The role of Godot: In some works of literature, a character who appears briefly, or does not appear at all, is a significant presence. ... But in reality, they do not need him as a person. ... Whether or not Godot exists does not make any difference. ... Later it is revealed that they do not even know what they originally asked Godot for. ... When they ask Lucky if he wants them, he does not reply, so Estragon is given the bones. ...

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I""m changing everything. ... They time those things." ... His wife is very loving towards him but he does not take time to appreciate it. ... ""What a woman: They broke the mold when they made her... ""She does not talk about herself, only about the men."" ...

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He claims that it was the British that brought "education" to the Africans, not that, according to him, it does "them" any good because they are "corrupt through and through." ... However, "the Nigeria he returned to was in many ways different from the picture he had carried in his mind during those four years." ... It is apparent that they are different and although it will also become apparent that they do have love for each other, this beginning quarrel is a sign of problems to come, problems that will unfold as the novel unfolds. ... Clara and Obi do not have a successful meeting. ... But...

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Marlow eventually gets the parts he needs to repair his ship, and he and the manager set out with a few agents (whom Marlow calls pilgrims because of their strange habit of carrying long, wooden staves wherever they go) and a crew of cannibals on a long, difficult voyage up the river. ... Analysis of Major Characters Marlow - Although Marlow appears in several of Conrad's other works, it is important not to view him as merely a surrogate for the author. ... In fact, it can be argued that style does not just override substance but actually masks the fact that Kurtz is utterly lacking in ...

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Will Smith is also my favorite rap artist, because he does not use profanity and violence in his lyrics. According to Smith, "Good rap does not have to be vulgar" (qtd. in "Fresh Prince" 17A). ... "And the same people who go out and say rap is negative, they don't come and look at some of the good groups that are out there, who are doing positive things" (Williams C1). ... Videos shown are also prejudiced in that they do not always show the whole scene--they are taken at the disgression of the cameraman. ... Pictures created a sense of responsibility among the viewers; no longer cou...

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He began to write more and more, and after entering these prestigious establishments, in 5 years, "Blair did not do a lick of work."" and, "Why I Write,"" Blair seemed to have known at an early age that he would be a writer, and felt that the pressure from this parents to succeed had only pushed him further in this direction. ... It was accepted as long as the swears were deleted and several names were changed to prevent lawsuits. ... I have no reputation that is lost by doing this and if the book has any kind of success I can always use this pseudonym again."" ... Here we see two typical asp...

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During the McCarthyism period witnesses refused to answer questions and when they did they were scorned (Bentley 302). ... It was a guilt, in this historic sense, resulting from their awareness that they were not as Rightist as people were suppose to be (Bu*censored* 133). ... Miller does not use an ordinary plot in The Crucible. ... tension inheres in episodic conflicts rather than in an over-all advancing action. ... To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. ... The Crucible has a narrator, a voice not a character, that tells us about the charac...

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They carried the toddler, who cried and fussed. ... Jon now decided to carry James by the legs, while Robert held him by the chest. They awkwardly carried the boy to a grassy plateau by a reservoir where they sat on a step and rested, placing James between them. ... The police station was not far off. ... At first it didn't strike him as unusual because neighborhood kids routinely laid things out on the tracks. ...

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Jim is aware that he is slipping into despair, voicing his concern that he does not know who he is. ... He is thinking of getting away, thinking again of doing more work on his poetry. ... Everywhere he carried ringed notebooks for scrawling his puzzling and unusual ideas (Hopkins, p.53). ... The next day, when they had sobered up, and she had calmed down, they went on, and resumed their life as if nothing had happened. ... One time, Jim's mother came to a concert to see how Jim was doing. ...

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