Hamlet has a vast understanding of the circle of life and how to achieve and not achieve certain goals‚ and he illustrates this constantly in majority of his soliloquys. However‚ this is contrary to his actions and gestures because he is hesitant and indecisive in his actions. Thus‚ Shakespeare uses diction to convey Hamlet’s state of mind rather than actions alone. For example‚ he uses choppy and long sentences in Hamlet’s diction and eventually as he comes to a decision and becomes more self-assured
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The 1930’s was a miserable decade. During this time‚ dust storms swept the nation‚ which were both destructive‚ and massive. Over farming made the soil very poor. American citizens migrated to California in the hundreds of thousands. In short‚ over farming led to gargantuan dust storms causing the dust bowl‚ forcing the development of new farming techniques‚ and government programs. In fact‚ dust storms got so bad‚ life in the thousands were dying from dust pneumonia and suffocation (The Dust Bowl
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racial strife. When we first saw the first African-Americans step foot in our nation‚ we immediately thought higher of ourselves without good reasoning. Our views on racism have changed drastically over the years‚ as it now means one group of people feeling superior to another. In today’s age and time‚ we often accuse someone of being racist though we do nothing about it. Are categorizing the wrong attribute? This has been occurring for so long‚ how do we know that not everyone is racist? Being racist
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The tension that Steinbeck creates in chapter six is very prominent; there are moments of peace and moments of despair. The first case in which Steinbeck creates tension is at the very beginning of the first chapter where the reader can hear peace. It is only after reading chapter six that the reader on hindsight can compare the peacefulness in the first chapter to the tension in the last chapter‚ this creates tension as the reader is now well aware that one of Steinbeck’s narrative techniques is
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change and ways change every day. Imagine what could happen over a series of years. Let’s think back to America in the 1930’s. The white race would treat the negro race very poorly‚ there was lynching‚ false accusations of blacks‚ and public segregation. Many books about this time were written to show how racist the whites were to the blacks. Racism and segregation in the 1930’s was crueler than in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. Blacks and whites were kept separate in
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Imagine this: It is a little over a quarter into the 20th century. In a small‚ urban town‚ people are up and about doing their business. One woman is wearing a simple dress made out of the same colored fabric that is used as a poultry feed sack. She’s carrying a brown paper bag full of food and she’s wearing a vintage cloche hat with a green ribbon around the crown of it. More pedestrians are walking down the sidewalk‚ including a couple walking with linked arms. The man is wearing a double-breasted
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The Hobo Life in the 1930’s Imagine a time where there were no jobs‚ and the ones that were available weren’t paying enough to help anyone survive. Kids roamed the streets and little cardboard shackle houses were where most of the population lived‚ it was dangerous and unclean. Then there were the people who would jump aboard a train to seek work in other towns‚ or just go to see the world. There were approximately 2 million men‚ 8‚000 women (Ganzel)‚ and 250‚000 teens (“Riding the Rails” Encyclopedia
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Of Mice and Men is a book about two men and their struggle to achieve their dream of owning a farm through their companionship. The two men are completely different‚ one being a retarded fellow(Lennie)‚ and the other‚ a typical ranch hand(George) who travels with him. On the path to achieving their dream‚ they run into obstacles‚ but stick together‚ stressing the importance of true friendship. Steinbeck wrote this book to tell us how important it is to have a friend
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in of mice and men? Steinbeck explores different attitudes to women in of mice and men. He does this by having only 3 different roles for women in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. Women have only 3 different roles in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute‚ they are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are
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George Orwell’s Animal Farm was interesting because it explored the possibility of the animals taking over the farm. To begin with‚ it was easy for the animals in the rebellion to push the humans away. The battle of the cow-shed was effortless‚ as a matter of fact‚ they didn’t fight tough for that win. Nonetheless‚ they used violence to deserve what they wanted. Building of the windmill took an extensive amount of time‚ but it was going to make stuff easier. The second battle of the farm was
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