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The Deterioration Of Salem During The Witch Trials The Crucible
Number of words: 823 - Number of pages: 3.... lied to protect not just themselves but 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 .....
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Animal Farm: Character Analysis Of Napoleon
Number of words: 488 - Number of pages: 2.... Napoleon was also very good at developing support for his
ideas, after meetings he would talk to the other animals one on one and
"psychologically brainwash" them. He is very kiniving in his ways to get more
power and is always trying to discredit and undermine the other animals. One
time he urinated on Snowball's plans for the windmill. Napoleon's sense of
timing is keen and this is very useful is his quest for more power. At just the
right time he implies that Snowball's teachings are not beneficial to the other
animals. Then the time comes when Napoleon has to carry out the rest of h .....
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“Harrison Bergeron”: Individuality
Number of words: 286 - Number of pages: 2.... and their choices of life. He explains all the
rules and regulations that the people have to live by. The reader is then
assumed to understand that the rules and regulations are ridiculous and
absurd. Vennegut does this so that people will realize that we are all not
meant to be the same we are each our own person.
Some examples of this, for instance, are making the strong and the
weak equal. In order to do this, the strong must carry around many weights
on their shoulders. By doing this, it makes the strong weak. Another
example, is making the beautiful look like the ugly.The beautifu .....
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The Role Of Women In The Heart
Number of words: 979 - Number of pages: 4.... only function in a dream-like state. He also conveys that it is the responsibility of men to save women and preserve their naïveté. This point of view is reflected often, and stems from his English upbringing and the British society of the day. Marlow speaks utilizing many lewd words and racial slurs. Many of the Victorian ideals still remain within English culture, and this fragility towards women is a prime example of the fragmented set of beliefs. Nevertheless, Marlow views women as mindless pawns, his stance is evident when he goes to speak with the Intended. While speaking with Marlow, .....
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Frankenstein: Roles Between Males And Females
Number of words: 1128 - Number of pages: 5.... it is the creature who is giving the orders.
The women in the story occupy many of the same traits that distinguish them from others. Shelly's women are portrayed as "gentle and affectionate" (65) and they have features of an "angelic beauty" (144). Victor describes Elizabeth as "the most fragile creature in the world" (65) showing that he feels superior to her. Since the women are mainly confined to the home, they are naive and are not as prepared for the outside world as the men are. (Mellor, 276). This is perceivable in the opening letters from Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville .....
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As I Lie Dying
Number of words: 1154 - Number of pages: 5.... drills into her face. By the time the coffin and the wagon's wheel are repaired, three days have passed, but finally, the family can set off on their journey to bury Addie. Years earlier, shortly after Darl was born, Addie had asked her husband to bury her in Jefferson, where her "people" were from, when she died. So to keep the promise he made to Addie, Anse sets off with his children toward Jefferson. All of the Bundrens except for Darl and Jewel have ulterior motives for wanting to go on the long journey to Jefferson. Anse, the most selfish of them, wants a new set of teeth. C .....
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Candide
Number of words: 806 - Number of pages: 3.... appeals to the reader with this scene because mankind places male/female companionship as a top priority of life. Psychologists have classified human companionship as one of the most essential sociological needs of mankind. This is confusing to 's because Count Pococurant is unsatisfied with two girls that caught 's attention with their beauty, their style, and their manner. (118) To add to the irony of this situation, 's journey throughout the novel is a pursuant for a woman that he sees to be a good companion. Count Pococurant has two women that are beautiful, stylish, and well man .....
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The Symbolism In Ethan Frome
Number of words: 537 - Number of pages: 2.... incommunicative as the characters (Nevius 136)." Even Ethan’s farmhouse was symbolic of himself. The "L" of the farmhouse was like that of his own body, shrunken and weak (Nevius 136).
Ethan himself represented Wharton’s idea of a honorable man in the nineteenth century. He has admirable qualities, such as integrity, ambition, and wisdom (Magill 531). It is his sense of morals and responsibility that continuously prevents him from leaving Zeena and joining Mattie to a better life for himself (Nevius 132). He is trapped not only by his morality here, but has been a trapped man from .....
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A Summary Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 1065 - Number of pages: 4.... making him act in a way that the women find socially
acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life,
finds the demands the women place upon him constraining and the life with
them lonely. As a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs
away. He soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somewhat comfortable
with his new life as the months go by, Huck never really enjoys the life of
manners, religion, and education that the Widow and her sister impose upon
him.
Huck believes he will find some freedom with Tom Sawyer. Tom
is a boy of Huck's .....
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The Color Purple
Number of words: 1590 - Number of pages: 6.... “Dear God, I am fourteen years old. I am, I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me” (p. 1). The way she crosses out I am, and replaces it with I have, shows she no longer views herself as a good girl.
Unfortunately for Celie, her life continues to be filled with abusive people. Her stepfather marries her off to Mr. ____, who does not love her, respect her or treat her with any decency whatsoever. He just wants her to take care of him and his kids. She is almost like a slave to him and she feels no love for him a .....
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