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life, becoming bitter and angry. In essence they could well become poisonous to themselves and others around them because they hav...

of passion in their lives, this somber existence. The mood is also set by the tone as it develops along with the plot. In Lawrence...

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

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...

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 ...

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

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

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

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. ...

that fit with their role within the novels "deck." Martha Dreyer, Nabokovs "Queen," is a calculating woman with sharp intelligence...

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

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...

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

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

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

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