... the characters,in the way that the people in the town know everything about what's happening, and everyone pretty much gets along with every one else. Also since everyone sees in black and white there isn't much difference in the appearance of one and other The setting has increased my knowledge of the specific time and place. It takes sometime in the future because of the way people see things and how it is nothing like now. also the laws that the people have are stupid, like females under the age of nine are to have their hair ribbons tied neatly at all times, and you could not receive a bicycle until they turned nine.Another thing that happens is the ...
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... Stylistically, his narration is reduced to brusque, factual phrases using a greater number of semicolons. By ending the book so curtly, Melville makes a virtually negligible attempt at denouement, leaving what value judgements exist to the reader. Ultimately, it is the dichotomy between the respective fortunes of Ishmael and Ahab that the reader is left with. Herein lies a greater moral ambiguity than is previously suggested. Although Ishmael is the sole survivor of the Pequod, it is notable that in his own way, Ahab fulfills his desire for revenge by ensuring the destruction of the White Whale alongside his own end. Despite the seeming superiority of Ishmael’s ...
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... is another sinister and wicked reference to blood, setting up the innocent servants of the king. Again, blood is referred to when Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says: "there's daggers in men's smiles: the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe treason, murder, and death. In Act 5, Scene 1 - the sleepwalking scene, while Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, there are constant references to the evil deeds that Macbeth and herself have committed, most of which include references to blood. She goes through the motions of washing her hands saying ...
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... is not superior to any of the other boys, which makes him a better leader. His leadership provides peace and order to the island. Under Jack's rule, the boys become uncivilized savages. They have no discipline. The meetings that Ralph calls restore a sense of order because the boys have to wait until they hold the conch to speak. Ralph says, "I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." (Ch. 2, Pg. 36, Line 24-25). This quote proves that Ralph is trying to keep some order. Ralph uses his authority to try to improve the society. He tells Jack, "They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others." (C.3, P.56, L.28). ...
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... that he would show the professor how they knew so much about the site. While the professor was back in time, he wandered out into the open field and got trapped inside the medieval world by the Dordogne River. Doniger then got the brilliant idea of sending back some of the other archaeologists to try and find Professor Johnston because they would know the spots where he would most likely be. The group of four, Andre Marek, Chris Hughes, Kate Erickson, and David Stern flew to the New Mexico site to find the professor. During the pre-tests to see it they were physically capable of going back through the machine, David Stern decided that he was not going to go bec ...
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... book, one must first look at in America today, secondly explore possible causes for , and finally find solutions that will help stop . First off, in order to curb the rise in it is necessary to realize how serious this problem truly is. According to the Chicago Tribune, “There are three million crimes committed on school campuses every year. That's sixteen thousand crimes per day - one crime every six seconds.” Even more frightening is the fact that thirty-five percent of high school students in high crime areas report carrying a firearm regularly. Juvenile arrests accounted for thirteen percent of all violent crimes in 1996, and thirty perc ...
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... how she is expected to act in late sixteenth century society and abide by the unspoken rules. The play ends with her conformance to the norms of society but it isn't a wholehearted choice, it's in her actions but not in her mind. Katherine assumes the role of an obedient, polite wife but she still retains her innate assertiveness. Katherine's being tamed is not a matter of her being cured of her shrewishness but rather her having learned to get along in a man's world. In this play courtship and marriage aren't the result of love but rather an institution that people are expected to take part in. Suitors are not judged by how much they love the woman but h ...
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... in a man come because he touches his Christ nature, that is individuation process (process of integration and becoming whole), prematurely, can’t handle it doesn’t see it through, and is wounded by it (Johnson 9).” Johnson’s idea is somewhat universal; the majority of men can find a moment where the innocent veil of boyhood was pierced, or an event in that the ease of being gives way to struggle and conflict. In this sense, “all men are Fisher Kings. Every boy has naively blundered into something that was too big for him, gotten halfway through, realized that he couldn’t handle it, and collapsed. Then he is wounded, he is hurt terribly, and he goes off to li ...
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... child, the six adult slaves decide to escape the household. Her three children make it to safety due to the aid of a runaway slave woman but Sethe waited for Halle, which caused her to get caught. She is then brutally raped and severely beaten by the slave owners but Sethe does eventually manage to escape without Halle. Sethe makes it out of Kentucky and gave birth to “Denver” the night before she crosses the river to Ohio. For 28 days Sethe and her children happily live with Halle’s mother, Baby Suggs, but she is soon found by the slave-owner who had come to retrieve them. To avoid a return to slavery, Sethe decides to kill her children and herself. She is only ab ...
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... to us, largely through Prospero’s exposition, that Miranda is perfect child. She’s compassionate, beautiful, well educated and obedient; She’s the apple of Prospero’s eye. At the beginning of the play of Act I sc ii , however, she comes off s being too perfect. Perfect to the point of annoyance. Perfect to the point of being sterile. despite her assets , she’s no more then a china doll. Throw Ferdinad , our handsome prince, into the mix , ND she becomes much more interesting. Gone is the virtuous maiden, replaced by a goggly eyed , puppy headed, hormone stricken teenager, smitten with love. She is so ga-ga over Ferdinad that she refers to him as a ‘noble cre ...
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