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Comparing the Characters of Achilles and Agamemnon Literature Essay

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Honor and glory take precedence over all other virtues--the characters' disposition dictates that even death is inconsequential as compared to those. The story begins in the midst of a war between the Achaians (Greeks) and Trojans. The tale's main character is Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors.

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Jack Londons To Build a Fire Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that not heeding the advice of experienced men and above all underestimating the extreme forces of nature and a lone man’s vulnerability in the face of the Alaskan winter, the traveler’s bravado costs him his life. The traveler checks himself from panicking and running around like a headless chicken.

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Water for Gotham: a history by Gerard T. Koeppel Literature Essay

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The history of water deficiency in New York City has been systematically researched, documented and presented - and most of all, the dry nature of the topic never bothers the reader.

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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Literature Book Report/Review

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The occasion that serves as a framing device for her discourse has the speaker honoring a request to address the graduating class of a women's college in 1928. For the occasion, the author in her personae as "Mary Seton" has been asked to speak on the topic of "women and fiction". Finding the topic deceptively simple, she muses on its meaning.

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Kazuo Ishiguro and Charles Dickens Literature Book Report/Review

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Ishiguro’s main protagonist, Stevens, in The Remains Of the Day speaks in the first person narrative because he wants to present directly the thoughts and stream of consciousness effectively to the readers.

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Iago, in William Shakespeare's Othello, as a Devil(Satanic) Figure Literature Literature review

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Near the end of the play, Iago retreats into himself as he is threatened and damned by those who have been left alive. It is almost as if his mission has been accomplished and so he has little care for what happens to his physical body. This is embodied within his promise to “never speak a word” from that point on in his life.

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Comparison of Mother Jones and the Beat within Magazines Literature Essay

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I was surprised to read real, well-constructed thoughts from the inside of the minds of kids from the ‘hood that landed in jail. The Beat gives a voice to those whom many would choose to ignore and the insights offered regarding the adults in charge of these young people reveal a well-founded skepticism.

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One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Literature Book Report/Review

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Stephanie who is in a grave need for money opens up talks with a close relative Vinnie for employment in his bail bonds industry, conversely Stephanie has no certification at all, but still while carrying out her duties, she land Joe Morelli as the first client.

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Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder Literature Essay

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Tracy Kidder, known best for his Pulitzer Prize winning book, "The Soul of a New Machine", is a former servant of the US Army and holds a degree in MFA from University of Iowa. He has been a noted writer among the critics right from his first book, "The Road to Yuba City".

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Mans Laws vs Gods Laws in Antigone by Sophocles Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that in the face of strict laws developed by her uncle, Creon, Antigone feels morally obliged to bury her dead brother according to God’s laws. Antigone is convinced that she has to follow God’s laws and care for her brother's body. According to the laws of the state, everyone who obeys them is condemned to death.

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Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream Literature Essay

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A much admired production of the time, in which Shakespeare, as usual, has shown the uncanny ability of writing the plays with absolute awareness of social, cultural and mainly political pulse of the country. Hermia and Helena, the childhood friends, have a sisterly bond till they grow up and fall in love.

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Jane Eyre by Ch. Bronte Literature Essay

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In the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë introduces readers to Jane, its narrator and protagonist, on a ‘drear November day’, which Jane describes as a ‘leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning’, where ‘the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating’.

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The Learning Organisation by Ernest Costas Literature Book Report/Review

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Costas’ article is a part-eclectic, part-inferential abstract on the learning organization. Thus, he has not only indicated his sympathies with the academics and theorists whose submissions and investigations he sets out in this article but has also culled from various authors presumably to corroborate and complement the summary of his gleanings from the academics and the theorists.

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Book Review. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Literature Book Report/Review

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Set mainly in Kerala, India, in the 1960s, "The God of Small Things" is about two children, the two-egg twins Estha (brother) and Rahel (sister), and the shocking consequences of the death-by-drowning of Sophie Mol, their English cousin.

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Language learning for work and life Literature Essay

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The author states that the instruction material should be presented in terms that are not just familiar to the student but which allow him/her to constructively utilize their pre-existing linguistic tools and knowledge for the more effective absorption of the new. The primary obstacle to effective L2 learning is learner psychology.

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Franz Kafkas A Hunger Artist Literature Assignment

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The author states that the protagonist, locked in a cage, is a professional self-starver, capable of fasting for periods longer than forty days. While the protagonist views his capacity for self-starvation as an art which he is trying to perfect, an achievement, the townsfolk do not believe that he is truly fasting or see him as a `freak'.

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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that Dover Beach is also representative of the patriarchal ideology of the era. The poem is addressed to the poet’s partner. It is said that the poem was written during their honeymoon at Dover Beach. However, the poem does not inculcate the thoughts or expressions, ideas or emotions of the partner.

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Leo Tolstoy as one of the great misogynist Literature Book Report/Review

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In this article, I will focus on the argument about Tolstoy's alleged misogyny through his work Anna Karenina. After having read the novel Anna Karenina, I have yet to agree that Tolstoy is a misogynist because of certain elements in the novel that makes me think otherwise.

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Africans in Joseph Conrads Heart Of Darkness Literature Book Report/Review

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His narrative tries to explain why he thinks Africa is dark. The darkness alludes to the skin color of the Africans, the dark mysteries of the natives, the land and the unknown. This essay explores how the Africans were depicted in the short novel, Heart of Darkness.

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Humor in Social Critique on Sexual Morality in The Heptameron Literature Book Report/Review

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She created ten storytellers to narrate her tales over eight days. The tales provided comic relief, laughter, and witty reprieve while commenting upon the sexual morality, or moral quality of her characters. Navarre used humor to construct and comment upon the different comical, moral situations that perplex humans.

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Alices Adventures in Wonderland Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that Alice most of the time forgot that she was merely a visitor in Wonderland for she would get exasperated when things there did not conform to her expectations, according to her own values and knowledge. More significantly, she did not realize that even her innocent ways of giving advice.

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Devil's Highway Literature Book Report/Review

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A man needs minimum of two gallons of water to survive here for a day. Luis Alberto Urrea tells a real story of 26 people who get lost in this track while attempting to cross over to the United States illegally in May 2001. Only twelve of them survived. The story is painful and raises issues of life in poverty and human rights.

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Faulkner on the Basis of the Characters in A Rose for Emily Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that this widely acclaimed story which takes place in Jefferson, Faulkner’s fictional city, is noted for its characterization, and it is possible to diagnose Faulkner on the basis of the characters in “A Rose for Emily.” The short story has special meanings, William Faulkner, with regard to the behavior of the men versus the women.

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Comparing two plays for a Theatre Class Literature Book Report/Review

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During the time in which they engage in recreation took put society frowned winning women asserting themselves? Women were hypothetical to play a role in which they support their husbands, took the mind of their children, and complete sure the whole thing was ideal around the house. Work, government, and decisions were absent to the males.

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Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Literature Essay

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Not only is Bayardo a typical male of the time, but also the twin brothers of Angela; who just to live up to the standard social order, were ready to kill Santiago for having disgraced their sister. The women were bounded on all sides by traditions and were expected only to get married and have families.

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Lan Caos Monkey Bridge: A Vietnamese Literature Essay

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When she came to the supposed land of milk and honey, she finds that her daughter although somewhat lonesome is unexpectedly looking forward to a life that is completely alien to her.

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The Immutable Laws of Being Good to Great Literature Essay

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Collins illustrates this idea by citing that good companies start to develop into great ones once they face reality, no matter how brutal. As they say, reality bites. But once you’re bit, don’t let it prevent you from pushing forward. Again, face it. Confront it. Then with resolute character, move on and act.

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Alex Espinoza Still Water Saints Literature Book Report/Review

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Shawn refers to her as the scab, and does not like her. She has a little child, who is likely mistreated and under-cared. Other minor characters in the chapter include Bill and Karen, Shawn's managers, and Mark the new rookie employee.From Shawn's viewpoint Beady's new girlfriend starts to make a nuisance of herself.

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Beatrice Joanne - The Changeling Literature Book Report/Review

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The author of the paper is of the view that Aristotle’s words, as quoted from Generation of Animals, bring to mind, comparable proximity to the definition of the word ‘changeling’. As is largely understood, a changeling is a person who; by a twist of fate, or nature, or personality flaw; becomes the subject of either pity or disgust.

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The Call of Solitude Literature Assignment

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The author states that with Ahab's demise end the related pre-Darwinian beliefs that man, through his rational faculties, sits atop and controls the great chain of being; that civilized man is fundamentally different from and superior to uncivilized men and wild beasts; and that transformations in man and nature proceed according to design.

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The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Literature Essay

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Emile Zolas Germinal Literature Essay

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Zola’s novel describes the working conditions of the coal miners but it would be reducing to consider Germinal only as a portrayal of a social class. While reading Germinal, it may seem natural to ask ourselves if the way the miners are described reinforces or challenges the assumptions about the working class.

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Inferno and Odyssey: a War Between the Subtler Shades of Vice and Virtue Literature Essay

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Virgil guides Dante through the nine concentric circles of Hell., diving into deeper and graver sins, unrepentant, and culminating into absolute evil, as represented by Satan. The journey begins from the Dark wood, and into the Limbo. It is more of a pagan, unbaptized and a coarse yet virtuous crowd like Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan.

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Papa Blows His Nose in G: Absolute Pitch by Oliver Sacks Literature Essay

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The real wonder of absolute pitch is that it helps people to qualitatively differentiate every tone and key, each with its own ‘flavor’ or ‘feel’. As the author maintains, while absolute pitch offers a delicious extra sense which helps one in singing or notating any music in the exact pitch, there are several problems associated with it.

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By the Time I Get to Cucaracha Literature Essay

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The author considers how this method for becoming a citizen in the US is both far more difficult in reality than is thought, and how it has been used as a simple plot device for numerous television shows. Perez-Zeeb's point is that trivializing the legalities involved in this process and turning it into fodder for entertainment serves to further deepen the stereotype of lazy immigrants looking to illegally take advantage of wealth of the US economy. The article often reads more like a web blog entry than an actual exercise in journalism.

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Driving Lessons by Neal Bowers Literature Book Report/Review

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According to the findings, it can, therefore, be said that the poem “Driving Lessons” itself is structured by one popular metaphor – life is a road. Thus, following the road one tries his best to reach the destination fast, just like in our life we aspire to reach our goal, however, we are not always successful.

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Trevor Days Exploring the Ocean Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that all measurements are given in metric and English equivalents. Because the text, feature boxes, pictures, drawings, and sketches are so well condensed and blended together, each two-page chapter contains a surprisingly large amount of technically and factually correct information in an easily understood fashion.

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Nathaniel Hawthornes Works Literature Essay

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The essay discusses the relation of prefaces and expository introductions to Hawthorne’s plots. In Fanshawe, Hawthorne used the long expository introduction to introduce the setting of the novel. He apologized for the physical, moral, ethnics and various aspects of ‘Harley College’. His Romantic work rebelled against the formalism.

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The Nightrunners of Bengal Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that The Nightrunners of Bengal reads like fiction, the story revolves mostly around the revolt of 1857. Rodney Savage is the main character of the novel; he is an army officer who lives with his wife and son in the cantonments, Savage is represented as an officer who is deeply involved and committed to his British troops.

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Pride in Homer's Iliad Literature Term Paper

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To understand the character flaw of “pride” in Homer’s Iliad, it must be emphasized that during the time of the story “Iliad”, both the Greek and Trojan people were still warrior societies. This is not a peculiar characteristic among the Greeks and Trojans because almost all societies first started as warrior societies until they evolved into a more mature and civilized societies.

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Charges Levelled Against Poetry by Women Literature Essay

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It lacks a sense of humor that is somehow correct as can be observed by comparing the poems by William Shakespeare and Emily Bronte. William Shakespeare and Emily Bronte, both are poets who enjoy a good reputation for the poetry that they produced but their subject matters, style, and tone varies. However, this cannot be said that Emily Bronte.

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Denise Levertovs Poem the Mutes Literature Assignment

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Levertov addresses two concepts in her intriguing poem, the first being the annoyance that comes to a woman as she is catcalled while a group of men passes her, and the second concept is the disappointment that, to these men, attractive women are nothing more than a work of art to admire but never to love.

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Shakuntala by Kalidasa Literature Book Report/Review

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During his search he found the deer in the care of a lady known as Shakuntala. The King was very sorry to hurt her pet deer. The kind apologized with Shakuntala and they fell in love with each other. Dushyanta gave him a royal ring and promised to return back to her.

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A Long Days Journey Into Night Literature Essay

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Closely based on his own life and presenting one of America's favorite dramatic themes of the dysfunctional family, 'A Long Day's Journey Into Night' is often hailed as O'Neill's greatest play. Written in the early 1940s the play was not performed until his death in 1953; when performed two years after his death it won O'Neill the Pulitzer Prize and gained him the reputation as America's foremost playwright and a status of eminence among world's greatest dramatists.

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Great expectations and the secret agent Literature Essay

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The novel deals with classic Dickensian themes of abuse of authority (Miss Havisham, Mrs. Joe, Publechook), the problems associated with an obsession with money and status, together with the general social inequalities of England.

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The Roles of Virgil and Beatrice in Inferno and Purgatorio Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that Virgil's character is by and large comprehended by reviewers as symbolizing humanistic cause, who directs and defends not only Dante in particular but the mankind as a whole from all bad deeds. While seems appropriate as an eccentric which represents purpose. He establishes himself as solemn, calculated, determined and sensible.

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First, break all the rules Literature Essay

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The authors used comprehensive data from a whopping number of interviews-more than 80,000 managers from various companies, and from practically every field. They have also included relevant excerpts from the interview transcripts as well as anecdotal stories to support their points.

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Theme in Faulkners: A Rose for Emily Literature Book Report/Review

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The clash between the Old Order and the New appears in many different forms throughout the story and becomes its principal unifying theme. An intuitive artist, Faulkner instinctively latched onto the technical devices of his time and perfected them to express the Southern myth. The past is represented through the characters of Emily, Colonel Sartoris, Tobe and Judge Stevens, whereas Homer Barron, the anonymous narrator and the new aldermen come to represent the present times.

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Violence in the Ancient World Literature Essay

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Perhaps those who make that connection have a point. After all, since earliest days of recorded narratives, history has been nothing but a continuous bloodbath punctuated by the very occasional and short-lived cease-fire. Aggression has been the rule; peace the exception.

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The Necklace and Story of an Hour Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that the result of using this technique is the creation of interesting images in the text. Figurative language is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense. Appealing to the imagination, figurative language provides new ways of looking at the world. It is a figurative language that allows us to foreshadow an ending of a story.

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