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LiteratureOf these four characters, Dr Stockman is the only one I would argue does not have the "Romantic hero" qualities you allude to, as the others do. Ibsen's works date from the period after the...
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Fire and IceAlliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in words which are adjacent or close together. It can be used, especially, to affect the mood of a poem as well as to reinforce...
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Song of MyselfThis amazing insight from Walt Whitman is an encapsulation of his philosophy – that we are not so much individuals as “leaves of grass”; superficially we appear to be individual, unique beings, but...
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Paradise LostAporia is an expression of doubt or a place at which a decision must be made. As Satan addresses his legions in Book I, newly flung into hell, he conveys to them that they are at a juncture or...
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Paradise LostThe first two books of Paradise Lost are full of stirring martial speeches, as Satan and the other fallen Angels try to rally their spirits after their defeat. However, the use of alliteration is...
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LiteratureWithout necessarily writing the paragraphs out verbatim, we might think about what information you could incorporate into a three-paragraph paper. Your introductory paragraph should reflect the...
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The GuestIrony is that space between what is expected and what actually happens or exists.Begin with the landscape: it is desolate yet beautiful. Daru is isolated in the desert, yet it is here that he...
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A Fierce DiscontentWritten by American historian Michael McGerr, A Fierce Discontent is a work of non-fiction that recreates the Progressive Era which ran from the 1890s to the 1920s. The Progressive Era was a time...
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If Beale Street Could TalkIf Beale Street Could Talk is a novel written by James Baldwin. It was first published in 1974. It is focused around the relationship of Fonny and Tish, who live in Harlem. Tish can be most...
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PhiloctetesClassical rhetoric is divided into three categories based on rhetorical situation. These are referred to as the tria genera causarum or the three types of cases. The are: Deliberative: the...
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The RavenIn line 36, the speaker expresses his certainty, or perhaps his hope, that whatever has tapped at his chamber door and now taps at his window is simply the wind. He flings open the shutter, and a...
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Black WomanIn Paris in the 1930s, there emerged a literary movement which defined itself as a reaction to and rebellion against French colonial attitudes towards Africa as a continent and Africans as people....
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HistoryStarting in the 1950s, the Civil Rights movement shaped the idea of American identity as one of greater equality among different groups. While all of the goals of the movement were not met and the...
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RecitatifIn Toni Morrison's "Recitatif," indications of a difference in race and class between the two main characters begin in the shelter where the youngsters meet. That the girls come from different...
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Parable of the SowerYour assignment is truly designed to get you to think about Parable of the Sower in a different way. Community (and the lack thereof) is very important in this novel, and the first half of the...
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The Great GatsbyAt this point in the work, Nick begins to discover more about Jordan, her disposition, and her emotional state. Nick begins to understand more about Jordan and how she possess a dispassionate and...
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Paradise LostEthos, logos, and pathos are the three pillars of classical persuasion. Ethos is persuasion based on character or credibility. Logos is persuasion based on logic: facts and statistics. Pathos is...
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Henrik IbsenDr. Stockmann becomes the eponymous enemy of the people for speaking out about the pollution of the town's spa waters. Instead of supporting the good doctor, the mayor and local business interests...
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Of Mice and MenThe bunk house is very spare and austere. The ranch hands all share it (except for Crooks, who is segregated because he is black) and have no privacy. The men each get a bunk and shelf for their...
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CinemaI think that the film relates to economics in a couple of ways. The first is that Gardner is depicted as wanting to succeed in an economic condition that is also making his life difficult....
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Raymond CarverThe baby in "Popular Mechanics" could be said to represent the sense of dignity that most of us have, a sense of self-worth. Both the unnamed man and woman in the story instinctively acknowledge...
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The Book of Three"It is not given to men to know the ends of their journeys." The Book of Three is a fantasy novel by the American writer Lloyd Alexander. It was published in 1964 and is the first volume of the...
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MathWrite an expression that represents the quotient of x and 2 minus 8: The word quotient indicates a division, often written as a fraction. So the quotient of p and q would be written as `p/q` . Here...
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Alberto RíosAt the beginning of the story, the setting is a junior high school. The narrator laments the transition from elementary school, where there was one teacher teaching all subjects, to junior high...
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HistoryThe answer to this question is number 5, "all of these". The American Anti-Imperialist League was formed on June 15th, 1898, to challenge and organize against the Spanish-American War. The American...
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MacbethAs with any film, the director must make a final decision as to which human being will portray a fictional character. Thus Polanski chose the thin, pale, almost waiflike actress Francesca Annis to...
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The Village BlacksmithIn Longfellow's poem "The Village Blacksmith," the children on their way home from school look in at the village blacksmith's door because They love to see the flaming forge,And hear the bellows...
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Fahrenheit 451In addressing this question, I would say that one of the primary ways in which Bradbury discusses essential ideas about humans and social orders is how individuals display resistance in a setting...
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Politics and Corruption in the Gilded AgeTo begin, the Gilded Age is a period of American history the spans the period from post-Civil War to the beginning of the twentieth century, or roughly 1865–1900. The American factory system gained...
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Edgar Allan PoeThe narration in "The Cask of Amontillado" is provided by a first-person point of view from an arguably unreliable and manipulative narrator, Montresor. The narrator opens the story with vague and...
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HamletBoth "Mad World" and Hamlet's first soliloquy are alike thematically in depicting an ordinary world that seems to have gone crazy. As he expresses in his soliloquy, Hamlet has come home to the...
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Just Lather, That's AllIn "Just Lather, That's All," Captain Torres is a hardworking person who is dedicated to his career. At the beginning of the story, it is revealed that he spent the last four days in pursuit of...
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ScienceConsequence-based intervention is very different from punishment. The goal of any intervention is to decrease the instances of negative behavior. Therefore, you can consider it a success if the...
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CandidaMorell respects Proserpine as his secretary. He is kind and polite to her. He is unaware of her feelings toward him; Proserpine is in love with him, and she is jealous of the way that he talks...
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Play It as It LaysPlay It as It Lays is a novel written by Joan Didion in 1970. The novel focuses on the life of Maria Wyeth, a woman with a turbulent life lacking much purpose or direction. We are introduced to...
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HistoryTrade was important to the growth of West African Sahelian Kingdoms in the postclassical period, 600-1450 CE. Three examples of centralized West African Kingdoms were (in chronological order)...
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Ancient GreeceWhile there are certainly similarities between the poleis of Sparta, Athens, and Miletus, there are also some important differences. An interesting social characteristic of Sparta was the fact that...
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The FlowersFlowers are an important symbol in the story, representing the beauty and sweetness of innocence, ignorance and youth. Myop carries flowers with her that are as beautiful and unknowing as she is...
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To Kill a MockingbirdIn Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, one major event that leads to Scout's coming of age is spending more time with Miss Maudie.At the start of the story, Scout is very used to spending all of...
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HistoryFranco ruled Spain as an unopposed dictator for almost 40 years. During that time, there was nothing resembling democracy in Spain. After his death, however, Spain gradually transformed into the...
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Oedipus RexIn Oedipus the King, the character of Oedipus has to face the weight of an overwhelming guilt that dooms him. Philosophically, Oedipus has to deal with the fact that while the actions that led to...
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