Katterina Horton LA 10 Mrs. Rutha 6th October‚ 2014 Metamorphosis Alternate ending As he lay there on the floor in his empty room on his crippled‚ fragile‚ insect molded body‚ he heard the sound of the front door slam and the family vehicle speed out of the driveway. Gregor leaped up in a panicked‚ stunned state and stood in perfect stillness on his hind legs. A gleaming‚ bright ray of sunlight caught his eye through the crack of his door. Gregor slowly guided his way toward his door in agonizing
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Omar Said Tragedy of Disappointment At the height of his presidency‚ Woodrow Wilson had many successes that made a huge impact on the country as well as the world. However‚ he also had very bad points as well. One of those bad points was the Treaty of Versailles. In many ways‚ the Treaty of Versailles mirrored his presidency. His ruthlessness for self- determination in his policies coming into Paris did not allow him to get what he really wanted in the treaty. In the end‚ Wilson was
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“Life is a dream for the wise‚ a game for the fool‚ a comedy for the rich‚ a tragedy for the poor” said by Sholom Aleichem. The quote implies that one can have a good life if one has power or if one is judicious. Also‚ it is a game for the illiterate‚ a joke for one that is rich and powerful‚ and misfortune for needy. In the book‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller has a character a that is a part of a huge calamity. It was labeled as the Salem Tragedy because in Salem‚ plebeians and uninvolved people were
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reason‚ people that do not follow all this guideline and societies code are often left out and alienated from the rest. The actions of rejection‚ even the slightest ones‚ can leave people with serious and deep psychological damage. In the book “The Metamorphosis” Gregor was set apart by his own family because of the disgust they felt towards his appearance when he turned into a bug. This led to gregor’s feelings of solitude and the neglection from his family‚ later on being one of the causes of his death
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Q. In what ways is A Midsummer Night’s Dream a Shakespearean comedy? A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic Shakespearean romantic comedy. A genre‚ that attempts to catch the viewer’s heart with the combination of love and humor. It is light-hearted and usually places the protagonists in a humorous situation. It is one of the many kinds of comedy which dates back to the 16th century stage in England and it has an identifiable formula. It has a main plot and a subplot. In the main plot an eligible
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evolution of the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ "from book-burner to living-book" (Johnson 111). His maturity is displayed by his growing understanding of the world in which he lives and by seeing the flaws in his society. Bradbury illustrates Montag’s metamorphosis with him changing from a mindless burning drone to his maturation and acceptance into a society of like-minded booklovers. The first words of Bradbury’s novel state‚ "it was a pleasure to burn" (Bradbury 3). These words sum up the beginning
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Metamorphosis Character Analysis In the story Metamorphosis the main character is Gregor Samsa. One morning Gregor had woken up from his sleep and realized he had changed into some kind of monstrous bug (Kafka‚ 137). When he realized this he had tried to stay in bed all morning deciding to not attend his job. Suddenly his parents were pounding on the door saying his boss Mr. Manager was there and wanted to talk to Gregor (Kafka‚ 143). Gregor was a traveling salesmen for a company and normally they
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Chapter 3 – The Metamorphosis 1. How are motifs of sin‚ guilt and purification presented in Chapter 3? In Chapter 3‚ the significance of the rotten apple‚ “An apple thrown without much force grazed Gregor’s back and glanced off harmlessly. But another following immediately landed right on his back and sank in” is important since the apple is a permanent scar reminding Gregor of his perpetual guilt. The collision with the apple brings forth a sudden comprehension within Gregor and his family‚ as
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I found that Metamorphosis and Notes from the Underground has a common theme of being alienation. Both stories contain different examples of alienation to have the same theme. Both characters isolated their selves with the other characters in the plot. Even though Kafka and Dostoyevsky isolate each character in different ways. Inside of Kafka plot the character was not originally in isolation. Greog was more forced into his isolation by the other characters in the story. Were in Dostoyevsky you
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The Tragedy of Othello‚ The Moor of Venice Act I 1. A noble Moor in the service of the Venetian state‚ a General. He is somewhat important to society. And he was slightly famous and well-known captain and general. To others that knew who Othello was didn’t really like him as a person but they liked him for the things that he had done for the country and the people. Also some of the people were jealous of Othello because of the fact that he was a moor and that Desdemona was in love with him
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