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a bit of her future, and cleverly, McEwen foretells the tale. Briony had her first, weak intimation that for her now it could no ...

and it just so happens that more black than white young criminals are shot in police actions. It is often the case that the office...

had previously been reserved only for God. He works feverishly on what he believes will be a perfect human form for it was manufa...

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...

another nude he had done. The fact that Manet was surprised at the reaction to his work, and considering that Manet was consider...

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...

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

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

he decides to proceed anyway. Clearly, the dark, cold, unforgiving surroundings that encapsulate the guest as his driver leaves h...

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

by pairing books against each other, thus pitting classical works against modern counterparts. For instance, Swift includes such ...

and, determined to prove to his mother that he is not unlucky like his father, Paul supernaturally begins the attempt to change th...

5 I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 7 And in some perfumes...

starts out dealing with death simply enough. The family cat is killed by a car on the highway. The neighbor asks "Louis if hed lik...

to become an optometrist. He falls in love with the daughter of the schools owner, Valencia. However, he soon has a break down bec...

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...

is a story about change - the change in a man, people he recognizes and knew his entire life did not recognize this man who Garl...

into distinct groupings based upon certain criteria. These innate classifications can represent significant social power, as in t...

However, each contact with the white community in the town below reminds the reader of the constraints established by racial bigot...

seems to possess a great deal of truth. According to Machiavelli, the conventional wisdom is that a prince "should try not to ins...

herself choosing to study French instead of Spanish and turned down dates from Latino boys, preferring the blue eyed blondes inste...

and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...

an intimate conversation among feminine equals. Men are excluded" (Marcus 79). She has, in essence, constructed an alternate fem...

to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...

to them. This begins the series of compounding events which propel him toward the tragic end. Symbolically, the changes tha...

And so, through the words of Alan Paton the reader is transported into the world of apartheid, and the grim realities that accompa...