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Jane Eyre Vs. Great Expectatio

.... theirs must be achieved vicariously, namely through Pip as he goes back and for the to Miss Havisham’s: If a dread of not being understood be hidden in the breasts of other young people to anything like the extent of which it used to be hidden in mine… it is the key to many reservations. I felt convinced that if I described Miss Havisham’s as my eyes had seen it, I should not be understood. Not only that, but I felt convinced that Miss Havisham, too, would not be understood; and although she was perfe .....

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Julius Caesae

.... Caesar, being a great war general and conqueror of nations, sees himself as invincible on many levels. It could be said that the Soothsayer’s warning is seen as a challenge to Caesar’s invincibility. Thereby setting himself up for his own death. In the end, Caesar is the dreamer and does not see the reality that his views and ambitions are a threat to many. Caesar’s delusion is that he can defeat the fate of the gods. However, it is he who dies and bleeds as any man. Obviously, the Soothsayer is a deterre .....

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John Proctor Tragic, Or Pathet

.... take it because of selfish pride he is not tragic. Tragedy has been said to be the "progress from ignorance, through a cycle of suffering, to enlightenment" (Merle 4). But what exactly does that mean and who would fit this bill of tragedy? Arthur Miller was quoted by the essayist Koon as saying "The common man is apt a subject for tragedy as kings" (Koon 5) And the same idea was reaffirmed by George Lillo who said "that tragedy need not concern itself soley with kings" (as quoted by Siegel 92). .....

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Jonathan Swift Answering The Q

.... when he was six and stayed for eight years. He was accepted into the University of Dublin when he was fourteen with his cousin Thomas Swift. While attending the University, Jonathan Swift went against the college's curriculum and its disciplinary fashions. It was because of his rebellious attitude that Swift got the worst punishment given by the college, he got his degree by special favor. Shortly after college Jonathan Swift left Ireland. He went to live with his mother but was turned away .....

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Flanders Fields

.... resilience and self-reliance of second-generation pioneers in Canada. David McCrae instilled a strong sense of duty and healthy respect for military values in his two sons. John McCrae was offered a scholarship from the University of Toronto in 1888 where he went on to study physiology and pathology as well, McCrae wrote poetry for the school paper The Varsity. From there he graduated from medical school with a gold medal for his outstanding academic performance. In 1899 he moved to Montreal to acc .....

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Julius Caesar

.... is an honourable man. He hath brought many captures home to Rome, whose ransom did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor hath cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff, yet brutus says he was ambitious. And brutus is an honourable man” This meant Caesar was there for the people, that he cared. Yet brutus said he was ambitious and deserved to die, Anthony suggested the question to the crowd. Act 3 scene 2 line 106“you all did lov .....

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Flight I Am A Man

.... nights, and finally he leaves his gun. Pepe is wounded by gunshot and he becomes delirious with pain, but he keeps on climbing.Pepe makes his way to the top, finds a small reserve of strength, prays, and makes a final decision to stand tall and take his punishment like a man. He gazes up into the sky and shows himself a target against a morning sky. Initially, this final act may seem cowardly, but the implied author speaking straight to his implied reader knows that this was an act of bravery. Pepe u .....

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Jane Eyre-criticism Of The Mai

.... in a warm and friendly manner, with the difference in their attitudes toward their positions in society and Thornfield. Jane denies that her education and family origin don't mean anything, except a good recommendation for governess, and gives herself right to claim the kind of happiness offered to her by Rochester. Kind of happiness that was completely non-imaginable and acceptable by society. She sees that as a reward for the hard life she had, and Ms Fairfax sees it as an unacceptable behavior .....

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John Steinbeck The Pearl

.... in the money he will be paid and tricks them into believing he has cured the baby. Not very long after leaving the village for the capital the family is tracked by three men with guns. They run up a mountain and hide in a cave. The people following them camp right below the cave that Kino and his family are hiding in. Kino decides that the only way to survive is to kill the person on guard, take his gun, and kill the other two. Kino goes to the camp and is about to attack them when Coyotito makes .....

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Flowers For Algernon 2

.... The only positive effects of the intellectual growth that one can gain is to be able to experience what the concrete definition was like in one’s own personal experience. Yet the negative effects of the operation, which were great, was the intellectual and emotional growth colliding. As a human that was born with the intellectual potential and without a disability, would have experienced this over a normal human life span, and the emotional growth would increase along side of the intellectual- set b .....

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Jail Without Bars Raise The Re

.... out of jealousy. While Songlian was drunk she let the family know of Meishan's secret affair with the doctor. When Meishan was caught in town with the doctor she was hung by the servants due to family tradition. Krishma is a young boy trying to make it on his own in "Salaam Bombay!" He was dropped off at the circus by his mother for burning his brother's bike. He was to stay there until he could earn enough money to pay his brother back. While Krishma went to town to pick up something f .....

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Flowers For Algernon(book)

.... people start laughing at him and make fun of him. This makes Charlie upset and he begins to yell at the customers in the restaurant saying “Shut up. Leave him alone. It’s not his fault he can’t understand. He can’t help what he is. But he’s still a human being.” Charlie also does not realizethat his friends are laughing at him and not with him until his IQ beginsto increase, and he figures out what Joe Carp and Frank Riley mean by “he pulled a Charlie Gordon. .....

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Folk Tales

.... that if you do bad things you will eventually get what is coming to you.The third folk tale is called In the Land of the Small Dragon. This story has many similarities with Cinderella. It is the story of a beautiful young girl named Tam who’s beauty reflects her inner kindness and innocence. Her half-sister Cam is ugly, which reflects her bitter, jealous, and lazy personality. Tams stepmother treats her like a slave and lets Cam do whatever she wants. Later in the story Tam is given new cloth .....

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Joy Luck Club

.... parents most likely do not like to drink wine very much. They probably prefer to drink Chinese tea and wanted to recommend it to Rich, but Rich disturbed their plan, and he also lost the chance to drink Chinese tea by bringing the bottle of French wine which he prefers. The other mistake that Rich made is that he criticized her mother's cooking, and he proceeded to pour a lot of soy sauce on the platter. It is just very rude. Waverly's mother prepared the food with her whole heart, and it probably took a l .....

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Food Division In Grass Soup

.... say so that he can seem better in the authorities' eyes. Only when he is asked specifically about Babylon does Zhang reveal something negative about him, yet even then he withholds comments that would have surely been used against Mr. "I like to eat watery things". Convicts cannot trust criminal convicts either because it is obvious they are not worthy of anyone's trust and would partition the food completely unequally without fear of retribution. These convicts have no rectitude and are already accus .....

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