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Great Expectations: Moral Judgment of Characters by the Reader Literature Book Report/Review

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Pip’s journey is thus a highly ‘individual’ journey and is a tale of alienation. It is a journey where Pip goes through a diverse range of experiences that continually challenge his understanding of class, family, and individuals at large to finally come to a better understanding of himself. Being a bildungsroman, this journey towards self-realization is quite expected and in fact, commonplace.

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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that the book is read by the individuals of this era may not be understood by them if they do not get the concept of the mid 19th century. Ellison was an individual of a black ethnicity who lived in America and had to pass different phases of life. He had to go through different instances in life in the states.

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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that the tormentor is depicted as using all his or her whiles to cut the persona down to size as in using the eyes to stare and send hurtful messages. The persona appears to have a shameful as well as painful distant past as in “Out of the huts of history's shame I rise,” and “Up from a past that's rooted in pain, I rise.”

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The Significance of Twins in Search of an Identity Literature Essay

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The trial focuses attention on the identity motif and enlarges it to expound on the uniqueness of the individual. Palmistry is one device that Twain uses to expose a person’s identity (83-84). Fingerprints are used in a similar way but delve deeper into the identity issue by representing one’s uniqueness.

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Midsummer Nights Dream Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that Shakespeare conveys the message that the comedy is not on the comical character of Bottom but the jokes are on the category of people that Bottom represents. Nick Bottom has a name that is a pun. However, he is a serious comical character. One definition of a ‘bottom’ is the core which is used to wind the weaver’s skein of thread.

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The Knights of the Round Table and this Standard of Excellence Literature Essay

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I chose the Green Knight as being the best and truest knight. In the epic poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the author uses the character, Sir Gawain, to illustrate the heroic ideals of chivalry, loyalty, courteousness and honesty in fourteenth century England. In the poem, Gawain is the epitome of virtue and all that is good.

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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Literature Book Report/Review

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The American Dream is a mere pretention. Miller exemplifies this in the persona of Willy Loman, a salesman. Miller grew in the environment of trade and marketing. He knew the life of a salesman for his father used to own a clothing company and dealt with a few salesmen.

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The Most Important Characters of the Picture of Dorian Gray Literature Book Report/Review

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Oscar Wilde was a man of many talents; he was a very prominent playwright and in addition to this he was also a very popular poet, author, and short story writer. He was Irish and he was born in Dublin which also happens to be the capital of Ireland. His name is conspicuous when the Victorian Era is talked about; he was a cynosure and hogged all the limelight in the Victorian Era.

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The Romantic Fantastic by Tobin Siebers Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that in the world of the supernatural, frogs can turn into princes at the touch of the beautiful princess, and princesses can be awakened by the kiss of a heroic prince. The domain of the supernatural, then, is the realm of the fairy tale, of fantasy literature in which the author's creative imagination knows no ground rules.

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E. A. Robinsons Poem Richard Cory Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that the poem continues in this description in a regular rhythm. The description in this poem, on the syntactic level, ends in a sudden, sparsely described the tragedy of Richard Cory’s suicide, but in the same rhyme form. The rhythm of the stanzas is not at all foretelling of what is to come in the last stanza.

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Breakthroughs That Shakespeare Made in Terms of Literary Competence Literature Book Report/Review

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Apart from being a legend in his own lifetime, William Shakespeare remains one of the most influential writers for centuries to come. Even though he might have been writing four hundred years ago, there is still a lot of breakthroughs that Shakespeare made in terms of literary competence, which are a benchmark for modern writers as well.

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Kate Chopin's Character Mrs. Mallard Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that at the beginning of the narration the readers are misguided to believe that Mrs. Mallard “was afflicted with a heart trouble”. Within the context “heart trouble” has a double meaning. We may take the literal meaning which is that indeed Mrs. Mallard is suffering from heart disease.

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Mark Twain: Views on Freedom Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that while Jim is running away from the shackles of a cruel political ideology that alienates him from any human rights and makes him a slave who can be bought and sold on the will of his owner. Huck has his daily freedoms denied to him by the well-meaning but suffocating Mrs. Watson.

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The Scarlet Letter: a Story of Sinners Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that throughout the novel, the one question that Hawthorne consistently raised was that of sin. Who is a sinner? Who has the right to judge him? On what basis, if any, can a person be branded by his fellow human beings? This essay endeavors to decide who the greatest sinner in the novel is.

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Albert Einstein: Why Socialism Literature Essay

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10.- The cultural constitution of man is the one factor that can be changed, not the biological, and it greatly determines the relationship between the individual and society, so human beings are not condemned to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of fate.

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A Confederacy of Dunces Literature Book Report/Review

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Many fictional characters have had an influence on my life, but there has been one in particular that stands out. It would be difficult if not ridiculous to say that I have patterned my way of life on this character; in fact, I think it would be disturbing to find that anyone had patterned their way of life on this character.

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Politics and Structure in Harlem Renaissance Writing Literature Essay

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When the mass media shows images of American heritage and ancestry, the African-American images are predictable:Martin Luther King,Jr. will make an appearance;possibly Booker T. Washington,and W.E.B. DuBois as well.However, many of the iconic images - the Pilgrim, the Minuteman, and Uncle Sam -- are emphatically white.

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Lady Macbeth: The fourth witch Literature Book Report/Review

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Besides, the king of Scotland, Duncan, the most noble and benevolent ruler whom Macbeth murders, and the three witches, who appear in the very first act of the play with supernatural powers coupled with mischief and malice, and whose predictions sow seeds of ambition and self-doubt in Macbeth that propel him towards committing the heinous crime.

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The Visitation of the Gods by Gilda Cordero-Fernando Literature Essay

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The author states that the external conflict exists at various levels as to the conflict between the aspirations of the teachers and the Principal’s shrewdness, the conflict between the teachers enhanced by their desire to seek favors from the officials, the conflict between the perceptions of Mr. Sawit and Miss Noel as to teaching and education.

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Candide by Voltare and Utopia by Thomas More Literature Book Report/Review

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People dream of having a perfect world, an ideal society, different from the present world that we have right now. Because of the many conflicts and issues that the existing world is experiencing, people dream of a perfect society with no sadness, disappointment, and evil. With this thinking, Voltaire and More presented their own perception of an ideal society through their works.

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The Philosophy of Francisco dAnconia and John Galt Literature Book Report/Review

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The fact that the majority is invariably wrong on any point distinguished by the slightest element of doubt or controversy should not really surprise the discerning. Anyone who takes for granted the premise that on such points the majority is always right must realize that he has entered the garden path of destruction.

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The Poetry of Octavio Paz Literature Essay

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This essay examines the poems “A Tree Within,” “Before the Beginning,” and “ A Song Out of Tune” that show a progression from the perception of an individual and its desire of a companion to a contemplation and appreciation of the other’s existence to the transient nature of time, memory, and relationships.

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Like an Eagle in the Sky Literature Essay

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I realized that I would have to put up with the petty thoughts and deeds of those wanting to drag me down to their level; envious classmates, spiteful instructors and the system itself, if I wanted to succeed, much like Angelou in "Still I Rise". All I had in my favour to prove all my detractors wrong, to rise above this contemptible hatefulness, was a fierce determination to succeed, and I was sure that, " With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise" (Angelou 10 - 12).

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The Betrayal of Srebrenica by Bianca Jagger Literature Book Report/Review

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A post-war genocide the shook the entire European nations and the world alike is the Genocide of the Bosnian Muslims in the six-year period from 1990-1996. It has all the hallmarks of a holocaust, very similar to the one perpetrated by the Nazi Hitler over Jews. More than a decade after this cruel but true massacre, the victims are yet to come to terms with the trauma and sufferings and torture at the hands of the Fascists.

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The Flesh and the Spirit in American Literature Literature Essay

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According to the essay, John Smith in “The General History of Virginia” depicts the role and impact on religious beliefs on the first settlers. Smith writes: “everything of worth is found full of difficulties: but nothing so difficult as to establish a commonwealth so far remote from men and means, and where men's minds are so untoward.

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Character of Gilgamesh Literature Book Report/Review

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Throughout the epic poem, Gilgamesh goes through a significant change of character that allows him to evolve, and by the end of the story Gilgamesh has grown into the true hero he was destined to be.

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Homer's Poetry Literature Book Report/Review

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Gods and Goddesses are the ones who determine matters such as peace or violence, life or death, etc. In both “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey”, Goddesses play significant roles influencing Zeus, the God Supreme, to achieve his granting of their pleas.

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George Orwells Animal Farm Literature Book Report/Review

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According to the study conducted, Animal Farm, therefore, dramatizes Orwell’s summary of Burnham’s views of political history: that “history consists of a series of swindles, in which the masses are first lured into revolt by the promise of utopia, and then, when they have done their job, enslaved over again by new masters”.

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The Lessons in Lifes Incidentals Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that in Frankenstein, the monster’s encounters with the DeLacey family open his eyes to the goodness in life. In addition, he learns how to read as well as certain social skills. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Tom and Eva share a friendship that not only changes them but it changes others who witness the bond that these two friends share.

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Seamus Heaneys Mid Term Break Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that this poem also brings out the meandering course of grief that is reflected in Heaney’s as well as his parent’s reactions to their loss. The poem opens with a sense of waiting as the poet has been confined to the sick room, where he has nothing to do but count as each bell signals the end of a class.

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Movie Fight Club Literature Book Report/Review

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The film itself is an adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Chuck Palahniuk, but the screen representation created by Fincher seem to take a slightly different direction than the novel itself. However, the basic premise of the story and the struggle remains true to the novel.

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Rifleman Dodd: War and the Common People, Lessons Not Learned Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that one is the suffering inflicted on the indigenous population when war is waged, by both allies and enemies, the other being the impact of guerilla action on superior fighting forces. In these respects, what took place in Spain and Portugal presents a clear parallel to the horror which was Vietnam.

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Is Socrates Guilty, or Not Literature Essay

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Socratic Method and Socratic irony have grown out of his teachings. His ideas and philosophy have formed the basis for western philosophy. Like his life, his death also has been much talked about because of his trial and execution. This paper is an attempt to answer the question: “Is Socrates guilty, or not?”

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The Art of the Odyssey by Homer Literature Book Report/Review

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The Odyssey interprets the human experiences through the presentation of the life of Odysseus and his adventures and journeys. The actual truths were hidden underneath the figurative language and abstract relations. Odysseus’ life has the impression of the complexity of circumstances surrounding him and the entanglement of social connections made his journey increasingly appealing to the audience.

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Dante: Divine Comedy Literature Book Report/Review

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Dante Alighieri’s (1265-1321) Divine Comedy has been considered as the single most fundamental epic poem of Italian literature and the prominence of this illustrious piece has crossed the boundaries of the land, people, and literature to be known as one of the essential pieces of world literature.

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The Narrator of Linda Hogans Essay Porcupine Literature Essay

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The narrator’s logic goes through a process from observation to empathy and identification and then, finally, onto contemplation. Through the process of identifying with the porcupine, the narrator is able to gain perspective about her own life and eventual death, realizing that she, too, is merely part of a cyclic process.

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Ian McEwan's Dead as They Come Literature Book Report/Review

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This solid and well crafted story is both haunting and disconcerting as the reader witnesses how the narrator's selfishness and insecurity slowly leads to his ultimate demise and insanity. McEwan uses his reader's knowledge of culture and society to help showcase his narrator's masculinity throughout the piece.

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On the Beach by Nevil Shute Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that global winds slowly carry the deadly radioactive waste towards the Continent which is why he is to find many dead along the way. Human and animal life are dying as a result of sickness produced by radiation, a kind of cholera which begins with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increasingly violent spasms.

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Godfather Death and Appointment in Samara Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that an appointment in Samara is a story of a servant to saw Death while he went to a public market in Baghdad. Due to his fear, he went to his merchant and borrowed his horse so that he can go to Samara and escape from Mr. Death. The merchant lends him his horse and the servant went to Samara.

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The Scarlet Letter Literature Essay

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The novel ‘The Scarlet Letter” represents moral wisdom and reflects values and morals typical for the Puritans. Social and personal morals of people are depicted through emotional sufferings and experience of the main heroes of the novel: Hester Prynne, her husband Roger Chillingworth and Hester’s lover, Dimmesdale.

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Fashion Me A People A Critical Analysis Literature Essay

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This essay explores the Maria Harris' "Fashion Me A People". Harris' book is not about designing or selecting published resource materials for religious education; instead, it is a description of her theory of religious education. She calls it a book about "curriculum in the church" because she conceives of "curriculum" as the whole of the church's life.

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Retiree Consumerism Literature Essay

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Rose Rubin and Kenneth Koelin examine how elderly households spend on necessities, compared with non elderly households. Using data from 1980-81 and 1989- 90 consumers expenditure survey, they examine expenditures for housing, food at home, and health care, as well as income, demographics, and receipt of cash assistance.

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A Soul Searcher's Handbook - Hesse's Siddhartha Literature Essay

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Winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946, Hermann Hesse is an explicitly holistic and dialectical writer who in his novels depicts the struggle for self-awareness of his characters. Through them he reaffirms the values of love, beauty, and integrity in the face of a world increasingly dominated by acquisitive and competitive norms.

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Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth Literature Book Report/Review

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He does not just draw spiritual or soulish sustenance from his surroundings, but also expresses the power of nature in terms of physical attributes. By combining the whole of human development within natural elements and the idea of Nature, Wordsworth stands as an icon of the Romantic Movement.

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British Women Poetry - Elizabeth Hands Literature Book Report/Review

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Elizabeth Hands, one of the notable women poets of the Romantic Era, satirizes the snobbish nature of the Aristocratic upper-class ladies in the English society in her poem entitled “A Poem, on the Supposition of an Advertisement appearing in a Morning Paper, of the Publication of a Volume of Poems, by a Servant Maid”.

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The Chinese Story Two Kinds Literature Essay

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It is very easy to picture the scenes described, to feel the constant strife between mother and daughter as the mother pushes her daughter to be something better, while the daughter rebels, doubting her abilities and wanting only to “be herself,” not realizing that she does have it in her to be anything that she wants.

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Power, Knowledge, and Authority in Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review

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Additionally, Derrida's perspective as it relates to the meaning-making of Romeo and Juliet will be analyzed. The different languages of the theatre being used will be discussed. Finally, a synthesis of the discussion will be presented. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) created was a critic of literary texts, as well as philosophical ones.

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Kahil Gibran and His Reflections Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that in his poem ‘Love One Another’ Gibran depicts beloved as primarily two bonded persons, who, however, do not intend to dissolve in each other: “ And stand together yet not too near together /For the pillars of the temple stand apart/ And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow”.

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The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Literature Book Report/Review

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The first idea introduced in the chapter is the abolition of the respirator. This metaphor can be sees as ceasing to breathe air, which will inevitably result in physical death. The spiritual death is depicted by Forster as "Beware of first-hand ideas". Imagination is the most non stimulating process.

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The conception of freedom Literature Book Report/Review

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They see freedom, or the lack thereof, in both similar and contrasting lights. Hannah Fosters “The Coquette” is a dramatic and tragic story of a woman who is torn between two men.The woman-Eliza Wharton-is based on a fictional account of the poet Elizabeth Whitman.

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