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Summary Of Dracula
Number of words: 780 - Number of pages: 3.... tries to kill him but he escapes. The count then takes fifty boxes of earth and a ship and escapes. Ironically, the ship lands in England where Harker's fiancée Mina lives. The Count then attacks Mina's friend Lucy while she is sleepwalking, and she eventually dies. Jonathan finally returns to England and marries Mina. Meanwhile Arhtur Holmwood, Lucy's husband, Dr. John Seward and Quincy Morris, both of whom proposed to Lucy but were rejected, and Dr. Van Helsing, learn the truth about the Count. The six of them first perform a service on Lucy who has become a vampire herself. They .....
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Cyril Falls, "The Great War"
Number of words: 3106 - Number of pages: 12.... II, Plans-Armies-Leaders:
Shortly after the declaration of war to Russia, Germany took advantage of
her quick acting. The Kaiser agreed to the "Schlieffen Plan", which said
that Germany has to knock out France first to avoid a two front war so
that the bigger strength of the Entente would be compensated.
The numbers at the beginning of the war were:
Russia 114 divisions
Germany 87 divisions
French 62 divisions
Austria 49 divisions
Britain 6 divisions (got bigger during the war, from her
colonies)
Chapter III The Clash in the West:
The Germans took the initiative during the be .....
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Three Aspects Of Destructive Relationships In Wuthering Heights
Number of words: 774 - Number of pages: 3.... did not even want his son for anything except enacting a part of
his revenge. This is shown by Linton's fear of Heathcliff and Heathcliff's
enmity toward his son. Linton even says “... my father threatened me, and I
dread him - I dread him!”(244) to express his feeling about Heathcliff .
The hostility and separation between father and son in this book shows that
uncaring parents can cause serious damage in relationships with their
children.
This element of destructive behavior may stem from an unhappy
marriage in which the husbands or wives don't know each other. This had
happened betwe .....
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The Pit And The Pendulum
Number of words: 647 - Number of pages: 3.... ever danger of death in each paragraph. In the conflict the plot is subtle and complex as well as a struggle between and all-good hero and an all-bad villain. The prisoner is being tortured by a person that seems to be all-bad because of the suffering he inflicts on other people. The story is suspenseful because all through the reading you think he is going to die but he seems to overcome every obstacle that he comes across.
The character doesn't seem realistic because it doesn't seem possible that a human could survive the constant torture that he endured couldn't last as long as he did. .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
Number of words: 1741 - Number of pages: 7.... himself by pulling his head, legs, and tail inside his shell. The Joad’s gather together as a family to comfort and shelter themselves. A turtle feels safe when it enters his shell and the Joad’s feel safe when they gather as a family. There is symbolic significance in the names of characters throughout The . Tom, one of the main characters, is hitchhiking home when he stumbles upon a preacher by the name of Jim Casey. Jim baptized Tom, but now he is no longer preaching because he has found that everything is holy and man needs no preacher. His initials are J.C. which are the same as Je .....
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Frankenstein
Number of words: 1286 - Number of pages: 5.... itself which is supposed to be good is actually ignorant. They
wrongly treat the monster on the assumption that he actually is a monster.
They scorn, attack, and shun the monster just because of his outward
appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. They
are also afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they
no nothing. Society also unjustly kills Justine because she is the only
person that could have possibly have done such an evil act. They again
wrongly label Justine as the killer. They do not look into the facts but
instead find a quick and easy .....
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Report On The Prince By Machia
Number of words: 1211 - Number of pages: 5.... cannot be
uncertain, because uncertainty is a sign of weakness. Fortune controls
half of human’s actions, and man’s will control the other half. Virtue
is the best defense for fortune, and virtue must be used in order to
keep fortune in check. The prince must take advantage of situations
based solely on if it is best for the state. He should choose his
decisions based on contemporary and historical examples. A prince
cannot consider whether his acts are moral or immoral, and he instead
must act in an unbiased manner for the state. Also, it does not matter
how the state achieves its .....
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Social Deterioration In "The Crucible"
Number of words: 833 - Number of pages: 4.... the reputation of their families. They claimed that the devil took them
over and influenced them to dance. The girls also said that they saw
members of the town standing with the devil. A community living in a
puritan society like Salem could easily go into a chaotic state and have a
difficult time dealing with what they consider to be the largest form of
evil.
Salem's hysteria made the community lose faith in the spiritual beliefs
that they were trying to strictly enforce. The church lost many of its
parishioners because the interest of the town was now on Abigail because
peop .....
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The Heart Of Darkness: Two Revolving Desires
Number of words: 374 - Number of pages: 2.... Kurtz is the man who can swindle his way into obtaining all the ivory. People envy Kurtz for his ivory as well as hate him for it. Kurtz is the man who fascinates Marlow. Kurtz can be one with the natives. Kurtz has every grounds for being the main character. Everyone in the novel is in one way or another affected by Kurtz and his concepts. The fact that Marlow's story revolves around Kurtz is basis for Kurtz being the main character.
Both Marlow and Kurtz can be defined as main characters. The book is based on Marlow's journey, but Marlow's journey is based on Kurtz. Kurtz rule .....
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To Be A Slave: Analysis
Number of words: 1221 - Number of pages: 5.... of the young children were sold off before their mothers even had a
chance to raise them. Slaves were sold and split away from families all the
time. Most slave mothers lost most, if not all of their children to
complete strangers who had fat wallets and no consideration. The children
would be raised into bondage and be kept in shackles most of their lives. A
slave named Charles Ball is a perfect example of this monstrosity. His life
was going well in Africa until marauders came and claimed him as their
slave. For most of his life, he would try to gain respect as a slave. Ball
did ma .....
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