“Quitters Inc.” by Stephen King “Quitters Inc.” A Short Story by Stephen King from Night Shift, 1978 Mini-Reading Unit by Tracee Orman Practices reading comprehension, vocabulary, and figurative language. Quitters Inc. by Stephen King (published in Night Shift, 1978) Quitters Inc. Worksheet ©2008, T. Orman “Quitters Inc.” by Stephen King NOTE to TEACHER: This short story is appropriate for high school students (grades 10-12). It contains
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KING LEAR Act 1-3 Review Act 1, Scene 1 Analysis The first scene sets up the action and the main theme of the play. King Lear has three daughters, and he requires from each a profession of love in exchange for a reward of inheritance. The two daughters who love him least and who are most dishonest easily fulfill his requirements, speaking elegantly but emptily of their great love for him. Lear is pleased with this superficial and deceitful proclamation of love. His honest daughter, Cordelia
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Mr. K. McGuire ENG 4U1 30 May 2012 King Lear vs. Holden Caulfield Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear revolves around his decision to give away the kingdom to his three daughters which marked the beginning of chaotic and uncontrollable consequences. In the middle of the play, Lear went mad and lost everything. On the other hand, the novel, The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden Caufield. He does not care about school at all and got kicked out. He ended up running away from school
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Justin Baker P.5 8-22-13 The Escape of the Taxman Throughout Andy’s struggle, he continues to save his hope and be an inspiration for all other inmates, including Red. Andy keeps his cool and his swagger though his struggle with the sisters. I think that that triumph is how Red becomes inspired by Andy. Andy finds ways to keep his cool and finds ways to keep his sanity. Andy’s courageous and self confident determination to make something of himself and to become free no matter what the cost
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light. Within the play King Lear by Shakespeare, King Lear himself is regarded as the one that fits the description of tragic hero. Likewise, Oedipus, from Oedipus the King written by Sophocles, is another character that can be given the title of tragic hero. Through the naïve nature of King Lear, the arrogance and pride of Oedipus, and the ignorance of both these kings, readers are overwhelmed with pity for these two characters as they descend from greatness. Both King Lear and Oedipus display
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"When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include women too. Everyone knows that." She said, "That's what you think." These lines, from the ending of Muriel Rukheyser's poem "On Oedipus the King, Myth," comment on the significance of women both in the play and in society. Though the character of Oedipus suggests that women are equal, the issue of the true role of women is brought up in the poem, and is raised in Sophocles' play. The female who plays the largest role in Sophocles' play is Oedipus'
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Kings of a Unified Israel Bible 105-B27 LUO: Old Testament Survey 201320 Spring 2013 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx L33333333 Liberty University February 9, 2013 Kings of a Unified Israel Samuel was the last of the Judges. He was the bridge between the dark and chaotic period of the Judges to the glorious era of the Kings (Hester, 1962). He was called by God to be Judge, Priest, and Prophet for Israel. When Samuel had aged greatly, the people began to crave a new government. They want their own King
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King Lear (Free Essay No Copyright) In King Lear, the unnatural elements seem to always dominate the natural elements throughout the play. There exists a reversal of order in the play where the evil prosper in the downfall of the good, and where man's life is meaningless and arbitrary. King Lear, the tragic hero, dies in the end despite the torment and agony he had to endure to regenerate and repent. But it is the worthless destruction of countless other lives because of Lear's own personal
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2. Duffy 1 3. Pugh 4. Duffy 2 5. Duffy 1 6. Pugh 7. Duffy 2 8. Conclusion In Duffy’s ‘Education for Leisure’, the speaker is said to be someone who has left school and is now unemployed. In the second stanza, a parallel to King Lear is drawn: “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods/ they kill us for their sport”. Thus, as the fly is squashed against the window, the speaker aligns themselves both to “the gods” and with “wanton boys”. Wanton is defined as “(of a cruel
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Andrea Czarney Mr. Conrad English 11A 16 December 2013 The Downfall of Oedipus In the land of Thebes, King Laius and Queen Jocasta were granted the privilege to have a beautiful baby boy, but a prophecy of fate was told that the baby would grow old to kill his father and marry his mother. The Queen and King were shocked and decided that they could avoid the prophecy by pinning the baby’s ankles together and leaving the baby on a mountainside to die. They handed the baby to a shepherd to take
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