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a bit of her future, and cleverly, McEwen foretells the tale. Briony had her first, weak intimation that for her now it could no ...

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

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

and, determined to prove to his mother that he is not unlucky like his father, Paul supernaturally begins the attempt to change th...

them up for scrutiny. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, these romantic medieval values clashed with the new emphasis on re...

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

part of Chaereas, but because the decline of this young man serves to rally the entire community and the assembly appeals to Hermo...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

child who is the product of a failed system, this film seems to be saying. This film was a social commentary of sorts, which use...

to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...

to them. This begins the series of compounding events which propel him toward the tragic end. Symbolically, the changes tha...

The reason Koestler has given these injuries to the man who once led the revolution is that he is now aged, useless, and must serv...

Before he begins the tale, he explains that he is a greedy devil, and it is through his physicality and his voice that they are di...

antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker...

Michael is illegitimate, a revelation that he accepts cheerfully-a very strange thing for a Catholic priest to do (Dancing at Lugh...

clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...

is doing is supporting him and encouraging his dreams, although they are false. Because of this sort of set-up we are immediatel...

make the lambs stop screaming, do you think theyd be all right too and you wouldnt wake up again in the dark and hear the lambs sc...

was, and it should be said that this was a different place and time. Yes, the people did not have abundance, but also, one can say...

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...

of human beings. Each character comes with their own subplot in which a facet of human existence is discussed and examined. S...

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...

the white race is far superior to all others. Reprogramming such ingrained concepts is not something that will ever be carried th...

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

self and applies a moral message to his way of being in the world. Others may not agree with this moral message, but a man of cha...