Everyone has morals. The usual ones are: Don’t lie‚ cheat‚ or steal. The swipe in "I’m a fool" by Sherwood Anderson does not seem to possess these morals throughout the story‚ although he does seem to feel remorseful at the end of the story. He lies‚ cheats‚ and steals‚ though not in a way most consider normal. In "I’m a fool" the swipe lies. He lies about who he is‚ where he is from‚ and what he does. He tells Miss Elinor Woodbury‚ Mr. Wilbur Wessen‚ and Miss Lucy Wessen that he was "Walter Mathers
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‘That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world – a beautiful little fool.’ In the light of this comment‚ compare and contrast representations of femininity in A Streetcar Named Desire and The Great Gatsby As A Streetcar Named Desire and The Great Gatsby were both written by men‚ it is to be expected that they meet the generalised representations of women found in most famous texts‚ the vast majority of which were written by men. However‚ these two texts also explore the ideas of femininity
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Observation: Your neighbor added a farmer’s porch to his house and painted the ceiling of it blue. When you asked him why‚ he told you he had read that the sky blue ceiling would fool wasps into thinking it was the sky and they would not build any nests under the eaves of the porch or along the ceiling. Question: Would a blue ceiling really deter wasps from building nests on the porch? Introduction: There are many colloquial stories about blue painted porch ceilings. In particular‚ southerners
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This question is looking at trying to understand who and what factors led to the 11 years personal rule by Charles I. The relationship breakdown between Crown and Parliament began in 1603 with James I and ended in 1629 when Parliament was dissolved. To fully understand the causes of the breakdown we need to look what inherited problems James had to face. Elizabeth had created a debt of £400‚000 which was passed onto James‚ so already he faced severe financial problems. On top of this was the
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presented himself as a fool is when he first agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. The whole plan to marry was a bad idea‚ and Friar Lawrence still agreed. The second time he proved himself a fool is when he told himself that he should keep the plan going. Friar Lawrence knew that his plan was going wrong‚ but he was still trying to fix it by making changes. However‚ his “new plan” was built out of leaves and just one blow from the wind would bring it down. So keeping the plan going was a fool move that he should
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FOOLS RUSH IN Two relative strangers try to turn a one night stand into a marriage in this romantic comedy. Alex Whitman (Matthew_Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who‚ while enjoying a night on the town‚ meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma_Hayek)‚ a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end
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Religion is a common theme in many movies. Although it isn’t always directly seen‚ religion is often an underlying part of a movie plot. Often‚ a character is shaped by his/her religion. In the movie Fools Rush In‚ the clashing of religion is seen as a major theme. Isabel Fuentes is a character who comes from a strict Mexican-American‚ Catholic family and is impregnated out of wedlock by a Protestant‚ city business man. When they decide to get married‚ they realize just how hard it will be to
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devotion and love for his son‚ there are some contradictory ideas. The ultimate goal of the father is to create a better life for his son by offering him practical advice for his future. Voicing‚ “tell him to go be a fool every so often. And to have no shame over having been a fool yet learning something out of every folly.”(22-24) is an idea that implies that his son should go out‚ have fun and make mistakes that he can learn from. Making mistakes might offer a learning opportunity‚ but
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If "imitation is the sincerest flattery‚" then more than 250 years after his passing Alexander Pope deserves a spot in the ranks as one of the most flattered writers of all time. His works have been dissected of every phrase of possible significance and spilled onto page-a-day calendars and books of wit across the world. The beauty of his catchy maxims is that they are not only memorable‚ but attempt to convey his philosophy with perfect poetic ingenuity. Unfortunately‚ his well-achieved goals
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hard to say‚ if greater Want of SkillAppear in Writing or in Judging ill‚But‚ of the two‚ less dang’rous is th’ Offence‚To tire our Patience‚ than mis-lead our SenseSome few in that‚ but Numbers err in this‚Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss;A Fool might once himself alone expose‚Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. ... (1–8) Despite the harmful effects of bad criticism‚ literature requires worthy criticism. Pope delineates common faults of critics‚ e.g.‚ settling for easy and cliché
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