Being independent by working hard to raise a healthy family, celebrating holidays, trying to live up to the American dream. As a proud American I have the liberty to speak freely with rights as an individual towards issues such as religion, culture and language. Being an American is taking advantage of this land filled with opportunity, having the power to trend set new ideas that can spread globally that some countries will never have but can only dream. ... Having a voice to say yes or no, and an opinion when choosing a leader. ... I can think of millions of more reasons and definitions ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The first line "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" states that he has decided to take a break away from modern society. ... However, at this point it is revealed that he is standing on the grey pavement and hecan "hear it in the deep heart's core" – he has not left for Innisfree at all and is only living the dream in his mind. It is apparent to the audience that the speaker is a harmonious, nature loving person who is stuck in the middle of the urban city, dreaming about abandoning his hectic life to develop a life in the simple and loving nature. .....

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The Macbeths' relationship mirrors their political power in many ways, and with any good marriage or kingship, you need to have trust. ... Furthermore, Duncan alongside his army all trusted Macbeth as he said, "He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust" (Macbeth,I,iv,13-14). ... Macbeth was committed to making his Lady's dream of being Queen come true, as he did unthinkable things to pleasure his wife. However, upon meeting the witches Macbeth became more committed to fulfilling the prophecies than fulfilling the dreams of his marriage. ... However in the end, al...

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"Excuse me, sir but may I be of assistance?"... The passage is a dramatic monologue where the narrator is having a conversation with an American stranger, but with only the narrator speaking. ... Throughout the novel, the narrator is inquisitive, asking such questions as, "How did I know you were American?"," and "What did I think of Princeton?"... Overall, the passage explores the narrator's feelings towards America and what could be seen as the American dream, for near the beginning of the passage the narrator states, "I am a lover of America," allowing the rest of the novel to detail t...

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The movie doesn't have an actual plot, it mainly talks about Carla's journey on her way for a normal, happy, independent life, life that she never had, and focuses on the main event of Carla's life- her relationship with Danni. ... It helped me to better understand what it must be like to have a disability, and the hardships that one goes through. I have come to realize that just because someone is labeled as having a disability, it doesn't mean that they don't have the same dreams and goals that everyone else has. ... I think that the most important thing this movi...

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In Mary Shelly's novel, Frankenstein, both Victor and the monster he creates have personalities that tell an enormous amount about their parts in the story, and the story itself. ... He admits his lack of power, as if he were possessed, by stating, "One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the human frame, and indeed, any animal endued with life Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome, and almost intolerable." Victor wants to find a knowledge that has yet to have been di...

• Word Count: 461
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate