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Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid Literature Book Report/Review
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According to the text, the moral, psychological and intellectual development of the protagonist is carefully depicted in the novel. Admittedly, critics analyze the novel as the perfect picture of the transition from childhood to adolescence which is strictly assisted by her parents, especially mother.
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Antigone - a Play by Sophocles Literature Research Paper
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Antigone is not ready even to tolerate the humiliation of her brother’s dead body; it is, therefore, she is determined to bury the corpse according to the prevailing norms and rituals of the Thebes city. Though she has an unabated attachment with his dead brother Polyneices, yet she does not perform it merely out of sheer love for him. 
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The Relevance that the Study of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet has to the Modern World Literature Assignment
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According to the study, The Relevance that the Study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has to the Modern World, social power means the differences among important families, tribes, and gangs and how it interferes or helps with the social order. The family order involves the differences between the family's beliefs, religion and culture and how these beliefs affect  Society. 
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Seven Types of Ancient Heroes Literature Research Paper
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The concept of the ancient hero is deeply embedded in the history of literature as an indispensable element in an epic story. The hero is the culmination of the strength and power as the epitome of the savior of his community. He is the person leading an army in battle and representing his country in the pursuit of glory and to defend its honor.
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Women in Fitzgeralds Novels Literature Coursework
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The change in the language that the author uses shows the reader the dissimilarity of both ambitions and method of attaining them. While Myrtle being a lower citizen talks without control, Jordan lives her life in diplomacy. Fitzgerald provides no accessibility to her personal world that is later interpreted by Nick for the reader 
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Analysis of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Literature Book Report/Review
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When Alice realizes that she has no more options than to continue wandering, she proceeds to the mad hare’s house. There, she finds the hare and the hatter taking tea, but they tell her she cannot sit with them, which she does anyway. A confrontation ensues between her and the animals; in relation to a riddle, she was not able to give an answer to.
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The Heroine by Eaton Stannard Barrett Literature Essay
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The close examination of the topic death and literary contextualization of the works named as The Heroine by Eaton Stannard Barrett and A mother to her waking infant by Joanna Baillie prove that Barrett’s work is symbolic of burlesque/comic novel genre and focuses on the theme of death as a dream or temporary escapade from the material world.
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Rationality in The Garden Party and Kew Gardens Literature Essay
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Katherine Mansfield presents the first of these approaches in her short story “The Garden Party” while Virginia Woolf attempts to remove the separation between rationality and irrationality, arguing that the two exist side by side, in her short story “Kew Gardens.” In “The Garden Party”, Katherine Mansfield tells the story of a young girl as she helps her family prepare for a special garden party.
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Bless Me, Ultima - Rudolf Anaya's Novel Literature Research Paper
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Antonio is a young boy who faces many deaths and has to face issues related to religion. His childhood is disturbed owing to the conflict between his mother trying to make a priest out of him and his father who was ready to help him find his own choice of career. After meeting Ultima he understands that there are other concepts of gods.
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Parallel Universes Of The Sane And Insane Literature Research Paper
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The years at the asylum were truly a waste. The time spent pondering about the parallel universe of the sane and insane- Where does one end and the other begins?-- consumed several years of her life. Life and time that can never be turned back. Had she finally truly understood, separated and delineated these worlds so that she can be truly cured?
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The Concept of Race In Othello the Moor of Venice Literature Research Paper
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In Othello the Moor of Venice, the concept of race is addressed as Othello, a Moor is demonized by his wife’s father for supposedly implementing witchcraft in her seduction. In this text racial stereotypes abound, causing critics and contemporary audiences to continue to debate their intended meaning.
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Five Roads to the Future by Paul Starobin Literature Book Report/Review
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Chapter 6 of the book is devoted to returning of Russia to global politics. The author compares its first-rate military potential with the third rate economy. Despite contemporary weakness of Russia, it influences the places where American influence becomes to week, for example, Georgia.
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Foreshadowing in John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men Literature Research Paper
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Steinbeck artfully uses foreshadowing to detail the battle between friendship and idealism contrasted with isolation and reality in this tragic Great Depression Era story. Steinbeck himself cared deeply about the lives of migrant workers as evidenced by his compassionate tone and creation of complex characters struggling in a competitive society.  
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The Character Moshe the Beadle in The Night Literature Book Report/Review
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This also shows that apart from being caring he was also concerned. Moshe was also an awkward person he had strange ways of ways of doing things. He was also gentle and very religious. He created time daily in his busy schedule to study Talmud. He was hardworking as well; this is coming out when he studies Kabula by night and Talmud by day.
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Leviathan Written by Thomas Hobbes Literature Essay
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Hobbes contributed much to political philosophy with the main notable ideas being modern founder of the social contract tradition and also life in the state of nature is poor and short (Hobbes and Gaskin, 1998, p. 54) He also developed European fundamental liberal thoughts such as the rights of individual and equality nature of men.
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Analysis of The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Ariely Dan Literature Book Report/Review
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The main point of the second chapter is the possibility that a number of factors unrelated to the true value of a commodity. The first chapter established the fact that people lack an insight on determining the integral value of products, the second chapter contends that the first value tag is the decisive one.
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Was Prince Hamlet Incapable of Action Literature Essay
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This essay demonstrates that psychoanalytic readings of the play identify his predicament as the outcome of ‘Oedipus complex’, derived from the Greek play by Sophocles, and referring to a state where the son undergoes a phase in which his subconscious mind fosters a libidinal drive towards the mother.
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Shelleys Use of Masculine and Feminine Roles Literature Essay
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In addition, the theme of knowledge leading to destruction is probably coming from the influence of the Church. Women at their time are more religious than men, being intellectually limited in society, while men tend to be more scientific in approach. Thus, this book places a limitation on what is man’s domain, and what is God’s domain.
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Issues Regarding Gender Discrimination In Society In Literature Literature Research Paper
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Ibsen has captured a woman’s fancy of being loved and protected by a strong yet loving male persona (Shideler). Ibsen questions such wishful thinking and refers it to be an extension of the male-dominated structure of society and the way it has conditioned the thoughts of both the sexes regarding their respective roles.
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Langston Hughes and August Wilson's Portrayals of African Americans Literature Research Paper
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This paper tells that Wilson received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1987 and 1990; Hughes received awards and recognition as being listed as one of 100 Greatest African Americans to having a series of postal stamps designs in 2002. Strangely, both were said to have had strained relationships with their fathers and came from a racially mixed background.
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Accuracy of APA Style Literature Research Paper
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This article came from a popular magazine in the sports world. The readership of this publication views this source as reliable. The article was detailed on the subject and included verifiable facts. The drawback of this source was that it was a shorter article and was not as consistent with the other information that I had found.
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Edgar Allen Poe and the Fall of Mankind Literature Term Paper
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Decay creeps in toward the end of the poem as “evil things in robes of sorrow” that “old time entombed”. Images such as the “red-litten windows” symbolizing red-rimmed eyes, “a ghastly rapid river” and “a hideous throng” symbolizing thoughts and ideas turned bad, work together to complete the horror of the poem 
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Lev Tolstoy Literature Research Paper
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Ivan Ilyich lived in St.Petersburg with his family. His life is without worries and he is always struggled to raise his social status in the society. For this purpose, he has to become a the person like others. Ivan Ilyich is sick of his wife, who has nothing new instead of demanding all the time but he, his relations with her.
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Shakespeares Othello The Moore of Venice as a Tragedy Literature Research Paper
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According to Bradley, “There is practically no doubt that Othello was the tragedy written next after Hamlet”, “[and it] is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible” (Bradley, 1905 p.176). Othello is probably the most neatly, the most formally constructed of Shakespeare’s plays. While dealing with the concept of a tragedy and tragic hero, the majority of the researchers adopt the studies of the great thinker and scholar Aristotle. 
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The Work Created by the Spanish Choreographer Juan Ignacio Duato Literature Research Paper
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According to the paper, The Work Created by the Spanish Choreographer Juan Ignacio Duato, Duato began his dancing career in England since Spain did not have reputable dance schools. At age 16, he attended Ballet Rambert School.".  Although he was told that his age served as a barrier to dance, but his teachers told him that he possessed something inspiring.
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Analysis of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice in the Context of Anti-female Sexism in Society and the Economy Literature Research Paper
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In Pride and Prejudice, there are similar gender and sexism dynamics involved with the characters’ relationships. As Darcy becomes more able to change and falls in love with Elizabeth, this change leads him into a more sensitive position in which he is freed from his early habit of patriarchal absolutism.  
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Morality as Defined by Mark Twain Literature Research Paper
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According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that although there are not always clear distinctions made between social morality and individual morality, there are frequently situations one encounters in life where personal feelings of justice or fair play prompt one to react against the expectations of social order.
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The African Congo in Heart of Darkness Literature Essay
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 Some critics, like Frances Singh, have looked at the ways in which Conrad and his narrator Marlow use language to dissociate themselves from the horrors of imperialism. Singh is particularly interested in the ways in which Conrad assumes the conventions of the Gothic genre to create an atmosphere of unreal horror in Heart of Darkness.
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William Shakespeare: Poet, Dramatist, and Man Literature Research Paper
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The author states that plays of his period were not seen for the works of great literature that they are seen today. The way in which the English public viewed actors and acting made the plays seem trivial, similar to current day situation comedies. However, the accredited work to William Shakespeare is considered to have coveted roles for actors.
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T.S Eliots The Wasteland, its Richness and Cataloguing Sequences Literature Assignment
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Though many cultured readers find it amusing to check their knowledge of the greats against Eliot, there is much more to the poem then simply referencing. The language of the poem is in itself a mark of what makes the work ‘literary’. The literary traditions of the past felt that the ideology of a text is what placed it foremostly as a work of literature.
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Young Goodman Brown Literature Research Paper
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In the book she co-edited with Dane Anthony Morrison, entitled Salem: Place, Myth and Memory, Nancy Shultz states that “Hawthorne set Salem firmly into our imaginations by emphasizing two main aspects of the town’s history: the witch hysteria and the rise and fall of Salem’s glory days…his fascination with Puritan imagination informed his treatment of Salem past ".
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Analysis of So Far From God by Ana Castillo Literature Book Report/Review
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in conclusion, the notion of modernity is evident with Esperanza’s wish for a new life. Her search for independence brings out the notion of detachment from her old life into a new one. Unfortunately, her death in a foreign land, while pursuing her dreams, brings out the notion of bereavement to Sofi who by now has lost all of her daughters
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A Puritan and Social Contextualization of Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown Literature Research Paper
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“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne has provided a way for contemporary people of entering into the social and cultural life of the Puritan community in Salem in 1690s. Nathaniel Hawthorne questions his own religion by constructing a story along with a vivid character, Goodman Brown, a young Puritan man with a dream in Salem.
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Summary of the Novel Night by Elie Wiesel Literature Book Report/Review
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The irony is understood from the perspective of God and Hitler on the Jewish people. Hitler had promised to wipe out all the Jews of Europe and he appeared to keep his promise by executing them (Wiesel 132). God had promised the Jews that they were his chosen people and would rule over the earth but with the tribulations, they faced under Hitler.
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Femininity on Pride and Prejudice Literature Term Paper
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"Pride and Prejudice" offers a lot of rules of femininity, ones that, if women did not follow, they would not appear appealing to potential suitors. It was believed that since women had to be appealing to men, then men should be the ones to lay down the ideals of what constitutes as a perfect woman. 
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Dantes Inferno Literature Book Report/Review
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In fact, it is one of the first literary works written in modern standard Italian language. This masterpiece is the main reason why Dante, who is both the author and principal character of the Divine Comedy, is often referred to as the father of literary Italian language. In this essay, I will summarize and analyze the first part of Divine Comedy.
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Autobiographical Main Character Traits in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Literature Coursework
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The story behind Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is Switzerland, the experience acquired from reading “Fantasmagoriana,” and more specifically the German ghost story “The Vampyre.” Shelley came to write “Frankenstein” after getting past a writer’s block after reading “Polidori” from “Fantasmagoriana.”
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Virginia Woolf: Three Guineas Literature Research Paper
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The author states on the subject of gender, Woolf is very often cited by feminists in their work and one of these new areas which had attracted special scholarly research interest is the role of women as victims in war and the ways in which women could be utilized to prevent wars in the first place.
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The Great Gatsby Characters Literature Research Paper
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For the most, the characters are not pleasant or sympathetic. Indeed, Wilson stated, “The only bad of it is that the characters are mostly so unpleasant in themselves that the story becomes rather bitter before one has finished with it”. But Fitzgerald did not want to sugar coat his characters so that everyone would love and empathize with them.  
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Thomas Sprats Influence in Jonathan Swifts Writing Style Literature Term Paper
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Jonathan Swift satirizes the intellectualism of academy and particularly the Royal Society in Part III of Gulliver’s Travels. The Royal Society included prominent scientists like Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, and Thomas Sprat. Thomas Sprat’s History of the Royal Society, which could be regarded as the Society’s official ideology of science.
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Southern Secession Commissioners and Causes of Civil War Literature Book Report/Review
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The Southern states had sent commissioners to the other states to convince them to secede (separate) from the rest of the United States because the Republicans under the United States President Abraham Lincoln did not agree with the Southern States’ decision to exercise the States’ right to keep the slaves as personal property of the Southern slave owners.
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Confucian Ideas in Confucius Lives Next Door Literature Book Report/Review
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T. R. Reid uses “Confucius Lives Next Door” to illustrate how the teachings of the ancient philosopher and political activist, known in the West as Confucius, have influenced East Asian cultures as they have risen in economic power. Confucius’s teachings revolve around loyalty between individuals and the groups they belong to.
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Great Gatsby - Film Adaptation Literature Term Paper
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The film "The Great Gatsby" includes a cast of characters dwelling in the town of West Egg during the summer of 1922. The film revolves around a mysterious and younger millionaire called Jay Gatsby. The film is composed of different themes. It teaches the audience about the kind of life to adapt and how to relate with other within a society.
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Arthur Dimmesdale as a Tragic Hero Literature Essay
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            Although Dimmesdale is respected by the town and is generally a kind man, though his public actions show he is not a hero. He allows Hester and Pearl to publicly suffer for the adulterous “crime” and to be shunned by the townspeople. Instead of taking personal responsibility and standing with them, he decides to try to repent inwardly and in private, in part by branding himself with his own A.
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Cinderella's Different Stories Literature Assignment
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Princess Megan Rose in an item for Children's Literature Class in college compared three versions of the story and found that they all had the basic narrative structure but Disney made the greatest digressions and made it almost cartoonish and she felt that it could have been the reason for its greater appeal.    
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The Issue of Homelessness in Suitcase Lady by Christine McLaren Literature Essay
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The mood in this essay is characterized as somber and eerily comforting. The author’s use of short and concise sentences presents the information factually as if there is no question or doubt about the suitcase lady’s struggling story. Her too long of a French name, her watery eyes, her gentle care in handling the belongings in her suitcase are comforting images and thoughts for the reader.
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Stephen Leacocks How to Live to be 200 and Catherine Pigotts Chicken-Hips Literature Essay
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While Leacock attacks the men who take themselves to the heights of nonsense in exercise and staying fit, Pigott explains how the concept of feminine beauty changes from culture to culture, hinting at the Western obsession of self-punishment by denying oneself food and peace of mind in order to stay slim.
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Bloody Mary as an Urban Legend Literature Assignment
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Officially speaking, an urban legend is any story that is circulated within a given population and believed, at least by some, to be true.  These stories are usually intended to frighten or restrict behavior in some form or fashion.  An example of an urban legend is the story of Bloody Mary.
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Robert Frost Poem The Road Not Taken Literature Book Report/Review
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From two diverging roads, he selected the one that was deserted and left the one that was opted a lot. Poetry was not seen as a profession but Frost adopted it. He chose the path of poetry and left farming and he himself says that he “shall be telling this a sigh”, which indicates that he had a liking for farming as well and was not happy to leave it. 
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Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Literature Essay
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The twittering sparrows account for a primary symbol in the story. The number of birds as Mrs. Mallard saw in the eaves symbolizes her yearning for freedom beyond the walls of their house. Sparrows in literature are regarded with the characteristic of being lewd. This could even translate to lust and sparrows are common symbols in Greek literature and mythology.
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