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  • Deadly Identities by Amin Maalouf

    Deadly Identities by Amin Maalouf

    According to Maalouf, a person shouldn't have to define himself or his identity to people if he were exposed or raised according to different cultures. It is unfair to him- as it is to other people- to have to choose between certain aspects of his identity, or even hide those facets and "save" them for a different gathering or group of people who can cope with those different sides "The identity cannot be compartmentalized" .

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    Essay Length: 319 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: David
  • Relationships in Death of a Salesman

    Relationships in Death of a Salesman

    Relationships in Death of a Salesman The father son relationships of Willy, Biff, and Happy in Death of a Salesman change throughout the play. Willy wanted his sons to be well liked and successful even from any early age. As adults Biff and Happy are not the successful men their father wanted and Willy will not accept who they are. He lies to himself by exaggerating his sons’ jobs and ambitions. Willy will not accept

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    Essay Length: 464 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, is a struggling salesman. Willy Loman is a complex father who confuses illusion with reality. In a way, Willy has two personalities in this play. The one we see in the present is a tired man in his sixties. The other Willy the young and confident salesman that was viewed through his flashbacks. In one of Willy’s flashbacks, Willy speaks

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    Essay Length: 629 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Death of Salesman Setting

    Death of Salesman Setting

    When the lights come up, the first thing we see on stage is the suggestion of a small frame house. The front wall is open, and the stage directions say that "an air of the dream clings to the place." The set is designed to minimize the boundaries between past and present. The same areas used conventionally for scenes in the present are also used for scenes in the past as free spaces where

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    Essay Length: 961 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Parable Story “dead Men’s Path”

    The Parable Story “dead Men’s Path”

    The Parable Story “Dead Men’s Path” In this short story “Dead Men’s Path,” Chinua Achebe gives the protagonist an exciting chance to fulfill his dream. Michael Obi was fixed officially headmaster of Ndume Central School, which was backward in every sense. He had to turn the school into a progressive one, however the school received a bad report when the supervisor came to inspect. Why did the school get a nasty report and Obi could

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    Essay Length: 695 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Death of a Salesman;

    Death of a Salesman;

    Justin Bardowski College Credit English December 19, 2001 Death of a Salesman; Movie vs. Book Death of a Salesman was both a great movie to watch and a great book to read. There were small differences, and since they are just about word for word from one another, the differences were usually just differences in the way one interpreted the book and envisioned the characters. The major difference I noticed was the way I pictured

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    Essay Length: 362 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Nora in a Dolls House and Willy Loman in Death of Salesman

    Nora in a Dolls House and Willy Loman in Death of Salesman

    Dramatists such as Aristotle started to write a series of plays called tragedies. They were as follows: the play revolved around a great man such as a king or war hero, who possessed a tragic flaw. This flaw or discrepancy would eventually become his downfall. These types of plays are still written today, for example, Arthur Millers "Death of Salesman" and Henrik Ibsens "A Dolls House." "Death of Salesman" shows the downfall of the modern

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    Essay Length: 1,698 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Mikki
  • A Reading Reaction to My Brother Sam Is Dead

    A Reading Reaction to My Brother Sam Is Dead

    Report On AIDS AIDS( Acquired immune deficiency symdrome) is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) which attacks selected cells in the immune system and produces defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for years. They lead to a severe suppression of the immune system's ability to resist harmful organisms. This leaves the body open to invasion by various infections. The first cases of AIDS were reported in the early 1980s. From

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • A Victim’s Deliberate Use of Deadly Force Is a Just Response to Repeated Domestic Violence

    A Victim’s Deliberate Use of Deadly Force Is a Just Response to Repeated Domestic Violence

    A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence. According to Senior Senator Dianne Feinstein, "Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return. It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States." It is because I

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    Essay Length: 639 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Top
  • Dead Poets Society "view of Mr. Keating"

    Dead Poets Society "view of Mr. Keating"

    Essay - DEAD POETS SOCIETY "Mr. Keating" Sometimes in life people can come along and touch our lives in unexpected ways. This was the case with Mr. Keating and the boys in the movie "Dead Poets Society." He taught the boys so many lessons that they would have never learned from any other teacher. By looking at scenes from the movie, and lines from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, we can

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: David
  • The Ten Commandments, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Virtues, and the Attitudes

    The Ten Commandments, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Virtues, and the Attitudes

    The Ten Commandments, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Virtues, and the Attitudes are the sets of laws that people base their lives around in becoming good Christians. Each set of the laws affect a Christian individual, more than any other because of the laws are rooted to the bible and Christian beliefs. So, a Christian individuals knowingly or unknowingly bases what they do in life around these sets of law. The Ten Commandments and seven

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    Essay Length: 497 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Bred
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in 1949 and established himself as a respected modern American author. He was born in 1915 in New York City. He began writing plays when he was a student at the University of Michigan; even though, his family suffered financial problems with the depression and had to work to get his college education. His play Death of a Salesman won a Pulitzer prize and was made into

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    Essay Length: 863 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Janna
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Like many other novels and plays, Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, was made into a movie. Directors try to portray the book exactly how it is written, but this can sometimes make the movie too long. When actors and actresses are hired that differ from characters in the story, changes need to be made. When Death of a Salesman was being filmed, Dustin Hoffman was casted to play the part of Willy

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • Shaun of the Dead

    Shaun of the Dead

    Shaun of the Dead Through making the transition from “ balding, weak-chinned loser to wide awake zombie slayer” Simon Pegg’s character of Shaun in British comedy Shaun of the Dead displays the use of mise en scene by shifting his environment from ‘normal’ and laid back to stressful and highly charged. This was shown at the beginning of the film when we saw Shaun going about his normal morning routine, brushing his teeth, using the

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Death of a Salesman & M Butterfly Comparison

    Death of a Salesman & M Butterfly Comparison

    The Dilution of Men Literature has always provided readers with adventurous tales of acts of valor & heroic deeds, but it is the stories that demonstrate the human flaws and the weakness’ of men that truly allow readers to make a personal connection with what they are reading. In the plays Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, the two leading men find themselves caught up in unsettling situations

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Bred
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman The purpose of this brief essay is to examine Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, with respect to its reflection of the impact of American values and mores as to what constitutes "success" upon individual lives. George Perkins has stated that this play has been described as "possibly the best play ever written by an American (Perkins, p. 710)." The play marks a brilliant fusion of the ideas and

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    Essay Length: 1,212 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Caveat Emptor - Who Said Latin Was Dead?

    Caveat Emptor - Who Said Latin Was Dead?

    Q. 1 What actions can companies and governments take to ensure that products can not be easily pirated? Be specific. Nowadays fighting against counterfeits is too difficult because counterfeiters are using everything to fake expensive products and then sell them at lower prices. Governments try to avoid counterfeits by using strict regulations against phony products, but there is no way to avoid a huge flow of law quality products that are faked. We think that

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: July
  • Compare and Contrast Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with Waiting for Godot

    Compare and Contrast Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with Waiting for Godot

    In reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, and Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, one can see several dissimilarities between the main characters in each play. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the two main characters who have been summoned to complete a mission for the king. The characters in Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon, also are on a mission. Both plays revolve around the men and

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Anna
  • Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    "Dead Man Walking" The film "Dead Man Walking" raised an important ethical issue about whether a convicted criminal on death row should be allowed to have a spiritual advisor. I think the moral issue of the movie revolves around whether a spiritual advisor, such as a nun, should lend comfort or support to a death row inmate, such as Matthew Poncelet. I think the issue is important because it involves the responsibility of the spiritual

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    Essay Length: 766 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Analysis of Dead Poets Society

    Analysis of Dead Poets Society

    "Carpe diem boys, seize the day!" Robin Williams' character exclaims in the film "Dead Poets Society". Williams portrays passionate English professor John Keating, whose lessons go far beyond the classroom. Keating teaches his students to follow their own hearts and minds instead of the conformist ideals taught at their strict boarding school. Several of Keating's students take his lessons to heart and resurrect the Dead Poets Society, a secret club that meets late at night

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Arthur MillerЃfs Death of a Salesman is a tragedy about a man by the name of Willy Loman and his pursuit of the American dream. Willy is a man in a never ending struggle for success who projects a false image of what he never really was/is/or will be but merely wishes he was. Willy is unable to see things in a realistic perspective. WillyЃfs flaws makes him a tragic figure. WillyЃfs flaw is

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: July
  • Contents of a Dead Man

    Contents of a Dead Man

    In the story, “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket,” the main character is Tom Benecke. As the story progresses, he is faced with many decisions. He is forced to act quickly and because of this, many things about him change. In the story, Tom is ambitious, self-centered, and impatient. These three traits change significantly throughout the story. Tom is a very ambitious person when it comes to his work. He is caught up in getting

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    Essay Length: 358 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Steve
  • Death of a Salesman & Oedipus the King

    Death of a Salesman & Oedipus the King

    King Lear As the play opens, one can almost immediately see that Lear begins to make mistakes that will eventually result in his downfall. His character encompasses both power and weakness, good and evil; however, not all characters in this play have both of these characteristics. Two of Lear's daughters, Goneril and Regan, have evil tendencies such as ambition, disloyalty and deception but Kent, Lear's servant, is not only loyal to his king, but also

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Victor
  • Day of the Dead

    Day of the Dead

    Day of the dead How to make your own altar The Day of the Dead The Dead of the Dead altar is a prehispanic tradition that has lasted throughout the years. It has become an integrated part of the Catholic religion in Mexico. Every year it becomes a bigger and bigger event, with school classes, government employees and artists throughout Mexico competing for the most creative and interesting altar. Halloween is not a tradition in

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Dead Men’s Path

    Dead Men’s Path

    Throughout the years, the culture of various populations has changed many times, in many ways, causing negative reactions from some and acceptance from others. Cultures are set in a way that even if changes occur, they keep the fundamental value of the previous culture and add a touch of new beliefs from a new era. In Chinua Achebe’s “Dead Men’s Path”, Michael Obi, the headmaster of a progressive school, has different religious beliefs from

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Max

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