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Pygmalion
... follows this theory. He is consistently rude towards Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and his mother. His manner is the same to each of them, in accordance to his philosophy. However the Higgins we see at the parties and in good times with Pickering is well mannered. This apparent discrepancy between Higgins' actions and his word, may not exist, depending on the interpretation of this theory. There are two possible translations of Higgins' philosophy. It can be viewed as treating everyone the same all of the time or treating everyone equally at a particular time. It is obvious that Higgins does not treat everyone equally all of the time, as witnessed by his actions when he is ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird -
... sheriff, who is also good friends with the Finches
Tom Robinson:
A hard-working Negro man who is accused of a crime against Mayella Ewell
Bob Ewell:
The irresponsible and disgraceful father of a brood of children, who receives welfare checks and uses them for alcohol
Mayella Violet Ewell:
Bob Ewell's daughter, who later accuses Tom Robinson of attacking her
Reverend Sykes:
A Negro minister who takes care of Scout and Jem during the trial.
Chapters 1-7
The beginning of chapter one opens up with Scout telling us that Jem has a broken elbow. She then takes us back to summer of 1933 where we meet a young boy named Dill. Together Jem, Scout and ...
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A Summary Of Romeo And Juliet
... but by Juliet. Romeo falls instantly in love, but is disappointed when he finds out that Juliet is a Capulet. Juliet notices Romeo too, but she is unaware that he is a member of the hated Montagues.
Not able to believe that the one who caught her eye is a member of the enemy family, Juliet goes out onto her balcony to tell the stars about her strong but forbidden love. At the same time, Romeo is lurking in the bushes below. He overhears Juliet confess her love for him to the heavens. No longer able to control his powerful feelings, Romeo reveals himself to her and admits that he feels the same. The very next day, with the help of Romeo's friend Friar Lawren ...
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Expectations Of Authority Figures In "Two Kinds" And "Girl"
... the daughter is expected to be a child prodigy because her mother
believes "you can be anything you want in America". The mother sees other
children with amazing talents and thinks her child could be just as
talented, if not more so. She continually places pressure on her daughter
to be some kind of prodigy. The daughter is expected to be a great beauty
with unmatched dance abilities, an untapped wealth of useless information,
and piano-playing skills like no other. In "Girl", the expectations are
much lower, but just as stringent. The girl is expected to do a myriad of
chores and to become a "lady". She is advised on how she should act and
how sh ...
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Heart Of Darkness - Ignorance
... put him in conflict with psychological pre- disposition..." (Achebe, 253). Having gone back and rereading Heart of Darkness, but this time reading between the lines, I have discovered some racism Conrad felt toward the natives that I had not discovered the first time I read the book. Racism is portrayed in Conrad's book, but one must acknowledge that back in the eighteen hundreds society conformed to it. Conrad probably would have been criticized as being soft hearted rather than a racist back in his time. Conrad constantly referred to the natives, in his book, as black savages, niggers, brutes, and "them", displaying ignorance toward the African history and racis ...
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Medea
... between Jason and , from beginning to the end. She also brings them to the present state is in, which is of complete despair and depression after Jason remarried. “And she hates her children now, and feels no joy at seeing them.” (Oates, 292). In Antigone, one of the purposes of the chorus is to provide history to the audience. Although, Sophocles did change the structure a little. The first to enter the play are Antigone and Ismene, who are engaging in conversation over defying the edict forbidding their brothers burial, which brings the audience to the present time. Shortly after, the chorus enters and recounts the reasons for the battle and death of Po ...
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Lindo Jong
... her village and her home. This natural disaster forced her family to move to a nearby village, but Lindo stayed behind. She was to move in with her future in-laws, the Huangs. When she arrived at her new home, the place where she would start her new future, she could see by the outside of the house that the Huangs were much higher in society than her family was. Once she stepped inside, however, she sees that the house is uncomfortable and imposing. Lindo was not welcomed warmly as a new member of the family. Instead she was shown to the servants' quarters which gave her a good idea about her position in this household. Her sole purpose of being the bride ...
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Dead Poets Society, Summary
... students were with the school and some of them were against.
The characters in "The Dead Poet’s Society" were very unique. Mr Keating was a very round character. He has a very unique way of teaching the class about poetry. Mr. Keating had went to the same school he is teaching in now. Knox was flat. He had problems with his dad. Todd was flat. He was on Mr. Keating’s side when the school tried to fire him. Cameron was dynamic. He went with the crowd. If a group of kids did one thing then he would follow right behind.
The plot in the story is rather interesting. The exposition is simple. A group of students have a English teacher who is ...
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In Memory Of Emily Grierson
... Emily refuses to accept them (1009). Miss Emilyˇ¦s mixed feeling about the past is reflected in the structure of the story. Unlike most stories, the narrator does not continue the plot with the next chronological event rather presents one that happened two years earlier. This switch once again mirrors Miss Emilyˇ¦s unclear state of mind. The storyˇ¦s disjointed time frame not only reflects a puzzled memory but it also suggests Miss Emilyˇ¦s unwillingness to move along with time. While the reader reads through time and expects the story to be in sequence, Faulkner deliberately switches the time back and forth to emphasize Miss Emilyˇ¦s desire to stay in past ...
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Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat
... the outcome of the “… mere household events” were not in any way
insignificant (102; pt. 1, ch. 3).
Poe's narrator explains to us that in his youth he loved animals
and received full enjoyment from them; he goes so far as to say that his
peers made fun of him because he was so soft hearted and an avid animal
lover. With the narrator's love for animals I can relate for I also had a
great love for animals and nature when I was growing up; although I never
completely grew out of it, I don't have quite the passion I used to.
Poe takes his characters from one extreme to the other. For
example, his narrator in “The Black Cat” grew up a softhearted pansy, so
much so th ...
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