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- 1001: English Shakespeare
- ... Florizel. At the Bohemian court, Camillo tells Polixenes he wishes to return to Sicily, but Polixenes forbids it and convinces Camillo to say longer. We learn Florizel is spending much time at the shepherd's house. The men plan to visit the shepherd in disguise. Before the shepherd's house, Autolycus (a thief) walks and spies the Clown going to market to buy supplies for a great feast. Autolycus approaches him and pretends to have been robbed. While the Clown helps him up, he picks ... the children marry. Paulina learns her husband Antigonus is dead, and announces she has a statue carved in the form of Hermione which supposedly can speak if asked a question. All go to Paulina's house to celebrate the wedding and see the "statue" of Hermione. Leontes, upon seeing the "statue", asks why it has wrinkles, but Paulina explains that the carver meant it so. After much amazement, Paulina promises ...
- 1002: Native Sun: Themes of Racism, Violence, And Social Injustice
- ... don't care about blacks, and would probably accuse them of many more crimes. Luckily for Bigger, though, the Relief Agency did find him a job with the Daltons. When Bigger went to the Daltons house for the first time, he brought his gun, because it made him feel equal to the white people. When Bigger got to the Daltons house, he didn't know whether to enter the house by the front or back door. He looks for a way to the back, and realizes the only way in is through the front door. As he rang the doorbell, he felt very disturbed. ...
- 1003: To Kill A Mocking Bir
- There were many differences between the To Kill a Mockingbird the movie and the book with the same title and story line. One difference was that the movie didn t show Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, and in the book, Miss Maudies house did burn down. Another was the emotional difference between the movie and the book. The third difference was that in the book, the pageant was described, but the movie did not show the pageant. In the book Miss Maudie s house burned down, while in the movie, it didn t. If the movie had shown Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, it would probably have been more interesting. The second difference was in terms ...
- 1004: The Crucible: Social Deteriora
- ... trying to excommunicate John Proctor, there were not enough people at church to do it. The people were getting misled so far as to leave a dagger stuck in the door of their minister's house: Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house-a dagger clattered to the ground...There is danger for me.(128) were Parris' exact words. With the conveyer of God fearing for his life there was no longer anyone but Abigail to lead the ... Lynn, and upon my signature?(85) said Danforth, describing the number of people that were in jail on charges of witchcraft. There were so many people executed that Hale commented there are orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops hangs everywhere...(130) Salem was turning into a ghost town. With Abigail controlling the community, the church no longer getting the ...
- 1005: To Kill A Mockingbird 2
- ... can fall a victim to the hate and prejudice of the people around them. Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill are curious about the "mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside of his house or associates with anyone in the neighborhood. The children are, in fact, afraid of him because of all the stories they hear about him from the people in Maycomb. For example, Miss Stephanie tells the ... teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger." (pg. 39) These stories are based on the gossip that trail through their neighborhood. In realty, no one knew anything about Boo Radley; he stayed inside of his house and remained reclusive in Maycomb county. At the end of the book, Scout finally meets Boo Radley after he helps her and Jem escape Mr. Ewell. She finds that her beliefs about him are not ... heads -- they couldn't be fair if they tried"(p.220). That "something" is Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill are curious about the "mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside of his house or associates with anyone in the neighborhood. The children are, in fact, afraid of him because of all the stories they hear about him from the people in Maycomb. For example, Miss Stephanie tells ...
- 1006: Shermans March
- ... stories and lies have been spread about us –killing everybody- burning all houses, including dwellings.”(Hitchcock, 119) He said that this was not the case. That in one instance “Capt. Cole’s orderly riding his house’s foot sunk into ground and smash went a lot of china and crockery buried by and old Negro woman. Cole had it taken out- orderly kept some of the plates- and returned the rest to her, told her safe in her house.” This shows that the soldiers cared about the people and the stories that the people spread about them were false. Sherman was able to laugh at the accusations with his soldiers. Hitchcock said that the ... his troops felt the same way. Bibliography Miles, Jim. To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of Sherman’s March. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1989. Gibson, John M. Those 163 Days. New York: Bramhall House, 1961. Key, William. The Battle of Atlanta and the Georgia Campaign. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1958. Nevin, David Sherman’s March. Alexandria, Virginaia: Time-Life Books, 1986. Wills, Charles W. Army life of an ...
- 1007: Abraham Lincoln 2
- ... Their first son Robert Todd was born. Mary and Abraham bought a home in Springfield. A second son Edward Baker was born 1846. Lincoln was nominated for the U.S. Congress and elected to the house of Representatives. He moves the family to Washington D.C. into a boarding house. Lincoln left politics to practice law moving back to Springfield in 1849. He resumes his travels in the 8th Judicial Circuit covering over 400 miles in 14 counties. He gains a reputation as an outstanding ... after she realized what happened she starts to scream and goes into shock the theater goes into a frantic disorganization. A doctor from the audience and security move Lincoln accross the street to the boarding house of William Peterson. Other doctors are summoned they can only make him comfortable, give him stimulants and remove blood pressure from the brain, there is nothing else that can be done. Lincoln dies at ...
- 1008: Birdhouse
- ... the first place. It was supposed to be a good school though, even though it was a Jr. College named Chuffy. When she finally arrived in San Francisco she went straight to her cousin’s house. The whole house was painted bright colors, making it seem more fresh and new. Compared to her house, which happened to be all white! Giving the sense that it was boring and plain, which Beverly seemed to think it, was. The school was even worse… Each room was painted a dark green, ...
- 1009: The Picture Of Dorain Gray
- ... moral to be learned and remembered. Works Cited Auden, W.H. "In Defense of the Tall Story." The New Yorker. 29 November 1969. pp.205-206, 208-210. Bloom, Harold. Oscar Wilde. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Ellman, Richard. Oscar Wilde. New york: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1987. Eriksen, Donald. Oscar Wilde. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. Hart-Davis, Rupert. The Letters of Oscar Wilde. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962. Juan, Efifanio. The Art of Oscar Wilde. New Jersey: Princetown University Press, 1967. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Random House, Inc., 1992. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with ... moral to be learned and remembered. Works Cited Auden, W.H. "In Defense of the Tall Story." The New Yorker. 29 November 1969. pp.205-206, 208-210. Bloom, Harold. Oscar Wilde. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Ellman, Richard. Oscar Wilde. New york: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1987. Eriksen, Donald. Oscar Wilde. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. Hart-Davis, Rupert. The Letters of Oscar Wilde. New York: Harcourt, Brace and ...
- 1010: A Rose For Emily By William Fa
- ... of time. This would cause people to talk because no one would know where she was or what she was doing. At the end of the story when the town people were walking around her house they finally found what had caused her house to smell as bad as it did. It was Homer Baron. He was laid down on a bed that was in a locked room. This was when they knew she was crazy because she murdered ... she went to buy the poison from the pharmacy, the town was convinced she was going to kill herself and that she was crazy. When her father had died people called and dropped by the house to give Miss Emily their condolences. For three years she told them that he was not dead and that he was still alive. She refused for her father’s body to be disposed. The ...
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