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human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...
how Africa had been at some point before its development. While the old works cited above do provide a sense of identity for the p...
they were little else; they could but occasion a good trimming, and this I was already prepared for." In Madame Bovary, money is t...
as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Auste...
environment, which is rare anymore, is often a very dangerous environment that can threaten ones life. This makes the reader under...
that they tend to destroy themselves from within. This inner destruction of the community toward one another is also symbolic of ...
another nude he had done. The fact that Manet was surprised at the reaction to his work, and considering that Manet was consider...
Just about that time, there was a large strike in Packington, which was a large meatpacking area. "I knew that this was a place w...
to become an optometrist. He falls in love with the daughter of the schools owner, Valencia. However, he soon has a break down bec...
finds that he has a natural talent for it. It is as if the emotional side of him which has been forced to remain silent finally ha...
William Blake writes somberly: O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has foun...
of Solomon and his many wives to basically justify her own marriages. Thus, we can see her as the devil who uses Scripture to suit...
traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...
There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...
the spider and it is true for man as well. Obviously, he doesnt actually say this specifically but he instead illustrates it thro...
a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility" (42). As this suggests, an ...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...
talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...
There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...
beneath, the concept of such themes will satisfy most readers and explicators of fiction, there may be hidden, deeper meanings in ...
to oppression. This is evident in the work of Anne Moody, who roughly lived and experienced many of the same situations as did Jor...
the everyday eye, Dorian does not seem to age a day, nor does his beauty fade. There are several indications of a homosexual nat...
fated to her status in life" (Lombardi). It is a moralistic fable written in the tradition of the ancient Greeks in which the her...
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,...
town drunk and taught him to steal chickens whenever the opportunity availed itself. In other words, Twain quickly establishes tha...
her favorite actor in it, Tom Baxter. After the movie is over she finds herself unable to go home to face the reality of a man who...
namely, the crown/ And all wide-stretched honours that pertain/ By custom and the ordinance of times/ Unto the crown of France" (S...