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  • Commentary on The Old Man and the Sea

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    The Old Man and the Sea recounts an epic battle between an old experienced fisherman and a giant marlin said to be the largest catch of his life It opens by explaining that the fisherman who is named Santiago but only directly referred to outside of dialogue as the old man has gone 84 days without catching any fish at all He is apparently so unlucky that his young apprentice Manolin has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with more successful fisherme

  • A Child Called It as a Means to Help and Inform

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    Typical childhoods consist of toy trucks lollipops piggyback rides and hide and seek It involves bedtime stories from mom and dad a day at the park with daddy giving underdogs and mommy sitting at the picnic table bearing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ice cold milk in a thermos All of these things grant a child a wonderful relationship with their parents and often lead to good decision making as they develop into young adults and further on But typical is not as common as it implies Ma

  • Coincidences In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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    Coincidences in Huck Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a very enjoyable piece of American literature which is famous for the unique realism it uses Although the novel is intended to be realistic there are some very unlikely coincidences within the story that become major parts of the plot A first coincidence in this novel would be early on in the book when Huckleberry Finn first meets up with Miss Watsons Jim while hiding on a deserted island Both men came from the same s

  • Comparison: A Raisin in the Sun and The Piano Lesson

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    Many times the daily oppression of African Americans back in slavery times made being their own persons extremely hard to do Many times families were seriously affected by the mental physical and emotional abuse inflicted by their slave masters thus causing rifts between family members This is evident in both Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun and August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Both authors tackle the issue of identity and family ties in their plays Both families in the two plays are forc

  • Tragedy in Shakespeare's Works

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    ENDINGS IN RENAISSANCE TRAGEDY Among the various definitions of tragedy the one most commonly proffered is a play that treats at the most uncompromising level human suffering or pathos with death being the usual conclusion According to Aristotles Poetics the purpose of tragedy is to show how humans are at the mercy of fate and to cleanse the audience by provoking extreme emotions of pity and terror The tragic actions on the dramatic stage cause the audience to experience these extreme feelings

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