The Man with the Golden Arm

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    the verge of war with Germany. The passionate cry of a man to his fellow people to rise above what separates us. Chaplin tells everyone listening to avoid giving your soul to those that will use it for evil and your body to fuel a larger machine. Through his speech, he is making an powerful argument for equality. Chaplin is speaking to a vast audience including America and other English speaking countries. The film was created during the golden age of Hollywood when it was still more popular…

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    It turns into one bald man holding the prodigal son and the other holding the siren. They have their legs wrapped around them as the prodigal son and the siren backbend bringing them upside down and facing. The bald men who are holding them then swing them side to side and…

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    act when the King arrives. Lady Macbeth states that it will be easy for people to know that something wrong might happen by the Macbeth’s expression. She starts to give advice to Macbeth on how to appear more welcoming by greeting the King with open arms. Also, Lady Macbeth states that Macbeth must act like an innocent flower who shows great virtue, however, underneath all the kindness, he must be manipulative and deceiving. All together, Lady Macbeth is trying to rub off her evilness to…

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    Furthermore Longfellow speaks about the woven petals by saying. “Brilliant hopes, all woven in gorgeous tissues, flaunting galy in the golden light.” This means that the flowers are most beautiful at night and blossom at night. Then Longfellow goes on to talk about the desires that one has at night. “Large desires, with most uncertain issues, Tender wishes, blooming at night!” Longfellow's is saying that people convey desires at night as well. (Longfellow's lines 25-28). Similarly to…

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    tone was firm and laced with hope. The same hope in his eyes that now implored Daisy. “Did you really earn all this in five years?” Daisy asked incredulously. “It’s nothing much, really,” Gatsby waved his hand. “Nothing compared to you. You’re my golden girl, Daisy.” “You were a poor boy when I first met you,” said Daisy. “How did you get so rich?” Gatsby averted his eyes. Heat coloured his face and he suddenly found himself very interested in the floorboards. “I was in th-the drug business.…

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    He was very serious. I was disappointed, but I listened. He leaned against a dresser and all 6’ 5,” 210 lbs. draped it beautifully. Long golden brown curls framed his lion shaped face and head; Coleton is one of the most beautiful men that I have ever seen. In a very serious voice, he began to tell me his life’s story… All the things he has done wrong while omitting some of the harsh details…

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    Mata is a man of redemption, an agile swordsman who wields the power of the storm itself to devastate his enemies. However this once honoured champion has been dishonoured by a false accusation and forced to delve in to a desperate fight for survival. With the world steadfastly against him, he will do everything in his power to bring the guilty to justice and restore his honour. Once a devoted and gifted student at a renowned sword arts organisation, Mata was the only student in a generation to…

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    yra Silvertongue [formerly Lyra Belacqua]: Lyra is the main protagonist and a dynamic character in the Golden Compass. She has dark blonde hair and pale blue eyes. Her dæmon is Pantalaimon who hasn’t settled in a permanent form yet. Dæmons are the physical form of a person’s soul. As a child they often change form, but after the child grows up, their dæmon establishes a permanent form. Lyra is the estranged daughter of Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel, who both basically got rid of her, and…

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    the novel, the reader discovers how the American dream is an unrealistic assumption for a corrupt system that is powered by avarice. Many people have an ambition for the “American Dream”, but, in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald demonstrates how far a man…

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    Morality is a system of moral conduct, or conformity to ideals of \correct human conduct. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, one system of morality was so distorted that Equality creates his own system of morals. Throughout Anthem, Equality, the narrator, goes through a series of events that led him to change his view of morality. At the end of Anthem, the collectivist society’s view of morality remains the same while Equality’s view of morality is changed to ideals of right human conduct.…

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