to the Christian religion and his troubles with the Saxons and their practice of “demon-worshipping”. Charlemagne is praised for his efforts against the Saxons as well as his moderation of food and drink‚ particularly the fact that he abhorred drunkenness. In my opinion‚ I think that Charlemagne probably did encompass many of the virtues that Einhard wrote about. I find it admirable that as a grown man‚ even though it was a struggle for him‚ Charlemagne continued to practice his writing. To me
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Iago: [“honest Iago”] (Emilia is Iago’s wife—server: ladies man) Manipulator keen observer of others resourceful quick witted Iago’s weakness: jealousy; he’s jealous of Othello & Cassio along with the success that comes with Desdemona insecure fixated with sex intelligent *misogynist—hater of women *androgyist-- hater of humans cruel: bad husband Desdemona: innocent? Direct Confident Elevated social class--comes from a very high class/social class compared to everyone else. intelligent
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Summary: Act I‚ scene i Antonio‚ a Venetian merchant‚ complains to his friends‚ Salarino and Solanio‚ that a sadness has overtaken him and dulled his faculties‚ although he is at a loss to explain why. Salarino and Solanio suggest that his sadness must be due to his commercial investments‚ for Antonio has dispatched several trade ships to various ports. Salarino says it is impossible for Antonio not to feel sad at the thought of the perilous ocean sinking his entire investment‚ but Antonio assures
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An ineffective adaption choice would be that this movie lacks an introduction and Mr. Lockwood. Immediately‚ the movie skips right to the action‚ about twenty minutes into the movie Heathcliff is already trying to get his revenge and get Linton and young Catherine to marry. An effective adaption would be the special effect where it shows the first Catherine as a skeleton in the beginning of the movie but through Heathcliff’s eyes‚ he saw Catherine as if she were just buried. Some effective adaptations
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Priest’s Tale." Although these two stories are very different‚ they both use irony to teach a lesson. In "The Pardoner’s Tale‚ the Pardoner uses his story to speak out against many social problems‚ all of which he is guilty of. He preaches about drunkenness‚ while he is intoxicated while telling the story. Blasphemy and greed are other problems he speaks of. Ironically‚ he attempts to sell fake religious relics and is amazingly greedy. Yet there are also many ironic situations in the story itself
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Kyra Chessman Exam 1 Essay Postmodernism in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Postmodernism started as a post-war movement in response to the poverty and depression that began in World War II in the early 40s. Although both the postmodern and modern literature are bot breaks from traditional literature‚ postmodernism is considered a reaction to the modernist movement because of the paradigm shift of philosophies. Also‚ it is a metaphysical movement that questions all the fundamentals of literature
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late for the scout meeting with his son. His irresponsibility continued when he met another irresponsible drunken father at the meeting. When the stranger offered John a drink‚ he gladly accepted the offer stating "you’re a lifesaver". Due to his drunkenness‚ John Purcell embarrassed his son even further. "In a paroxysm of pride and happiness he grasped the boy’s hand‚ and facing the audience‚ held it aloft like a referee signaling the winner of a boxing bout. There was a short burst of embarrassed
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One of the first things that strikes any reader when they look at a Dickinson poem is the unique way it announces itself on the page. My first thought when studying her poetry can best be described through a quote from Dickinson herself – “Here’s freedom”. While this phrase was used by Dickinson to describe the freedom she felt in her room in Amherst I felt there was a real sense of freedom in her poetry as she cast off the rules of punctuation and grammar to express her ideas. And it is these ideas
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In the early settlements of the New World known as America today‚ the Puritan Community settled in what they used to call New England. Frustrated by the Church of England‚ they fled to the New World because they were being prosecuted and they wanted to establish a new sect in which God’s law was held supreme. They believed that the Bible and it’s message was the law of the land and no man could oppose it. Following what the Bible said‚ they believed it was their salvation into having a place in heaven
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Slavery has been seen as the exception for centuries‚ but should it be considered an exception when ⅕ of the population held slaves(Morgan 121)? Many historians believed slavery was not an exception either. Morgan states in his essay “Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox”‚ American freedom and slavery should be considered together because they developed off each other. The development of slavery; joined with the rise of liberty and equality‚ formed a natural paradox in American history (Morgan
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