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- 3261: Hamlet Observations Of Madness
- ... In the very first scene of the second act, Ophelia rushes to tell her father, Polonius, disturbing news: Ophelia: My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd, No hat upon his head, his stockings foul'd, Ungart'red, and down-gyved to his ankle; Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To ... Even after the nunnery scene, Polonius still believes in his theory, even though it has just been proven wrong: King: Love? his affections do not that way tend; Nor what he spake, though it lack'd form a little, Was not like madness. There's something in his soul O'er which his melancholy sits on brood; Polonius: It shall do well. But yet do I believe The origin and ...
- 3262: Go Tell It On A Mountain - Sum
- Part One- The Seventh Day: 1. Summary- The story starts by introducing the active role of church in John s and his family s life. Various activities occur on Sunday in church, such as school, hymns, and preaching. On the ... notice him. After using the money for a movie, he arrives back at home finding out that Roy had been in an incident. His father, aunt, and mother have a dispute and then the next day John heads to church early to open up and clean up. Him and Elisha (a brother and preacher of the church) have a talk. John is told to think about being saved, just as Elisha ... Elizabeth. Her mother would constantly be upset with her and could never be satisfied by Elizabeth. On the other hand, she loved and adored her father, who loved her and treated her specially. One dreary day, her mother became fairly ill and passed away. In court, Elizabeth s aunt gained custody of Elizabeth rather than her father taking care of her. Her aunt was just like her mother, neither would ...
- 3263: Frankenstein Biography, Settin
- ... out the novel. One of the most widely used literary technique is the use of irony. Of course, I wouldn t bring up irony with out it being present if Frankenstein. Dr. Victor Frankenstein toiled day in and day out. "I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body"(56). As we all know he created a monster commonly refereed to as Frankenstein. "It ... to make weapons and tools. Prometheus was severely punished by Zeus who chained him to a rock in the Caucasus. Every night, Prometheus was visited by an eagle who ate from his liver. During the day, however, his liver grew back to its original state. It also refers to the story of Prometheus plasticator who was to said to have created and animated mankind out of clay. These two myths ...
- 3264: Depiction Of The American Drea
- ... her to Tom Buchanan instead. Because Gatsby grew up in a poor family, Daisy was appalled; she favored money, over true love. Daisy s decision to marry Tom was assisted by the fact that the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars . This decision not only affected Daisy, Tom (and therefore Myrtle and George Wilson), but also Jay Gatsby ... went there The parties that Gatsby held were extraordinary; Several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby s enormous garden. On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d oeurve, spiced baked hams bewitched to a dark gold Also attending these parties, was an orchestra, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful Despite the extremities Gatsby has gone to, in order to ...
- 3265: Critical Analysis Of Huckleber
- ... does not want his son to be better than himself. Pap doesn't like the fact that Widow Douglas is trying to "civilize" him. Pap comes home every night and physically abuses Huck. During the day Pap would lock Huck in the cabin until he returned in order to keep Huck from escaping. Nothing can harm a child more than neglect and abuse. The two ladies that take Huck in off ... journey, Huck and Jim run into the King and the Duke. The King and the Duke aren't anything but two "rapscallions" who claim to be royalty so that they can get special treatment. One day they come upon a religious camp meeting, and the King and the Duke make up a story about being reformed pirates. He tells the congregation that every time he reforms a pirate he says to ... is, "I cried a little when I was covering up Buck's face, for he was mighty good to me"(Twain 117). Jim tells Huck about his deaf and dumb daughter after a fun-filled day on the river. He explains that after his four-year-old daughter had the scarlet fever, he told her to shut the door and she didn't. He knocked her to the ground and ...
- 3266: Crime And Punishment - Russian
- ... man's already overwrought nerves. The insufferable stench from the pot-houses, which are particularly numerous in that part of the town, and the drunken men whom he met continually, although it was a working day, completed the revolting misery of the picture. An expression of the profoundest disgust gleamed for a moment in the young man's refined face. There are few places where there are so many gloomy, strong ... lots of people in Petersburg who talk to themselves as they walk. This is a town of crazy people. After a long, successful reign, on March 13, 1881, Alexander II was assassinated, and the following day autocratic power passed to his son. Alexander III (In full Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) was emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894, opponent of representative government, and supporter of Russian nationalism. He adopted programs, based on the ... t find it, then excuse me, my dear fellow, you'll answer for it! I'll go to our Sovereign, to our Sovereign, to our gracious Tsar himself, and throw myself at his feet, to-day, this minute! I am alone in the world! They would let me in! Do you think they wouldn't? You're wrong, I will get in! I will get in! Just as Raskalnikov, at ...
- 3267: Catcher In The Rye Holdens Sig
- ... when that depression is so much a part a person s life that she can no longer see the happiness right in front her. (As tragically happens to the young boy, Holden Caulfield in J.D Salinger s novel, The Catcher in the Rye.) Mr. Antolini accurately views the cause of Holden s depression as his lack of personal motivation, his inability to self-reflect and his stubbornness to overlook the ... his life tries to encourage him to care about school and his grades but it doesn t make any difference. From the start of the novel Holden s history teacher at Pencey tells him I d like to put some sense in that head of yours, boy. I m trying to help you. I m trying to help you, if I can (14). But the fact of the matter is he ... It is not only things that he wouldn t let change, as well he wouldn t change his thoughts. Since he has built up such and immense hatred for those around himself (classmates, his father, D.B) he is incapable of understanding the single companionship that old Stradlater and Ackley provide him with. Rather he refers to them as a bunch of morons . It wasn t until After awhile, if [ ...
- 3268: Catcher In The Rye 5
- ... do I have to do, I have to catch them. I mean their running, and they don't look where their going, so I must come out of somewhere and catch them."(Salinger,173) J.D. Salinger, in his timeless classic, The Catcher in the Rye, a novel depicting the complications of life as an adolescent, uses reality verses allusion, phoniness in society, and the loss of innocence as themes in ... the differences between reality and allusion. "Somebody written 'Fuck You' on the wall. It drove me damn dear crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and then how they'd wonder what the hell it mean, and finally some dirty kid would tell them- all cockeyed, so I rubbed it out."(Salinger,201) Presented here, an another example on how Holden once again attempts to ... it remains physically impossible to avoid it. Maturity is a natural part of life, and Holden has to learn to come to terms with that idea.. In his novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, presents the themes of phoniness in society, reality versus allusion, and loss of innocence, to depict the thoughts and problems of adolescent life, in such a sixteen year old as Holden Caufield. Life ...
- 3269: Black Boy By Richard Wright
- ... s her health is improving. Chapter 4 Richard is twelve years old. The poetry of religious hymns inspires Richard to write his own poetry. Richard isn't religious his granny tries to convert him. One day at church he tells his grandmother that if he ever saw an angel he would believe. His grandmother misunderstands him and thinks that he has seen an angel. His grandmother tells everyone that he has ... he is in the 7th grade and that he wants to be a writer. The white woman tells him that he will never be a writer. He doesn't return to the job the next day. Chapter 7 Richard is now in 8th grade. When he writes a story for a local black newspaper everyone is confused by it. This wasn't expected of a Black Boy. Chapter 8 As Richard ... resign from the communist party. That he would be publicly expelled. Chapter 20 From the Federal Experimental Theater he was transferred to the Federal Writers Project. There he was ostracized by the communists. On May Day there was a march when he tried to join in the march he was shoved out of the way. This made Richard feel even more alone. In the south he had been discriminated against ...
- 3270: Beyond The Dead Sea Scrolls
- ... no eternal life in the Kingdom of God according to the Sadducees. Both the Essenes and Sadducees are no more, with both groups apparently being among the victims of Jerusalem s downfall in 70 A.D. What remains are the remnants of their teachings, which have been incorporated in Judeo-Christian doctrine. The Essenes are noteworthy in that they deviated from the popularly-accepted practice of slavery. The Sadducees laid the foundation for prevailing modern-day philosophy of Existentialism, which embraced the concept of free will and the responsibility that goes with it. They might have been forgotten altogether, had it not been for a stone-throwing Arab shepherd boy and ...
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