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Sophocles
... Athenian citizen and gave him a sound education in music, gymnastics, and dancing. He was well known as having a reputation for learning and esthetic taste. He was well versed in Homer and the Greek lyric poets, and because of his industriousness he was known as the “Attic Bee” (Rexine 132). “Do to his youthful beauty, he was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgiving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC.” (Rexine 132)
In Sophocles’ long life he several times held public office, partly do to his fame as a dramatist and his gentle qualities as a man. “In 440 BC he was appointed one of the generals in ...
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Walker's Everyday Use
... financial and artistic reasons, or it can be valued for personal and emotional reasons.
I think that Dee just wants the quilt to hang in her house as a souvenir to show off to her friends, she really does not know the meaning behind it. While Maggie has always known the meaning, she values them for what they mean to her as an individual. This becomes clear when she says, "I can 'member Grandma Dee without the quilts," (698). This implies that her connection with the quilts is personal and emotional rather than materialistic.
Dee has always been ashamed of her family; she told her mother that she would manage to come to see them but wouldn't bring her friends. Just ...
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Stillwatch: Summary
... present time, when his wife was dying.
Pat is doing a TV series entitled Women in Government, and her
first show is to be over Senator Abigail Jennings, the first woman to be
nominated for Vice President. Well, Pat starts going back into Abigail’s
past to find out more about her. What she does find genuinely intrigues
her: murders, love affairs, suicide, an extremely obese mother who wasn’t
appreciated, and an ex-fiancé...but that’s not all.
Pat’s real name is Kerry Adams. She is living in her parents’ old
house in Washington. 24 years ago, her parents died. It was said that her
father had killed her mother and then himself. Pat’s not real sure that
was ...
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Wuthering Heights (comments)
... Isabella – This story ends in chapter 3 (Vol.2), when Heathcliff becomes the owner of Wuthering Heights. Then, Nelly continues the story talking about the second generation – Cathy Linton, Linton Heathcliff and Hareton Earnshaw – Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, Nelly and Joseph are present in both generations.
Afterwards, Mr. Lockwood leaves the place after a visit to Wuthering Heights where he observes the growing love between Cathy and Hareton (chapter17, Vol.2). Lockwood comes back some months later and Nelly tells him the end of the story, which is also the end of Heathcliff, and the future wedding of Hareton and Cathy.
CHARACTERS
Heathcliff ...
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Huckleberry Finn: Review
... The books are piled on the table "perfectly exact"(111), the
table had a cover made from "beautiful oilcloth"(111), and a book was
filled with "beautiful stuff and poetry"(111). He even appraises the chairs,
noting they are "nice split-bottom chairs, and perfectly sound, too-not
bagged down in the middle and busted, like an old basket"(111). It is
apparent Huck is more familar with busted chairs than sound ones, and he
appreciates the distinction.
Huck is also more familiar with flawed families than loving, virtuous ones,
and he is happy to sing the praises of the people who took him in. Col.
Grangerford "was a gentleman all over; and so was his family" ...
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Merchant Of Venice Shylock Stu
... of the two. He seeks revenge on Antonio because of how Antonio has treated Shylock in the past. One example of his vengefulness is when he said this to himself on page 15 “If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed the fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” Not only does this prove that Shylock dislikes Antonio, it also proves that he holds grudges that aren’t usually solved without revenge. The other person that Shylock wants revenge from is his daughter Jessica. When Jessica and Lorenzo fall in love they decide they are going to elope. They do this the night that Shylock goes out for dinner when he goes Jessica steals some of his mone ...
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The Island Of Dr. Moreau
... things that are unimaginable. Moreau explains how he
mutates humans into beast-like animals. For the rest of Prendick's stay on the
island he maintains an uneasy feeling and he wishes he never arrived on this
island.
The Next sketch illustrates the beasts new thirst for blood, which is a
major turning point for the story. Roaming free, these beast-people are highly
intelligent with murderous instincts. Their thirst for blood is pacified
through a combination of sedatives and shock discipline. But events triggered
by Prendick's unexpected arrival are about to break Moreau's God- like
domination over these resentful creatures.
The last drawing ...
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Grapes Of Wrath 4
... of the 1930’s and gives the reader a full view of what the migrants were going through. There is a dialogue and ‘story’ chapter, which is followed or preceded by an ‘intercalary’ (between) chapter. The ‘intercalary’ chapters are what serve to show the migrant’s struggling, and the big picture of what times were like.
Genre: The Grapes of Wrath is considered a protest novel to many. Steinbeck originally wrote it to ask California farmers to have sympathy for the migrating ‘Okies’. However, today recognized as a classic, this would most likely fall under the genre of drama.
Notes: As you read The ...
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Societies Clenching Paws
... even death. But, the two characters differ in their wants.
One of the strange connections between the two works is the location and the mentality that is brought with it. In The Age of Innocence the setting is New York. The characters in the story feel very much at home, but are not in a sense. Except for the fish out of water, Ellen Olenska. Her uniquely European take on the world shocks and offends the American aristocratic sensibility. Strangely, the American sensibility seems to be more deeply ingrained in her than any other character in the movie. The freedom and the innocence that she displays is foreign to the New Yorkers that she talks to, although ...
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Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag And Clarisse
... Montag's awareness is triggered at the
point in which Clarisse states " But you're just a man, after all " (7). This
statement by Clarisse makes Montag think of a time when he was a child during
power failure, and he wishes it not to end.
In Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a
dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse
explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the
dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're not in
love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but realizes that he
is not in love and not at all happy.
In the third ...
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