The Taming of a Shrew is the alternate ending for The Taming of the Shrew. They both have similar concepts‚ but we find the major difference in Kate’s speech at the end. The ending of both plays bring about a satisfying feeling that a shrew‚ even so bad as Kate‚ could be tamed. She realises the faults of her ways and goes on to explain‚ differently in both‚ why women should be tamed. In the original The Taming of the Shrew‚ “Katherine explains the relationship of husband and wife by analogy to
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disagree on whether or not Twain’s work with Huckleberry Finn truly reaches the stature of a masterpiece‚ and that disagreement stems from the course the author chose for his conclusion. T.S Eliot finds Twain’s ending to be true to his style and the rest of the novel. Leo Marx finds that the ending abandons the apparent goals of the novel‚ leaving the work short of excellence. Twain ventured into the arena of greatness by combining two timelessly classic elements‚ and casting them as the central “characters”
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“Hear me the child of the sunlight‚” said a voice in the darkness‚ “Long has your soul been denied. Take from me this last blessing‚ and see Glademere in full light!” The darkness exploded into a thousand colors‚ with countless butterflies filling the air with rainbow light. Rosa hadn’t seen such a spectacular vision since the first time the virgin came to her many days ago‚ but the vision once again vanished as soon as it had come. “Rosa? Are you awake?” whispered Aries. She woke up to him nuzzling
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In Margaret Atwood’s short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” she explains that no matter what kind of story someone has‚ death is something that everyone has in common. Atwood states “So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun.” She means that the end does not matter because eventually everyone will die‚ the beginning is the important part of a story. Atwood says that the beginnings of a story are more fun because that is where all the details are. The beginning can happen however it wants to‚ but
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Happy Endings. Or Are They? Never have I read a short story quite like Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood. As a matter of fact‚ a good amount of my peers and I have become baffled on whether or not to even refer to it as a legitimate story. It is divided into four parts‚ each giving a very frank and emotionless set of love scenarios. She purely tells it like it is; simply fact-based and stoic without any sort of feeling whatsoever. One thing leads to another‚ and that is that. Overall‚ the language
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“Happy Endings” In the story “Happy endings” by Margaret Atwood‚ the theme is‚ the only similar part of life for all of us is death. But what is different is how people in this story live and die. In the story Margaret wrote‚ “You’ll have to face it‚ the endings are the same however you slice it.” It is the beginning and the end of our lives are similar‚ but the middle separates us from how we lived. What the author tries to say in this story is that all situations start
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Over the next few days‚ I gradually started to learn more and more about Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna started to talk to me a lot more after he had known me for just a few days. He told me that he was 14 years old‚ older than me by 2 years. I liked hearing stories about him and his village. He told me about his family. One day I turned to him and asked‚ “Your village sounds great‚ but why are you here?” He glanced at me‚ eyes full of tears and replied‚ “I am not sure. I was sitting in my home with my family
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The sled continued down the hill‚ faster and faster‚ as the sled gathered speed as it went. Jonas clutched Gabriel close to himself‚ and forced his own eyes open. They were approaching a small house‚ and before Jonas had time to steer‚ they slammed into it. He tumbled off with Gabriel still in his arms. The snow was cold‚ but still so very soft. They saw colorful lanterns above them. Jonas moaned‚ and whispered to Gabriel “We made it“. Jonas tried to stand‚ but fell again‚ into the snow. When
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WIGLAF The grief struck Wiglaf the second he saw Beowulf lying motionless on the ground. The dragon too‚ lies slain on the ground. Slowly‚ the Geatish behons who had fled from the battle straggle back to the barrow and find the eminent Wiglaf still vainly trying to revive their fallen leader. The men are ashamed‚ and Wiglaf rebukes them bitterly‚ declaring that all of Beowulf’s generosity had been wasted on them. Wiglaf then considers the state of vulnerability his people are now in. The
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The Adventures of Huck Finn-The Controversial Ending The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has stirred up much controversy over such topics as racism‚ prejudice and gender indifference‚ but the brunt of the criticism has surrounded itself around the ending‚ most notably with the re-entry of Tom Sawyer. Some people viewed the ending as a bitter disappointment‚ as shared by people such as Leo Marx. The ending can also be viewed with success‚ as argued by such people as Lionel Trilling
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