Okonkwo believes that not following orders is a sign of weakness and that one should do whatever it takes to not display weakness. When Okonkwo is told that Ikemefuna must die to no display weakness‚ Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna‚ and this is shown when “ Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak”(61). This shows how Okonkwo would go to the extreme to not be displayed as weak. When Okonkwo confronts Obeirka about not coming to Ikemefuna’s death he says‚ “ you sound
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35. The scarlet letter has not done its office because it was meant to eventually get Hester to reveal the identity of her accomplice by consuming Hester with guilt and making her weak however‚ the scarlet “A” had quite the opposite effect. a. Verb Tense b. The scarlet letter “has not done its office” because its intention is to eventually get Hester to reveal the identity of her accomplice by consuming Hester with guilt and making her weak however‚ the scarlet “A” has quite the opposite effect
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In the story The Locket by Kate Chopin‚ the main character Octavie is devastated when her lover Edmond has to go to war. Before he leaves‚ Octavie puts her most prized earthy possession around his neck; her locket. She later gets the locket back when a priest finds it on a man’s body at the battle site. She is horrified to know that Edmond has died in battle. In her grief‚ she plans to live her life as plainly as possible and to never love again. However by the end of the story‚ Octavie finds
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The consequence of corrupting power does not only affect the monarchs‚ but also their families. The families of three monarchs committed suicide and abandoned them as they are ashamed of those princes. Macbeth does not believe in the ties of loyalty and brotherhood which causes his soldiers and subject not to put faith in his master. When MacDuff’s and Malcom’s armies came to attack his castle‚ Macbeth’s soldiers refuse to stay loyal to him as they cannot feel attached to him. The soldiers who once
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Everyone knows someone who is completely self-centered and thinks the world revolves around them. In Oedipus the King‚ Jocasta is that person. The play‚ Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ was believed to be written in 430 b.c.‚ and is set in the royal palace of Thebes. Jocasta is an important character in this play and is a mother and a wife to Oedipus. Jocasta constantly shows hypocritical‚ selfish and cowardly behaviors that inspire hatred from the audience. She is self-righteous and fearful in all
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“A Rose for Emily” is written by William Faulkner‚ an American author‚ in 1930. The story is based on the town’s knowledge and opinion about Miss Emily Grierson’s life. Critics like Cleanth Brooks Jr. and Robert Penn Warren from “Understanding Fiction” believe that Emily’s madness is derived from “her pride and her refusal to submit to ordinary standards of behavior” (400)‚ which consequently lead to the story’s ultimate gruesome ending. In Brooks and Warren’s analysis‚ they made two key points
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The General pretended to sleep‚ hoping no one was watching her. She knew McKenzie’s men were angry with her‚ but they weren’t looking at the whole picture. She slid from her bedroll and snuck around the trees to where the horses were tied up. In the darkness it was hard to see‚ but she finally located her horse and led it away from camp. “And just where do you think you’re going?” A voice sounded loudly behind her. The General clenched her heart as it pumped wildly and spun around‚ staring
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Fulgham in THE RUSSIANS ARE A ROTTEN LOT says that prejudice and assumptions accumulated from the lack of perception and truth about ones humanity leads to the choice of separation‚ and in some occurrences‚ war. The author begins the editorial by reciting a version of the bias news that would have been heard by Americans‚ and others opposing Russia‚ during the Cold War. By strongly stating‚ “the Russians are a rotten lot‚ immoral‚ aggressive‚ ruthless‚ coarse‚ and generally evil‚” the reader is indirectly
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The importance of perseverance and doing the right thing even in difficult circumstances is the theme of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. One of the main characters‚ Kady‚ perseveres through the mess around her and sacrifices numerous things for the greater good. The book setting is mainly in a cramped space ship on course to a warp station and the sci-fi plot carries the theme throughout the story. The symbols in the story‚ death‚ illness and the artificial intelligence‚ as well as the
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As usual with Marissa Meyer‚ this book is great‚ even better than her last one. It really goes in depth into the villain of the series. Marissa Meyer does an fantastic job of making you pity‚ Levana‚ the villain. All Levana ever wanted was love‚ and she’s never received it. Especially not from her family. Her craving for this drives her to do horrible things‚ such as killing her own niece. I was slightly surprised that she wasn’t the one who killed Chanary‚ her sister. She supposedly died of a lung
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