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Female Gender and Identity Built in the Works of Classical Chinese Literature Literature Term Paper
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The first ritual that the baby girl is placed under the bed signified her lowly and weak status. The second ritual provides her a potsherd to play with that was a symbol that she was expected to exercise labor. The final ritual of declaring her name to the ancestors indicated that she will value her fundamental responsibility of continuing worship.
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Pride Leading to the Protagonists Downfall Literature Essay
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Pride in itself can be seen as a positive attribute, but when it is expressed in arrogance and defiance of fate and the gods, it becomes a fatal flaw that leads to their downfall.  Aristotle stated, "the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus".
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Summary and Analysis of The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Literature Book Report/Review
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It is said that Madame’s husband comes home and gives to her an invitation to a high-class party. Madame complains that she has nothing decent enough to wear, but her husband gives in and helps to pay for a gown. After also complaining about having no jewelry, Madame goes to her friend, Jeanne Forestier, borrows what she believes to be expensive. 
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Growing Up Stories in the Young Goodman Brown and My Kinsman, Major Molineux Literature Book Report/Review
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Brown comes to suspect everyone around him for having no faith and pretending to be virtuous Christians. His connection with the people who used to be his friends are now strained as he has seen them be sinners in his view of reality and this makes him doubt their sincerity as well as his own towards his faith.
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Liberty and Freedom Two Most Enduring Themes in American Literature Literature PowerPoint Presentation
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The contemporary happenings in the society and the birth pangs of a new country were far too loud for the sensitive minds to ignore and a bold new crop of writers came to the fore to give shape and words to this noble sentiment of an infant nation. While they were not much known for their literary achievements during their life time, later generations have gradually come to realize the importance and individuality of these writers. 
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Literature Book Report/Review
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 Willy Loman’s character as portrayed by Miller captures the trauma of one who cannot compromise and change with the new trend of a mechanized and modernized world and hence suffers from perpetual neurosis. The other characters like Biff, Happy, Bernard, and Charley contribute to bringing out the different aspects and nuances of Willy’s character.
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A Carcass by Charles Baudelaire Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the poem revolves around the look of the body and the smell that the body has after being kept there for long. The poem gives details as to how the animal stinks and what life brings about after one is dead. The narrator is trying to tell that an individual has everything when is living but when he is dead he has nothing.
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The film and characters of To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Essay
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These two social issues are the specific concepts the film embraces because racial discrimination is evident in the conviction of the innocent black man while the prejudice of individuals who are deemed to be different by social standards is represented in the film with the society’s treatment of the character Boo Radley.
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The Lottery by Shirline Jackson Literature Book Report/Review
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The portrayal of a highly extreme form of evil within this ordinary and calm atmosphere seems to drive forth the notion that appearances can be deceptive and that people are not always the same as they seem to be. In other words, it seems that beneath a friendly and sociable outlook of a person, there may be evil hidden beneath. 
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Protagonists Sojourn in Self Awareness Literature Coursework
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All three protagonists show their individuality. They stand up against vices like slavery, communalistic belief systems, and the oppression of women; but they are not rebels trying to destroy the social order. The literary elements are applied to structure the narrative, with the purpose to build up the climax of the stories.
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Spoken Word Poetry Literature Book Report/Review
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The first fallacy is the statement poetry that has been produced in academia is by and large viewed by many as staid, isolated and irrelevant (Nester xiii). The second one is about the new slam poet as taking or carrying the torch of the village griot (ibid. xv). The first is a fallacy because it makes big sweeping conclusions without any valid proof behind it.
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Different Forms of Literature Literature Essay
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Drama, poetry and short story all evolve on a given theme and use conflict to fuel the literary form. For example, “The Road Not Taken” and “A Worn Path” use the theme of the journey while “Riders to the Sea” evolves around the theme of loss and human endurance. In addition, all three poems have conflicts involving two choices.
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The Two Stories Minutes of Glory and the Keeper of the Virgins Literature Essay
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Often in works of literature, writers explore different themes and use different genres of literature to explore the themes. There is, however, instances in which two different writers explore the same themes despite the differences in their backgrounds.  Beatrice is unstable and cannot hold a job for a considerable period of time.
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The Anticipation of Spring Literature Essay
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February lingers, and so too does the restricting confines of a cold bed tainted by lonely nights. With that said a close explication of Margaret Atwood’s “February” will be taken to illustrate how Atwood applies thematic language, imagery, and an unconventional rhyme scheme to develop and reinforce the poem’s message.
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Ernest Hemingway, Indian Camp and The Doctor and the Doctors Wife Literature Essay
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This includes death versus life, endurance versus suicide and pain versus suffering. As depicted, Dr. Adams is not a trained doctor. First, he performs the operation in the camp. He also asks Nick to assist in holding
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Mark Twains The War-Prayer Literature Essay
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Generally speaking, as Twain writes about the minister trying to encourage and incite patriotism among the people, he also writes about a pale stranger, apparently a Messenger from God, who walks up in front of the congregation to make the people realize the unspoken reality of what they are pushing for.
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The Poems Written by Dickinson Literature Essay
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The poems were written by Dickinson usually talk about death. These four poems: “My life had stood a loaded gun”, “I heard a fly buzz when I died”, “At half-past three a single bird” and “I died for beauty -but was scarce” also point towards the fickleness of life and how unpredictable everything is in life.
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A short reflection on The Lady With the Per Dog by Anton Chekhov Literature Essay
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s appearance, in his character, in his whole nature, there was something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed them in his favor; he knew that, and some force seemed to draw him, too, to them” (Chekhov). Anna is a typical upper-class married woman, who enjoys
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Tartuffe's Religious hypocrisy Literature Essay
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But the play’s underlying message is that in reality Tartuffe is a hypocrite in religious garment. Indeed Moliere’s primary target is to satirize the hypocrisy of the 17th century religious system, with humor
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Life of PI by Yann Martel Literature Essay
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However, on telling them the story, they disbelieve what he says. They say that they find his story quite interesting but express their disbelief. The two officers use their reasoning and find the story untrue. They do not understand how Pi survived for all that long time living with a tiger in the boat.
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A Lens of the American Multiculturalism Literature Essay
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The author states that in the midst of varied challenges such as family disputes, cultural change, migration, and divorce, the families strive to maintain solidarity. In the context of American multiculturalism, Snow, Julia Alvarez’s story has interesting loopholes that attract criticism. Yolanda shows that her vocabulary is gradually growing.
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On Being Brought from Africa to America Literature Assignment
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The author states that arguably, these texts span over more than a century in the timeframes of their publication. Despite this, it is evident that these texts relay a form of similarity in information. Although set at a time when racial prejudice was at its height, all three texts discuss the aspect of racial equality, directly and indirectly.
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The Representation of Women in Jane Eyre and Frankenstein Literature Book Report/Review
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As far as Jane Eyre is concerned, Jane Austen is very specific to locate all the possibilities of giving freedom even at the very tough moments in life. Jane is able to come out of the critical circumstances and manage a living fo her own decisions, however, with the help of certain characters such as Mr.Lloyd, Mary, Diana, and St.John.  
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Women in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice Literature Essay
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It becomes easy to see Portia as the heroine of the play simply because she outshines all other players. In comparison to Antonio, she is smarter as well as more determined, in comparison to her lover, she is more virtuous and finally, in comparison to shylock, she is like the other characters, more Christian. In fact, the play could have been easily titled, The Brilliant Cross Dressing Lawyer.
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The Coming-of-Age Story of a Boy Growing Up in a Place Besieged by War Literature Book Report/Review
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The book details H’s life as he grew up in the port city of Kobe, Japan during the 1930s and also his life after the end of World War II. It is about how life in Kobe changes as the war with China, and later on with the United States progresses. He's about seven years old when the story begins. Japan then is at war with China.
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Literary terms sentences Literature Essay
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The poem This Is Just to Say could be paraphrased as follows: the speaker writes a note by way of a half-hearted apology to indicate
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Narrative Perspectives of A Distant Shore by Caryl Philips and Kehinde by Emechet Literature Essay
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These writers only express their unfulfilled expectations in the present society; the writers might be influenced by the painful experience in the colonial period, however, they feel that they have a social responsibility of changing the society’s view of women in the case of Emecheta and in the case of Philip, the social view of women, race, and ethnicity.
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Establishing Identity Through Literature Task2 Literature Essay
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This leads to a negative perception of the other which is an incorrect judgment as the other may have very positive qualities. Otherness leads to discrimination as the other is seen to lack the right qualities.
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan Summary Literature Book Report/Review
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It is interesting to state that Jing-mei fakes almost everything to do with the training, probably taking advantage of the deaf piano teacher. She is therefore seen making a fortune out of her mother’s blunder. What she does not know is the extent to which her mother is interested in her piano skills.
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The Death of Hector Literature Essay
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The passage shows that while deciding about the fate of mortals, the gods were motivated by their own emotions as Athena’s role in the fall of Troy was due to her bitterness towards Paris in making a decision about another goddess on the issue of being most beautiful. The Greek gods seem to have human emotions.
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The Significance of Quilts or Quilting in Alias Grace Literature Essay
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Generally, through the characters, the author captures the moment of that time and discloses to the reader how women were treated by their male counterparts of those days. However, the men are also explored too and their picture of the time is brought to the mind of the reader in an indulging manner.
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1) Discuss the theme of lying and dishonesty in Sophocles' Philoctetes and Euripides Medea Literature Essay
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This paper will show the instances of lying and dishonesty in these two tragedies and discuss their impact on the outcomes in the two plays. As
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Kim Novel Review by the renowned novelist Rudyard Kipling Literature Book Report/Review
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From this paper, it is clear that Kim, the character of his novel, dwells on the aforementioned in a very apt and descriptive manner, like many of his other novels, such as the acclaimed The Jungle Book. The story is set in a period, which is contemporary to the novel’s publication; its background is the Indian subcontinent of the British Empire.
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Character Description and Analysis Literature Essay
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Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov, Senator of the city, had strong rule in the region. Radicals, however, plotted an assassination to overturn his rule. Bely depicts
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How is sympathy created for Laura in scene 7 pages 79-81 of The Glass Menagerie Literature Coursework
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The romantic perspective of the poem, based on the subjective view, represents the longing for the absolute fulfillment by the artist. The play is argued to have elicited substantial amounts of sympathy in the
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The Psychology of Serial Killers Literature Essay
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The main character in the novel is Rhoda Penmark an eight-year-old sociopath. She commits one murder after another just because the person has something she desires. The only person who discovers her terrible secret is Christine Penmark, Rhoda's mother. Just like any other crime novel, "The Bad Seed" is filled with numerous twists and turns, presenting a detailed flashback on the roots of the evilness.
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Summary/Response Literature Essay
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All the people, mostly parents and young kids concerned, received this with dire joy. It created room and an opportunity for growing children to develop
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A Good Man is Hard to Find Literature Essay
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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Connor is a story which has many literary devices which make it a masterpiece. In the story, we can find allegory, symbolism, and imagery. Some people think this story is a tale which is cynical as it brings our pettiness and manipulation. For others, it is a black comedy, a twisted cartoon or a horror story.
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Jaybird as used in Devil in a Blue Dress Literature Essay
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 She wants to fit in both African and American race asking both of them to help her, therefore, being an ally as well as an enemy. She does all this in order to be able to survive. Easy apply his survival tactics by moving from Huston to Los Angeles and struggled with life in order to get his life together.
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Journal One: Identifying Conflicts From Other Sources Literature Assignment
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The character experiences two different feelings or is forced to decide between two entirely different pathways; a situation that creates disagreement within a person’s self. External conflicts on the other hand are the results of actions or words of
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Analyze the play and characters Literature Essay
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Within the same time period, Alika gets promoted to the management position within the company; thanks to his boss’s recommendation to the haoles who are the owners of that company. Jim Mortenson, his boss, also convinces the
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The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg Literature Essay
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Throughout history, people of all races have attained and maintained power through language and communication. Menocchio’s exceptional character that distinguishes him from the rest of his contemporaries becomes most evident by the manner in which he adapted to the transition from the oral communication culture to the written mode.
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Victorian Anguish in Mathew Arnolds Dover Beach Literature Essay
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The author states that the poem begins with a tempting description of the night-scene from Dover Beach. The sea is described as calm, the tide full, “the moon lies fair upon the straits”, the distant lights on the French coast come on and off, the vast cliffs of England stand “glimmering”, the bay is tranquil, and the night air is sweet.
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Importance of Class System in Great Expectations, and North and South Literature Essay
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In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens creates a character-rich study that represents the absurdity and monstrosity that Dickens has observed in his life. In North and South, the character of Margaret is the symbol of virtue and humility. She is elegant and beautiful which denotes the quality of her nature, without having been born to privilege.
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Analysis of Oedipus Rex Play by Sophocles Literature Book Report/Review
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Sophocles uses blindness as a symbol of truth. Both the characters Teiresias who is a blind prophet and Oedipus after he is blind seem to see the truth most clearly in spite of their blindness. Oedipus was famous for clear-sightedness but discovers that he had been blind to some truths for many years.  
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Themes and Symbolism in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway Literature Book Report/Review
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In almost every line of their conversation is an underlying tone that is constant throughout the story. In Hills Like White Elephants, neither the American nor the girl truly express their thoughts to each other. Furthermore, neither of them truly listens to what the other is saying. This stresses the gap between the two.
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Cross-Genre Thematic Study Literature Essay
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The love between two people has always been a deep emotional feeling; it is continuously tested by time and various obstacles met in the relationship. Dramatic as it seems, true love makes a couple hold on to each other when all else fails. This was the central theme of both literary works, “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns and “A Secret Sorrow” by Karen Van Der Zee.
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Jane Austens Lessons on Dating and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Literature Book Report/Review
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Generally speaking, the gender roles of men and women in courtship and marriage are very much a product of their time, despite the intelligence and independence of Elizabeth Bennett. A woman should not take cues from Austen when it comes to leaving dating and proposals all to men, as this is out-dated.
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Post-romantic Elaborations of the Mock-heroic Mode Literature Essay
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In the two works, Oedipus and Don Quixote, characters display innumerable ironies in both the personal and the social concepts. In Oedipus’ work, there is a presentation of man’s futile actions against a supernatural being, God. In the latter, the irony is based on the literal set point of view where a character literally believed the words.
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Jesus Teachings - Threat to Jews Literature Essay
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The history of the Jewish community exposes the trial and tribulations faced by Jews under the reign of the Roman emperor in exchange for the freedom of worship and protection against their enemies that were distinct from the daily practices of the Romans. Therefore, when Jesus was born the Jews community was under the leadership of the Roman emperor while the religious practices were presided over by the Jews.
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