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usually considered a teacher, or guide. The point is that the stories in this book use a great deal of symbolism, perhaps because...

1824-1827 he was a "day pupil at a school in London" (Cody). But the year in the blacking factory "haunted him all of his life" t...

aftah he done worked hard all day" (Wright 860). As the author wastes no time in revealing, Dave "is frustrated by social control...

tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...

assumed that both Haven City and the fairy universe are safe from Opal because she has been locked away in a psychiatric ward at J...

First, the author wanted to convey something political. It was a time when democracy was rising and this type of government was at...

characterizations and an interesting and imaginative plot, and not simply the fantastical setting. These features are exemplifie...

the boy to play at the wealthy Miss Havershams mansion. Her uppity niece Estella immediately dismissed the blue-collar boy as com...

are portrayed in this story range from shepherds to artisans, and in this way Hardy stays true to the types of characters that wou...

being overly emotional, but even though she believes in reason is it not a guiding principle in her life. In this way, it is evid...

of Harpagon is the counterpart to Plautus Euclio, but in many ways Harpagon is far preferable. Where the character of Euclio exhi...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

Then burning sun. A Bamboo forest. Smoke. Screams. With a rush comes the horrible awareness that the plane he was on tore apar...

success and leading a happy life. Willys attitude toward being liked and being popular do not change at all. This is evident when ...

provoke me, she with her shrill abuse. Even now in the face of the immortal gods, she harries me perpetually, Hera charges me that...

live on the outskirts of town an all, sometimes theres stuff that comes in. But dont you worry," Rowan said slapping me on the bac...

When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...

March sisters, Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth. Examination of this text reveals that, in particular, Alcott stressed the transcendental per...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

them. There was no such thing as government agencies in those days that would provide help for these children. In this novel, Mo...

to be changed. Unfortunately, though technology seems to advance, human relationships and nature does not seem to advance. ...

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

journey at once. However, before she can leave, Frika, Wotans wife enters the scene. Bruenhilde learns that Hundings marriage righ...

with the plot of the Golden Ass. The story of The Golden Ass finds Lucius and Corinth interested in both magic and sex and eventua...

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

no avail. Her father explained that the antidote would actually kill her, but she did not want to live being poisonous anyway. The...

feels about herself. Mable, left to pretty much fend for herself after her fathers death, must struggle to maintain the household...

a civil engineer. He was extremely interested in anything to do with "the arts" and theater. His background, including his experie...

the far corners of the globe, and also describes the whaling operations. Queequeg becomes ill and is so convinced he is dying tha...

he learns his true parentage and realizes his potentialities; he discovers what he really is, himself for himself alone. . . his e...