ears‚ and sharp white teeth. He cannot be seen in mirrors‚ he refuses to eat‚ and is clad from head to toe in black. “When the count saw my face his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury‚ and he suddenly made a grab for my throat.” (Stoker) This quote comes after Johnathan Harker cuts himself to shaving. We also
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Right? You don’t think them fish just die when it gets to be winter‚ do ya?” “No‚ but—“ “You’re goddam right they don’t‚” Horwitz said‚ and then drove off like a bat out of hell. pg. 109 – The conversation between Holden and the Taxi driver – This quote is important because it is one of the first persons to tell Holden what he is doing wrong and point out his immaturity in a sense. * “I took their check off them‚ but they wouldn’t let me pay it. The one with the glassed made me give it back to
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The Great Laertes Who is Laertes? Laertes is a young lord‚ son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia. Laertes wants to protect his sister and avenge the death of his father. Laertes is impulsive and senseless in his hunt for revenge which ends up leading to his own death. Laertes is a brave and compulsive person who does not think before acting. He is very quick to action and is eager to seek revenge‚ “O thou vile King‚ Give me my father!‚” (4.5.115) this shows the type of character Laertes is and
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Marchione di Coppo Stefani‚ The Florentine Chronicle Marchione di Coppo Stefani was born in Florence in 1336. He wrote his Florentine Chronicle in the late 1370s and early 1380s. Stefani‚ Marchione di Coppo. Cronaca fiorentina. Rerum Italicarum Scriptores‚ Vol. 30. ‚ ed. Niccolo Rodolico. Citta di Castello: 1903-13. Rubric 643: Concerning A Mortality In The City Of Florence In Which Many People Died. In the year of the Lord 1348 there was a very great pestilence in the city and district of Florence
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Death is a very vague character he is blunt and goes straight to the point. Death starts off with a sort of mocking or cynical manner‚ with a dark sense of humor‚ but as the novel goes on and World War II gets bigger and faster‚ Death shows weariness and remorse about having to collect so many souls. He’s extremely truthful and tells you how it is. A small fact he shares at the very beginning of the book is “you are going to die”. He explains that he is attempting to be cheerful about this whole
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Heroes). This is a quote about the Grecian hero‚ Theseus. The quote itself describes him with great accuracy‚ because he is the greatest Greek hero. There are three reasons why. First of all‚ Theseus put others before himself. When it was time for fourteen Athenians to venture into the labyrinth and face inevitable death at the hands of a Minotaur‚ he felt it was not right. King Minos’s only human son‚ Androgeos was killed(AncientHistory.com says there are two versions of his death‚ one of the Athenians
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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into a bungalow in India‚ which he then runs into some inferious beasts in the garden‚ Nag and Nagaina‚ a pair of 5-foot long King Cobras. Likewise‚ it leads RIkki TIkki into warding off the 2 from the garden behind the bungalow‚ even if it leads to death. Although Rikki Tikki seems like a hero for the creatures dwelling in the garden‚ he might not seem as thorough and gallant as you might think at a first glance. Rikki Tikki´s shows many character
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was at his side until the very end"- Squealer • "I have no wish to take life‚ not even human life"- Boxer • "Death to Humanity"- Napoleon • Old major was “so highly regarded on the farm” all the animals “were willing to lose an hours sleep to hear him speak" • "All men are enemies. All animals are comrades." • “Loyalty and obedience is more important"- Squealer CORRUPTION QUOTES • ...rations were reduced‚ except those of the pigs and the dogs. • …did not actually work‚ but directed and
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earth is this world that humans crave. “People can’t anticipate how much they’ll miss the natural world until they are deprived of it” - page 57. The main idea of the two books is about the earth space conflict that humans realize. In The Martian Chronicles‚ humans went to Mars for a whole new start‚ yet ironically‚ humans made Mars with all the comforts of earth. This crave might not always be there in the beginning but‚ eventually it will return‚ haunting your mind until one finally goes crazy. “He
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