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who scorned Bartlebys oddness, comes to allow for the differences that set each person apart from another. Ritter supports this n...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Barber makes one fact exceptionally clear. That is that the characters of the men who have held the office of the U.S. Presidency...

Offred, whose first-person narrative comprises most of the text, falls somewhere between the two female extremes. Her first-perso...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

comes to represent the underdog of lifes unrelenting disappointments, forever struggling with issues of control. "The subsidiary ...

variety of educational models that underscore learning as an element of individual nature as well as cultural and social variables...

time and thus see the attitudes of Twain. First we see that Huck is very disturbed by the fact that Jim has runaway. Jim is truly ...

farm listens to him and believes him and looks up to him. "Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle Whi...

resembles any level of success. If he were wise he would be happy he made a living, had a loving wife, a home, and two good sons. ...

capitalists, wining and dining them all through Paris" (Nugent). In this we see the psychology of the seriousness of the Russia...

the house, knowing it will frighten his wife. In fact, in the first scene of the story, Sykes sneaks up on Delia and tosses his b...

and social expectations define how individuals act, and these elements are significant to determining the social view in the story...

own life. With Scottie in pursuit, Madeleine climbs a bell tower and apparently falls to her death; in reality, the Novak charact...

wrong with him. Seth states, "I dont like the way he stare at everybody. Dont look at you natural like" (Wilson 232). The fact t...

around the world. This is evidenced in the Pelasgian Creation. In the Pelasgian myth, Eurynome was the Goddess of All Things,...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...

a variety of stories in a variety of ways. First, Dionysus is a contradictory god. He does things that might surprise people bec...

While Tartuffe makes his entrance somewhat late in the play, he is a central figure from the beginning, as he is discussed by vari...

will marry, her childhood sweetheart who may be a poor tailor, but she is her true love and she will not agree to marry anything l...

and they offer comfort and information, as in Adas case. Minor characters have the dual purpose in this book of offering more info...

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

treated like a horse, complete with a bit in his mouth. Sethe managed to escape. In fact, because she was very pregnant and had b...

shows compassion, but also seems confused at times as well. For the most part he is out to have a good time and enjoy a good adven...

all-knowing, loving God. In the chapter entitled, "The Brothers Make Friends," Alyosha and Ivan are talking and Ivan goes off on a...

to use looks as an anchor. The other thing that Jane is not is greedy. When Edward offers her all kinds of clothes and jewels, she...

man who feels he must do everything himself. He is seeking the advice of others, and balancing that advice with perhaps gut feelin...