In the novel Beloved, written by Toni Morrison and in "Looking for Zora" by Alice Walker, both of the communities in the stories had many similarities. ... She is only successful in killing her youngest daughter, Beloved. Throughout the story, Sethe is shown dealing with the ghost of Beloved haunting her, and making her sick with stress. Beloved drives Paul D. out of her home, and tries to make her mother suffer, just as she had. ...

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The Mother in Beloved by Toni Morrison, as well as the mother in Media by Euripides, makes decisions concerning the survival of their children, but were these mothers looking out for the best interest of their child or themselves. In Beloved by Toni Morrison, the mother makes a very crucial decision in the lives of her children. ... She would not be able to witness her own daughter, Beloved; go through what she had to go through and therefore murdered her. ...

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Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton Father Steven Kumalo is a father figure to Absalom in Cry, The Beloved Country. Conflict that contributes to the story is Absalom gets murder charges dropped on him and he gets a girl pregnant. Father Kumalo and his brother fight for African freedom w...

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Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Morrison's Beloved are similarly in the fact that both portray how community plays a key role in a families functionality in society. Looking at the novel Beloved from a chronological standpoint, the story truly begins with Sethe's time on the Sweet Home Plantation. ... Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, while dealing with a situation almost polar opposite to Beloved, follows the same pattern of community playing a role in a family's functionality. ... Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Morrison's Beloved both have a similar theme of how com...

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In April 1998, at ten years old, I lost my beloved great grandmother to lung cancer. ... In her book, My Beloved World, Sonia maintains the confidence that any dream is possible if you work hard towards your goal. ...

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Antigone's Truth The plot of Antigone begins when the truth became known to Oedipus, king of Thebes, that he was married to his mother Jocasta. When the truth became known, Josasta committed suicide and Oedipus after blinding...

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A creative Essay: In letter format: Scored 80% Sept 06, 1050 (Inside Hamlet's Quarters) My trusted friend and comrade, O, fie! Horatio, dearest friend, I trust the morrow of your days to find you well and blessed. O, Life! What a m...

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Her sudden disappearance scares her beloved brother, who accompanies her to work, to "go running out the dinner, to the arcade, the women's bathroom" to find her (207). ... Similar to Isa, in "Felix Starro", the character Felix Starro shows his willingness to sacrifice his family traditions and his beloved grandfather to achieve his freedom. ...

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"The Storm": The setting The setting of this interesting short story sets the stage and produce the atmosphere that helps the reader feel the story. There are several elements in the setting of the storm, that will lay the groundwork for the rest of the short story. It was interesting ho...

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The plot of my story is about two gods that were going to marry but when they got to the wedding ceremony so that the god of marriage could make them husband and wife, the god of marriage turned at them with a sad face and told them that their marriage would not last for long because Eurydice was go...

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The gruff voice, the vanilla flavored cigar smoke, the laugh always resulting in a hacking cough; these were the distinct memories of my grandfather. Perhaps what best described him was the vanilla flavor, plain and simple, exactly how he lived his life and interacted with everyone. I guess being bo...

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Hamlet's Loneliness Shakespeare's work "Hamlet" focuses on several general themes that run throughout literature. The least obvious theme is loneliness. In Hamlet most of the suffering and loneliness Hamlet endures is brought with the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. In the story th...

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"There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water"---Kate Chopin Throughout her life, Kate Chopin had many female influences. She benefited from having many female mentors, whether they were strong and independent widows in her family or the nuns...

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By William Taylor Although William Taylor is one of the best authors in New Zealand, he well known in the United States. In the small town of Ohakune, he is a mayor and writes full time. He is a former principal and schoolteacher of twenty-five years. He is known for writing several youn...

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College Admissions Essay-"Discuss a specific event" At times life is like a runaway train that never stops. It turns and twists that has no end in sight. If there are tracks, the train will never stop, so head one direction. At times you could live your life to the fullest but one day it could al...

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Once upon a time, in a land full of hearty crops, and livestock lived two brothers, Cain and Abel. Abel tended to the flocks and Cain worked the soil. Cain became increasing jealous of Abel, because of the mere fact that Abel offered more to God than he did. So in a jealous rage Cain struck down ...

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A farm in the Hudson Valley of New York brings back Gwen's earliest memories. Here, the fields are rolling in green, the mountains always in the horizon, a never ending stream of people going in and out of the front door and her life, a great place to live. Gwen remembers sleeping on a small gre...

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In this review I am not talking about people who have already had kids before marriage. If you got pregnant before marriage please don't get all offended. I am not judging people after the fact. This is more geared to people who have not had any kids and who are not married yet. I am not calling tho...

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In the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O"Neal, certain elements in the play give parallels to Greek Mythology. The story that best proves this idea is the story of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemestra and their doomed marriage that ends in an affair and murder. It was dramatic ...

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There does exist one peace of literature written as a handbook for man to guide him throughout life's journey. This book is called the Holy Bible, and though there is but one author, many penned the words. Luke, who several think to be an apostle of Jesus, he was actually a gentile, an educated phys...

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Life's Sanctity "Do you know what it's like to be unable to scratch an itch or pull up a blanket? Do you know the horror of "living" with no sensory stimulation other than torturous pain for days upon days, weeks upon weeks, months upon months and years upon years" (Larsen 77)? In "Put Me Out o...

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The Last Holiday I Shared With My Grandfather In April, of 1987, was the last holiday I was to share with my grandfather. The Passover sedar was held at my house. Everyone had a smile on their face and just enjoyed spending that night with my grandmothers beloved husband, Andrew. I was only on...

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There was no worse news, at the advanced age of 7, than to have one of my sisters confide to me that we were going to visit the "bad cousins." Visiting the "good cousins" was an entirely different matter. My father's side of the family was far more enjoyable to visit than the raucous band of Portugu...

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In people lives, forming a common family is easy but creating a complete family is important. Meanwhile, it is true that each member in the family generally behaves with different characteristics depending on their age, gender, personality and life experiences. Apparently, strong families are playin...

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The middle aged housewife, a mother of three precious children, broods mournfully about the upcoming divorce. She bitterly curses the name of her soon to be ex-husband, who instigated the divorce with petty excuses: "I just need to rediscover my individual identity", and his favorite: "It's not you,...

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