Although Larkin was an Agnostic, describing religion as "the moth-eaten musical brocade created to pretend we never die", the persona in "Church going" has taken time to visit the church and Larkin seems to be well acquainted with the religious terms of the various furniture within it, suggesting he has some sort of respect for it. ... The poem focuses particularly on the desire that consumerism brings, leading to an inevitable disappointment. ... "This is a poem of desire and commodity, or rather desire as a commodity" - Steve Clark. ...

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The Tell - Tale Heart The Tell - Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. This story by Poe is a classic tale of horror and a perfect example of Poe's classic horror style. The Tell Tale Heart is a story of total hatred for another person. In this story the narrator is plotting to kill th...

• Word Count: 656
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• Grade Level: High School

Concerning the Orient which received much of the same abuse as Africa during the time of imperialism, Edward Said argues, "The imaginative examination of things Oriental was based more or less exclusively upon a sovereign Western consciousness according to a detailed logic governed not simply by empirical reality but by a battery of desires, repressions, investments, and projections-(Said 8). "And it is precisely those desires, repressions, investments, and projections' that Heart of Darkness exposes in the discourses of imperialism."" ... To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land w...

• Word Count: 2001
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Moslem Doctor Aziz's character is thoroughly introduced at the beginning of the story as charismatic, conversational, open-minded, elegant and intelligent. Some scenes and dialogue in the story also show that he enjoys being in the spotlight and the center of everybody's attention. He had also s...

• Word Count: 475
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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Eddie and Catherine are two important characters form the play "A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Brooklyn around 1950's. Catherine is an orphan who grew up with her aunt and her aunt's husband. She sees them as her parents. Eddie who is her aunt's husband is like a real father to Catherine. ...

• Word Count: 1964
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• Grade Level: High School

Henry V died in 1125 leaving the Empress Matilda a twenty-three year old widow without any children. ... One reason that they took the oath was the hope that by the time Henry I died, Matilda's son would be old enough to sit on the throne. ... Know one knows what the argument was about, however it seems that Henry was going to choose another heir before he died in December of 1135. ... However, when Henry died the nobles rejected Matilda because of her marriage into an Angevin family. ... After King Henry died, anarchy broke out in England, mainly among the Norman's. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His condescending "enlightened" white manner shines through when he secretly desires to talk to only the "well dressed Negro" that "carried a briefcase" about "art or politics or any subject that would be above the comprehension of those around them." ... Julian loses his sense of supremacy over his mother and his feelings of separation as he watches her die. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The flowers signify Paul's desire for beauty, and, at the same time, his fragility. ... Finally, flowers symbolize the beauty and wealth Paul seeks, but ultimately demonstrate that when these goals are not acquired honestly, they can't be maintained, just as the flower dies in the cold. ...

• Word Count: 823
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• Grade Level: High School

The journey must include something that triggers a desire to fill a specific gap in ones life or an initiation of a journey and end with a completion of that journey which is usually a fulfillment of that original void. ... That goal becomes diluted along the way by his rooted ties to his homeland, but his original desire to become westernized. ... When the demons are cast out of man, Jesus is merciful in not sending the demons to die, but rather allowing them to enter nearby pigs. ... It was symbolic of how much he was independent in England and it revealed some of his desire to become wes...

• Word Count: 1990
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocriti...

• Word Count: 5369
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• Grade Level: High School

James desires to have that chance again but it is out of reach, and this is what disappoints him. ... Mary was to become a nun, a career free of the evils in the world, but that dream was soon demolished when her father set her up with the famous actor James Tyrone, whom she desired. She was love-stricken as soon as she met him, and the desires in her other life were now exiled from her. ... Eugene plays himself through Edmund, who in real life died from the measles. ...

• Word Count: 1904
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• Grade Level: High School

Conformity is a change in behaviour or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of others (Feldman et al. 2004). ... The desire to squeeze and hurt was overmastering."" ... The desire to exercise control over living things was evident even in the litl'uns. ...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Grade Level: High School

Towards the end of his life Wagner became concerned with the discrepancies within his work and sought to tidy it up' so that it could be passed on to future generations in the way that he desired it to be. ... Stein gave lectures on Wagner as a thinker and philosopher and wrote the essay Die Darstellung der Natur in den Werken Richard Wagners (The depiction of nature in the work of Richard Wagner). ...

• Word Count: 2346
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The crises, is that with modernism comes greed and the desire for power and possessiveness. ... It is not until he comes across the dying slaves in the bush that he realizes how destructive this process really is. ... When these natives are too week or ill to continue to work, they are simply left to die. ...

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As Plato once said "philosophy begins in wonder". Plato was part of a triad of great thinkers who had in common a student - teacher relationship built on questioning and discussion rather than memorization and recollection of facts. Although they agreed and disagreed on many topics, it was their s...

• Word Count: 3385
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is also present in the every-day life where the desire for domination, for enslaving and the urge for power are the expression of the primitivism inside an unevolved nature, the Shadow, which we all carry deep inside our selves. ... When Kurtz dies, his last words are "The horror, the horror!" ...

• Word Count: 1032
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Paul's driving force is his desire to attain luck in order to please his mother. ... In this tale, Paul dies at a young age, but in reality it is plausible to suggest that some of these unloved children become gang members, drug abusers, or adults that are unable to sustain normal relationships. ...

• Word Count: 1238
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• Grade Level: High School

Their principle motivating force was the desire to eliminate those considered inferior elements of society and prevent them from mixing with "German blood." ... The victims of the racism persecution are not only the people who died in the gas chamber, but also the people whose mind are consumed by this hatred. ...

• Word Count: 1319
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Until his brothers' death, Henry was deliberately kept from the public eye. He was after all, the second son. Much more time was spent on Arthur's preparation to the throne, so Henry 's thrust into the spotlight became a shock. Henry was educated with intent of him joining the church, not on beco...

• Word Count: 1052
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• Grade Level: High School

Siddhartha's main goal is to discover what is true of the world and to find a life of absolute peace. In other words, he wants to achieve Nirvana. His awakening is not a simply process because it takes him almost his whole life to achieve it. This process of awakening (as his life) is divided into t...

• Word Count: 1350
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It becomes their duty (dhamma) to become detached from every desire. ... Bhiksus meditate to become more conscious, aware, and mindful, according to the three watches for, "They who are aware do not die; They who are unaware are as dead" (Dhammapada, 2:21). ...

• Word Count: 1366
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Tuesday, Mar. 7,1893 Mother died this morning at 2:10(139). ... Despite what Gilman sees of society, she believed that "the same word exists for women as for men, (Hedges 57), including ambition and desire. ...

• Word Count: 1862
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• Grade Level: High School

Some suffocated inside the chimneys they were trying to clean; others grew up stunted and deformed, dying at a young age from cancer or lung diseases. ... The children are free to leap and shout and laugh under the responsible care of the nurse, who watches over the children, indulging their desires, and yet taking care of their physical well being. ...

• Word Count: 1564
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is only through Willy"'s failure as a salesman that his innate desire for the outdoors is exposed. ... The most obvious flaw in society is greed, the desire to get ahead. ... But by the end, Willy dies without a job. ... Linda seems incapable of her own feelings, desires, anger, and frustrations. ...

• Word Count: 4675
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Arthur Miller, winner of many literary and dramatic awards, is an incredibly influential force in American drama. His plays deal with issues common to every society. He makes the audience face fault, weakness, and ignorance; subjects we would typical hide from. At the same time he emphasizes strengt...

• Word Count: 11015
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School