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  • Gothic Elements in Stephen King's: The Shining

    Gothic Elements in Stephen King's: The Shining

    Gothic Elements in Stephen King’s: The Shining. The classic elements were invented by Horace Walpole in 1764 in his novel The Castle Of Qtranto. These elements have been used in a variety of ways in different aspects books films short stories even today. Stephen King uses these elements in his novel The Shining alternating them to fit his needs. The first classic element is the incorporation of setting in an old castle, with secret rooms

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Tyrant Lizard King

    The Tyrant Lizard King

    The Tyrant lizard king By looking at the title do you know what it is about? The Tyrant Lizard king is actually the nickname of a dinosaur you probably do know which is, Tyrannosaurus Rex. The T. Rex was about Forty feet long, about fifth teen to twenty feet tall. Although the Tyrannosaurus Rex was big it was not the biggest dinosaur, compared to other dinosaurs he was quite small! Unlike what you may think,

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    Essay Length: 258 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Thomas King, Medicin River

    Thomas King, Medicin River

    THOMAS KING - WRITER Thomas King is a multi-talented and accomplished writer who expresses concerns of Aboriginal people through literature. He was born in 1943 in Sacramento California to a Cherokee father and a German and Greek mother and grew up in Sacramento. In 1980, King moved to Canada with his nine-year old son and lived in Alberta for about ten years. He returned briefly to the United States in 1986 to receive his PhD

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    Essay Length: 328 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Jack
  • Machiavelli and King Comparison

    Machiavelli and King Comparison

    Comparison Paper: Machiavelli and King Dr. Martin Luther King and Machiavelli, great philosophical minds of their respective times, differed in their opinions of many issues. Their opinions on these issues can be gathered from their literary works. Yet, despite being near-diametrically opposed to each other, King and Machiavelli did agree on certain things. King and Machiavelli felt differently about what role a conscience should play in a leader's decision making process. King believed that a

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Top
  • Kings

    Kings

    1. Today, developing positive international image is important issue to any nations around the world. A certain image and recognition built on a nation would affect on those brands from that country, for example, less than 50 years ago, Japan and “made in Japan” products had been regarded as with cheap and poor quality of its products. However Japan is now recognised as high-tech, high quality, innovative and fancy designed. National image has a significant

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    Essay Length: 1,341 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Jack
  • King Lear

    King Lear

    When Jane Smiley wrote A Thousand Acres, she consciously made the story parallel to Shakespeare's King Lear for several reasons. The novel's characters and basic storyline are almost direct parallels to King Lear, but Smiley's dissatisfaction with the traditional interpretation of King Lear is showcased in her modern day version (Berne 236). The story of the Cook family is almost a carbon copy of the saga of Lear's family. The ruler, or father, possesses so

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Oedipus the King Wiki Pedia

    Oedipus the King Wiki Pedia

    Much of the myth of Oedipus takes place before the opening scene of the play. The main character of the tragedy is Oedipus, son of King Laius of Thebes and Queen Jocasta. After Laius learned from an oracle that "he was doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son," Jocasta ordered a messenger to injure his foot with a pin and leave the baby (Oedipus) for dead "In Cithaeron's wooded glens"; Instead, the baby

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Jack
  • Life of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

    Life of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

    Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of many American ministers and Nobel Prize winners. He differed because he was one of the primary leaders of the American civil rights movement; he also fought to stop violence. The things that King went through like, segregation and racial discrimination helped many white Americans support his cause. When he was assassinated, he became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Vika
  • King Lear

    King Lear

    In the King Lear play, Shakespeare creates many conditions in which humans live in the world. The main characters in the play are used to portray Shakespeare's ideas. One of these ideas which Shakespeare is trying to portray is evil between the characters and in the world which are emphasized throughout the play. The evil, created by humans, is outweighed by good in the world of King Lear. Evil was created by humans who decided

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: July
  • Blindness in King Lear

    Blindness in King Lear

    Throughout William Shakespeare's King Lear, many characters make mistakes that cost them greatly. The characters are all blind to something, misinterpreting other character's actions and emotions. Their disregard results in tragedy in the world around them and brings about the rise and fall of the kingdom of Lear. In the first scene, the audience sees Lear proclaiming to his three daughters that in order to be awarded their dowries they must first express their love

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: David
  • Martins Luther King Jr.

    Martins Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout most of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. seemed to have something to say that was actually very important. This helped him to become an important leader of his time with a big dream, and big heart. Because of this, he helped make many changes, which only improved his country, in such ways as being happy with everyone. This belief and dream was for all people to be treated equally,

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Victor
  • Arthur Dimmsdale - the Scarlet Letter’s Emotional Wreck

    Arthur Dimmsdale - the Scarlet Letter’s Emotional Wreck

    Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter’s Emotional Wreck The Novel the Scarlet Letter written by Nathanial Hawthorne shows how characters in the Puritan time period have to live and deal with sins and the effects of sins and how people deal with them in there own personal ways. In the novel Hester Prynne moves to America awaiting her husband, Roger Chillingworth, who never came, so she started a relationship with Reverend Arthur Dimmsdale and had

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Steve
  • King Solomon’s Mines

    King Solomon’s Mines

    Thorpe 1 Lisa Thorpe English 250 Fall 2006 J. Tabor Paper 1 There is a thrilling undertone of sex and sexuality throughout King Solomon’s Mines . They are both entertaining accounts of three adventurous Englishmen who have not yet become accustom to the individuality of women. The view of women in both of these works is inferior to men. Women are objectified in the works of King Solomon’s Mines. Allen Quatermain and his group are

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Monika
  • A Biography on Martin Luther King Jr.

    A Biography on Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where his father was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He attended public schools (skipping the ninth and twelfth grades) and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was ordained as a Baptist minister just before his graduation in 1948. He then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and after earning a divinity degree there, attended graduate school at Boston University, where he earned a

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Wendy
  • A Critical Analysis of King Leer’s Daughters’attraction to Edmund

    A Critical Analysis of King Leer’s Daughters’attraction to Edmund

    Shakespeare’ King Lear is a story of treachery and deceit. The villainy of the play knows no bounds. Family lines are ignored in an overwhelming quest for power. This villainy is epitomized in the character of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester. Edmund is displayed as a " most toad-spotted traitor." When we first see Edmund, he is already knee deep in treachery. His need for power has already clouded his mind to

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Kevin
  • All the King’s Men

    All the King’s Men

    The entire King’s Men All the King’s Men, written by Robert Penn Warren, is set deep in the south during the 1930’s. This is a story of the rise and fall of a political titan. Willie Stark comes from poverty to become the governor of his state. He forces his enemies into submission by blackmails, repeated threats, and bullies them. He creates a series of liberal reforms that lay heavy tax burdens on the rich

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • Sophocles' Oedipus the King

    Sophocles' Oedipus the King

    Throughout Sophocles’ Oedipus The King, the protagonist is at the mercy of the gods, for his fate is completely predetermined despite his efforts to dodge the disastrous prophecy. This leads many to question who is ultimately responsible for Oedipus’ downfall, was it him on his own freewill or in-fact his inability to escape the gods’ plan for him? Although Oedipus did curse himself, and enforced physical pain upon himself, how can one fault a righteous

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Incite to King Philip’s War

    Incite to King Philip’s War

    Incite to King Philip’s War The textual element that will be discussed in this paper is King Philip’s War. This event takes place in the Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Rowlandson actually wrote this narrative herself describing in detail her captivity and return to her husband. Mary Rowlandson’s narrative was published in 1682 and is ironically the only evidence of her dexterity as a writer. The main topic of this

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Martin Luther King's "letter from Birmingham Jail"

    Martin Luther King's "letter from Birmingham Jail"

    Grammar Assignment Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Three paragraphs from pages 168-169 The topic sentence in the first paragraph, "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application", states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face, in its application, it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Lion King: A Hero’s Journey

    The Lion King: A Hero’s Journey

    The Lion King is a true hero’s journey that takes place in the savannas of Africa. The title “the Lion King” emphasizes that a lion is king, most likely referring to the main character, Simba. Simba is the main hero in the story because he regains his kingdom and defeats evil. The main character’s archetype is “king”; he takes responsibility for his actions and his kingdom, he regains order and control. Simba takes part in

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: regina
  • Pow 14-King’s Gold

    Pow 14-King’s Gold

    POW 14 Christopher Manahan Period 05 February 28, 2006 Problem Statement: A very wealthy king has 8 bags of gold- all the gold in the kingdom, which he trusts to 8 of his most trustworthy caretakers; one bag to each caretaker. All the bags have equal weight and contain the same amount of gold, totaling all the gold in the kingdom. But one day, the king hears a story that a woman from another kingdom

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Vika
  • All the King’s Men

    All the King’s Men

    The title of the book is All The King’s Men and the Publication date for this book is 1996. The author Robert Penn Warren was a very famous author. His life was full of many achievements that helped him become recognized. He even won the Pulitzer Prize for this book All The King’s Men. Warren was inspired to write this book because when he was younger he lived in the state of Louisiana and around

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • King Lear Interpretation

    King Lear Interpretation

    My interpretation of King Lear involves the theme of sight and blindness. This theme is evident throughout the play and a key part in the understanding of the story. In Act 1 Scene 1, Lear proclaims that he has decided to split the kingdom into 3, to share equally amongst his daughters and their husbands “Know, that we have divided in three our Kingdom” which is seen to Kent as a foolish mistake “See better,

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Does Martin Luther King Junior’s Life Affect His Children’s Lives?

    Does Martin Luther King Junior’s Life Affect His Children’s Lives?

    Was Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's children affected by his life before and after his death? Were his children considered famous or just more people in a crowd? Did they remember their father or did they loose their memory of him? Where the children discriminated? Questions to answer, reasons to be found, that's what this paper is all about, answers. The people to answer these questions the best are the King children themselves. We will

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • King Lear

    King Lear

    Shakespeare's King Lear William Shakespeare's King Lear had downfalls in character which later on caused him to suffer extreme consequences. if anyone knows the true meaning of suffering it is King Lear. King Lear's downfalls are his pride, selfishness, and blindness to truth. Pride as one of Lear's first downfalls, in the beginning Lear disowns his lovely daughter Cordelia, because Lear is to blind to realize that cordelia loves her father for who he is

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Tommy

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