Brandon allowed Amy to tug him down the hallway and onto the deck. His mind was back with Eleanor in stateroom three‚ and Amy’s was on the doll she had clutched in her hand. “Where are you taking us?” he asked. “The playroom so I can see my friends.” The playroom was on the next deck down on the evacuee side of the ship. He expected chaos‚ but the children were orderly—playing quietly or reading books. Nursery rhymes printed in blocked lettering lined the walls. An older girl played the piano and
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these heroes do not suffer permanent self-losses‚ the reasons lie in the extraordinary efforts of recovery through penitence and faith they make or in the powerful help‚ h u m a n and divine‚ they receive. T h e romances‚ with their stories of shipwreck‚ of broken and reunited 3^2 ACHIEVEMENT AND SYNTHESIS families‚ of deep self-losses and strong‚ sometimes miraculous‚ recov eries‚ make the losing-finding formula even more prominent than do the early comedies‚ but the formula is n o
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Chillingworth – The Nature of Evil In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne writes the vindictive and sly Roger Chillingworth mostly as a two-dimensional character. Throughout the course of the story‚ Chillingworth seems to become the representative of pure evil and malevolence. However‚ Chillingworth was not always this way. Before the present story even begins‚ Chillingworth was known as an intelligent and industrious scholar. The drastic change from the Chillingworth of the past and the Chillingworth
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Daniel Defoe’s “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”‚ just as his second and no less of a name amongst classic novels - “Moll Flanders”‚ was mounted borderline between journalism and fiction‚ being based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk – a shipwrecked seaman. With his (Defoe’s) childhood marked by two amongst the most tragic of occurrences of the seventeenth century: a recurrence of the plague‚ which at the time took about 70‚000 lives‚ dubbed the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of
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The Persian Wars - 499 BC to 479 BC In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded‚ they would have set up local tyrants‚ called satraps‚ to rule Greece and would have crushed the first stirrings of democracy in Europe. The survival of Greek culture and political ideals depended on the ability of the small‚ disunited Greek city-states to band together and defend themselves against Persia’s overwhelming strength. The struggle‚ known
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The change in Prospero’s character... Prospero from The Tempest is the rightful Duke of Milan and father to Miranda who he loves. In the plot‚ he was usurped by his brother and sent on a boat to his death but survived by landing on the island. Prospero’s Power Prospero possesses magical powers and is able to conjure spirits and nymphs to perform tasks. With Ariel’s help‚ he conjures the tempest at the start of the play. Prospero is quite a foreboding character dealing out punishments
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British Literature Annual Booker Prize is televised as an important national event‚ causing a great deal of discussion. The rich variety of theatre performance available in London is one of literature attractions to visitors. Early Writing: much early British writing was concerned with Christianity: Anglo-Saxons produced beautifully illustrated. Few people in this period were literate‚ because the English language was so different that make native English people give up reading. One of the
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admiration. Viola as Cesario faced the most challenges in the play. It almost seems that fate never leaves her alone‚ as her difficulties start as soon as we are introduced to her‚ washed up upon the shores of illyria having barely survived a shipwreck. Alone in a foreign land with her only kin‚ her twin brother Sebastian believed to be dead‚ she is left to fend for herself for‚ or so it seemed‚ the remainder of her days. For any young female‚ this would be a devastating situation to be thrown
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Introduction The term "demons" was not always understood to have the absolutely negative connotation that it does today. Homer used the terms "demons" and "gods" more or less interchangeably. Another opinion was that demons were intermediaries between men and gods‚ and that demons had once been men. Plutarch speaks of "human souls as commencing‚ first heroes‚ then demons‚ and afterward as advancing to a more sublime degree." Philo of Byblus seems to draw on this same tradition when he states
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The Driving Force Underlying Prospero’s Actions is Revenge The concept of revenge is a central theme in almost every work written by William Shakespeare‚ including Hamlet‚ Othello‚ Macbeth and The Tempest. It was one of the most important aspect of human nature presented in his works. In The Tempest‚ from the very beginning‚ Prospero’s behaviour seems to be highly related to his deep resentment of having been betrayed and overthrown by his own brother‚ Antonio. Every action taken‚ every decision
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