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    When Clytemnestra sees Orestes over the lifeless body of her lover, Aegisthus, she tries to distract Orestes from killing her. It starts to work, but Plyades appears and reminds of his goal and that Apollo is counting on him. He then stabs her and kills her…

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    He spent a lot of his adolescence in orphanages and Salvation Army homes. “A children's shelter operated by the Salvation Army. They hated me, too. For wetting the bed...Oh, Jesus, was she an Evil Bastard! Incarnate. What she used to do, she'd fill a tub with ice-cold water, put me in it, and hold me under until I was blue." (Page 132) He was…

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    been seen as a heroic act. And as a result of it a personality with self-confidence emerges of Christy and his shaken and shocked personality vanishes. Christy also feels a strong affection for Pegeen who is the daughter of Michael James, who gives shelter to Christy at their shebeen. It is also a jeering at Christy’s immediate terrified reaction after seeing alive his assumed ‘killed’ father. The bare truth unfolds the timidity and meakness of Christy’s prior self. ‘the walking Playboy Of The…

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    The boys were civilized when they landed on the island, but as time progressed they turned into savages. None of the boys were the same as when they first came to the island. This is shown with Jack. At the beginning of the novel, jack wasn’t able to kill the pig because of his morals holding him back, but at the end, he has no qualms killing anything that stood in his…

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    George struggled to pull that trigger, as he stalled, seeming as if he was waiting for a miracle, anything to keep him from having to kill his best friend, his brother. After trying so hard to protect Lennie, George had no choice but to have to protect him in the most guaranteed way possible; death. George and Lennie had a dream, to live on a farm where George can be free to live his…

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    The Psychological Allegory Portrayed in Lord of the Flies Sigmund Freud categorized human personality into three groups that are all dependent on each other: the id, ego, and superego. The id controls impulsivity, the ego focuses on reality, and the superego is concerned with morals. The id and superego are clashing opposites that need the ego to keep the balance between them. William Golding tie this psychoanalytical idea into his novel, Lord of the Flies, where a group of young boys stranded…

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    force his way into a shelter by having Mattie clog the chimney and flush the inhabitants out with smoke. Inevitably, Cogburn and Mattie were allowed in, but briefly after their entrance a confrontation broke out and Cogburn killed the two men inside the house. His only words after the conflict were “Goddamn it”, as he was only frustrated that he might not be able to receive the full information that he wanted about Cheney’s whereabouts. The lack of empathy for the men Cogburn kills throughout…

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    another, we can compare this view to the way Dally reacts when Johnny dies on page 180 and Ponyboy says that “Johnny was the only thing that Dally has ever loved.” This quote shows the love that each boy has for each other and the fact that Dally kills himself for Johnny references the idea that Dally’s worst fear came true. This presentation of fear is abnormal to the one we see in modern society where usually the man gets revenge, but Dally realises that he can’t go on living with Johnny and…

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    assemblies, Piggy stressed the importance of civilization. After the boys impulsively start a signal fire and cause damage to the island, Piggy lost his temper and shouted, “‘I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach’… ‘How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper?’” (Golding 45). This type of behavior is deeply influenced by morals and ideas taught by parents, or other authority figures.…

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    Jason Blossom’s murder, in Riverdale, unties the perfect bow that the town of Riverdale represented. Riverdale was an innocent and peaceful town until the murder revealed its darkest secrets of the past and present. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead are the main characters who have significantly changed throughout season one and will continue to change in season two. The revelation of secrets in Riverdale causes each character to change in significant ways. These characters represent youth in…

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