Essays 211 - 240
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...
monstrous creature Grendel, Grendels mother, and the dragon - it considers the impact of social obligations (loyalty to God and co...
In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...
have "been kicked around so long were black and blue from head to toes" (Odets 7). But, he offers the point that if anyone strikes...
Mrs. Popov is likely a respectable woman who understands the etiquette of the day, which is what the audience will likely see (Che...
of creamy silk. A few fine pearls gleamed in her pale hair. But more than her delicate beauty, Colonel Bradford appreciated her su...
even "seeing" that in marrying a man, Lucy would not be happy (81). Lucy understands then that her mother is only concerned with L...
This essay offers analysis of "Coming, Aphrodite!" by Willa Cather, focusing on how each of the major characters define and percei...
name is ironic in that Beneatha is beneath no one in her family. Her intellect and her passion for knowledge are unsurpassed. Sh...
events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...
lessons in humanity. Nazis aint got no humanity. Theyre the foot soldiers of a Jew hatin, mass murderin maniac, and they need to ...
story "Grit" portrays the intense conflict that arises between Glen, the manager of the Black Beauty Minerals Plant located in Mob...
chill in the air (London 143). But his canine companion knew better. He was all-too-familiar with this icy terrain, and his inst...
the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...
aware that her and her mothers poverty had placed them at the bottom rung of Kentuckys socioeconomic ladder, with the chances of u...
opined that, in this work, the tragic and the supernatural are synonymous: "The tragedy of Macbeth thus lies in the attempt of a m...
is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....
his own resulting suicide because he believes his life is not worth living (which, in many ways, parallels Clarissas own ambivalen...
they have somehow missed the spiritual dimension which they purport to seek, and have been sidetracked instead into seeing materia...
unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...
for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretched to give back to life the love it gives her" (OBrien Bi...
fathers death, she sets to the task of making a funeral shroud. Every day she spends hours working on it, then when night comes, s...
Although "The Secret Sharer" was not written until 1909, some thirteen years after his last sea voyage, it is considered one of Co...
Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) donqu2.html). He was beaten, and he returned home where he approaches Sancho and pleads with him...
he recalls when his mother stole a piece of ham just so she could feel it to her family. In another example, he recalls when his ...
His wife does not seem to be well and is anxious all the time about what is to become of them. Obstinately refusing to believe tha...
the individuals lot in life. On their journey there are numerous arguments for the adoption for rejection of the different...
It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...
that they are constantly losing, for many losers keep plugging away. And, if they constantly plug away, with good intentions and p...