Arcadia
.... are done with it forever. This
is known as free will or self-determination...If
everything from the furthest planet to the smallest
atom of our brain acts according to Newton¹s law of
motion, what becomes of free will?...God¹s will.² (Stoppard, 5)
Basically, this quote is explaining Septimus¹ views on determinism in a scientific view, and is using Newton as an example as well. When performing close analysis on this quote, order vs. chaos is the best dichot .....
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An Analysis Of If Men Could Me
.... male superiority and female inferiority.
The society today is not one that lends itself to the topic of a woman’s menstruation; quite frankly it is revered as taboo. A woman’s Menstruation (her period) is seen by males as an obstacle and is considered very dirty sexually. The menstrual cycle as perceived by males transcends the sexes and is also shared by women themselves, the monthly burden. Women were thought from they were children that they are frail, hence limiting what they can .....
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Aliens
.... is first conveyed through Ripley's nightmare sequence, and then through repeated scenes of her waking up from the same dream. She is convinced to return to the planet because of her own need to exorcise the experiences that continue to haunt her. Although she has not been physically invaded, she is embodied emotionally by past trauma, and thus still feels threatened by the alien. Her body is tortured by the guilt, fear and loss that possess her, and this psychological invasion is manifested in her nigh .....
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Antigone
.... by Ismene, express her extreme fear for and subordination to man. She admits to and accepts commiting wrong and suffering due to a woman's subordination to man.
Apparantly, Creon, king of Thebes, is abhsolutely furious with his niece for commiting siuch an unforgivable crime. He claims that Antigone is out her place to do such a thing. Not only did Antigone challenge the authority of her uncle, but also the high power of a man. When speaking to his son, Haemon, about his wife's act, Cr .....
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A Rose For Emily 5
.... 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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A Tale Of Two Cities The Arche
.... government, Carton allowed Mr. Stryver (the lawyer Carton worked for) to reveal him “Look well upon that gentleman, my learned friend there, and then look well upon the prisoner. How say you? Are they very like each other?” said Stryver (page 86). “My lord inquired of Mr. Stryver, whether they were next to try Mr. Carton for treason? But Mr. Stryver replied no” (Page 86). The court then released Darnay. This was one of the ways Sydney Carton presented assistance to others, and that shows that he is .....
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A Separate Peace 2
.... was going on and the sixteen-year old boys were trying to preserve the peace in their lives, before they would be old enough to be drafted into the war-just one year later. One day Finny, the best athlete in the school, came up with the crazy idea to jump out of a tree into a river. All of the seventeen-year olds had accomplished this task because it was a mandatory test for the war. Phineas, naturally was the first sixteen-year old to conquer this feat; so Gene was the second. None of the other boys e .....
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A Search For Identity (The Blu
.... people would finally love and accept her. This idea of beauty has been imprinted on Pecola her whole entire life. Many people have inscribed this notion into her. Her classmates also have an effect on her. They seem to think that because she is not beautiful; she is not worth anything except as the focal point of their mockery. As if it were not bad enough being ridiculed by children her own age, adults also had to mock her. Mr. Yacowbski as a symbol for the rest of society's norm, treats her as if she w .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities 2
.... 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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Amazing Grace
.... in the city.
Kozol writes about the trials and tribulations of everyday “normal” life for the children and people who live here. Normal for them however is quite different than it is for most of us. Living with drug dealers, pollution, poor hospital care and an abominable education system not to mention the social system of the city, is the “norm” for these children. In his interviews with the children of this squalid neighborhood, we find that the children speak honestly and freely about their .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities 3
.... trouble of each particular case, and left nothing else with it to be looked after" (62). This negative light that the ruthless use of capital punishment casts upon the rulers of France is exactly what Dickens had intended.
When the revolution actually takes place, the Jacques become drunk with bloodlust. Their methods of restoring order and peace are exactly the same as those they opposed: send anyone to the guillotine who disagrees with them. "They are murdering the prisoners," says Mr. Lorry to Darn .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
.... name I don’t
remember) goes back to his class to tell the new students about
war, he couldn’t contain himself. His teacher had made war sound
like a great adventure that everyone should experience. When the
boy got up to talk, he told everyone that it was horrible, and
his teacher went crazy. War films that are made now are
certainly anti-wars films (usually), but this film in particular
showed that war was a horrible, horrible thing. The way the
director decided to portray the war s .....
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A Typical Novel Hero (charlie
.... her that he would never 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 .....
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Analysis Of Clockwork Orange
.... c’mon!! In today’s society, many parents are at the source of why a child may start to commit crimes. They are not involved, or in some cases just don’t care enough about their children to teach them the rights and wrongs of society.
Alex seemed to find the love he didn’t get from his parents in his friends. Alex and his friends did a lot of damage to others, but of course they did it as a group. They beat up an old man who asked for change, they fought another group of people, they broke into a .....
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A Season In Purgatory
.... a refinement of a face that his parents did not have. His vocal pattern less strident than that of his parents and older
siblings. His bearing wet, and style caused much comment, especially among young ladies. He had a facility for sports: tennis, golf, squash, lacrosse, and sailing, also played bridge very well. Undercover pervert, excessive drinker, spoiled, very sullen, and bad tempered.
Gerald Bradley’s face had the peculiar characteristic of being composed of features that were at odd .....
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