Cyrano De Bergerac
.... that Cyrano is
able to overcome it that makes him a hero.
Not only is Cyrano filled with emotion, but he also goes out of his way
to live life to the fullest. Cyrano's introduction to the reader definitely
leaves a lasting impression. Not only does he banish an actor from the theater
for performing poorly, but he proceeds to recite poetry while dueling with
another member of the audience. Every moment of Cyrano's life is filled with
action like this. When he was informed that one hundred men were going to kill
his friend, Ligniére, he was thrilled with the idea of fighting all these men at
once, and, of course, he succeeded. How .....
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Edgar Allan Poe: Reflection Of His Pessimistic Moods In His Work
.... about a raven.
Finally, Poe's use of assonance throughout the poem also contributed to
the poem's illustration of despair and gloominess. Assonance is the repetition
of vowel sound. For instance, at the end of each stanza it says, "Quoth the
raven, Nevermore," "This is it and nothing more," or a phrase ending with the
word more. The repetition of these sounds emphasize the words that contribute to
the mood of the poem. Nevermore is a negative word meaning never again. The
raven only said this word. Poe emphasizes nevermore because it helps accentuate
the depressed and despaired mood of the poem.
"The Raven" best reflects Edgar Al .....
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Richard Lederer: His Works
.... the chemistry books for their literary value. Mr.
Lederer became an English major and then attended Harvard Law School, where he
found that he read the law cases for their literary value. So rather than
fighting his verbivorous instincts, He switched into a Masters of Arts and
Teaching program at Harvard. That led to a position at St. Paul's School, in
Concord, NH, where he taught English and media for 27 years. Richard Lederer
said that he would have gladly served them for the rest of his days, but having
earned a Ph.D. in English and Linguistics from the University of New Hampshire
inspired him to write books on language. Th .....
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Biography And History: Harriet Jacob's The Life Of A Slave Girl
.... The style that the novel is written varies from a dialogue to a narrative,
depending on the subject matter being written about. For example, the dialogue
where Mrs. Flint confronts Linda (Jocobs) and asks her what has been going on
with her husband is handled very effectively, because as a conversation between
two people, we are able to pick up on the nuances of meaning. Also, it makes the
situation seem to the reader as very exhilarating, because we don't know what's
going to happen next. Two paragraphs later, though, the story has turned back
into narrative, because Jacobs is trying to examine the entire situation in her
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Abraham Lincoln
.... as the
heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have
planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. Familiarize yours
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Neil Simon, The Most Successful Playwright In The History Of Theatre
.... see that these are two
very different characters that have very different values, and yet Paul and
Corie are very much in love. The plot progresses as other characters are
introduced. First to visit the newlyweds is Corie's mother, Mrs. Banks. The
relationship between Corie and her mother also involves a clash of very distinct
personalities. With the appearance of the Bratter's eccentric upstairs neighbor,
Victor Velasco, Corie sees the opportunity to play matchmaker and inject a
little romance into her staid mother's life. The first act concludes with
Corie's plan to bring the two together at an upcoming dinner party, much .....
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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
.... to be vexed and tortured to the compliance of man will not satisfy
man nor laymen. Natural science finds its proper method when the 'scientist'
puts Nature to the question, tortures her by experiment and wrings from her
answers to his questions. The House of Solomon is directly related to these
thoughts. "It is dedicated to the study of Works and the Creatures of God"
(Bacon, 436). Wonder at religious questions was natural, but, permitted free
reign, would destroy science by absorbing the minds and concerns of men. The
singular advantage of Christianity is its irrationality. The divine soul was a
matter for religion to handle. .....
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Abraham Of Chaldea
.... you." 3 He obeyed and left Haran
with his brother Nahor's family and his Nephew Lot without really knowing
where he was going. At this time, God did not reveal to him he was going
to Canaan. God only told him "the land which I will show you." 4 When he
did arrive in Canaan, he camped in the plains of Moreh, between the
mountains of Ebal and Cerizim. It was here he was given the second
promise from God that his seed would possess this land. Abram built "an
altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him" 5 He then moved to the
mountainous district between Bethel and Ai. Here, he built another altar
to Jehovah.
Throughout the .....
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Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style
.... into unconciousness, he is
still unable to disengage himself from the physical and temperal world. The
physical oppreses him in the shape of lurid graveyard visions; the temporal
oppreses him in the shape of an enormous and deadly pendulum. It is altogether
appropriate, then, that this chamber should be constricting and cruelly angular"
(63).
Setting is also an important characteristic is Poe's "The Fall of the
House of Usher". The images he gives us such as how both the Usher family and
the Usher mansion are crumbling from inside waiting to collapse, help us to
connect the background with the story. Vincent Buranelli sa .....
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Washington Irving And His Works
.... grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks." (Washington Irving. p. 57)
In The Devil and Tom Walker, the setting is portrayed in the same dark manner.
It is the forest where Tom Walker meets the Devil.
Another similarity in both of the "short stories" is that a supernatural
figure is the terror of each story. The supernatural being in The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow is the Headless Horsemen. To the people of Tarrytown, the story
of the Headless Horsemen is that he was a Hessian soldier that had his head shot
off by a cannon ball. The soldier rides around at midnight looking for his head.
"He glided through the night with a .....
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Willa Sibert Cather And His Works
.... in 1895. As a student
she worked as a journalist, copy editor, critic, and fiction writer. When she
graduated, she moved back east to Pennsylvania. It was here where she worked on
a Pittsburgh newspaper named The Library. She also taught English in a high
school. Willa published "The Dance at Chevalier's," and four other short
stories under a pen name of Henry Nicklemann. Another major publication for her
was in April 1900, when "Eric Hermannson's Soul," was published in Cosmopolitan
magazines. In 1903, The April Twilights, a collection of poems was published.
In the Spring of 1905, publisher's Melbourne and Philli .....
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Frederick Douglass
.... a slave, because of his great speaking skills and knowledge. In
response to this, Frederick wrote his life story in his book _Life and Times of
Frederick Douglass_. Frederick made a fatal mistake though, he had used the name
of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon learning of this, his old master
sent slave catchers to New England to bring him back. Fearing a life of slavery
again, Frederick fled to England. Here in England, he gave many lectures on the
abolitionists movement, and earned sufficient funds to buy his freedom in
America. In 1847, Frederick became the "station master" of the Underground
Railroad in Roch .....
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