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more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...

his goods will be forfeit as well. Having already said in court that he wants only his "bond," Portia has him on the ropes when he...

(Eliot 30). In addition she is "likely to seek martyrdom," then try to escape it only to have it befall her when she stopped looki...

delivered, uncompleted phone calls, overtures not taken up, appeals repulsed. William Faulkner, who praised the novel, said that w...

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

could have happened when the intentions were so noble. In other words, this novel/fable is a "must read" for anyone trying to unde...

are futile and are only keeping her from seeing the truth. One author, in reviewing a book about Austens work, notes that...

Lennie talk of their plans for a farm, he immediately feels the pull of this dream. He asks, "Spose I went with you guys...I aint ...

stables, no longer a real member of the family, Catherine still roamed the hills with him, being his companion, and he really her ...

story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...

indictment of the British caste system and the exploitation of laborers necessary to maintain its bourgeois lifestyle (Mitchell, 2...

may be that he hoped he was likewise leaving behind the endless poverty and oppression which were the birthrights of a Slovak peas...

a life of fear and torment, yet this is nothing more than a fa?ade of assurance. The people have no idea that each and every enti...

wealthy man puts his emphasis on money, power and manipulation; fails at politics and his domestic life and dies friendless and al...

dialect, plain speaking, and easily conversational (Bloom 95). The subject of local gossips whispers, the thrice-married Janie co...

The second analysis involves Victors perspectives of women and the monsters perspective of women. Victor is obsessed with his moth...

to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood floating down, and pieces of log rafts--sometime...

Thomas Hardys "Tess of the dUbervilles" was written in 1891. This was a time when the role...

When the psychologists lofty expectations come crashing down around him, he tries to wash his anxieties away in a symbolic gesture...

This essay offers discussion of the issues maturity and identity in regards to "David Copperfield," the classic novel by Charles D...

subsequently preaches sermons about him, leading people to believe that he led the life of a saint. Ciapelletto is such a hypocri...

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...