First Part Essays

  • One Part First Amendment, One Part Politics with a Dash of Individualization

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    years. Throughout those 14 years, freshmen have learned the Bill of Rights like they’ve learned how to walk and the first amendment the way they’ve learned to talk. The first amendment has been engrained in a child from the first history class in 5th grade, to the fifth history class in 9th grade and the eighth class in their senior year. In those eight years, a student has the first amendment in their head to bring to college and express themselves how they see fit and how they have been socialized

  • The Epic Poem, Beowulf - An Analysis of Structure

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    the whole poem (148). But Lee’s four divisions are not the same as the first-mentioned. Lee’s first part is climaxed with the construction of Heorot; the second part, as Grendel lays waste to Heorot; the third, Beowulf’s advent and victories over Grendel and mother; and fourth, the hero’s death and the return to chaos (148). The three-part, or tripartite division, of Beowulf is more popular than the four-part division. F.P. Magoun, Jr. divided the poem into three separate stories designated

  • The Tormented Soul of Emily Dickinson

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    Present no more- The most eminent use of the dashes occurs in the second line, "Then- shuts the Door-." Instead of, Then shuts the Door, there is a pause between then and shuts the door due to the dash. The sentence is split into two parts, the first part, Then; th... ... middle of paper ... ...t theme in her poems. In addition to the common emotions that were entangled with her life being present in her poetry, Dickinson made use of the common objects she found everyday in the house, due

  • The Pastoral Ideal in Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard

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    from a world whose changing ideals support their idyllic lifestyle. This poem can be broken into four parts. These parts describe a kind of conversation between the speaker and the fading light of the traditional pastoral notion. The first part, ending around line 28, shows the ways in which the working people have integrated successfully into the pastoral lifestyle. The second, and longest part, ending around line 73, paints a portrait of an "urbanized pastoral" where people are no longer ignorant

  • Psychological Analysis of Little Red Riding Hood

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    Red's life, or the lack of one. At the first glance, Little Red Riding Hood appears as a lament of a daughter who misses a dead mother or who is trying to explain to her mother about her lot in life. However, when viewed in the light of the Psychological approach, the reader is able to see the writer's life in full detail: her sexual orientation, her hate/fear of men, and her inability to have children. The "her" of course being the writer. The first part, we now deal with the sexuality of the narrator

  • Analysis of Robert Frost's Fire and Ice

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    Analysis of Robert Frost's Fire and Ice For Robert Frost, poetry and life were one and the same.  In an interview he said, 'One thing I care about, and wish young people could care about, is taking poetry as the first form of understanding.'  Each Robert Frost poem strikes a chord somewhere, each poem bringing us closer to life with the compression of feeling and emotion into so few words.  This essay will focus on one particular poem, the meaning of which has been much

  • A Comparison of Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent

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    A Comparison of Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent This essay consists of two separate parts but the intention is that both these parts will prove to be relevant from the point of view of what this essay sets out to study. The first part will present Joseph Conrad's life and some of his works and the latter part will consist of a comparison of two of Conrad's works, Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent. In this essay I will begin from two assumptions, namely, that both the works mentioned

  • Essay on Dramatic Effects in Shakespeare's The Tempest

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    becomes important after the action inn the ensuing calm, as many different binary opposites are set up, such as fate against free will, human versus non human, and order conflicting with disorder. Prospero, the ruler of the island, is actually both parts of the opposition 'power of kings' versus supernatural power, being both the rightful Duke of Milan and the leader of his island, and also being a magician with a spirit as a servant. Through his 'art', he also shows us again the order/disorder opposition

  • Admissions Essay - Ugandan Culture and Medicine

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    Admissions Essay - Ugandan Culture and Medicine My trip to Uganda proved to be an extremely rewarding experience. We spent the first part of the Crossroads program at Hofstra University in Long Island for a two-day orientation, during which we met our group members and shared our interests and experiences. After knowing each other for only 48 hours we embarked upon our "journey". We flew from New York to London, to Entebbe airport, roughly one hour from the capital, Kampala. The next morning we

  • Waste Land Essay: Spiritual Decay

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    aspect of "religious dearth or superficiality reflected in despintualized love" (Pinion). For Eliot, man's inability to find real love or to move beyond superficial sexual gratification is congruous to the spiritual decay of his soul. In the first part of the poem, "The Burial of the Dead'~ Eliot's allusions to two love stories amidst a backdrop of "stony rubbish" and "broken images" illustrates his view of love as something that has lost its ability to blossom in the infertility of modem society

  • The Black Cat - Abnormal Madness

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    In the first paragraph of the story, the narrator begins to defend himself by saying that he is not mad.  This definitely seems like he is trying to reassure himself more than the reader of his state of mind.  This seems to be Poe's way of gradually easing into showing the reader that this story is, in fact, an exploration into the abnormal psychology of the human mind. The narrator says that from his childhood, he has been considered a very  docile person.  He also mentions in the first part of the

  • Free Catcher in the Rye Essays: The Highly Overrated Catcher in the Rye

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    characterizes himself. He just cannot relate to anyone except for his kid sister Phoebe. Everything and all other people seem "phony" to him. He flunks out of three boarding schools in a row, the latest of them Pencey Prep, which is also where the first part of the story takes place. One Saturday night, after some last experiences with his history teacher "Old Spencer," his roommate Stradlater and the boy next door, Robert Ackley, Holden decides to leave Pencey four days early for Christmas break.

  • Free Essays: There is No Certainty in Dover Beach

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    meter or rhyme scheme, although some of the words do rhyme. Arnold is the speaker speaking to someone he loves. As the poem progresses, the reader sees why Arnold poses the question stated above, and why life seems to be the way it is. During the first part of the poem Arnold states, "The Sea is calm tonight" and in line 7, "Only, from the long line of spray". In this way, Arnold is setting the mood or scene so the reader can understand the point he is trying to portray. In lines 1-6 he is talking

  • Invisible Man Essay: Ellison's Influences and Inspirations

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      The plot is divided into three main divisions: Invisible Man's school days, his involvement with the Brotherhood, and what happens to him during the Harlem race riot.  Ellison draws heavily on his years spent at the Tuskeegee Institute for the first part of the novel.  Jack Bishop, in his book Ralph Ellison maintains that all of Invisible Man's college days are based on Ellison's own days at Tuskeegee (45). Most critics agree that the Brotherhood is a euphemism for the Communist Party which

  • Self-realization in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse

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    Self-realization in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse A Lighthouse is a structure or tower, which emits light in order to guide people, mainly mariners.  Virginia Woolf uses the meaning as a hidden symbol to guide readers to the deep unresolved feelings carried within the novel’s distraught characters.  As the novel progresses, the significance of the Lighthouse’s meaning slowly unravels.  The reader receives an insightful view into Mrs. and Mr. Ramsay’s complex everyday relationship while

  • An Insightful Journey in Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse

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    Many times throughout the novel, especially in the first part, it is difficult to decipher who Woolf is speaking through, whose perspective she is taking, but as the novel unfolds it becomes clear that there really is only one reality. It seems as though the first section of this novel is written in a completely different facet than are the other two. "The Window", which is the opening section of the novel, is 6 times as long as the second part and twice as long as the last. It has echoes of love

  • The Jealousy of Iago in Shakespeare's Othello

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    (line 67) Many of his dark motives are probably concealed from the audience. In his few soliloquies, he presents definitive motives for his vengeful desires. His passions are so dark that they can only be understood by himself. The first scene depicts Iago conversing with Roderigo. Iago's goals, grudges, and furthermore his motives are revealed. His plan is calculated and pre-meditated with Roderigo being a mere source of cash. Iago explains his disbelief on not being selected

  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Theme of Innocence

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    something, it is the first step of the theme of innocence to experience. The second step in the movement from innocence to experience, is experience. This step is what is achieved after a person or thing has done something they have never done before or learns something they have never know before. The theme of growth from innocence to experience occurs many times in the first part of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This process is one of the central themes in the first eleven chapters of

  • John as Role Model for Husbands in The Yellow Wallpaper

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    oppression. This tactic is employed in the hopes of demonstrating that oppression of their sex by the evil male populous has been going on for decades. One such work that is cited by feminists to showcase just how terrible women were treated in the first part of the twentieth century is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." Feminists' are quick to point out that the main character in this story is driven down the path of insanity by her uncaring husband. It is of their opinion that John

  • Dante's Divine Comedy - Symbolism in the Punishment of Sin in The Inferno

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    The Symbolism in the Punishment of Sin in Dante's Inferno Inferno, the first part of Divina Commedia, or the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, is the story of a man's journey through Hell and the observance of punishments incurred as a result of the committance of sin. In all cases the severity of the punishment, and the punishment itself, has a direct correlation to the sin committed. The punishments are fitting in that they are symbolic of the actual sin; in other words, "They got what they