I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
.... because she was black. However, this did not discourage Maya. She was even more determined to get the job, and swore “I would have the job. I would a conductorette and sling a full money changer from my belt.” (pg 268, line 3)
With persistence she was able to get the job and overcome the opposition her status as a black female threw her way. I think that the “crossfire” was what made her strong enough to stand up to those who found enjoyment in making life almost unbearab .....
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
.... and sling a full money changer from my belt. I would.” With these words and the determination to change the incredible backwardness of the white people she heads to the railway office. She eventually convinces them to back down and she gets a job working as a conductorette for the railways. Despite the maliciously chosen hours, she shows them that she will not back down. Soon after getting her job she becomes pregnant. Through her months of pregnancy she tells no one and no one helps her. She teac .....
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Iaga In Shakespeares Othello
.... occurs. When Cassio takes hold of Desdemona's
hand before the arrival of the Moor Othello, Iago says,
"With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly
as Cassio." [Act II, Scene I, Line 163] His cunning and
craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed.
Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize
the advantages of trust and uses it as a tool to forward his
purposes. Throughout the story he is commonly known as, and
commonly called, .....
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Ibsens Ghosts
.... variously as a social drama of revolt, offering an outspoken challenge to the hypocrisy of late nineteenth-century European society, as a melodramatic pièce à thèse focusing attention on 0svald Alving's inherited disease and his final lapse into dementia, and, in complete contrast, as a moving tragedy showing the suffering of a mother who finds that the past cannot simply be exorcised.
? Over the years critics have differed widely in their estimation of the play's merit and in their views as to what .....
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Ibsens Roles
.... of money left for themselves. She needs not be praised for her efforts, but finds contentment in being able to provide for her family. After all, society has forever reminded women that the well-being of their family is directly related to how well they deal with their duties as mothers and wives. Torvald asks, "Aren’t they your duties[the most sacred] to your husband and children?" He dismisses the importance of a woman’s duties to herself. He believes that women do not need to liv .....
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Iliad 2
.... Achilles knows that he is fated to be killed in battle, when his faithful and devoted friend Patroclus is mercilessly and dishonorably cut down in combat, he puts aside his pride and chooses to temporarily forget about his previous feuds with Agamemnon that have, up until now, prevented him from participating in the war. He joins the fighting with a deadly and vengeful mindset that will likely play a major factor in the outcome of the war. Today, this lust for revenge might be considered a glaring .....
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Ignorance Is Strength
.... to the extent that the pleasures in life had been reversed in their roles and had become the dreaded parts in life, only bearable because it was her "duty to the Party." Big Brother managed to manipulate the citizens into believing falsehoods so that whenever they were speaking a lie they believed that it was the complete truth. "...to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies..." (32) However, there were some people in Oceania that had sparks of intelligence i .....
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Inherit The Wind Drummonds Def
.... them around and uses them for his own needs in the trial.
Henry Drummond has taken the case not only to defend Bert Cates but to defend the right of an individual to think for him or herself. First, the court rejects Drummond's original defense, but he then comes up with an idea that might convince the jury. First, Drummond tries using professional scientists as defending witnesses but the judge rules them irrelevant to the case. Then Drummond argues that "a man is on trial, a thinking man" ( .....
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Irony, Humor, And Paradox In K
.... Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1991.
Magill, Frank N., ed. Masterplots II American Fiction. 3 vols. England Cliffs.
Salem Press, 1986.
Magill, Frank N. Survey of Contemporary Literature. 8 vols. New Jersey: Salem
Press, 1977.
Irony, Humor, and Paradox in
Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"My name is McMurphy, buddies, R.P. McMurphy, and I'm a gambling
fool." So said Randle Patrick .....
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Is Brutus An Honorable Man
.... he
killed his closest friend of all time. For most normal people, killing their best friend
would not even be an issue, no matter what they thought was best for their country. If
they thought something bad could be happening, they would talk to that friend and tell
them what they think and how it should be resolved. No real friend would jump to
conclusions and make such a drastic decision as killing that person. Brutus also did not
value his wife, Portia. He was never home for her an .....
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Its The Earps Vs. The Clantons
.... He scoffs, “What kind of town is this anyway, selling liquor to Indians?…” It is made clear at this point in the film that Wyatt is no coward, and he is a man that can get things done.
When confronted by Doc Holliday for the first time, Wyatt is a gentlemen and doesn’t let Doc get to him. However, Wyatt is still frustrated with the condition of peace in the town. He complains, “Well this sure is a hard town for a fella to get a quiet game of poker in.” .....
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Its Simply Red Herring
.... that we should not attend college for the sake of an elite job.
Bird offers the reason of going to college could land a satisfying career through attaining a degree. Odds are this is not a good idea. According to Bird, Liberal-Arts education is supposed to provide you with a value system, a standard, a set of ideas, not a job. Bird states that colleges fail to warn students that high paying jobs are hard to come by, and they rarely accept the responsibility of helping students choose a career that .....
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Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
.... is a good example, the best, perhaps, is the ending where it is stated that the onlooker could not tell the difference between pig and man.
The two most prominent themes in Animal Farm, freedom and oppression, play a very important role in the novel’s irony. While the animals’ ultimate goal is to break free from oppression, they ironically oppress themselves in the process. Here irony is used to show how lack of equality, no matter what the original intent was, can result in oppression. .....
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Iliad 2 -
.... his famed hero’s will were itself disintegrating on the battlefield. Homer uses the epithet “proud” to modify the Trojan lines, an adjective that intensifies the effect of Paris’ action of retreating by mentioning its opposite. Homer further reviles Paris by calling him, ironically, “magnificent” and “brave,” thereby heightening the indignity of his cowardly retreat.
Another contrast in Paris’ character is represented in his beauty. He is known a .....
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Internal Conflicts Of Beloved
.... a lonely life, brightened only when Beloved finally appeared. And when Beloved eventually became a detrimental force in Denver and Sethe's life, Denver was forced to enter the world and society. And her meek and gracious nature gained her immediate acceptance. "It didn't stop them from caring whether she ate and it didn't stop the pleasure they took in her soft 'Thank you.'" Although it was a necessity, Denver was able to break through the fear she had of society and of leaving 124. Her biggest pers .....
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