... three people are about the only people who I can really tell things to. Most of the time, I don't even have to tell them anything, because they are so true, and so close to me, that they just know what is going on and what is wrong or what is right. It is both good and bad to confide in ... friends. Friends come and go but true friends last forever. Not many people can sit here and write an essay about their true friends, because the next day, someone who they may have thought to be a friend, could stab them in the back ... and walk out of their life. If you get that feeling, and in you...

• Word Count: 1436
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Approval or Control? The search for true freedom is what all my communications are ultimately about -- freedom of the self and from the self. Freedom of the self means literal freedom: freedom from ... my internal rules and regulations. I never really took the time to find out what their expectations were or to tell them clearly what mine were. My definition of friendship includes spending time with the other person so I expected that from my friends. One woman I knew consistently said she wanted to be friends but never wanted to ... she was equally upset by my constant invitations to do thi...

• Word Count: 1802
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... between Hamlet and Laertes in the play because Laertes does not know the whole truth about his father's murder. He believes everything that Claudius tells him, some of which is true. The very fact that Laertes questions Hamlet about his father's death, shows just how difficult it is for Laertes to trust Hamlet. Hamlet's poor decision on killing Polonius believing it ... factor that progresses to his tragic end. The knowledge of Claudius being the murderer of Hamlet's father is the reason why the play takes a turn with Hamlet falling out of friendship. Ambition to gain power can be a qua...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School