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have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...
Dave is horrified when he shoots Jenny, but rather than admit what hes done, he makes up some goofy story about her falling and la...
its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...
a failure, his life becomes dominated by fear that "he should be found to resemble his father" (Achebe 13). Repeatedly, Achebe sho...
of empathy or sympathy for mankind. He is not a man; he is a monster. And yet, he is a confused monster. "Ah, the unfairness...
of human beings. Each character comes with their own subplot in which a facet of human existence is discussed and examined. S...
really did what he wanted to do. As one critic notes, he is "a disillusioned writer" (Arthur). But, in reality he is far more than...
lure or seduce Louise away from her husband. Mrs. Sparsit seems to truly enjoy herself in this job, envisioning the staircase of s...
or arrogance, in life that would have made him proud to be the subject of a film. Kane was too simple for that in relationship to ...
Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...
small boy, but to insure my familys survival, my own birth" (29). Through the next several years, Dana returns to the Weylin plan...
the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...
heath. There is something essentially uncivilized about Macbeth, which may be why he is such an outstanding soldier. Macduff does...
carry out his plan of revenge against Claudius without arousing suspicion. Hamlets madness is responsible for bringing the play t...
became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...
date back to the 19th century (those buildings that didnt suffer destruction during the 1906 earthquake, that is). Another...
"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...
and kills himself in the end. In Chapter 19, Sefelt who is considered to be one of the Acutes, is epileptic and has convulsions...
more than they were its beneficiaries. It is important to note that Swift lived between 1667 and 1745, a turbulent time in Englis...
problems and the pollution of the towns water table by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Brockovich instinctively felt that the case ...
begins to see things. Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger floating before him. This serves to show the state of mi...
Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...
the ribald joke or two. Of course, considering that the entire play revolves around Helenas ability to get her promised husband in...
even "seeing" that in marrying a man, Lucy would not be happy (81). Lucy understands then that her mother is only concerned with L...
to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...
save their farm from subdivision additional layers of clothing can be added. The scarf is an indicator of his desire to place a st...
not part of the solution. He begins to understand that change does not happen in one fell swoop, but that it is a slow process, mu...
antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker...
seeks adventure of "martyrdom in the country of the Moors," and the woman interested also in becoming the warrior with beating "hu...
and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...