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Papers on English
The Book Elements Of Style By
Number of words: 482 | Number of pages: 2.... as and or but, there are two separate clauses in that sentence. When the comma is reached the second clause has the appearance of an after-thought. You should be careful on the that rule because if there is not an and or but then the comma should be a semicolon. Make sure that you keep the writing in one tense because the reader may get confused if the writer keeps going to past to present or even future. He also says that you should place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end. He feels this is necessary because it makes the prominent position more emphatic if its is before the emphatic word.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of words: 650 | Number of pages: 3.... created an enemy of Stella's husband, Stanley. It became apparent that Blanche was hiding something from her sister when she spoke of losing their home estate, Belle Reve, and did not offer an explanation. Her job as a teacher was also a topic that was discussed, but Blanche offered only that she was taking a break. The
illusion of having a high-class lifestyle marked the beginning of Blanche's alternating self-discovery and denial of reality.
In reality, Blanche DuBois came to New Orleans because she had nowhere to live and no place to work. After kissing one of her students, she was fired from her teaching job and at t .....
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Self-Concepts In Julius Caesar
Number of words: 1357 | Number of pages: 5.... the one to lead them, and thought that his own advice was best.
His unwillingness to listen to others is received as arrogance. Though already warned by the soothsayer to "beware the ides of March," Caesar refuses to heed advice to stay home from Calpurnia, his wife, because he feels that she is trying to keep him from obtaining power and status. Calpurnia believes Caesar to be a prince and is convinced that some falling meteors are warnings of a prince's death. When she hears her husband boast that he is more dangerous than danger itself, she recognizes that this is simple arrogance, and tells him so, saying, "Alas, my lord/ Your .....
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How Much Land Does A Man Really Need?
Number of words: 598 | Number of pages: 3.... of the influence of pressure surrounding him. He is trying to move up and become wealthier, but at the corresponding time he is forgetting some of the things that were important to him before he acquired his new property. In a way, the setting causes Pahom to become greedy and selfish because of his desire to have more.
The main need, or actually a desire, that Pahom has is his need for land and money. It seems that he can never have enough to satisfy himself fully. For example, he was living near the Volga with a generous amount of land. Most people would have been very content with his belongings, but Pahom is motivated to .....
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Greek Tragedies
Number of words: 1231 | Number of pages: 5.... directly along with the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many rituals, you must "invest" them wisely and use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. In the late 15th century English morality play, Everyman, is summoned by Death, he cannot persuade any of his friends to go with him, except for Good Deeds. Death demands the account book from Everyman and tells him to prepare for his death, and as he does he loses all of his companions. At the end of the play Knowledge hears the Angels sing and welcomes him in, and also hears the Doctor recounting the Moral Everyman. In an important way, .....
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"A Rose For Emily": A Review
Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3.... the narrator we would have understood the story in a hole
different manner. Faulkner used third person narration and from that we were
able to find out many things about Miss Emily's past. For instance the death
of her father, the love she had for Homer, and how she felt the need for
affection. Those ideas she would have kept to herself, if she were to have told
the story.
The language and dialogue that Faulkner provides Miss Emily with enables
the readers to understand how she feels about the town. She is not very pleased
with the changes that have occurred therefore she lets everyone that she comes
in contact with know h .....
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Cannery Row
Number of words: 437 | Number of pages: 2.... used to the idea of being alone, Henri "felt a sense of relief." By eating what he wants and "free of the endless biologic functions for awhile," Henri shows that it is unhealthy to need constant companionship and being alone can help a person rejuvinate.
Frankie is all alone in the world except for Doc who accepts him although "he couldn't learn and there was something wrong with his coordination." Noone in the world including his parents cared about him except Doc. The closeness he has with Doc drives him to rob Jacob's Jewelry Store. Wanting to do something nice for Doc drives him to drastic measures, becoming involved with the .....
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Once And Future King: Analytical Paper
Number of words: 1855 | Number of pages: 7.... something at the bottom of his heart of which he
was aware, and ashamed, but which he did not understand.”(p.315) As a result of
this fear of himself, Lancelot trained to become a knight. The knighthood, a
bastion of chivalry and nobleness, would be the only way to counter his immoral
soul. Secondly, Lancelot lived a baneful existence as a boy. He was kept away
from all the other children and spent his every waking hour with a fiery old man
in a single room, learning to fight, joust, and fence. This may seem extreme to
some, but for Lancelot, it was all he had. “Three years may seem a long time
for a boy to spend in one r .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 972 | Number of pages: 4.... from the war. Two of the most common side affects of the war were shell shock and stir crazy. When suffering from shell shock a soldier’s brain doesn’t function properly and the man is a “vegetable”. This means the man is alive but he can’t do anything because he is in a state of shock because of the war. Stir crazy is a mental illness caused by the firing of so many bullets that when no bullets are heard by the victim he goes insane. Everyone was scared to go to war when it started. Young recruits were first sent because the veterans knew they were going to come back dead. "When we run out again, although I am very excit .....
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Humor Helps
Number of words: 703 | Number of pages: 3.... humorous character utilised to his full potential in this play.
A second, possibly even more humorous character in this play, is the fairy – Puck. One farcical example of Puck’s sense of jocularity is when the fairy and Puck are discussing Puck’s ludicrous pranks: “…sometime for a three-foot stool mistaketh me; then slip I from her and down topples she…” (II, i, 52-53). Here Puck explains one of his many witty pranks. Another demonstration of Puck’s facetiousness is when he shows his relationship with Oberon: “I [Puck] jest to Oberon and make him smile…(II, i, 44 .....
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