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Oppression
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... learn to fight , if we only make ourselves aware. is not a friend, though it may be disguised as one. It takes what you believe in and makes it nonexistent. is what makes life hard. It tests you to see if you will make the stand for freedom, or be oppressed. African-Americans were oppressed for hundreds of years, and when it couldn’t get any worse, they found and fought with their leaders for what they believed in, freedom. Both the Egyptians and Hitler oppressed Jews for 5000 years, when he decided to wipe out their entire race. Women were oppressed for many years until they decided to fight for equality. is hatred, but must not be confused with prejudice ...



Killing
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... and sweet. Placida Linero’s head snapped back at her first taste, and they both laughed. Their eyes spore of there long future from across the small round table. The café had been Abraham’s idea, but it was now Placida who didn’t want the moment to end, ever. Walking down the isle had been Placida dream since she was a little girl. In Spain girls are brought up to make mariace a priority. For Abraham, on the other hand, an Arab male of wealth turn of the century Spain, life had always meant just the opposite. A man of festivities, of party and celebration, Abraham loved his boos, cigars, and women. And not necessary in that order. He felt and, not a beginning to h ...



Hamlets Changing Character - B
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... affected by the personalities and actions of the people around them. Horatio is the only person in the play who is always on Hamlet's side. In the play some people believe in Hamlet while other don't, but throughout, Horatio is a loyal friend to Hamlet. With the quote, "A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks; and blessed are those Whose blood and judgement are so well Commeddled That they are not ripe for Fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.", in Act Three, Scene Two, lines 71-76, Hamlet is describing all of Horatio's qualities which he admires. Hamlet is saying how noble, well to do and down to earth Horatio is. H ...



A Passage To India, A Novel Wr
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... develops an admiration for them and finally he again develops ill feelings and hatred toward the English. In the genesis of the novel Dr. Aziz truly resents the British Raja in India. He feels that they can be conniving, malicious and deceptive. Dr. Aziz, along with his friends, meticulously discusses these details over dinner at Hammidulah's house. During this conversation Dr. Aziz states his estimation of how the British have become malicious stating, "I give any Englishman two years… And I give any English woman six months." They also conferred on the likelihood of the British accepting bribes and mistreating their positions. Dr. Aziz's views about the Br ...



Jane Eyre
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... and to follow the motto of Lowood which says, Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven- (St. Matt. v. 16.) He must limit the appearance of the girls. He had Julia Severn, a girl of natural curls, cut her hair off. When Miss Temple had tried to rationalize with Mr. Brocklehurst and tell him that her hair is natural he replies and says, Naturally! Yes, but we are not to conform to nature: I wish these girls to be the children of Grace: and why that abundance? I have again and again intimated that I desire the hair to be arranged closely, modestly, plainly. Miss Temple, that girl’s hair must be cut o ...



Julius Caesar – Victim Of Tragic Flaw
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... Caesar trusts almost everyone, and it is this that leads to his death. He doesn’t realize that his trust would end up getting him killed. An example of his trust is when Calpurnia has a dream of the citizens of Rome bathing in Caesar’s blood. She is certain that it symbolizes Caesar’s death, but Caesar is convinced otherwise so easily by Decius, whom he trusts. Little does he know that Decius is part of the conspiracy, and it is his job to bring Caesar to the Senate, the place in which the assassination would occur. Not only does Caesar trust his friends, but all the citizens of Rome. Caesar cared very much for all Romans, and always openly expressed his c ...



Upon The Burning Of Our Land
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... is comparable to the settling of American soil by foreigners from afar. In a letter he wrote to the president, Chief Seathl explained how settlers came to this land, and negatively affected almost everything they saw, including the land and its native people. Chief Seathl showed the effects the settlers had on the land as more land and people were “burned away” for the settlers’ consumption. Chief Seathl spoke of issues that were argued for many years, and which still have relevance in our lives today. Through remarkably poetic penmanship, Chief Seathl’s letter to the president also showed the great respect that he and other Native A ...



Hedda Gabler
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... be the burning of her former love’s manuscript or supplying him with the pistol to shoot himself, Hedda’s malevolence shows the ability of man to have total disregard for the life of another. Hedda coldly manipulates the lives of everyone around her. Through these manipulative actions, she ruins the lives of all of her acquaintances. Because she is not happy in her marriage, she attempts to forbid anyone else to live a content life. For example, after she persuades Eljert Lövborg to consume alcohol, he ruins his reputation and loses something that is most precious to him: the manuscript of a book that he had been writing with Mrs. Elvsted. Although Hedda r ...



H.G. Wells
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... along his travels, each representing a subject Swift wishes to criticize. Ranging from relatively simply political criticisms in his experiences in Book I and II, to a socio-political criticism in Book III, to the social, philosophical criticism of man in Book IV. It is to this final book that we turn our attention. If Book IV is read literally, with no knowledge of satire, it appears to be another bizarre journey of Gulliver, no more unusual than his other travels. However, upon further inspection, we see that Book IV criticizes the nature of man as a rational being (Crane, 402). Of interest to the readers of today is Swift's choice of creatures inhabiting t ...



The Inconvenience Of Convenience
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... to some people that they are the ones who install, or create the idea to install bathrooms and showers at campgrounds, a place where the idea is to go and " rough it. " The idea and importance of convenience has even been a reason to end one's life. It is convenient because of its quickness to end tough situations. My cousin recently used this excuse. Convenience is not a bad thing, it usually is for the best, but it appears that to modern humanity, the importance of convenience outweighs everything from how many leprechauns you see per day to life itself. There are countless ( actually it is more convenient to just say countless than to actually count ...




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