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Bernard Shaw's Ceasar and Cleopatra Literature Book Report/Review
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Since “Ceasar and Cleopatra” is a historical play Shaw could successfully bring the social reflection of the time under the royal invasion of territories focusing on the fact of the Roman invasion of the world with a special reference to Egypt and the consequences. The character bears the might of maternal love, a genuine human of flesh & blood, and political ambition via romantic tragedy.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that throughout the story, it is unknown whether it truly was Santiago who took Angela's virginity. The whole basis of the story revolves around this mystery. When under pressure, one may lie, deceive or betray someone. All of the townspeople are well aware of the murder that is almost definitely going to occur.
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Too Much Love: Similarities in The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper Literature Essay
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The researcher focuses on the statement, that in these two stories, modern readers can have a taste of a world in which the word “feminism” did not exist and women’s rights were considered a radical idea. The issue that many women broke under the pressure of being treated like a child or a possession by men is explained.
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Analysis of The World that Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topic Literature Book Report/Review
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The themes of the book are intriguing and evoke a favorable response from the reader, for instance, the description of the origin of coffee, the association between drug market and tea and the slave trade etc is worth reading. Furthermore, there are thousands of useful and inspirational quotes throughout the book 
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Western literature. Shakespeare and Robert Bolt Literature Book Report/Review
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It is evident that the playwright presents a male dominated society in the play where women are inferior and all the female characters including Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are abandoned by their partners, though they love them magnanimously.
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English Literature Book Report/Review Literature Book Report/Review
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Now let us consider the main examples of such changing identities in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Fathers and Sons' written by Turgenev, paying attention to the way they are presented through the narrative techniques. In her novels Jane Austen makes the special accent on the moral aspect of life, considering that a moral feeling are not originally inherent, it may be developed gradually, as a result of lessons obtained from life.
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Loves Deeds and Endeavors in a Midsummer Nights Dream Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that even if love emerges from mere “sympathy” or mutual understanding and desire, rather than family obligations and pressure, all possible disasters will happen to this person. He will be stricken by death, or war, or incurable illness. Love can exist without the family responsibility to marry for the partner they have found for you.
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The Gothic Tradition in Fiction Literature Personal Statement
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The author explains that the Gothic is, by its very nature, supernatural and fantastic because it renders the impossible possible, largely through the annihilation of the boundaries between the world of the living and the world of the dead, or by making the unreal, real. Concurring, Punter asserts that the Gothic invariably draws upon the fantastic.
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My Mistress Eyes by William Shakespeare Literature Literature review
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 ). In these stanzas, Shakespeare compares the lover with worldly resources; however, still finds her immeasurable. The comparison and contrast of the dark lady give her image and confirms the adoration of the poet towards her. In the subsequent and third stanzas, he broadens the metaphors to engage two lines each.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that little women and grown-up women, each fighting her own battles, and striving to change her destiny to live a better life than what the society might offer her, grasping the knowledge from her mentor, the mother, and making it her own.
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Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Literature Book Report/Review
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The question of what it means to be a man and a soldier who is ready to demonstrate bravery and intelligence for the benefit of others arises. Even though it is a children’s book, Private Peaceful possesses dramatic power and is a true description of the horror of war times. Private Peaceful is a humanizing recollection of the depravity that is overlooked by the British army to date.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Lachros had even heard to say that there was nothing the gods could do that a human being could not do if he applied reason and logic to the situation. Nidstye was particularly affronted by this concept for he was the God of Choices. Nidstye had two bodies and two heads that he could tear.
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Analysis of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Literature Book Report/Review
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Through his power and influence over the natives, Kurtz has had human sacrifices offered to him.  It implies that the absence of law and morality results in violence and cruelty When a man allows himself to be ruled by whatever brutal passions lie within him, violence is committed. Arising from that is the extreme cruelty from an evil heart.
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English Literature Tragedies - Othello, the Moor of Venice Literature Essay
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Iago is able to exploit the unconsolidated love between Othello and his wife, their respective isolation, Othello's subsequent passionate jealousy to bring about the disastrous end. Iago pays in the end with his life, but his villainy is almost unrivalled in literature, especially because he makes it seem so easy through his genius at plotting.  
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Illusions in The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford Literature Essay
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Ford had taken the position that things are not what they seem to be. He had written explanations of how events and people could be deceiving as they could be manipulated to contrive desired outcomes or, on the other hand, surprise us with unexpected, sudden truths. In one way, Ford conveyed his message to tell readers not to judge the book by its cover.
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World Literature: The Clown by Boll Literature Book Report/Review
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Using the character of Hans Schneir, Boll depicts the importance of food and emotional support in the love of a person and his relations with society. Thesis In the novel, the absence of love is symbolically depicted through lack of food and poverty. Love is one of the most important sources of energy and enthusiasm, vitality and joy in the life of every person.
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Success Is Measured in Different Definitions in Caryl Churchills Top Girls Literature Book Report/Review
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 The women are referred to as girls because they are immature. They each think they have attained some measure of success in their lives. ‘Top Girls’ is also the name of the Employment Agency where Marlene works. This essay explores the different meanings of success for the different ‘girls’ in this play.
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'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte Literature Essay
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From an unloved childhood, Jane's character is shaped so that she is always driven to find love, to belong and to be recognized as a worthwhile person. She is intelligent, sensitive, loyal, intuitive and hardworking, qualities which she applies to her job as teacher at Lowood Hall, and elsewhere.
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The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot Literature Book Report/Review
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The author William Henry Fox Talbot was a genius in his own right. He was a true nineteenth-century polymath who produced this masterpiece after eleven years of experimentation and discovery that began in Italy on the banks of Lake Como. A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, Talbot’s intellectual curiosity embraced the fields of mathematics.
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The Death of Ivan Ilych Literature Essay
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An unexamined life, in this sense, could be taken to mean a life that is not lived to its fullest - a life that contributes little to society or to the others in your own social circle. A person's life can be measured and defined by the number of other lives that it touches.
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Jerzy Kosinskis Being There Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that television leaves no room for independent thought and makes no space for analyzation. It prefers the one-size-fits-all images and the fewer words the better approach. Chance is a total product of this broadcasting style, and as such is the darling of the televised world as it feeds on the incestual nature of the meaningless cliché.
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The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien Literature Book Report/Review
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This research paper intends to find out the innovative strategy of the writer in presenting the various self-governing chapters or stories in an organized and unified entity. Background and Research Issues: The Things They Carried has been praised for the writer’s ambition in attempting to convey the horror of war and the power of storytelling.
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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that extreme situations and experiences are crude realities of human life in the contemporary world, which is growing more complex than ever, and people encounter personal agony within increasingly desperate lives. While William Faulkner, in his “A Rose for Emily,” offers an idea of the effect of the complexities of modern life.
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The Lady and the Tiger and ''The Pearl'' Literature Book Report/Review
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Both the stories depict the probabilities of a hostile fate operating to upset one’s hopes and desires. Ambition and greed can sometimes destroy innocence. The king never thought that his barbaric idealism would also apply to his own apple-like daughter. Kino also failed to see his foolishness in relying on the pearl 
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Virginia Tech: Making Sense of What Happened Literature Case Study
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The author states that the murderer left behind a videotape by taking dozens of other people with him, he ensured his notorious place in history and found a way to set the record straight: He was a man to be reckoned with. Cho Seung-Hui had been previously investigated for hostile behavior.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Essay
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The author states that perspective plays a big part in how we conduct our lives and deal with others. We can view situations in life only from our personal standpoint and make decisions accordingly. Or, we can look at that same situation from the point of view of another party and have a different understanding which can ultimately affect our choices.
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Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons by Joseph Cirincione Literature Book Report/Review
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"The good news is that the nonproliferation regime has worked. The nuclear threat is less cruel today than it was in 1970 when the Non-Proliferation Treaty entered into force". He bases this evaluation on the fact that "the number of nuclear weapons in the world has declined from a peak of 65,000 in 1986 to roughly 27,000 today". But does this automatically make the world a safer place?
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Frosts Birches and Carvers Cathedral Literature Essay
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In its extreme forms, redemptive perception can become self- crushing as it pushed the imaginative personality into innermost isolation. Life is in fact a sequence of ups and downs. This poem shows that people never completely convalesce from being drawn down by reality even if they don't seem distressed.
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Analysis of Nonfiction Stories Salvation by Langston Hughes and The Talk of the Town by John Updike Literature Essay
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The purpose of writing, as well as the important role that imagination holds in writing and reading nonfiction works, are also briefly tackled. Nonfiction works are interesting to read because they talk about real life experiences. Salvation and The Talk of the Town are the two stories chosen to be explored in this paper
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Love, Conflict, and Suicide in Romeo and Juliet Literature Essay
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According to the essay, in Othello, Shakespeare has moved against the conventional stereotyping of black as evil by changing the meaning of black and white in the play. Through his attempt to alter the significance of black and white colors in the play Othello, Shakespeare apparently seems to be making a political statement with respect to race.
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The Things They Carried Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Jimmy Cross fantasizes about developing a serious relationship with Martha but it appears that the romance stems more from his imagination than reality. As a result, he holds on to the objects Martha has given him and imagines that as Martha herself: he would caress and lick the pebble, imagining he is, in fact, kissing Martha.
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Rding Lolit in Thrn Literature Book Report/Review
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Thе аuthor аnd hеr young studеnts show how thе livеs of both mеn аnd womеn аrе impovеrishеd in а world whеrе onе sеx аttеmpts to аssumе control ovеr thе othеr. For mе, thе book is bеst summеd up in thе аuthor's words nеаr thе еnd: "Living in thе Islаmic Rеpublic is likе hаving sеx with а mаn you loаthе."
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Literature Essay
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The author of the paper states that this story could have had a very different, although admittedly less moving, conclusion had Mathilde simply admitted the truth to her friend right away. But, as foolish as Mathilde behaves, it is not easy to be certain that in her place I would have acted differently.
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Postcolonial Melting Pot Literature Book Report/Review
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This may indicate Rhys's awareness that the logic of the Creole mode of subjectivity, dependent as it is upon the structures and ideology of European colonialism and imperialism, becomes unraveled in the postcolonial Caribbean. Such a subject cannot any longer exist. The white West Indian must negotiate a new relationship in terms of the socio-political structures in place in the West Indies.
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Imagination and Poetry: An Analysis of Three Lyrical Creations Literature Essay
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Imagination, combined with the clever and powerful use of language and rhythm, shapes them into beautiful expressions of art. The past merges with the present to transform notions of the future, both for the author and the reader, that become, stanza after stanza, critical pieces of opinion and food for the soul.
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Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process Literature Essay
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In general, methods employed by social scientists can be divided into two broad groups - quantitative methods, which are aimed at measuring social phenomena and analysis of numerical information, and qualitative methods, which highlight personal interpretations in order to achieve a better understanding of the significance of social phenomena.
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George Emerson: A Symbol or a Human Being Literature Book Report/Review
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So runs Colmer’s assessment of George in E.M. Forster’s novel ‘A Room with a View’ and there certainly is some truth in such an outright critical dismissal. To say the least, George Emerson, as Forster portrays him, does not appear to be a powerful enough character to bear the burden of symbolism placed on him and thereby becomes a victim of it.
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Charles Dickenss Great Expectations Literature Book Report/Review
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Pip visits the eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted child Estella for the first time in chapter eight. In chapter 29, as an adult, he makes yet another visit to the estate. Dickens sets up the chapters scene by scene: both entail Pip's arrival to the estate, his wanderings inside Miss Havisham's home, his encounter with Estella (and therefore his perception of her), and his concluding thoughts in each chapter.
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The Women of Middlemarch Literature Book Report/Review
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Mary Ann's mother was Christina Evans (nee Pearson) a farmer's daughter, and her father-Robert Evans. She had four siblings-two brothers and two sisters. Of these, a brother and a sister much older, were from her father's previous marriage. Robert Evans was the manager of Arbury Hall Estate in Warwickshire.
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True West by Sam Shepard Literature Assignment
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The author states that the story revolves around two brothers Lee and Austin and tells how change can play a role in the life of an individual. This essay would further analyze the theme of change in the characters as shown in the play. True West is a play written by Sam Shepard which revolves around two brothers Austin and Lee.
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Comparison of the Story of an Hour and the House on Mango Street Literature Essay
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The writers have shown the dark side of society. The lead characters are females who are victims of the evils of society. The titles are simple but have a lot of meaning hidden in it. It arouses curiosity in the readers about what would happen to the main characters. The language used in both stories is simple and allegorical. 
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Friendly Fire - the Accidental Shootdown of the US Black Hawks over Northern Iraq by Scott Snook Literature Essay
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“Friendly fire” is a military phrase and refers to the unintended attack by friendly forces, largely as a result of mistaken identity. Historically, its occurrence has been steadily increasing in US warfare from the killing of Confederate Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson in the Civil War to that of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan (Jones 38-41).
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Light at the Edge of the World by Wade Davis Literature Book Report/Review
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The author through his work takes readers deep into worlds. This book basically covers the notion and existence of nature from one corner to the other covering rituals, beliefs, and lives of the Waorani, the Penan, the Inuit, and many other unique and hidden traditional cultures. He writes “The human imagination is vast.
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Dickinson: A Haunting of the Social Self Literature Essay
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In the first stanza of the poem Dickinson says, "One needs not be a Chamber - To be haunted - The brain has corridors - surpassing - material place" (Dickinson). Dickinson is using imagery in this stanza to compare the internal confrontation between "the social self" and "the poetic self" to the haunting of a house.
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Fate in Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Romeo and Juliet meet by accident, and it is love at first sight. Accidents follow in quick succession; Juliet is forced to accept Paris as her fiancée; Romeo and Juliet marry in secret; Mercutio and Tybalt are killed; the Prince banishes Romeo, and the lover messages become lost.
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Elizabeth Gaskell's and James Froude's Use of Language Literature Essay
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Elizabeth Gaskell's language is as fresh and relevant to the modern reader as it was to the Victorians. With short, simple sentences, she portrays a truthful and sympathetic picture of Charlotte Bronte. This is not to say it is boring or prosaic. The descriptive passages all contain strong poetic elements which bring them to life.
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The Ministers Black Veil Literature Essay
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The author of the paper states that there are faint suggestions that he was in love with the girl and thought it was a sin. Young Goodman Brown is about a gentleman, who travels with the devil to participate in an unholy ritual that has Faith, his wife, and many of his respected neighbors in it.
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Product of the Art Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Lee has denied any conscious connection between her and Scout, and contends she was merely writing about what she knew. Writers, such as Harper Lee, routinely put themselves into the characters they construct as an unconscious by-product of the creative writing process.
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A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen ,1879 and Trifles by Susan Glaspell,1916 Literature Book Report/Review
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She wanted to stop just being her husband's plaything or her father's "little doll".Her character showed how women were expected to be dutiful to men and that men had power that could destroy both them and the women they dominated. In Act 1, Nora appeared playful, manipulative and materialistic with regard to money.
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Answers to Midsummer Nights Dream Literature Assignment
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Egeus says Lysander wins Hermia's heart with all these tokens and it is an unfair advantage over Demetrius, who has never had a chance to woo Hermia. (Act 1, Scene 1). 2. The sort of entertainment Puck describes in Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 47-57, is not the sort of comic entertainment provided by this play.  
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