A Critical Analysis Of Oz
.... going on inside of Oz mirrors his. As the setting and the characters should imply, "Oz" is, on the surface, about the struggles amongst men inside a prison that has representation from almost every group present in our society today. The struggles are not always between the inmates either. The warden, administrator, guards, and even the mayor play a vital role in the unveiling of the creator's vision. There are a vast majority of underlying themes contained within the plot of "Oz." Much of our society .....
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Antigone 8
.... mighty pedestal with all the people of Thebes looking up to him. In "Antigone" Antigone is always shown sneaking around and usually whispering every word she says. During the play "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus business was everyones business yet in "Antigone" everything that Antigone says or does is secretive. Although Oedipus was a King his conscience played a little role in his decision making. In "Antigone" Antigone's conscience plays a key role in all of her decisions and actions.
The role of Creon in .....
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Ariel By Sylvia Plath
.... of
recreating it" (Bundtzen 237).
Plath did not see the rebirth process as a pleasant experience, but one that is expected of her "I guess you could say I've got a call" (Plath 245). She, however, sees the benefits that come from her suffering and continues the process again and again. “Fever 103" is also about a women releasing herself from a man, but in a different manner — she desires to have androgyny. She realizes she cannot enjoy sex because her body is being drummed into use by a will th .....
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A Typical Novel Hero (Charlie
.... cheat on her, and that she was the only woman in his life.
Secondly, another example of Salter fitting the stereotype of a romantic hero is found here. He was once interviewing a 25-year-old girl, approximately half his age to find out some details in a murder case. She seemed to be strangely attracted to him and wanted to make their next visit a non business meeting. “Hey Charlie, do you wanna catch a movie with me tomorrow?”, (A Question of Murder pg. 73) she asks him as she leaves his off .....
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Alice In Wonderland
.... that you never tasted an egg!" "I have tasted eggs, certainly," said Alice... "But little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know." Ethel Rowell, to whom Dodgson taught logic when she was young, wrote that she was grateful that he had encouraged her to "that arduous business of thinking." While Lewis Carroll's Alice books compel us to laugh and to wonder, we are also easily led, almost in spite of ourselves, to think as well.
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A Man For All Seasons 2
.... court."(Bolt, p 59).
More is a man of principles and he will not compromise these principles. According to Sir Thomas if a man is prepared to take an oath then he must stand by that oath. However, in this case the signing of the oath would compromise these principles and therefore he can not sign. He displays this view when he says, " When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water..." (Bolt, p 140) More goes on to explain that he can not doubt his soul. If .....
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Antigone 9
.... the king. She denied nothing, and was pround to admit to the crime. Her stubborn uncle insisted that she pay the price for her crime. He took her to a rocky vault and walled her inside where she was to die for her crime. When Creon got back, his son Haemon started to argue about the fate of Anitgone. Haemon was going to marry her, but now his own father wanted her dead. Haemon vowed never to return unless his love was released. Creon refuses to agree to free Antigone. Haemon storms out, and goe .....
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An Analysis Of Nature In The W
.... can feel the speakers awe and reflective peace when looking into the woods that night. He doesn’t know the owner of the land but is still drawn to the beauty of the scene. Frost gives a scene that is taken into the reader and digested for a time in the speaker’s mind. It shows us that it is all right to take a minute out of a hurried hour and reflect upon what is around you, whether it is a snowy wood or a quite room.
Frost’s use of nature gives the reader an immense selection of symbolism to con .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities
.... chance at life ,and therefore was "recalled to life."
The last and most significant instance of someone being "recalled to life" is found in the last chapters of this book. Sydney Carton has recently switched places with his look alike, Darnay, and is awaiting the guillotine. While Sydney awaits his death he thinks, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, then I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." Through these words Sydney recognizes that by sacrific .....
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A Couple Of Papers On Frankens
.... was mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him." Dr. Frankenstein had a responsibility to be his creation's parental figure. It was molded and worked on solely by him and when "born", it should have been looked after as well. Dr. Frankenstein was unhappy with the results of his experiment and he treated the monster in a way that displayed that disgust. If this was the way he dealt with all failures, he should have stuck with chemicals. With every task that we take on in l .....
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Act One Of Othello
.... with two characters apparently arguing over money. Shakespeare immediately sets the mood of conflict for the remainder of the play, it is important because the reader at the outset is given a choice; who to believe and who is right. Shakespeare instantly sets about creating the mood of ambiguity which will result in the reader contemplating and analyzing the situation in hand. This will, according to Aristotle, create pleasure for the audience.
As with all Shakespeare’s plays, Othello is written ( .....
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A Rose For Emily
.... Cotton gins and garages have long obliterated the neighborhood, but it is the only house left. With a further look at Miss Emily's life, we realize the importance of the setting in which the story takes place. The house in which she lives remains static and unchanged as the town progresses. Inside the walls of her abode, Miss Emily conquers time and progression.
In chapter one, Faulkner takes us back to the time when Miss Emily refused to pay her taxes. She believes that just because Colonel S .....
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Animal Farm
.... determination. Boxer is a fine representative of the common hardworking citizen.
The other stereotypical members of society are also clearly represented. Mollie the horse is a portrayal of the upperclass citizens who lose out because of socialism. She had privileges
that no other animal on the farm had. These were stripped from her when the animals took over. Her losses eventually caused her to run away and seek her benefits with another owner. Benjamin the donkey represents the elderly who c .....
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Antigone
.... accomplice”, “fighting on her side, the woman’s side.” Creon continued to threaten him with witnessing the execution of Antione. She was to “die, now here, in front of his eyes, beside her groom!” Haemon countered him with a threat of his own that he will never set eyes on him again if he continues this violence. Crion was apalled with his son. For that, Antigone was to die a very agonizing death. she was to be taken “down to some wild desolate path never trod by men, and wall her up alive in a roc .....
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Antigone Essay
.... causes the death of almost the entire dynasty of the family.
With his wife and child dead, Creon has nothing left to live for. The dynasty of Creon's family will not continue reign over Thebes. Antigone’s headstrong attitude not only influences her choices but it also leads to the death of her lover Haimon, her aunt Eurydicę, and herself. This also leaves Creon emotionally wounded. Creon’s ending words of the book, “Lead me away I have been rash and foolish…” intimates that .....
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