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In Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first thing that we see
described is a veiled woman: "It was in the church of San Lorenzo at
Naples, in the year 1758, that Vincentio di Vivaldi first saw Ellena di Rosalba.
The sweetness and fine expression of her voice attracted his attention to her
figure, which had a distinguished air of delicacy and grace; but her face was
concealed i... Full-text essay
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Picture a young child full of life and happiness. The love of his parents shows
through his eyes, smile, and tears. Some people would like to think that those
things about a child are exactly what make life wonderful. People who think that
way have no idea how right they are. Its a wonderful life to know that your
parent’s dreams live on in you. The dream of a mother; that her son will be a
doctor... Full-text essay
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While reading the book Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott I have come to the conclusion
that Scott criticizes the church a lot. By some of the quotes by various
characters show that he has some type of grudge towards the church. In the
following paragraphs I will give several examples of his criticism. One example
of the criticism of the church is when the Grand Master was talking at the
trial. He said: ... Full-text essay
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Jack Merridew "He was tall, thin, and bony, and his hair was red beneay the
black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness."
A cruel and ugly bully, he early develops a taste for violence. He is a leader
of the choir at first, and then of the hunters. His leadership resides in his
ability to threaten and frighten those under him. He is always ready for a
fight.... Full-text essay
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Jarena Lee felt imbued with a religious mission in life, and because of this,
she bravely defied the conservative sex biases of the church to become, as she
contended, the “first female preacher of the First African Methodist Episcopal
Church”. As an evangelist, Mrs. Lee sometimes traveled on foot to spread her
religious message and would walk as far as 16 miles to preach. When over forty
years ol... Full-text essay
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Born on January 1, 1919, Jerome David Salinger was to become one of America’s
greatest contemporary authors. In 1938 Salinger briefly attended Ursinus College
in Pennsylvania where he wrote a column, “Skipped Diploma,” which featured
movie reviews for his college newspaper. Salinger made his writing debut when he
published his first short story, “The Young Folks,” in Whit Burnett’s
Story magazine ... Full-text essay
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The person I chose to do my independent reading project on Jerry Seinfeld. The
reason I did Jerry was I love his show, and I think he is one of the best
comedians today and probably ever. Early life It all started on a warm spring
day in Brooklyn, New York and I bet no one at that hospital ever thought that
little baby Jerry would once become the world’s best comedian. Jerry was born
on April 24 1... Full-text essay
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Small Town Jim’s death was something he has been asking for quiet a while.
Playing pranks and cheating on his wife. Evan though all the wrong things he did
he sure was loved by his friends. The narrator’s attitude toward Jim Kendall
and his pranks slowly reveal the backbiting nature of small-town life and of the
narrator himself. The narrator knew Jim extremely well and the whole town.
Everyday wa... Full-text essay
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One of the finest stylist of modern English literature was Joseph Conrad, was a
Polish-born English novelist, short story writer, essayist, dramatist, and
autobiographer. Conrad was born in 1857 in a Russian-ruled Province of Poland.
According to Jocelyn Baines, a literary critic, "Conrad was exiled with his
parents to northern Russia in 1863 following his his parents participation in
the Pol... Full-text essay
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Why Judgments Matter, gives many examples of why value judgments are important
in our lives. I feel that value judgments are as equally important and it should
be evident why after briefly explaining Frith’s examples and my own as well.
In his first example, Mr. Frith gives insight to David Hare’s comment, “In
the end, Keats was just better than Bob Dylan”. The media, without delay,
misjudged the ... Full-text essay
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John Keats, one of the greatest English poets and a major figure in the Romantic
movement, was born in 1795 in Moorfields, London. His father died when he was
eight and his mother when he was fourteen; these circumstances drew him
particularly close to his two brothers, George and Tom, and his sister Fanny.
Keats was well educated at a school in Enfield, where he began a translation of
Virgil's Ae... Full-text essay
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John Updike wrote many books and short stories. Many of his characters resembled
people he knew or they reflected his views on what was going on in America
(Interview 75-79). They expressed his views on the value system that people
lived by. One of these ideas was individualism. Individualism has not always
been present in society. Up until the late 1960’s, people accepted whatever
was happening a... Full-text essay
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The states had been dependent on England but wanted no more of it. They had been
in fact 13 independent republics, and they wanted no more of that either. No one
knew how the new Constitution would work or how it would effect the freedom of
the states. Washington was determined to build a real federal government for the
United States. The new government was launched April 30, 1789, when Washington... Full-text essay
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Part I The day was still, not a cloud in sight. The glowing sun lit the tumbling
waves. The white foam smeared along the sandy beach. High above the ocean’s
front lie cliffs with grassy hilltops. A road wove through its tangled mess.
There thoughts were bound and passion ran free. The young man gripped his
steering wheel and held the throttle. He flew through Highway 5 in his ‘78
Camero. Squealing... Full-text essay
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From their critical assessments on how to improve themselves and to the American
public that they influenced by their writings, Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin
Franklin illustrate American themes in their personal narratives that
quintessentially make part of American Literature. Although they lived in
different times during the early development of the United States of America and
wrote for differe... Full-text essay
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Satire on a Nation Jonathan Swift’s, Gulliver’s Travels satirically relates
bodily functions and physical attributes to social issues during England’s
powerful rule of Europe. Through out the story we find many relations between
bodily features and British and European society. Swift uses this tone of
mockery to explain to his reader the importance of many different topics during
this time of Euro... Full-text essay
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Every person comes to a point in their life when they begin to search for
themselves and their identity. Usually it is a long process and takes a long
time with many wrong turns along the way. Family, teachers, and friends all help
to develop a person into an individual and adult. Parents play the largest role
in evolving a person. Amy Tan, author of the Joy Luck Club, uses this theme in
her book.... Full-text essay
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In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, it tells of four Chinese women
drawn together in San Francisco to play mah jong, and tell stories of the past.
These four women and their families all lived in Chinatown and belong to the
First Chinese Baptist Church. They were not necessarily religious, but found
they could improve their home China. This is how the woo's, the Hsu's, the
Jong's and the ... Full-text essay
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Is it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional Chinese culture, many
judgments were made about a person just by observing their sex. The women was
looked upon as an inferior being. They had little or no status in society, and
little was expected from them. They were discriminated against when they tried
to stand up for themselves. Chinese culture was customarily male dominated. The
male ... Full-text essay
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Guilt, Duty, and Unrequited Love: Deconstructing the Love Triangles in James
Joyce’s The Dead and Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure “It’s no problem of
mine but it’s a problem I fight, living a life that I can’t leave behind.
But there’s no sense in telling me, the wisdom of the cruel words that you
speak. But that’s the way that it goes and nobody knows, while everyday my
confusion grows.” --New Or... Full-text essay
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In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents the characters Jude Fawley and Sue
Bridehead, who violate the conventions of the repressive Victorian society while
attempting to follow their natural instincts. By studying the novel, one sees
that Hardy's intentions in doing this are to arouse the reader's sympathy for
the characters, and to join in their ridicule of the codes of conduct they are
breaki... Full-text essay
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A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was when
the minority ruled the majority. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle gives the reader
a great example of exactly this. A man who earns his living honestly and through
hard work will always be trapped in poverty, but a man who earns his living
through lies and cheating will be wealthy. The Jungle portrays a Lithuanian
family stu... Full-text essay
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Jurassic Park is divided into seven sections, each with a quote from Ian
Malcolm. He was a mathematician who specialized in the field called chaos
theory, which based itself mainly on nonlinear equations. The first section
follows the paths of several scenes, where in each one, there is evidence
pointing to the appearance of dinosaurs. One of these scenes included in the
very beginning, where a m... Full-text essay
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How could one describe the relationship between humans and nature? Perhaps it is
one of control, a constant struggle between the power of the elements and the
sophistication of human mechanization. Could it be one of symbiosis, where man
and nature coexist in relative peace? Are we, as a species, simply a part of
nature’s constantly changing realm? This issue is one that philosophers have
debated ... Full-text essay
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Nora smiles at two men at the beginning of the story, and William is giving her
the evil eye. Does he really not trust her that much? · When Nora goes to walk
on the beach, it reminds me of when we go to Corpus Christi. I love to go and
walk on the beach. · Nora talks about the child as if she is already born. I
think that is wonderful. · “Don’t bother with them, Nora. They’re not our
kind” When W... Full-text essay
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Although it’s not a lengthy poem, the few words and their layout in “Keeping
Things Whole” certainly possess great significance. This poem is centered on
the idea that the narrator’s life is lacking purpose. In exploring the meaning
of his existence, he determined that his reason for living was to keep moving so
that people’s lives were only temporarily interrupted. Strand’s technique of
splitting... Full-text essay
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During the course of the last fifty years, society has changed significantly. In
modern society a great emphasis is placed on individualism and diversity within
a society. It is rare that an individual would be ridiculed or forced to change
simply for not complying with what society views as "normal". This has
not always been the case though. The nineteen fifties were much different. Th... Full-text essay
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Andy Morgan went to mass every Sunday. He never missed one. He went with his
mother, father, baby sister, and on occasion he brought his cat, checkers along.
After mass they all went for lunch and a walk in the park. One day the
unspeakable happened to checkers the cat; he passed away. And Andy was sad. The
next Sunday Andy told his family that he did not want to attend mass that day.
His family w... Full-text essay
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Dana and Rufus might look like friends from the outside, but Dana’s feelings
for him are quite different from what we think of them. To begin with Dana sees
Rufus as a child needing or relying upon her protection. For instance, when Dana
saved him from drowning in the river. Secondly, she views him as a man of his
time. In another words Rufus’s personality is the way that any other man would
have ... Full-text essay
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The uglier the truth the truer the friend is a statement that has been echoed
throughout the history of time. In "Camelot", King Arthur experienced
this quotation first hand. Even though "Camelot" is a fictional movie,
the same situation that befell King Arthur really occurs in real life to
everyday people. Just by looking at Pellinore, you would not think that he was a
trustwo... Full-text essay
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Merlin is a popular character when it comes to the stories of King Arthur and
other stories dealing with the Arthurian age. In most of the stories written
about him they refer to him as the magician, kingmaker, and prophet. We also
know him as the one that takes care of Arthur from birth, who set him on the
throne, who established him there in the early days of his reign as king. While
most books ... Full-text essay
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Inside the compilation of mythical stories of King Arthur and His Knights of the
Round Table, retold by Roger Green, and Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek
Myths, two major characters in each story that could be expressed in similar and
contrasting ways are Arthur, the king and head of the knights of the Round
Table, and Zeus, the supreme leader of all gods and mortals. Similar
resemblances t... Full-text essay
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There has been a lot of material written about King Arthur and his court. He has
been a popular figure in literature for over 800 years. People believe he was
only a myth and some people believe he was an actual person. Not a lot of
information on King Arthur is fact; most is fictional from many types of
writers. The earliest reference of Arthur is the poem " Gododdin"
(A.D. 600) also &q... Full-text essay
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The man known world wide as the most famous magician of all time, Harry Houdini,
was born March 24, 1874 in Budapest. Although Houdini often claimed to be born
in Appleton, Wisconsin, Houdini actually came to the United States when he was
four years old. In later years, in a magazine interview, Houdini said, “ the
greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.” Houdini’s
actual n... Full-text essay
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In L’etranger, an existentialist novel written by Albert Camus, the reader
begins to discover that women are treated abusively or poorly. The main
character in L’etranger, Meursault, views women as lesser than men; which
ultimately conveys how women were thought of in Africa for that time period. In
the second chapter, the reader first begins to get an idea of Meursault
character, and his feelings... Full-text essay
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John Keats is a great British poet. He has written many popular poems. La Belle
Dame sans Merci is a ballad that was written in 1819. In this ballad, the knight
is deceived by the woman he meets. He falls in love with this woman instantly
and is convinced that she too is in love with him. The woman makes the knight
fall for her by making herself beautiful. The woman deceives the knight into
trusti... Full-text essay
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The author of the book, The Ladies of Missalonghi, by Colleen McCullough
describes to the reader how Missy, an unattractive woman, in a small town
differs from Alicia. Missy, the daughter of Drusilla did not really have any
self-confidence in herself. "She would begin by wondering what she really
looked like. The house owned only one mirror, in the bathroom, and it was
forbidden to stand and ... Full-text essay
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For me the fall is an exhilarating time of year. A time of change, an in-between
period of muddled and varied weather. For others who view fall as a short time
before a dreary winter, fall takes on a less colorful face. Alfred Lord Tennyson
uses fall metaphorically throughout "The Lady of Shalott" to
illustrate how the Lady of Shalott's life (or lack thereof) progresses. Looking
at fall ... Full-text essay
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Characterization, a method that an author chooses to develop his/her character,
is a very important element in a story. In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Roald
Dahl, effectively develops the protagonist both directly and indirectly;
however, the use of indirect characterization is more dominant because it
reveals her actions and how she deals with her conflict, her words, and creating
a dynamic characte... Full-text essay
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Have you ever thought about the landlords of the oceans? There is a saying:
"Big fish eats the smaller ones." The most powerful and deadly animals
who taste the freedom of the sea world are whales. So many kinds of whales
exist. One of the most interesting kinds is the bottle-nosed whale. It is no
wonder why they are given this name. Their bulbous forehead and elongated snout
give them a... Full-text essay
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The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for
expressing the African-American culture. Many famous people began their writing
or gained their recognition during this time. The Harlem Renaissance took place
during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many things came about during the Harlem
Renaissance; things such as jazz and blues, poetry, dance, and musical theater.
The African-Am... Full-text essay
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Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black
poet of the twentieth century. He is described as і...the beloved author
of poems steeped in the richness of African American culture, poems that exude
Hughes№s affection for black Americans across all divisions of region,
class, and gender.І (Rampersad 3) His writing was both depressing and
uplifting ... Full-text essay
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The short story “Thank You, Ma’am” and the poem “Mother to Son”, both
by Langston Hughes are similar yet differ in many ways. In the following
paragraphs I will explain the similarities and the differences. Besides being
written by the same author the two literary works are a like in the sense that
they are both advice to young people. An example from “Mother to Son” is
“So boy don’t you turn back... Full-text essay
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The Last Splash My mother made me take swimming lessons every spring so that I
would be able to enjoy my summer by the pool safely. There was always a fear
inside of me because I knew that after some point, my feet would no longer be
able to reach the bottom. No matter how much I resisted attending the lessons
and getting in the water, my mother and my instructor always pushed me in. The
dread nev... Full-text essay
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In the twentieth century, the name Walt Whitman has been synonymous with poetry.
Whitman’s most celebrated work, Leaves of Grass, was the only book he ever
wrote, and he took a lifetime to write it. A large assortment of poems, it is
one of the most widely criticized works in literature, and one of the most loved
works as well. Whitman was unmarried and childless, and it has been noted that
Leaves... Full-text essay
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Some years ago, when a few copies of a volume called Leaves of Grass found their
way into this country from America, the general verdict of those who had an
opportunity of examining the book was that much of it was indescribably filthy,
most of it mere incoherent rhapsody, none of it what could be termed poetry in
any sense of the word, and that, unless at the hands of some enterprising
Holywell S... Full-text essay
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The history of African integration into American society has been Permeated with
human tragedy. Ever since the first slave boat reached the shore’s of America,
a deep affliction to the African race transpired. Generations upon generations
were ravished by the rapacity of there captors. Kept enchained and illiterate
for hundreds of years, the idea of Blacks as the Untermensch in American society
wa... Full-text essay
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In "A Lesson Before Dying", Mr. Grant Wiggins' life crises were the
center of the story. Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, he
himself became more of one consequently. Not to say that Jefferson was not in
any way transformed from the "hog" he was into an actual man, but I
believe this story was really written about Mr. Wiggins. Mr. Wiggins improved as
a pers... Full-text essay
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In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, although Grant is an educated black man in
the era of a racist society he has struggles greater than most men of his
decent. I feel sorry for him because of his limitations, even though I view him
as a coward. He cannot break free of his background and family. The three main
female characters in the novel, Tante Lou, Miss Emma, and Vivian, restrict and
limit Gra... Full-text essay
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay, A Letter From Birmingham Jail has become a
classic for good reason. Martin Luther King was an excellent writer and speaker,
appealing not only to the logical side of most people, but also to their
emotional side. He was an intelligent man, keeping up with all the current
events of not only the nation but the world, and was well read in issues of the
past. What he sa... Full-text essay
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