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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Relation between Love and Money Literature Book Report/Review
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The Merchant of Venice, the celebrated romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, has been one of the most renowned plays by the author and it deals with various themes including the relationship between love and money. The play is generally recognized as a lively comedy of love and money in the sixteenth century Venice and the major plot of the play brings out the relationship between the two. 
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William Blake's The Tyger Literature Book Report/Review
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The poems included in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake are unusual for their day not only due to their simple appearances and deeper meanings but also by the way in which the poet, artist, engraver illustrated them, providing his readers with the rare opportunity to glimpse his thoughts in creating each poem.  
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Marriage, Gender, Materialism, and Technology Literature Essay
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Bernard uses a play, while Thurber employs a short story, to express their views on gender and marriage. They employ humor in satirizing the tug-of-war between men and women and the reality of authority, where men seem to be in power, but women are the actual ones who hold power over their lives and their men.
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Social Support and Demographic Correlates of Acculturative Stress on International Students Literature Essay
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In the event that ethnic practices are not checked, they could lead to the implementation of misguided actions as was seen in the case of Germany where Hitler chose to eliminate the Jews as a way of cleansing the German community. The consequences of his actions are still being felt up to date. Despite this, people do not seem to learn from history and the bonds binding societies keep being broken.    
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Virtue is Power in The Prince Literature Essay
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Current society should learn from “The Prince” that virtue remains the foundation of power, not the use of illegal, immoral, or unethical means. Virtuous leaders, after all, are popular leaders and being hated for extreme means cannot constantly result to long-term popularity and without this popularity, people will revolt and expel their leaders.
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Chronology of Events in Kavin History Literature Case Study
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Michael and Clare had dinner with Roy and Diane every Tuesday night at different restaurants. They additionally had dinner at their home almost every Sunday not only to spend time together, but to cook their favorite meals as Roy and Diane were eating simple food at home, and Roy was extremely skinny.
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The American Tradition in Literature Literature Assignment
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It can be seen that the similarities are defined as the religious or spiritual processes, as well as human nature that is widely accepted as a popular concept. However, the differences are reliant on the cultural affiliations and traditions which are created among the different cultures, specifically which define a sense of uniqueness among those practicing this tradition.
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William Ernest Henley's Exclusion from the Literary Canon Literature Research Paper
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William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) is one of the distinguished poets and critics of the later part of the nineteenth century, who has left indelible imprints of his literary talent on English Literature through his dexterous critical analysis and wonderfully creative writing. His remarkable poem Invictus is considered to be one of the masterpieces of his era.
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Allegory and Symbolism in Tagores the Post Office Literature Essay
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Rabindranath Tagore the literary genius of India, composed the play “Dak Ghar” or “The Post Office” in the year 1912. Before throwing light on the precise text of “Dak Ghar” or “The Post Office”, it is essential for a better understanding of the play to explore and discuss the literary period and other works of the dramatic genius that preceded “The Post Office”.
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Violence and Revenge in a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Literature Research Paper
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In A Tale of Two Cities, he departs from his usual form of constructing a story to engage in the historical novel in which he writes his interpretation of the events of the French Revolution, through a story that involves the darkest revelations about the human condition, coupled with the redemption of the human spirit.
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Analysis of the Korean Poetry: Sijo Literature Case Study
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The Sijo at its best portrays intense passion, devotion, and loyalty during the Confucian impassivity: at its worst, it being out mechanical formalism of oriental poetry. One characteristic element of Sijo is that the meaning must be deeper. The Sijo is characteristically composed of only three lines; however, a lot is contained within those three lines.
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The Usage of Myths and Utopia in the book El Rieno de Este Mundo by Carpentier Literature Research Paper
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The attempts to the formal characteristics magic realism exhibits have acted as a revelation by the fact that it helps us realize the western and non-westernized modes of thinking. This resulted in the development of what was known as magic realism by theorists who managed to formulate the definitions that surround this phenomenon.
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Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and George Eliot's Adam Bede Literature Essay
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Similar is the case with Hetty, who falls in love with Arthur. After she is subjected to intense humiliation and is not successful in meeting Arthur, Hetty has no choice but to run away as it is clear that no one would accept her. However, in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Hardy attempts to restore the honor of Tess as he gives the subtitle of 'A Pure Woman' to the book.
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The Use of Magical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude Literature Book Report/Review
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The initial printings sold out prior to them being shelved. At the moment, the novel has been changed into a lot more than thirty languages as well as there are a lot of pirated editions. The outstanding accomplishment of One Hundred Years of Solitude was highlighted within the reference awarding García Márquez the 1982 Nobel Prize within Literature.
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The Basis of Culture Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Leisure by Josef Pieper Literature Essay
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How should each individual decide the pattern of work and what kind of work is worth performing that would contribute to the progression of culture and society at large. Let’s examine Aldous Huxley's view of culture and work in his book ‘Brave New World and in contrast to his work, Josef Pieper's view on culture and society.
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The Sorrows of Young Werther Literature Essay
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Similarity can be drawn between Werther's betrayal and the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. A kind of challenging and questioning whether one should be afraid of God, “Should I not shudder at a prospect which had its fears even for him who folds up the heavens like a garment?” (Goethe, 1774)  Thus Goethe incited to shun optimism and reason for emotional anarchism.
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William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily Literature Essay
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Stream of Consciousness is a literary technique that tries to portray an individual’s point of view. An investigation into the mind and thought of the character is permitted. This technique is processed in the form of a loose interior monologue or in connection with the character's sensory reactions to the outside world.
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Shakespeare's Tragedy: Antony and Cleopatra Literature Book Report/Review
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In comparison with other tragedies of the playwright, such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth or Romeo, and Juliet, the play arouses neither sorrow nor fear about its characters. This fact has been emphasized by critics, who even related this “tragedy without terror” (Caputi 1965) to a comedy and discussed its comic visions and patterns.
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Robert Matthews and The Daily Telegraph Literature Essay
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A 1991 article by Robert Matthews in The Daily Telegraph was particularly scathing, as this article refers to Wittgenstein as a “nutcase”. This article also claims that Wittgenstein had a deranged mind and that he exhibited many of the behaviors of someone suffering from schizophrenia and included quotes from a psychiatrist who supports these claims.
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The Theme of Gene Manipulation in Literature Literature Term Paper
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The novel Frankenstein, a man named Victor Frankenstein is determined to discover the link between life and death, by bringing a lifeless creature to life. Frankenstein pursues his experiment to the end. When his outcome reveals that something went terribly wrong, Frankenstein disregards all responsibility, which leads to deadly consequences.
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Possibility of Fantasy to Create a Subversive Space to Critique or Challenge the Mainstream Culture Literature Essay
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Fantasy novels are of great importance in literature. People presume that fantasy novels are always meant for children as they consist of many unrealistic and immature thoughts and views. However, many adults still read fantasy novels and watch fantasy movies. 
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Art Is Personal and Great Art Is Even More Personal Literature Research Paper
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William Shakespeare wrote about thirty-eight plays and a hundred and fifty-four sonnets. In addition, he also wrote two long poems and some epitaphs. In essence, translations of his various plays are in many different languages across the globe. Ironically, most of his personal issues are subject to guesswork as his life was secretive as compared to that of his fellow artist.
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Comparative Analysis of James Joyces Eveline and Nathaniel Hawthornes The Birthmark Literature Research Paper
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The “Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Eveline” by James Joyce are books based on the psychoanalysis of the influence of the past on people especially women. The stories give two accounts of somehow similar backgrounds involving two women who are trapped within the nest of their past memories. These memories continue to influence them right from their childhood to their adulthood.
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American Dream in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Literature Literature review
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The forefathers of America even had a dream. The dream of seeing it becomes the most successful democracy(Abraham Lincoln), the dream of liberty, equality, and justice to everybody, irrespective of caste, creed or color(Martin Luther King) and the dream of an America where moral values and virtues are not compromised for the purpose of wealth and material possessions.
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The Role of the Text and the Writer Literature Essay
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In today’s world, the text has become more important than the writer. People seem to be least concerned with the face behind a text. The panache for consumption of information overrides the need for recognizing the creativity of a writer behind a text. The 21st-century craving for individuality has ironically deprived the writers of their uniqueness and originality.
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Literature in the Saudi Arabian Setting Literature Case Study
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This study was aimed are carrying out research on how to improve professional assessment on the themes formed in literature. It also tried to propose a learning plan to improve on professional development on assessment. The study has three cycles of research; to identify the extent that can be used to implement the assessment tool could address the challenges of assessment for quality learning.
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Western Lyric Poetry Literature Literature review
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Western lyric poetry owes its origin in Southern Europe where the Petrarchan influence was closest and most potent, enhanced by the Roman/Italian manners, values, and sentiments. One of the most popular and original subjects of this form of poetry is the courtly-love lyric tradition which Capell Lofft.
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Critical Analysis of Uncle Toms Cabin and The Escape Literature Book Report/Review
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin deals with the plight of the Black slaves in America in the 19th Century. It poignantly describes the trials and tribulations of the majority of the slaves of the period, while trying to convince the contemporary White audience of the merits of a different way of life, one without slavery.
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The Use of Realism and the Fantastic in Swallows and Amazons and Tom's Midnight Garden Literature Research Paper
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There exist some cases that a book has been released in the market, and initially, it did not appeal to its set customers, but with the passage of time, it got interested of the readers and hence got an enormous sale. If such a situation occurs, this is a huge problematic aspect of the evaluation of a particular book.
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James Joyce's Araby from Dubliners Literature Book Report/Review
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It is difficult to tell whether my previous knowledge of Joyce enables a completely 'value-free' judgment of “Araby”. Our view of such a simplistic story is always going to be tempered by the fact that it has been written by an author famous for the complexity of his work (particularly his most famous work Ulysses. 
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Literature Book Report/Review
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Ellison never favored the role of being a representative for his race, but he preferred maintaining that he pursued the art instead of racial justice. He worked tirelessly on his second novel for forty years but never got to finishing it. After his death, on 16th April 1994, his friend John Callahan edited the novel and in 1999 it was published with the title “Juneteenth.”
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The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Literature Book Report/Review
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Chaucer, best known as the father of English poetry, is well known for his descriptive and fluid portrayal of characters through poetic verse. A major and definitive quality of Chaucer’s writing has been his employment of sharp satire in order to depict an accurate and solemn picture of the time in which he wrote, that is, the Middle Ages.   
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Literature Book Report/Review
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The Kite Runner is a story of a young boy called Amir who hails from Wazir Akbar Khan, a district in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. The text is set during the upheavals that came as a result of the Afghanistan Monarchy’s fall due to the Soviet invasion, the migration of many people from Afghanistan, and the subsequent rise of the Taliban.
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Explaining How Sophocles Oedipus Exemplifies or Refutes Aristotles Definition of a Tragic Hero Literature Research Paper
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Sophocles’ Oedipus is one of the most well-known tragic heroes in the history of drama. Indeed, his unusual fate leads him to a very uncharacteristic and tragic downfall that leaves both the audience and readers emotionally affected. His troublesome story qualifies him as a tragic hero according to the definition of the Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
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Text Analysis: As a Means of Understanding Translated Texts Literature Essay
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The theme is what the writer talks about in the entire text; everything revolves around it in a text. It also points out to a reader what they can expect in a clause. Following the sampling and analysis of the texts, a theme is identified as the major issues before a main verb and rheme as the main thing after the main verb.
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The Role of Illustrations in William Blakes Poems Literature Essay
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The poems included in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake are unusual for their day not only due to their simple appearances and deeper meanings but also by the way in which the poet, artist, engraver illustrated them, providing his readers with the rare opportunity to glimpse his thoughts in creating each poem.
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Heart of Darkness Literature Book Report/Review
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Conrad's fiction is not unwavering in its commitment to the living voice; the antithesis between the spoken word and 'cold, silent, colorless print' gradually develops into a more complex opposition between authentic and inauthentic language where the latter comprehends any spoken or written discourse that flaunts its own uprootedness, figurality or ambiguity.
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The Left Hand of Darkness Literature Essay
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The mystical ability of certain human beings to see into the future brings an element of fantasy into the novel. The characters with precognitive powers are Paul and members of Bene Gesserit. Paul’s precognition gives him control to shape events in the present to attain the results he desires. Of all his powers, precognition is the most useful, as well as the most terrifying.
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Literature Literature review
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Now it was all coarse and common, and I would not have had Miss Havisham and Estella see it on any account” (108).  Rather than wishing to become a blacksmith in Joe’s smithy, Pip finds his aspirations have now become to be a gentleman worthy of receiving Estella’s love.  It is foreshadowing to see that at a time when Pip should be happiest.
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An Analysis of the Function of Sylphs in Rape of the Lock Literature Book Report/Review
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The whole poem is a critique of the flawed social morals of 18 century London, and its superfluous life is laid bare through the invisible characters. So The major portion of first and second Cantos are devoted to imparting how the elite people lived with extreme sophistication; hence the description on sylph is a pointer to this fact.
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Literature Literature review
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The transformation of the boys from civilisation to savagery is yet another aspect, which develops along with the plot. This could be realised from the glasses of Piggy. It would be fine if we mention the “Glasses” of Piggy as being personified by Golding to reveal the transformation-taking place in the boys.
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The Unchanging and Unchangeable Nature Literature Literature review
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This seemingly subjective nature of time has been observed in many cultures around the world and, as such, is often used as a central theme of many literary works. For many authors of any genre, the interplay of time is a fascinating subject, particularly as it is struggled against or embraced, passes or is made to stop in some fashion.
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Specifically Feminine Desire of Louise Labe Literature Term Paper
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Labe is best known for her exquisite collection of love sonnets in which she played off the Petrarchan male tradition with wit and irony. Her elegies, with lyrics skilfully composed, were an answer to predecessors such as Sappho and Ovid. She was revered, maligned, acclaimed as well as brushed aside all at once.
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The Theme of Hunger and Poverty in Angela's Ashes Literature Term Paper
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Frank has to carry lots of burden of responsibility of the family on his young shoulders. But he remains loyal to his father and this is the typical Irish quality of familial love. He loves his father’s intellectual brilliance, his flair for storytelling and the style in which he tries to kindle the spirit patriotism. 
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Late-Nineteenth Century American Poetry, Women Fiction, and Prose Literature Literature review
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As a protest to the revivalist trends in religion, the transcendentalists looked for happiness in little things in life. During this period, the Native Americans, the original inhabitants of America, rose in revolt against the white colonizers. The Norton Anthology, Volume C, covered the latter half of this period between 1985-1914.
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The Impact of Wilkie Collins Had on Charles Dickens Life And Works Literature Essay
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The story of The Women in White has nearly everything the romantic reader wants (no risk for spoilers here, I daresay): dark woods, stormy nights, tender love, mysterious characters, murderous intentions, fraudulence, stolen fortunes, kidnappings, look-alikes, gruesome church-yards, secret societies, Italian villains. 
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Aristotles Theory of Tragedy in the Poetics Literature Essay
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Creon faces the consequences with a stone-cold face. He continues to run his kingdom without the slightest bit of wavering emotion, just as he feels a ruler should. Thus Creon is the tragic hero for all who should have died had died on the cause of Creon's actions and thus found Creon finally in the state of nothingness.
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Comparison of The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Bhagavad-Gita Literature Book Report/Review
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     The purpose of life according to the Gita was to remain in the world of humans, participate in all the struggles and at the same time continually strive to seek a comprehensive understanding of God and the concept of unity with God. Also, one should not seek rewards for personal actions but do one’s duty without thinking of the fruits.
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The Fork in the Road Literature Essay
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Finally, I realized my problem was that I was putting myself into the story. Once that was decided, I realized I was very limited on what the other characters thought, but could include more detail regarding setting and could develop the characters to a greater degree through characteristics and behaviors rather than simple description.
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Conrad's Heart of Darkness Literature Book Report/Review
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 Conrad leads the reader on a path of discovery so that he can reach similar conclusions on his own. One tool that Conrad uses to accomplish this is the use of various narrative devices. This has long been observed, and it has been suggested that the variation of Conrad's narrative technique from straight-forward discourse helps to destabilize the cultural assumptions that supported colonialism.
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