The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
.... the poisonous atmosphere of her home.
And now he has returned, fine and free, much to the disgust of Pastor Manders, whose limited vision cannot conceive that out in the large world free men and women can live a decent and creative life.
Manders. But how is it possible that a--a young man or young woman with any decent principles can endure to live in that way?--in the eyes of all the world!
Oswald. What are they to do? A poor young artist--a poor girl. It costs a lot of money to get married. What are they to do?
Manders. What are they to do? Let me tell you, Mr. Alving, what they ought to do. They ought to exercise sel .....
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Beloved: Sethe's Motivation For Killing Her Baby
.... is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's motivation is dichotomous in that she displays her love by mercifully sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder.
Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the stubburn nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. I wasn't going back there[Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). Sethe's words sugges .....
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Tale Of Two Cities: The Wine Shop Chapter - Element Of Secrecy
.... of cough. This, in combination with lifting her darkly defined eyebrows suggesting to her husband that it would do him well to look around the shop.(pg. 28). The reader, at this point, becomes aware of the same secrecy between the Defarges but is unsure why.
Charles Dickens certainly used the wine shop to install an element of secrecy in the novel. He shows that certain individuals are required to lead a secret life just to stay alive. He shows this when Mr. Monette is hidden away in the attic.
Often you will see in novels that the author has chosen to experiment with the reader's minds. In this story the reader must first v .....
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The Metamorphosis
.... has solicitousness. “He had been of the opinion that nothing at all was left over from his father’s business” The family now has a financial problem, Gregor is unable to work and he is struggling against his own form, his own identity. Gregor, who was once fairly self-sufficient, must now rely on his parents for food and shelter. After Gregor’s transformed, it is not a metamorphosis of himself physically, but it is the larger metamorphosis of the family.
The transformation of not only Gregor but of his entire family as they respond to his change. “Gregor was now cut off from his mother, who was perhaps nearly dying because .....
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The Narrator And Sam Cavanaugh: Dolls To Control?
.... his health and life. When Dr. Bledsoe found out about the trip the narrator was kicked out of school because he showed Mr. Norton anything less than the ideal Black man.
The next example in Invisible Man that implies the narrator and all black men have no control or say so in their lives is when the narrator is sent away from the college. He is sent to a paint factor to work. The narrator arrives and immediately notices the huge electric sign that reads "KEEP AMERICA PURE WITH LIBERTY PAINTS" (Ellison 196). Later on, the reader will learn that Liberty Paint is famous for its white paint called none other than "Optic White .....
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How To Justify Spending Money On Oneself In A Pair Of Silk Stockings
.... A dilemma that many people are familiar with is the questions whatever to save or to spend the extra amount of money they have in their pockets. Everyone has a desire to spoil themselves every once and a wile, because of the need of feeling important, attractive and appreciated.
Mrs Sommers reacted in a way that most people would do in a situation like hers. When you at first find yourself as the unexpected possessor of a large sum of money you probably begin to think logically. A dilemma starts to grow in your mind; what are you going to do with the money?
The need of spoiling yourself will probably win over all the logical .....
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Literary Analysis Of Lennie
.... the water was running shows Lennie’s position as a character with little or no common sense. He just does things less carefully than he should, though without negative intent. Also, Lennie is portrays himself as a very caring individual. While he enjoys his drink, he had to make sure his friend George would not be dehydrated.
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“’Lennie!’ [George] said sharply. ‘Lennie, for God’ sakes don’t drink so much.’ Lennie continued to snort into the pool. The small man leaned over and shook him by the shoulder. ‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night’” (3).
Significance:
Usually people who snort into pools aren’t .....
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Ordinary People: Loss
.... afraid of finding something he doesn’t want to see. He begins noticing imperfections in himself. “He has noted this about himself lately: He drinks too muck when they go out. Because drinking helps.” Cal finally comes to a conclusion that there was nothing he could have done to prevent the death of his son. He gives up more so than he heals.
Conrad. He found his wounds to be deeper than he could begin to understand. Because he was there with his brother, hanging on to the boat with him, he felt that he should have died with his brother that night. Just as his father did he also frantically searched for answers but instead o .....
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The Code Of Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
.... receives over the next three days. On the third day of this agreement, Sir Gawain receives a magic green girdle from the lady of the castle that is said to keep him from harm. Fearing the Green Knight, Gawain lies to the lord of the castle about what he has received that day keeps the girdle. Gawain was not honest and did not keep his word, thus breaking the code of honor.
Continuing on his journey, Sir Gawain finds the Green Knight and engages in the second part of this Christmas game. The year before, Gawain got a free swing at the knight, and this year the knight gets a free swing at Gawain. However, here again, Gawain b .....
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Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings
.... dressed, who wept copiously” (Flaubert 57). When Emma married Charles, she expected this perfect man whom she had pictured from the many romantic novels she had read. It is these fairy-tale illusions that slowly bring the world crashing down on her.
Emma’s illusion of love and grandeur came from her knowledge of romance novels. After she had married Charles, she came to the conclusion that their love was not like the ones she had read about in her beautiful books. “But the happiness that should have resulted from this love had not come; she must have deceived herself, she thought.
Emma sought to learn what was rea .....
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Emerson's Self-Reliance
.... down over less worth in the population." They are both saying that if something happened and nobody was around would it have the same affect as it would if many people saw it. Thoreau was saying that the sunset is not as beautiful when only a few people see it. I think that a person would have to question things like that, because nobody really knows.
In conclusion, I agree with many of the writers of the transcendentalist period. They believed that you don't need anything except water, clothing, and shelter to live life, which is true. If people lived life simply, as Emerson and Thoreau suggest, the world would be a bette .....
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Silent Spring: Pesticides
.... being taken today. In the past, we were not quite sure what long-term effects, if any that pesticides might have. When applying pesticides one must take into consideration the amount that actually remains on the plant as compared to the amount that is washed away by rain, carried off by wind, or absorbed by microorganisms and other living animals. In the case of DDT, or Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane which was first synthesized in 1874 was thought to be the miracle due to the impact that it served in World War II fighting off diseases as well as it’s many uses from stability in soil and acuatic environments to killing pests .....
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