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he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

nine Books relate Augustines life up to the death of his mother and then, the story takes an abrupt turn as Augustine puts forth h...

as the term is defined. They use and are used in like fashion. Neos character is more of the classic hero archetype. However, Bu...

lunatic by the name of Bashan Singh (Murphy, 2003). Everyone would refer to him as Toba Tek Singh (2003). He is one of the charac...

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

condemned The New York Times and The Guardian for liberal content and left-wing sympathies, and their war coverage has come under ...

him and who has lawful access to the mother" (Oedipal trajectory/Oedipal complex, 2004). As the boy develops he begins to realize ...

grandson. It is clear that she has done this many times before. At some point in the past, several years ago at least, the boy acc...

belly pulsed with fear...and the rat emitted a long thin song of defiance, its black beady eyes glittering" (Wright, 10). ...

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

clerk in the store, he has no respect for his boss or the people who use his services. At the same time,...

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...

hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

as Grange becomes unhappy with his simple life. He leaves behind this wife and child in order to find something better. And, it is...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

environment, which is rare anymore, is often a very dangerous environment that can threaten ones life. This makes the reader under...

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...