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- 15991: Medea Vs. Hedda Gabbler
- ... different degrees of action and success. Two women needing to control destiny bring two very different motives together. Medea and Hedda have two very different reasons for desiring control over the destiny of their mens lives. Medeas desire for control over Jason, and the subsequent death of her children, is spawned by her unfair treatment and spurning by Jason, where as Hedda has very different reasons. Hedda has not been scorned by any one person really, but she is stuck in a mans world, as a woman, where she has absolutely no control, marking her desire to control the destiny of Eilert Lovborg. Medea is pushed by the force of fate, as if she has no control ...
- 15992: Fascism Compared To Communism
- Fascism Compared to Communism Analyze the similarities and the differences between single party rule in Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia between 1933 and 1945. Answers should consider: methods of dealing with opposition, control of media and education, control of the economy, and war time planning. --- Why is it that Germany's fascism lasted a relatively short time compared to Russia's communism? The regimes established under Hitler and Stalin were incredibly similar with respect to the rise and control of the state. Both systems were ...
- 15993: Saki's "The Interlopers": Plot Analysis
- Saki's "The Interlopers": Plot Analysis Saki's novella, "The Interlopers", explores the intricacies of friendship and rivalry. The story takes place in a European forest one night during the winter. The setting of the story is analogous to the plot; the trees ... 44) Just as both are about to shoot, a tree branch from above crashes upon the men. The feeling of suspense flees, and a feeling of sorrow and pity for Georg and Ulrich fills one's heart. The reader feels immense sympathy for the situation: how many times in one's own life has a mere squabble gotten out of control and wrecked everything? The men lay, crippled beneath the ...
- 15994: Interracial Children
- ... down on these people. This kind of behavior can make growing up especially hard for children. In the past children were identified by the parent of color. If one parent were black, then the child's race was black also. But if the child were able to pass as white then he was considered to be white (Wardle 2). This eliminated a lot of problems for biracial, because children they were not expected to give an explanation for their race. Eventually this system no longer worked because the number of single mothers began to increase, making it hard to be sure of the father's race. Now many parents are trying to teach their children it is okay to be biracial. Children who identify themselves with their minority race are not asked for further explanations by other children and adults ... for identity leads biracial children perceive themselves as alienated from the mainstream, neither one or the other. This is why finding a racial identity is so important. Racial identity is defined as "pride in one's racial and cultural background." It helps children to shape attitudes of themselves and others. It also helps form the way biracial children interact with others and how others react (Nash 22). When you have ...
- 15995: Humor Helps
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ Humour Helps ~ Humour is often the key to any good performance. In the Shakespearean play, A Midsummer Night s Dream the playwright William Shakespeare utilises humour as a tool to both enlighten the viewer and to create an interesting play. One very humorous character, in this play, is the weaver Nick Bottom. One funny ... of his friends knavery as to try to make an ass of him (III, i, 110). Here Bottom has no idea that he has an actual ass-head on his shoulders. Another display of Bottom s humorous disposition is when Bottom admits that he can gleek upon occasion (III, i, 136). Thereby demonstrating that he can take jokes as well as give them. Yet another instance where Bottom furthers his ...
- 15996: Stranger On A Train
- ... that the story was going towards. Throughout the rest of the introduction, we are introduced to the rest of the important characters. The first plot point, as expected, takes place when Bruno murders the protagonist's wife. After doing so, he expects the protagonist to do his part of the plan, who refuses Bruno's offer because they never had planned it. The protagonist's identity is threatened because he's accused of a crime which he never committed. We could also see the presence of oedipus complex: Bruno's hatred towards his father since his childhood. According to ...
- 15997: History of Advertising
- ... building and were usually very eye catching. Archaeologists have found signs in the ruins of ancient Rome and Pompeii which advertised travelers to go to a tavern situated in another town. In about the 1440's there was an invention of a movable-type of advertising which was a printing press. In the 16th century some companies had a trade mark which was a two or three dimensional picture or sign. In both volume and technique, advertising has made its greatest advances in the U.S. In the early stages of U.S. advertising it was hard and expensive to advertise nationally because the U.S. was still undeveloped and there was little of no means of transport, distribution or communication. Eventually certain type of manufactures thought ...
- 15998: The Crucible 10
- Adultery: a possible cause of Salem Trials? Could Proctor & Abigail's adultery be responsible for some acts that happened during the prosecutions in the Salem witchtrials? One might say not, while another could say it plays a great part in the story. John Proctor s past adultery with Abigail Williams could be considered partially responsible for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor being accused of being witches in Arthur Miller s The Crucible . The Crucible is a story about how a young woman (Abigail Williams) falls in love with a married man (John Proctor) and will eventually do whatever it takes to take his wife ...
- 15999: Book Review: Nemesis
- ... her uniqueness established itself as a gift in which she is able to read into the body language of others. A slight movement, a stuttered word, the smallest hesitation gives her indication as to one's true feelings and motives. Some mistake this gift as her being a psychic, but she is not. Marlene has only learned how to interpret little signs often overlooked. Now a young woman, Marlene's uncanny ability has become quite developed. She finds herself constantly watching people's reactions, and does not hesitate to bluntly speak out what she has learned. Her intuitions sometimes get too interfering and she often crosses the line of being helpful. Many become extremely uncomfortable whenever in ...
- 16000: A Rose For Emily Characterization
- ... story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in homicidal madness. Miss Emily, the main character ... as a recluse, someone who has withdrawn from a community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier" (394). Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all" (395). The death of ...
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