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MacBeth

.... to take over, but partly because of his wife's persuasion. He agrees that they must "catch the nearest way" (17), and kill Duncan that night. On the other hand, as the time for murder comes nearer, he begins giving himself reasons not to murder Duncan: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. (I, vii, 13-16) When L .....

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Edgar Allan Poe 2

.... no where to be found. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” Madeline is beautiful once she gets sick her brother, Roderick, gets sick and everything seems to fall apart. Madeline’s beauty had kept the evil down and covered up. As Madeline gets sicker and sicker it gets worse and worse. Finally when Madeline dies beauty no longer exists Roderick goes crazy and everything is destroyed because beauty was not there to cover up all the evil that they possessed. The absence of beauty caused .....

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Macbeth

.... The very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand. And even now, to crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done;" Macbeth was no longer the logical, thinking man whom many admired. He had become reckless, acting with only his passion and not his mind. The tragedy of the murders he brought on fair Scotland was a direct result of this violation of the criterion of a good man. The most apparent flaw, and perhaps the most tragic in Macbeth’s character, is his lack of patient .....

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Macbeth Analysis

.... and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know security Is mortals' chiefest enemy." (Act III, Scene 5, p. 365) The security provided by the second set of predictions is only fleeting. Feeling there is no threat to his power, Macbeth acts wildly, bringing his downfall and loss of both comfort and security. The problem with knowledge was that it was power resulting in a decline in comfort. Those most comfortable have the least power. The enjoyment of security precludes st .....

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Edgar Allen Poe

.... and struggled at each vibration…”(70) However, when we all wait to see the end, the narrator is saved by the rats. This unexpected change gives us a message that life is full of unexpected and we can never lose hope. But a more unimaginable thing happens right after the escape from the pendulum. The prison (the pit) becomes hot like a heated iron. Moreover, “ a richer tint of crimson diffused itself over the pictured horrors of blood” (72) Here, we can make a connection b .....

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Macbeth - Ambition

.... his wicked plan of executing Duncan and arrives at the conclusion of not allowing his plan to fall through. Lady Macbeth scorns Macbeth when she hears of his change of plans. She becomes successful in altering his ambition. Macbeth later slaughters Duncan, and inherits the throne of Scotland as he had previously planned. Along with the crown, Macbeth inherits a ruthless, immoral character that corrupts him to his downfall. This happens because of Macbeth's ambition for the throne, an ambition that he will .....

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In Societies Throughout The Wo

.... to engulf not just Tony and April, but also the whole village. April and Tony fall in love which each other and their love is objected to by the villagers. "They had to be separated before more damage is done, that was much clear." Page 149 Evidently, April and Tony's relationship had to be stopped before matters got worse. April is forced to live in fear of persecution. Throughout the story, April encounters two swines whom try to take advantage of her by forcing her to engage in .....

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Edna Pontellier S Character In

.... her memory as she paints. Another form of art in which Stone refers to is structured art, which is supplied by Mme. Reisz. Mme. Reisz plays her music with great feeling and art, which evokes pictures in Eden's mind and her passions of her body, arise once again. These pictures and passions once again contribute greatly to the continuing development of Edna's artistic growth, which continues to lead to her self-discovery. Stone also expresses that Mme. Reisz is influential by giving Edna insight on wh .....

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Beowulf 8

.... the dragon is to breath the fire on him. Beowulf's intelligence is well spoken for him because he knows what to do in all sorts of situations without having to think about them. The last one of Beowulf's qualities is that he's strong. Beowulf is talked to be one of the strongest men alive of all his nationality. He holds this title because he can do what no other of his kind can, with their strength. Beowulf is so strong that he pulls off Grendel's arm with his bear hands. Any man that can h .....

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Elli 2

.... Without Ellis continual enthusiasm towards the observance of Jewish festivals, she would have had absolutely nothing to look forward to and in-turn it would have eventuated in a loss of faith and maybe even death. Without a doubt, this characteristic of hers was imperative for her survival. Elli and some fellow room- mates, went to great lengths to create an atmosphere which was even remotely related to Chanukah. A look out person was assigned in the room as well as one outside the corridor and .....

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Emerson 3

.... and took time during his “The American Scholar” lecture to speak of the need for the present generation of Americans to establish their own history: “Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this.” Emerson called for active, original thought on the part of American scholars and criticized those who wrote as they: “set out from accepted dogmas, not from their own sight .....

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Macbeth

.... expect do not seem to be what they appear, so maybe Macbeth considers himself damned. He does not sense any more conscience pulling him back. He is afraid of Macduff, and although the other two prophecies give him a false security, he decides senselessly to kill Macduff's family, who have done nothing to him and are not a threat. Macbeth has completely turned himself to evil and accompanying madness here. .....

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Emily Dickinson

.... Emily used centripetal and centrifugal similes. In “The props Assist the House,” Dickinson is trying to convey a house under construction is like a soul in the process of being “perfected”(Shackford 2). Emily Dickinson never prepared for her poetry beforehand, but she made the meaning of her poetry as she wrote. She misleads the reader when she uses ellipses, inversions, and unexpected climaxes. The poems are very lyrical and “lacks the slow, retreating harmonies of epic .....

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MACBETH, Analysis Of Come You

.... character, which in her own way conjures evil spirits. In the first part of the second line Lady Macbeth says, “That tend on mortal thought.” Literally, it means that she wants the evil spirits that wait on thoughts of murder or death to come to her. This phrase foreshadows the many deaths that await us by the end of the novel. By mentioning the spirits of death, Shakespeare prepares the readers for what is coming up next. By now, we are able to recognize Lady Macbeth’s nature. Her thoughts are .....

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Montana 1948

.... his mother and father’s conversation regarding Frank’s behaviour towards the woman on the Indian reservation. While David must pretend, not just for the remainder of the novel, but for the next forty years, to be ignorant of Frank’s crimes, and therefore of much of what is happening although his parents do not realise that he has overheard their discussions. David’s previous image of Frank along with happy memories therefore were gone, never to return, and within six months of the funeral both him and .....

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