Crucible John Proctors Cha
.... the chores that have to be done or to fetch his servant when she is missing. Not only is John Proctor independent, but he is also a loyal man to his family. In act two when
he is accused of defying god by working on the farm on Sundays, he pleads that he does it not only because of his dissent to Parris but to get work done to help his family. In act three when Proctor goes on trial, and is accused of being a witch and of being adulterous, he remains loyal by not confessing and tarnishing his name a .....
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The Cruicible
.... those seeking relief from religious persecution. In each book, persecution of those who dared be different by breaking the communities accepted religious values, is apparent. Hester, the adulteress, and Abigail, the adulteress “witch”, were both persecuted for their actions.
In conclusion, it is very clear that the common theocratic theme of societal values based on puritanical religious beliefs controlled the day-to-day lives of the communities in The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. The .....
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The Different Shades Of Love
.... thought of Silas as a normal person and did all they could to help him raise Eppie. He went to church for the first time in a while so Eppie could be christened. She brought meaning to Silas's life that had once been empty. When his stolen money was found, he "would be glad if [he] could feel it" but "that didn’t last long." Silas know thought there was meaning to his life and that money was not everything. Silas's love for Eppie made up for everything bad that happened to him in the past .....
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The Dreams Of Alice
.... flight, just like Alice's fall down the rabbit hole
People who use hallucinogenic drugs have reported falling, as though they could fly, but few have ever actually felt that they were flying. Even those users who report they are flying report more of a blurred sense of flying, not the clear experience one has while dreaming, or like the experience Alice has falling down the rabbit hole.
Another connection to dreams is the pattern of things appearing and disappearing in the novel. Oftentimes, in dr .....
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The Gradual Development Of Cha
.... a symbol of civilization and order. All the kids come when Ralph blows on the conch, and everyone respects the holder of the conch, and they let him speak. Gradually, the conch’s role is downplayed by Jack, first when he says the conch doesn’t matter up on the mountain, and later, when he interrupts the speaker holding the conch during meetings. Eventually, the kids stop coming when they hear the conch, and its significance is close to non-existent, but it is a sign of civilization for Piggy. P .....
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The Great Gatsby - Tom Buchana
.... wife whom he is abusive towards. He also shows abusive actions towards his mistress Myrtle when he meets with her in New York. Tom believes solely that he is more important than anyone else. He also has much hate towards Gatsby when he first meets him, since Tom is particularly jealous of Gatsby’s wealthiness over his own. We see his jealousy when he gets a favour from a friend in New York City to look into Jay Gatsby and the life he has led.
The reader develops much hate towards Mr. Buchanan .....
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The Great Gatsby 3
.... to do the same: work hard and be like Uncle Ben. Willy asks Ben "What's the answer? How did you do it?" To Willy, Ben symbolizes the American dream to the fullest! He has gained a lot of money and all he did was get lucky. Although Willy has lost his job he continues to lie to himself and his family hoping everything will turn out all right in the end. He is ultimately chastising himself and his son Biff, letting the dream take control and losing sight of the real goal, freedom and happiness. "The h .....
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The Great Gatsby As A Metaphor
.... love affair with the affluent Daisy, and knowing he couldn't marry her because of the difference on their social status, he leaves her in order to create wealth and reach her economic standards. When he amasses this wealth, Gatsby buys a house that is across the bay to Daisy's house, and throws immense and lavish parties, with the hope that Daisy would come to one of them. When he realizes this is very improbable, he starts asking various people from time to time if they know her. In this inquiry, he me .....
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The Great Gatsby Book Report
.... is not taking it seriously. Even though she is not happy with her marriage with Tom, she is satisfied with her life because Tom is a wealthy man. Even if Daisy knows that Tom is cheating on her with another woman, Daisy sticks by him and tries to make their marriage last. When she overhears Jordan and Nick's conversation about Gatsby, it surprised her at first and then, ignores what she hears. This incident simply shows that Daisy does not feel intense love for Gatsby.
It is Gatsby's determination tha .....
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