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…James Wilson's State House Yard Speech on the Constitution was possibly one of the most influential and significant documents in the debate over the ratification of the Constitution. The speech took place on October 6th, 1787, during the Philadelphia…

…, it may contain all of those elements and be considered a tragedy. However, it is not only the elements themselves that make a character tragic- it is the story as a whole that determines it. In the case of A Doll’s House, those elements do not make Nora…

…entered into Zo-ar, I read. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Lord out of Heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground…

…The novel, "The Cider House Rules", written by John Irving, can be said to be an excellent source of thought-provoking ideas. Some interesting quotations and facts derived from this novel are presented below along with their importance. Firstly…

…different factors of Danish society, as this text will explain. "A Doll's House" grants that the status of women in 19th century Denmark; their roles weren't dominant, households were patriarchal, the wives/mothers' were present to be eye candy, doing…

…The Painting of Language Throughout House Made of Dawn Momaday forces the reader to see a clear distinction between how white people and Native Americans use language. Momaday calls it the written word, the white people’s word, and the spoken word…

…It is very difficult for any writer to successfully communicate the true nature of war in a work of literature. However, Slaughter House-5 by Kurt Vonnegut and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller both are triumphant in their attempts to convey that singular…

…is not literally burning up. The house is not on fire. Nora is just stating that the temperature inside the house is hot. Nora then gets up and, "Shuts the door of the stove and moves the rocking-chair aside." (Isben 15) All three types of irony are used throughout…

…that arises is the first time we witness Nora lying to her husband occurs. In this conversation we learn that Nora is a spendthrift. We become aware of this by the many packages she has carried in her house and how Torvald confronts her with her problem. Nora…

…Fire has been known as an essential tool to all of mankind. It has helped to improve our standards of living. Throughout the course of history man has futher developed new technologies to the point where fire is almost no lnger necessary. So why…