Samuel Beckett's In Waiting For Godot
.... do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either
understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are
experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be
exact; and Beckett wants the reader to feel as if he or she were waiting
also. Along with the feeling of waiting that a reader may experience, he
or she might also understand how Vladimir and Estragon feel at times:
Unsure, not very anxious to move on, and constantly having to wait. A
feeling of timelessness is even evoked, allowing almost anyone from nearly
any time to understand Vladimir and Estragon's predica .....
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Prejudice And The Pain And Suffering It Has Caused
.... did. She
learned earlier than others so she gets punished unjustly. Tom Robinson is
also one who is discriminated by a biased community. Tom is found guilty
by the jury in his case against the Ewells (p.211). The guilty verdict is
a direct result of a racist community. Tom was never given a fair chance
in the trial, even though that the evidence was proving him innocent.
People that are born differently often get mistreated and are discriminated
against.
Another group that is treated poorly in the society based on
bigotry, are the people who have chosen to be different. One who chose to
be different is Dolphus Raymond. .....
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A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel
.... his son died in a house fire while Murray and Lou Lees
were at the Tabernacle. This loss created a permanent distrust in religion
for Murray Lees, something Hagar also has. The loss of a child reminds
Hagar of the loss of her son, John, which allows her to trust Lees' opinion
of religion. Unlike Mr. Troy, who has only learned about suffering by
viewing it from the outside, Mr. Lees has life experience, and understands
what suffering really is. This creates an emotional bond between Hagar and
Mr. Lees, allowing Hagar to finally find someone who shares her view on
religion.
While Mr. Lees was a person that Hagar could identify with .....
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Kinsolver's The Bean Trees: Problems In Today's Society
.... the second chapter we meet Lou Ann a soon to be mother that is having
troubles with her marriage. Later she has a baby boy and her husband ends
up moving out. Lou Ann has a parallel situation to Taylor, they're both on
their own and have to take on the responsibility of a child. When they
move in together they find out that they situations may be similar, but
their personalities are quite different. On one hand Taylor is a person
who is very motivated; she speaks her mind most of the time. Lou Ann is
very timid, never wanting to cause trouble and doesn't really stick up for
herself or any of her idea's. Throughout the st .....
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Female Characters In "Raise The Red Lantern", The Handmaid's Tale, And "A
.... her birthday. In her mind, she feels that she
has nothing to look forward to in life. So Songlian escapes real life by
drinking. This is yet another example of Songlian's feeble attempt to
escape her troubles. Furthermore, Songlian's outlook on life becomes so
bleak that she literally goes insane. Since she witnessed the death of the
third mistress, she confirms her fear that there is no escaping her
situation. Thus, she drives herself crazy. Therefore, we can see that
Songlian uses techniques to try and escape her fate.
The next work, entitled "A Doll's House", deals with Nora, the main
character, struggling to achieve happine .....
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Zinn's A People's History Of The United States Of America
.... that we as a nation have today. It is refreshing to see a book
that spends space based proportionately around the people that lived this
history. When Columbus arrived on the Island of Haiti, there were 39 men on
board his ships compared to the 250,000 Indians on Haiti. If the white race
accounts for less than two hundredths of one percent of the island's
population, it is only fair that the natives get more than the two or three
sentences that they get in most history books. Zinn cites population
figures, first person accounts, and his own interpretation of their effects
to create an accurate and fair depiction of the first t .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Platform Of Sin
.... height of a mans shoulders above the street . . . . The unhappy culprit
sustained herself as best a woman might, under the heavy weight of a
thousand unrelenting eyes” (63-64). At the same time, the first scaffold
scene is the setting for the introduction of Roger Chillingworth,
Hester'shusband, and establishes his desire to punish the man who has
wronged both him and his wife. Chillingworth's conversation with one of
the townsmen about Hester's crime serves as an example of his vengeful
nature. “It irks me, . . . that the partner of her iniquity should not, at
least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Man Versus Society
.... Therefore she tells us how she is getting educated.
Jim was a very active boy, He has manners. He was the son of atticus.
Scott was the daughter and narrator of Atticus. Atticus was a well known
man. He was brave because he shot the dog. He was a lawyer. Calpurnia was
the housekeeper of atticus, always helping out the kids when they needed
them. Boo Radley was given a monster image by the kids. He is one of the
true mocking birds in this story. He said Scott at the end. Tom Robinson,
He was another Mockingbird. He used to help out people. He felt pity for a
white woman. He was charged for rape -- That he never committed .....
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Analysis Of The Canterbury Tales
.... general,
are hard working and are willing to help the less fortunate. The Monk also
ignored the monastic rules set up by St. Benedict.
The Rule of good St. Benet or St. Maur
As old and strict he tended to ignore;
P 120, lines 177-178
This shows that the Monk is interested in the pleasures of life, and not
his duty as a monk. He is worthless in the eyes of Chaucer and he dislikes
the Monk very much.
The Parson was a poor man who gave what little he could to the
other poor people of his town. He knew the teachings of the Bible and
Christ, and preached to whoever was willing to listen. He followed the
Bible in life and .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's View Of The World
.... convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily during only one
particular scene in the book. The scene is that with Mr. Antolini. After Mr.
Antolini patted Holden on the head while he was sleeping, Holden jumped up
and ran out thinking that Mr. Antolini was a pervert as well. This is the
only time during the novel where Holden thinks twice about considering
someone as a pervert. After reviewing Mr. Antolini, Holden finally
concludes that maybe he wasn't making a "flirty" pass at him. Maybe he
just like patting guys heads as they sleep. This is really the only time
in the novel where Holden actually considers .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Characteristics Of Children
.... the stresses of work. The boys
show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is
important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters
collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All
day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or
eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more
mature a nd adult like and stray to work on the shelters, while the other
children aimlessly run off and play. The other boys avidly choose to play,
eat, etc. than to continue to work with Ralph which is very boring and
uninteresting. The bo .....
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Symbolism In Hopkin's "The Windhover"
.... through traditional symbols, but in clay and
coal. In this Christ is shown to be a component of a physical or material
world.
The flame from the windhover indicates self-sacrifice under stress.
It is interesting that Hopkins puts AND in capitals and the resulting flame
is described as a billion times lovelier than the windhovers image. Maybe
the AND expresses the poets surprise that the spendor of self-sacrifice
should be greater than the windhovers ability to stand still in the air. At
the end of the poem Hopkins said "no wonder of it" because everything in
the world has the mark of sacrifice on it.
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