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be a gentlewoman. What this means is that she wants to support herself and not live in poverty. At one point she goes to live ...
In three pages this essay considers the 1833 novel by Balzac in an overview of plot that also includes a discussion of the protago...
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...
based on actual wants or desires. The effect of this societal pressure causes her to refuse help and support which might otherwise...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
by her contemporaries. These women will weave a rich fabric of friendship, which is symbolically referred to in the novel through...
different from most modern Western cultures. Their way of life worked for them and was ultimately destroyed with the colonists. Wi...
social restrictions she found particularly repugnant. First published in 1816, Emma "criticizes the manners and values of the upp...
financially running a vegetable store. Lutie ponder their situation, "Who would have thought that this old Italian couple...would ...
until finally, the creation goddesses intervene and create a primitive alter-ego for him that would keep his own in check. Only w...
into the world and into society. He plays with different roles because he can in light of the fact that everyone thinks he is dead...
a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...
husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...
for "The Story of Rama" chronicles the heroic saga of Sri Rama, who along with his three siblings Laksmana (or Lakshmana), Bharata...
as an under-current that influences all other actions. Shakespeare pulls his audiences into the experience of such dichotomy throu...
The individual who has placed the ad in the paper is none other than a telepathic gorilla. Suspend judgment if you will. Call the ...
An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...
violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...
Sholoongo is a woman transformed. She had gone to live in America and had long assumed that her "pact" with Kalaman would be hono...
other characters in this story perceive Phoenix, essentially judging her based upon her external characteristics. The hunter is n...
...preserve me!"(Tablet IX, Column I, 3-12). This forces him to begin to consider his own mortality, and for the first tim...
of segregation forced me to develop an inner strength that has served me well...It was a profoundly significant thing in my life, ...
of how they look at the world. For the two sons this image is different. Biff is the intelligent brother who is often angered a...
the reader to truly understand just how strong she is: "It all I can do not to cry. I can make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie...
In three pages this essay analyzes Othello in a consideration of jealousy's featured role in the characterizations of the protagon...
is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...
Especially when he speaks of Stoksie, in this example: "I forgot to say he thinks hes going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in...
In a letter to his friend Wilhelm, dated May 4, 1771, Werther expresses regret over breaking a young woman named Lenores heart. A...
the old and sick. There was always room in the safety and warmth of la familia for one more person, be that person stranger or fri...