The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities Of Life
.... had a man spoken in so wise, so high,
and so holy a spirit, as he… nor had inspiration ever breathed through mortal
lips more evidently than it did through his" (167). Dimmesdale had risen
through the ranks of the church and had the utmost respect of the people of
Boston. Dimmesdale's "eloquence and religious fervor had already given the
earnest of high eminence in his profession" (48). Hawthorne pointed out that
Dimmesdale was a very influential and powerful speaker, whose soft spoken words,
"aff .....
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Fanon's Three Stages Related To The Indigenous People Of Chiapas
.... brute
force, but it took the white man to the level of the gods in the eyes of the
natives. The colonizers could easily take advantage of this reverence. Fanon
states "The effect consciously sought by colonialism was to drive into the
natives' heads the idea that if the settlers were to leave, they would at once
fall back into barbarism, degradation, and bestiality."(Fanon 211) The
colonizers, believing the natives were savages that needed enlightenment, forced
European culture upon them. The Eur .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Reversal Of Characters
.... This is most certainly not the man first seen at the Old Bailey
with the sideways wig.
Another interesting change took place in the character of Madame Defarge.
She is first portrayed as a woman of principle who is helping her husband with
the revolution. However, Madame Defarge makes a startling metamorphosis from
supporting character to antagonist when she is revealed to be the shadow. She
is shown to be cruel and petty, not the compassionate woman one would assume of
a leader of a revolution agains .....
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Fantasy Vs. Reality
.... herself in a community that she feels she doesn't belong
to. With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell her
dreams to and will understand her for it. These wishes seem easy enough to
grant, but Esperanza soon finds out that there is more to friendship. "If you
give me five dollars, I will be your friend forever." Esperanza discovers that
she can not have anything for nothing. Rachel and Lucy sure enough become her
friends, but only after she helped them pay for the bike. Es .....
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Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms": Henry - A Man Of Action, Self-Dicipline, And One Who Maintains Grace Under Pressure
.... at the newcomers.
The others were looking a the colchel. I ducked down, pushed between two men,
and ran for the river, my head down. I tripped at the edge and went in with a
splash" (Hemingway, 214). Henry witnessed the gruesome executions of the
officers before him and knew he was not going to die without a fight to preserve
his precious existence. Being a man of action rather than words, was the
determining factor which helped him survive this unfortunate confrontation with
death. Regardless of the c .....
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The Fellowship Of The Rings
.... them to seek the wisdom of another wizard.
With Strider and the remaining party they traveled the broad expanse if terrain.
Where they would befriend new adventurers along the way. Many a time would they
be tempted to misuse the ring. But Frodo's will held strong. Up unto the
climax of events, when the ring raids came to take what once belonged to them.
In a moment of weakness, Frodo placed the ring on his finger. He vanished from
his party's sight. "Take the ring off Frodo!", they yelled. But .....
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Feminism In Jane Eyre
.... gave them little option in
life: either become a house wife or a governess. Although today a tutor may be
considered a fairly high class and intellectual job, in the Victorian era a
governess was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount
of knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect, security, or
class one may certainly feel that an intelligent, passionate and opinionated
young woman such as Jane Eyre should deserve and be capable of so much more.
The insecur .....
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Davis' "Fifth Business": Death Of Boy Staunton
.... granted his inner most wish, and lastly, Boy Staunton himself.
It can be observed that childhood experiences play a very important role
in the stableness of ones soul. One mishap in childhood can create a devastating
blow to ones true happiness in later life. This was exactly the case in Boy
Staunton's life. Once, when he was little, he got in an argument with Dunny
which led to snowballs being launched at Dunny from an aggravated Boy Staunton.
The last snowball concealed a rock, and hit Dunny's neighbo .....
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"Fighting On Two Fronts": Henry Fleming In Red Badge Of Courage
.... rest. This warm feeling faded when they reached the camp. Here life was
boring for Henry. The only thing his company did was drill day in and day out.
All of the experienced soldiers told war stories every night by the campfire.
Henry could only listen because he was still 'wet behind the ears'. He felt
left out and often sat alone wondering about battle. War was like an illusion
to him. He couldn't imagine people slaughtering each other. "Aren't we too
civilized to massacre ourselves?" he often .....
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Charles Dickens: Biography
.... Humphrey's Clock in which he published The Old
Curiosity Shop , Barnaby Rudge , and a Christmas Carol.
When Dickens died he was an angry man but he is still remembered as one of
the greatest authors. His works range from HARD TIMES (1854), a satire of
Victorian education and a portrayal of of the ugliness of factory life, through
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1859), which portrays the chaos of revolutions. Dickens
remains a master storyteller whose works are laced with humor and social satire.
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Stephen Coonts' "Flight Of The Intruder": Summary
.... craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be
court-martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings
anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next mission
with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This plane only
carried antiradiation missiles to destroy the SAMs and their radar. But, as they
were approximating (approaching, advancing on) the first SAM surface gun
destroyed most of the plane. The crew ejected within the midst of t .....
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The Fountain Head: Individualism
.... through the newspaper, was not able to manipulate Howard into his way of
thinking. The general public who read the Banner had been convinced that Toohey
new what he was talking about on all subjects. His plan to manipulate the
public and gather them as a whole was directly countered with every move that
Howard made. One of these major moves was the building of the Stoddard Temple.
With the temple, Roark had the freedom to build whatsoever he choose. This gave
him a medium to express his viewpoi .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
.... back at his work. If there is
another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil,
which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral
sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With
the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises
the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a
chan .....
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Frankenstein: Good And Bad Choices
.... Frankenstein made his being,
he made a choice to "animate lifeless clay and body-parts", to become a being.
The choice he made would haunt him for the rest of his life. When Zeus finds
out that Prometheus has stolen his fire, he took Prometheus to a top of a
mountain and chains him to the mountain. Every day an eagle comes down and rips
him open and eats his insides. During the night Prometheus would recover during
the night.
After Victor Frankenstein created his being, he called it pure evil, bu .....
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Comparison Of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein To Movies And TV Show's Frankenstein
.... Victor
Frankenstein was the name of the doctor who created the monstrosity. Before the
doctor created the monster he was a work of art.
"I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!," this is what
Victor said when he saw the monster before it was alive. Afterwards it was the
ugliest thing the doctor had laid his eyes upon. Unlike the movies, the monster
was very nimble and could do anything an actual living human could. The monster
chased after Victor in the wastelands to e .....
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