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into an asylum because he can no longer stand her screaming. In an appalling manner, he turns his back on her and never discovers ...

as an under-current that influences all other actions. Shakespeare pulls his audiences into the experience of such dichotomy throu...

Okonkwo relished in the traditions which consolidated his power within the village and reinforced his identity. The supreme test ...

demand. Kessbury does not employ rhyme in this stanza. In fact, he only employs rhyme once in the poem, in the last two lines, w...

Quixote does hold some hope for the future. Cervantes was also disgruntled with the political systems as well. Just as Don Quixote...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

up and begins to see how hard life is for an African American in society, she decides to never bring a child into the world. This ...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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