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Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls": War's Affect On Man And Importance Of Time

... of Robert Jordan and Maria. When Jordan is dying at the end of the novel he says to Maria "Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go for thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us. Do you understand?"(p460) We begin to understand how we as people are never truly alone but instead are always surrounded by the memories and thoughts of those we love. When two people truly fall in love they become as one. Where one goes, both go. Robert finally says to her " The me in thee. Now you go for us both. Truly. We both go in thee n ...

Number of words: 1150 | Number of pages: 5

The Scarlet Letter: Review

... be considered either one. Hester could very easily have been deduced as evil, or the "bad guy," as she was by the townspeople. That is, she was convicted of adultery, a horrible sin of the time, but maybe not even seen as criminal today. As for punishment, a sentence to wear a scarlet "A" upon her chest, it would hardly be considered a burden or extreme sentence in present day. Or Hester can be seen as rebelling against a society where she was forced into a loveless marriage and hence she would be the "good guy," or girl, as the case ...

Number of words: 487 | Number of pages: 2

The Great Gatsby: America's Era Of Disdain

... glory. The ones who were born in poverty and vulgarism live lives of sacrifice and disdain to obtain the dream. These two are very compelling yet there were those who were not content in either, and these were emphasized in Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby had been one of many who attempted for fame and glory, and due to his persistent dissatisfaction the results culminated in success. Unlike others Gatsby felt condemned not to be a fradulent dog. “The Truth was that Jay Gatsby, of west Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception o ...

Number of words: 560 | Number of pages: 3

The Crucible: John Proctor

... have empathized with the character but not upset because the downfall was the character’s own doing. Throughout the ages, there have been a plethora of tragic heroes including Marcus Brutus in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Creon in the play Antigone. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor fits the classic Greek definition of a tragic hero. One characteristic of the tragic hero, which Jon Proctor possesses, is that he is a man of stature. This is evident from the very beginning of the play in ...

Number of words: 791 | Number of pages: 3

Billy Budd

... to strike some kind of balance between these two ideas; we need to have morality and virtue; we need to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom we are meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. ...

Number of words: 1336 | Number of pages: 5

Heart Of Darkness 5

... and drove men—men, I tell you.” (Conrad, 81). Violence, greed and passionate desires are elements that help unleash the evil that lurks in man, which symbolizes the Heart of Darkness. The character change of Kurtz is an example of this evil. Kurtz is first describe as “a very remarkable person” by the accountant. "Mr. Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading post, a very important one, in the ivory-country,… Sends in as much ivory as all the others put together." (Conrad, 84) However, when Kurtz experience p ...

Number of words: 725 | Number of pages: 3

Frankenstein: Reflects Of Mary Shelley's Life

... Throughout the book, women characters have little to no say in any situation that a man has control over. "With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her" (Shelley 17). "The circularity of Frankenstein underscores Mary Shelley's critique of the insufficiency of a family structure..." (Ellis 125). Since Mary Shelley grew up in a home with family struggles and tragedies, she writes in her novel about the broken family structure. She includes everything from "...the relation between the sexes... ...

Number of words: 1118 | Number of pages: 5

Essay Over The Epic Of Gilgamesh

... to become immortal because of the death of Enkidu. Through these main actions his personality changes and he becomes a better person. First, the quest for immortality after the death of Enkidu shows that Gilgamesh has changed. Gilgamesh becomes frightened when he realizes that he isn’t immortal. After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh tries to find immortality by trying to cross the ocean to find it. He sounds pathetic as he rambles of his reason for trying to find everlasting life. His state of being at this part in the book, which is the end ...

Number of words: 729 | Number of pages: 3

The Color Purple, The Bell Jar, Franny And Zooey, And Ethan Frome: Internal And External Forces On The Character's Lives

... Celie were lack of education and poverty. Sylvia Plath’s Esther Greenwood displayed her internal conflict with regard to her need for perfection, personal isolation, and depression. Externally, her dysfunctional family created more pressure upon the already disturbed Esther. Ethan Frome felt compelled to tolerate an ill, demanding wife and live in a town where gossip was the mainstay of conversation and the façade of proper behavior was maintained at all costs. His tragic family situation, coupled with his desire for a woman he could n ...

Number of words: 810 | Number of pages: 3

The Joy Luck Club: Differences In Generations

... daughters born in the American atmosphere of California, is a difference that doesn’t exactly take a scientist to see. From the beginning of the novel, you hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week, we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy." (p. 12) Really, this was their only joy. The mothers grew up during perilous times in China. They all were taught ...

Number of words: 688 | Number of pages: 3

More Than A Noble Perception

... and his wife Lady Macbeth all have opposing perceptions of him. Comparing their perceptions and the way he is shows how Macbeth may have came to the decision to commit his crime. Banquo is Macbeth's best friend in the tragedy. Banquo is with Macbeth when Macbeth meets the witches and they tell him of his upcoming fortune. Banquo notices how Macbeth is too ambitious after he sees Macbeth's reaction to the witches predictions. He feels even though Macbeth is his best friend he feels Macbeth is capable of wrong doing in the future to get wha ...

Number of words: 621 | Number of pages: 3

Zora Neale Hurston's: Their Eyes Were Watching God

... This ends up becoming a relationship based on inequality because Logan starts to use his ownership of the land to control Janie. He tries to make her feel that she owes him for part of the land, which he is sharing with her. What begins as a relationship in which Logan struggles to make Janie happy, turns into a relationship in which Janie is expected to make Logan happy. She is often reprimanded for not doing enough work or for not working in certain areas such as the fields. It is during that unhappy marriage that Janie meets Jody Star ...

Number of words: 1316 | Number of pages: 5

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