A Picture Of Dorian: Gray Basil's Changes As Related To Wilde's Opinion On Art
.... way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to Basil, but he is also gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love with him and begins to paint the picture. Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about it, including Dorian, because he knows that there is too much of himself in it. Lord Henry discovers the painting and asks Basil why he will not display it. Lord Henry thinks that it is so beautiful it should be displayed in a museum. Basil argues that the reason he will not display the painting is because he is "afraid that [he] has shown in it the secret of his soul" (Wilde 23). This i .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado
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Montressor led Fortunato into the gloomy depths of the vaults. The humidity caused Fortunato to cough so Montressor gave him more to drink. He made it seem like he cared about Fortunato's cough when he was actually trying to get him more drunk than he already was. Montressor's evil is shown when he responds to another one of Fortunato's insults by saying "Nemo me impune lacessit", which means, "No one attacks me with impunity". When he says this, it is as if he was threatening Fortunato.
When they were getting near the end of the vaults, Montressor invites the plastered Fortunato into the niche where the cask was. .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage
.... Henry has changed. He did what had to be done, therefore, he acted courageously. Henry can now look at his heroic deeds, put his sins in perspective, and not feel to proud about one, or too guilty about the other. Henry has matured into a courageous and honorable man.
I really enjoyed reading this book. The author, Stephan Crane, did a really good job in describing everything so well. If you haven’t already read this book I would recommend that you do. It is not just a story about war it is a story about growing up.
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The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman
.... Clevoue died in the novel, the chariots of hell came for him, and in the movie, you don’t even hear of his death. In the novel, it was a black horse that killed Joe Pittman, and the movie, white.
In conclusion, the novel had more, described the stories more thoroughly. One might find that the novel is much more enlightening than the movie, but it takes more time to read the novel than it does to watch the movie! All in all, The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman was a fine novel. In the novel The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman, there were many different stories about JanePittman’s life. In the movie there were not .....
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The Pardoner
.... he gets he seems to regard as his own, he does not care if he takes from very poor people, so that their children starve, so long as he can enjoy himself. The Pardoner tells the tale of three young men drinking at an inn. After a coffin passes by the inn, the three learn that the dead person was a friend of theirs, killed by somebody named Death. The three men decide to find this Death and exact revenge for their friend. While looking, they come across an old man. The man, commenting on how old he is, states that not even Death will take his life. The three ask the old man if he knows where death is, and the old man directs them t .....
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"Haircut"
.... So in his eyes he had to make one of them look bad in order to boost himself up. He called Julie on the phone and impersonated the doctor, urging Julie that she had to come to his office at once, knowing the doctor was out of town, because he had something he needed to tell her at once. Julie bought into it and went to the office just to find no one there and to heed the abuse of Jim and his cronies as they made fun of her all the way home.
Jim also made fun of a boy in the town, Paul Dickson, that had an accident and in turn was mentally harmed by it. Jim would send him on errands that could never be fulfilled as well as .....
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The Count Of Monte Cristo
.... basis for his arrest and inevitable captivity in the Chateau D'If..
Basic Plot:
The Count of Monte Cristo is a story about a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during the prime of his life and career by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars, coveted his designation as the captain of the mighty Pharon. Ferdinand Mondego wished to wed Mercedes, who was affianced to Edmond.
Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the Bonapartist committee in Paris. Caderousse, a neighbor, learned of the plot but kept silent. On his wedding day Edmo .....
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Compare And Contrast Daisy To Myrtle
.... proves this to us several times. For instance when she buys a copy of the “Town Tattle” or when she is content with the mutt puppy that Tom bought her. Daisy would not have been content with this gift and would not have purchased a copy of the “Town Tattle” because Daisy was a member of the elite high or upper class society. Another difference between them is their appearance. Myrtle was somewhat overweight, and not very pretty. She was sort of a possession to tom and that’s why he stayed with her. Daisy on the other hand was thin, pretty, and refined. She was sort of like the pretty girl for Tom to just carry on his shoulde .....
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Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
.... suspicious. They feared a social unity of sharing and togetherness that they found alarming and intimidating.
The Indians woke up one morning to find that the lands they once belonged to were no longer theirs. The deeds and papers said the land now belonged to the white folk. It was taken away from them by sheer physical force, stolen, and they were sent away to live on reservations. Tayo was a part of the Laguna Pueblo reservation.
As a young kid on the Laguna Pueblo reservation, Tayo and the other children were sent away to white schools, and it was mandatory that they did not speak in their native tongue or take par .....
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The Great Gatsby: Portraying A Morose Tone
.... witnesses in his life. The lack of companionship that Gatsby has cogitates how lonely and despondent he is. Through the uses of certain words the author helps express feelings and emotions of the morose tone.
Through imagery Fitzgerald can make the reader feel like they are in the story. Water, specifically evokes the senses. It describes how the procession of cars stopped in a thick drizzle. This depicts how gloomy it appears outside. The reader can hardly see the three cars because of continuous soaking. They describe a motor hearse as ". . . horribly black and wet." A hearse normally portrays a solemn feeling, .....
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A Sword In The Stone
.... Arthur "The way to learn it's by listening to the experts." This quote leads to another of the many experiences Arthur had, the one with the hawks. This one was only so that Arthur had a chance to see other's point of view and to see what these experts (the hawks) did different.
What Merlyn tried to accomplish with these real life experiences was to show Arthur the bases of values and morals. Arthur was getting so used to learning that when he was punished in his room for three days, he wanted Merlyn to give him something to do because he thought that he was going to go weak on his head. After some begging by Arthur, Merlyn .....
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The Canterbury Tales: Picture Of Society
.... old woman has for the Knight. This part of the tale would keep a listener listening to the speaker. The listener would want to know what happens next. The lesson of the tale comes in the latter stages of the story. The trust that exists between a married man and woman is the lesson that is brought out in the tale. The Knight is very upset about the appearance of the woman. She is not the person that he wants to spend the rest of his life with. The woman says that if she were beautiful, he would have to worry about other men trying to tempt her away from her husband. But if she remains old and ugly, she will be faithful and he wil .....
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