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other senses. Might the lack of sight signify a heightened sense of smell or taste? The list goes on and on about special attachme...

behavior. The influence of such forces can seem so over-powering that the parent eventually stops trying, emotionally abandoning c...

idea of Equilibrium and warned not to do anything until he knows what the effect of his action will be: "... you must not change ...

play, the power in this contest lies with Waverly. But her mother is jealous of the girls success (not an unusual reaction), and ...

intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...

portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

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

in form and lessened in abstraction. Yeatss once short, rhyming poems transformed into more lengthy poems that were less concerne...

daddy longlegs in the evening hours is a good omen, a portent of good luck" (Ross). In another painting a critic for...

have to know whos in charge. Max Weber, the German sociologist, "defined power as the ability to get things done your way in spite...

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...

into the word and lasts for only a few minutes before a decrescendo takes the music into the Russian folk dance theme, which comme...

the story opens, Tom is owned by Arthur Shelby but as the story unfolds, he is sold, where he befriends a white woman, even saving...

these regards, who states that "this was a time in which writers and artists were intensely involved in exploring contemporary soc...

from the Garden of Eden. The novel is "structured in two parts, each beginning with an air battle followed by an exploration of th...

"color meaning" website lists exactly these same colors: red, blue, green, orange and purple, plus black and white, as the ones it...

retinas are one yard high" (Fitzgerald 15). The student researching this topic will note that there are divergences from the stu...

that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...

a room of her own and a house of which she can be proud" (Sandra Cisneros, 2003). Among the issues Esperanza faces are the "disadv...

main character, but is predominantly depicted as a sympathetic witness to a way of life that he senses will soon be lost forever. ...

women--and how they react when that legal system is about to destroy one of their own. Women did not make homicide law as it exist...

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

blood that is shed on the battlefield. The novel opens when the rumor runs through a Union camp that the army is finally going to ...

does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, o...

complex, and comprises 13 separate steps, each performed in accordance with Vedic tradition, and each symbolizing some aspect of t...

Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

no face, instead, the eyes are behind an enormous pair of glasses which are sitting on a non-existent nose (Fitzgerald). Nick, who...