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Theme of Despair in Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway Literature Book Report/Review
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At the onset, the narrative of Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” seemed to be typical which tells of a wife who saw a cat outside and tried to “make herself compact so that she would not be dripped on” by the waters of the rain. As expected, she expressed that she is going to get it where her husband offered to instead get it for her.
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World Lit. From Ancient to Middle Ages Literature Essay
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The third part of the story proceeds in a town before moving to the countryside. The story utilizes varied forms of literary devices including symbolism, imagery, and allegory. The poet elaborates every occurrence in an epic
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Moral Theme in A Good Man is Hard to Find Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the grandmother in the story A Good Man is Hard to Find does convey moral depravity and wavering throughout the story, which emphatically comes out as an anathema to the Misfit, who irrespective of being a criminal, does depict much moral consistency and commitment.
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Analyze Potery Literature Assignment
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Be sure to focus on each work’s structure and each writer’s use of poetic elements, as well as the language, imagery, and themes of both works. Include specific examples from the texts of both poems to prove your points. Answer:
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The Age of Reconnaissance Literature Essay
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Besides, the geographical discoveries made it possible for the 1st  major victories that were of empirical inquiry to occur. The period brought about the close association of pure science, technology as well as everyday activities, a discovery that proved to be an essential characteristic of the modern developed world.
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Liberty and the State Literature Essay
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The author of the text provides the description of the events happened in "The Plague". Namely, the reader gets to know that the narrator of the writing, Dr. Rieux, and his colleague Castel, fight for some official action, but it is only when the reality of the plague is absolutely impossible to ignore does the city go into quarantine.
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Childrens Views of Love In Tony Morrisons The Bluest Eye Literature Research Paper
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Dick and Jane are caricatures of the values of a blue-eyed society and how those values are communicated. In Morrison’s bigger story for which they provide the punctuation, the “bluest” eye represents the “blindest” eye because it equates beauty and love and defines beauty as itself and therefore renders itself blind to both beauty and love. 
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Analysis of Four Short Stories Literature Essay
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According to the author of the text, "Barn Burning" is the first of the four short stories to be examined. As it is stated, the story begins with Abner Snopes, the father, on trial for burning down a barn. The reader is immediately brought into the story with the words, "The store in which the Justice of the Peace's court was sitting smelled like cheese".
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Analysis of Poems Written by Robert Frost Literature Research Paper
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While traveling alone, the poet reaches a point where the road gets bifurcated. Here he is forced to make a choice. He decides not to travel by the road more frequented and goes walking through the less traveled road. It was less traveled, but those who had traveled through it had worn it to some extent 
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Analysis of a History Book Literature Book Report/Review
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In it, he writes about the plague of locusts, famine, and epidemic which afflicted Edessa and its surrounding region from 494 A.D. to 502 A.D., and the wars between the Persian King Kawad and the Byzantine emperor Anastasius in northern Mesopotamia between 502 A.D. and 506 A. D.
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A comparison between Leonardo and Michelangelo on the works of the two artists Literature Essay
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In the analysis of the contributions of Leonardo and Michaelangelo, the query on who had made better impressions as a Renaissance man can be considered inevitable. Michaelangelo was referred to as
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A look into Antonias struggle throughout her childhood and adolescence Literature Essay
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Antonia in the book My Antonia is both a character and a symbol of many things. Cather has conveyed this to the audience in the introduction in these words, “[Ántonia was] a Bohemian girl whom we had known long ago and whom both of us admired. In her childhood, Antonia has to go through a lot of hard times.
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Gender Inequality in The Chrysanthemums Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that there are different literary elements and themes that have been used by the author to advance his themes. This essay discusses the theme of gender inequality in the book “The Chrysanthemums”. The setting of the story in “The Chrysanthemums” and the characters involved do not appreciate the intelligence of women in society.
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The Good, Lonely Company of Books Literature Article
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Reading is of pinnacle importance in our society, and our schools try to teach, test and evaluate literacy more than almost anything else. Yet with all this focus on the ability to read and write, something can often be lost: the magic of the written text. There is something truly amazing about the fact that anyone can put their ideas on paper.
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Allusions in Hamlet Literature Essay
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It tells the players that he wants the play to be as realistic as possible. This also develops the above-mentioned theme by reinforcing Hamlets seriousness about his purpose (to reveal his
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The Making of a Quagmire Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Halberstam demonstrates that familiarity beings contempt, especially in war. Although the Vietnamese had makeshift weapons, their understanding of the geographical landscape offered an advantage over the Americans. On the same note, one can also not help but to notice that crisis unites.
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Theories of Mayan Disappearance Literature Essay
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They became famous in A.D. 250 in areas known today as southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize, and western Honduras. Theories abound about the collapse of the Mayan civilization. Two theories will be explained in this essay. The first theory about the disappearance of the Mayan civilization is due to uncontrolled warfare.
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The Politics of Pants and Cross-Gender Dressing Literature Essay
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The time involved to reach the current time since its advent in the 18th century aided in its gradual establishment in society. Somehow, since it is now commonly practiced, the only thing religious organizations could do it to criticize and nothing more. Attitude is certainly one of the most telling aspects of its transpiration.
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DULCE ET DECORUM EST It's sweet and right--die for one's country Literature Essay
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As such, the mechanism of poetry will be briefly analyzed in this short essay with respect to Wilfred Owens’ poem, “DULCE ET DECORUM EST”. This analysis will work to show how the
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Death of a Salesman Literature Research Paper
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The materialistic approach of the American society, craze for aggrandizement of wealth, done at the cost of personal truth and moral vision, has caused irreparable damage to the citadel of American Dream. “The Death of a Salesman,” is an example how an imperfect family model can be the cause of miseries for all members of the family.
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Treading Grapes by Martha Bennett Stiles Literature Book Report/Review
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This paper aims to support the chosen thesis by providing examples from the short story “Treading Grapes”. The author has allowed readers to closely read about the lives of poor people. This has been done by illumining the lives of poor people who make use of public and private places officially and unofficially.
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Narrating Women's Space Literature Book Report/Review
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We consider this space as personal because of the expression that causes an interior feeling within her only. Isadora Wing, who happens to be the protag in this book, is a poet
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Critical Interpretation of Nora in the Play: A Dolls House Literature Research Paper
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She further learns that so far, she has lived the life of a doll which is expected, by the patriarchal society, to appease her husband, Torvald. This realization provokes her to leave Torvald’s house in the first place since the concept of ‘house’ itself is a patriarchal apparatus for subjugating within the purview of male monopoly.
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Xenia in Odyssey in Comparison with Todays Society Literature Essay
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Zeus, the king of gods in Greece was a traveler who will walk for long distances without food and shelter and depended on the hospitality of the people along his way. This created a responsibility for the Greek people to be hospitable to other travelers as well as breaching the rules governing xenia in Greek attracted punishment from Zeus.
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Mary Oliver's piece of reading Of power and time Literature Essay
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Of power and time by Mary Oliver is an exciting piece of reading because of the passionate and very deep manner that the writer explores the ideas and themes evident in the article that makes one relate to them. The distractions that lead to concentration loss vividly enumerated descriptively by the author.
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Aristotle Understanding of Nature of Human Soul Literature Essay
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Throughout the years, the soul has received enormous discussion, disagreement, and efforts to define its meaning among philosophers and the religious populace. It has grown to be an outstanding theme of interest among intellectuals of all scopes of life. Considering this immense reaction, conceivably one could deduce that the soul is reality scenery because the facts of millennia have some basis in actuality.
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A Reader of North American Short Stories Literature Literature review
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In times of hunger, she did all she could just to get food on the table lest it eating poisonous mushrooms to protect the children. In this essay, the motherly aspects of Mary will be elicited here. In the story, Mary says, “I’d rather go with a family and look after kids”.This statement implicated that Mary has some motherly care in her.
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The Norton Anthology of World Literature Literature Essay
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The periods in which they lived were different and, therefore, their motivations were different.  Notably, the authors lived in a time when the political, social, and economic atmospheres differed from the current ones (Becker, 2012). Therefore, their experiences were entirely different from what a contemporary writer would experience.
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The shakespearean Sonnet Literature Assignment
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However, he highlights that his lover transcends nature because she does not have such disappointments. Her beauty is not likely to fade. He goes on to highlight that her beauty shall be preserved through his lines in
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The Ministers Black Veil Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Nathanial Hawthorne wrote from a deep immersion in the Puritan world, having had ancestors that landed on North American soil with a Bible in one hand and a sword in the other, ready to tame the wilderness. His hometown of Salem, Massachusetts was the setting for the most brutal witch trials documented in this country.
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Classics and the Man of Letters Literature Essay
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The author explains that Eliot begins his address by paraphrasing from an article that he read which promoted studying Greek, but only as one might study Egyptology. Eliot object to this characterization as it, while promoting the classics, downplays their central significance to a proper and complete education.
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Analysis of The Road Not Taken Poem by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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From the wear and tear of the road, the speaker is able to identify which road is frequently used by travelers and which one is the least used. Between these two paths, he has to decide which one he is going to make use of. After lots of thinking he chooses the road seldom used. He prefers the unfamiliar path rather than the safe one. 
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English Renaissance Period Literature Essay
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Italy specialised in Art, Spain in Architecture, France in Music, England can be justly said to have specialized in Literature in the Renaissance period. The products of Shakespearean Age are read and appreciated all over the world even to this day and age and none other could deny their contributions to Literature in the world or even take precedence on them in this field.
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Literary Devices in I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak Literature Book Report/Review
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In the echoes of light in my lounge room, I let my fingers hold the card gently as if it might break or crease in my hands. Three addresses are written on it in the same writing as on the envelope. I read them slowly, watchfully. There’s an eeriness slipping over my hands. It makes its way inside me and travels, quietly gnawing at my thoughts.
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(LOVE) The Nature and Meaning of Work in American Society Literature Annotated Bibliography
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has joined in the efforts of promoting employment opportunities for its citizens to ensure virtually all its citizens are engaged in meaningful activity to earn a living legitimately. The administration has passed legislations aimed at promoting investment opportunities both
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Poetry of William Butler Yeats Review Literature Book Report/Review
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In addition to this he states that he loves her changing face as she aged. He states that he, “loved the sorrows of your changing face” (Yeats, 7-8). In this instance, the ‘sorrows’ seem to represent the effects of age.
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The Story A Rose for Emily: a Non-Chronological Fashion in the Story Literature Essay
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Faulkner used a non-chronological order in the story to create the suspense as well as to keep the readers guessing as they go through the story, as they cannot know for sure what might happen next in the story. Predictable stories are generally boring and very common. Use of a non-chronological order makes the story more interesting.
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The Part of Viola in the Real Life Literature Essay
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Viola was an orphan who experienced a shipwreck and she decided to live her life without the help of others and wanted to pursue a career. Similarly, the experiences of my life have made me strong enough and have promoted me to stand on my own feet and not depend on others. It takes courage to be a different person from a different sex in reality.
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The Importance of Supernova Literature Essay
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Supernova causes the brightness of light leashed through the cosmos, and eventually, it is the death of a star with an explosion. These happen in two ways: when stars are out of nuclear fuel and they can’t handle their own weight due to lack of pressure, they collapse. Secondly, when matter piles up on the core of a dead star and an explosion takes place due to sufficient density.
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Is the Proposal by Swift Inconceivable by Any Individual of Sound Mind Literature Essay
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The author of the paper will begin with the statement that a modest proposal by Jonathan Swift is a true application of understatement as a rhetorical device. This is observable from the title of the pamphlet and all through the stories narrated. While Swift titled the pamphlet a “Modest Proposal”, the proposals given are ironical and radical.
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The Life and Work of Guy de Maupassant Literature Research Paper
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The guy was eleven years old when his parents separated. His mother retained his custody, an action that would prove to be significant in his life. His mom was close friends with the sister of Flaubert, a famous nineteenth-century writer, whom Guy’s mother approached to offer advice on Guy and what she should do about him.
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In Black Boy by Richard Wright, what is Richard's implicit political philosophy Literature Essay
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affirms that large portions of the most significant decisions we have to make in life, for example, whether to trust in God or whether to put stock in adoration have no discerning or goal support (Wright 52). Such thoughts of levelheadedness and objectivity are just the
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Macbeth as a Tragic Hero Literature Essay
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At some time of a tragic hero, Macbeth may get to the top and be a fortune but lastly with fatal changes he finds his downfall. Therefore, Macbeth fits in the descriptions of a tragic hero his strengths and weaknesses as well as his tragic flaw depict a tragic hero. Macbeth’s play commences when he is from battle and had fought courageously thus as a reward to his bravely he earns the title of thane of Cawdor. 
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Belgian Colonialism in Africa Literature Essay
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The absurd brutality of the King's regime often seems absolutely irrational. Nevertheless, cruel tortures and murders remained an ordinary thing in the Congo Free State. This kind of treatment was the only means to retain power in the Colony and prevent mass revolts. In addition, as researchers suggest, “mass murder had a momentum of its own” (Hochschild, 234).
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Odysseus and Achilles in The Odyssey by Homer Literature Essay
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According to the paper findings, it can, therefore, be said that Achilles realizes that while he was a champion without comparing before he died, in death he has lost everything he held dear. His greatest desire is only to come to his father’s aid if it is so needed yet there is no way he can come up to the world of the living.
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Comparison analysis of poems To the Daisy and The Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Literature Research Paper
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There are two contradictory elements within the same object of nature. He experiences peace and fright with very brief periods of transitions. While the poet goes out to experience nature, he, in turn, derives inspiration, insight, education, and delight from her.
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The Use of Symbolism in The Iliad by Homer Literature Research Paper
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This essay discusses symbolism in The Iliad by Homer. It narrates an epic story and begins in the tenth year of the Trojan War when tensions are high among the Achaians. King Agamemnon was holding the priest’s daughter captive and the priest went to ask the king to set her free.
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Pompeii by Robert Harris Literature Assignment
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The author states that in these four short days, the young engineer Marcus Attilius will repair an aqueduct, navigate the treacherous halls of Roman politics, solve a mystery, sail with Pliny and fall in love; all while surviving a volcanic eruption 100,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb.
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The Ironies in the Life and Death of Peyton Farquhar Literature Essay
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He is standing on the edge of the bridge over the Owl Creek. No, Peyton Farquhar has no plan to dive into the creek water for a day’s swim -- at least for the moment. The water below is apparently uninviting, which is swirling and “racing madly” (Bierce 436). The image of the bridge, however, is more visible than the swirling stream itself.
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Native American Poetry Literature Essay
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Traditional Native American poetry was presented orally and included songs, such as lullabies, love songs, complaints, laments, curses, war cries, and death songs. It also included songs embedded in narratives that were performed by storytellers at dramatic or emotionally charged moments.
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