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thus, can also be seen as representing motherhood and domesticity. From this point on the boys become increasingly more primitive....

how and why they would be drawn to one another. Perhaps they see in each other traits that they would like to learn or possess. Th...

path to happiness. When Jim comes over for dinner on that fateful evening, he is in several instances cold and behaves selfishly....

for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...

that Byblis argued with herself that such desires were acceptable to some degree: "Twas thought no sin to wonder at his charms,/ H...

was an absolute ruler, he kept his nobles living at court and as such their power base was impotent as they lacked independence an...

food as a measuring cup of personality, a leavening for plot, and an ingredient in the theme" (Kellman 435). The contradictions i...

at the piano" but it may well have been the "first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an im...

both the peasantry and their oppressors, Turgenev invented the very word "nihilist" in "Fathers and Sons". He writes:...

of one individual, Lipsha. One critic notes that this novel "explores more or less three general areas which constitutes its plot:...

is difficult. It appears that he is able to emulate a real boy, he makes decisions regarding his own actions, has emotions and act...

the treacherous feet" (III.2.14-16). Rather than action, Richard offers poetic interpretations of his situation. The tone and imag...

soldier, eight-and-twenty years of age, who had seen a good deal of service and had a high reputation for courage. Of his origin w...

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

While he, his wife, and their child are traveling, they stop at a fair. Henchard becomes so drunk that he sells his wife and child...

black women -- they strive, sometimes they fail, but they are who they are. Ben As narrator for this novel, Naylor brings back t...

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

Mitch, a man completely under the control of his mother. But, we really do not necessarily believe that Melanie wants this man. Sh...

types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...

realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...

but she doesnt seem to realize it. One of the very first scenes between them the reader realizes that he is going to be a dominee...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

efforts to civilize his behavior. Prosperos ultimately tragic physical and metaphorical journey had been traveled by others befor...

purity of Jane, as a potential, "better" wife for Rochester (267). It also allows Rochester to vindicate himself at Berthas expens...

be the case for Lampedusas novel which is set in Sicily, Italy during the 1860s, in the times when Garibaldi campaigned to unite t...

when she comes across her father once more, when he is mad and lost and truly a tragic figure, she does the right thing and stands...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

exciting manner. Working to complete various projects so that they can receive titles and work up through the ranks, these boys l...

remainder of the text, both literally as well as figuratively speaking. According to the narrator, Bailly "cut such a figure, all...