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    English 11 13 May 2013 Success In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ hope destroys Willy Loman. Willy wants his son‚ Biff‚ to succeed and the game at Ebbets Field represents the realization of all Willy’s lost hopes for Biff. The first scene that displays Willy’s hope is at the very beginning of act two. Willy becomes very defensive about Biff’s game when their neighbor‚ Charley‚ questions them. Biff also exhibits vicarious success for his father‚ saying‚ “I got it‚ Pop. And remember‚ pal

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    experience caused him to be shrunk in size with irreversible damage. As the tour progresses‚ one by one the winners diminish until it is just Charlie left with his grandpa and the strange chocolatier. Eventually‚ Willy Wonka chooses Charlie to inherit the famous chocolate factory. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a

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    However‚ in spite of the many differences‚ there are similarities between the two stories. Romeo and Juliet and “Teen Couple Executed by their Parents…for daring to fall in love‚” both involve the deaths of the couples all happening at a young age‚ all of them dying before the age of 19 before any of their parents died. Throughout both stories a common factor is that the couples were forced to make adult decisions about their lives and love lives; while‚ the adults around them were making many poor

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    The slave laborers were exhausted. They lived in camps infested with disease. The Nazis used gas tanks to murder the weak. There are many similarities as well as differences between The Holocaust and The Crucible. The Holocaust can be compared to The Crucible for a number of reasons. In the beginning of the Crucible‚ a scene told the audience how a teenaged girl‚ Abigail‚ helped her employer‚ John Proctor‚ commit adultery. She knew she had grudges toward some people‚ including her mistress‚ because

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    supported the notion that the earth rotated around the sun. Doctors tried to reason with mothers that believed taking vaccines would give their children autism. Both of these instances have clear similarities‚ despite the era they occurred‚ as well as other outstanding differences. The differences between Galileo’s spat with the Church and the controversy about autism being rooted in vaccines are numerous. Obvious differences include the time these controversies occurred‚ the subject matter they were

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    Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance

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    Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?” (Act II). Why is this particular line so important? These words were coming from a frustrated and broken Biff Loman towards his father Willy Loman. This very quote portrays both sides of a contradicting theme: the concept of selfishness vs. selfishness. Willy Loman’s selfish character in comparison to his son Biff’s selfishness presents opposing characteristics that together end in tragedy. These concepts along with the idea of identity

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    The early civilizations of China and India are similar but also quite different to the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. A common similarity is the use of rivers. Most early civilizations built cities near rivers to gain food‚ water‚ and other necessities‚ this is one common theme between civilizations of China‚ India‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt (Stearns‚ 50). A common difference is the way the emperor/king ruled. In civilizations such as Babylon‚ the ruler created rules to fix family issues and property problems

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    represents the perfect women‚ but societies’ ideals change over time. Cultures has evolves‚ and the way we view men and women evolves with it. This leads to different ideals and values. Even though there are differences‚ there are still many similarities between present day and the Ancient Greek times. Odysseus and Penelope displayed characteristics that were ideal in Ancient Greek times and although ideas have changed some ideals are prevalent in today’s society. The ideal image of a man and women

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    Have you ever wondered what the differences between the North and South? Or what they had in common. Here are few things that you will learn about the North and South. You will learn the differences between the north and south. Also‚ a couple of similarities they both have. The north side has the majority of the cities. Also the population increased in the North between the 1800 and 1860 mostly because of immigration. The economy in the North was based on the manufacturing. They used the cotton

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