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upon her every which way she may turn, reminding her that because she is of the female gender and not of the most prominent of soc...

the irony of the Congo River, which is described as the antithesis of the Thames, which is the location from which Marlow tells th...

all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...

At the same time, however, it reflects a twinge of sadness with Allens passing and the importance it played in his life year after...

and rainfall again. References to wetness and of being soaked with water seem to refer to the state of the men, that they are abou...

lover on the edge of being lost. Donne promises that lover that if she abides with the callers wished she will be rewarded with g...

he decides to proceed anyway. Clearly, the dark, cold, unforgiving surroundings that encapsulate the guest as his driver leaves h...

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

and singing ancient songs and lose myself in that moment when all the breaths and all the heartbeats become one. What I want is ju...

theme. Without the skill of Munro, the themes might be buried with just a scant plot controlling the movement of the characters. Y...

say in their prose pieces. "Of Chambers as the Cedars/Impregnable of Eye And for an Everlasting Roof/The Gambrels of the S...

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

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...

of balance. The Knight carries the potential for both peace and war. They are intimately bound to one another, it should be said, ...

hope. The mothers wise voice could be seen to be the voice of experience, conservative ways, of hope seasoned with hard times. The...

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

trees carry with them the promise of spring and new growth, new beginnings, which is evocative of the fact that the two children s...

day it was...Thought my old man was out back stacking wood...She dried her hands on her apron" (Jackson). Clearly this town is sym...

he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...

and one from their devoted black servant Dilsey Gibson and read like the gospels of the Bible in that observations of actual event...

whale (55). Naturally, this represents the books climax, but how would Melville fill the huge writing gap between the introductio...

a world of what might have been is not healthy. Therefore, he is suggesting that when one determines a course of action, that one ...

theme of pride that runs in Lyman and his ancestor, as well as other characters. In the work the author notes many instances, su...

soul to the devil for what he desires. This relates well to Paul for he is a man who will do anything to live, if even only for a ...

and have fail to have a clear cut goal. Todays present situation in Iraq typifies this Bell Jar Effect. The goals were specific wh...

mother and that their buildings were erected, despite their intended purposes, to pay homage to the Mother. He cites in this cases...

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

of these influences, then, artists began to experiment with the old forms more. The rigidity of the art forms that they had been f...

fruit, the faithful little dog, the rosary, the unshod feet (since this is the ground of a holy union), and even the respectful sp...