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The Awakening 5

... at them.” Her beauty is complemented by her extreme devotion to her family. They come first in her life. She is the quintessential mother-woman. “[Mother-women] [are] women who idolized their children, [worship] their husbands, and [esteem] it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.” She gave up her individuality by taking marriage vows and became one half of the Ratignolle family. “The Ratignolles understood each other perfectly. If ever a fusion of two huma ...

Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3

Colonialism And The Heart Of D

... attacks colonialism directly throughout the book. Obvious and scathing statements are made telling of the horrors of colonialism. One example is Marlow and his description of the Roman colonization of ancient Britain: They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind…. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a prett ...

Number of words: 694 | Number of pages: 3

The Rime Of The Christo-marine

... the wedding at Cana, in Galilee. The Ancient Mariner is the quiet guest who performs a miracle of his own in the retelling of his story. He is the Christ figure also in the view of the whole poem, as when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert. Like Jesus, the Mariner endures many trials, but his failure at the first costs him dearly during those which follow. The initial "temptation" was to kill the good seabird, which he does without conscience. And, like the temptation in the desert, the Mariner is parched with thirst, "Water, wate ...

Number of words: 1732 | Number of pages: 7

The Challenges Faced In Jane E

... finding them. First, she must cope with the betrayal of the people who are supposed to be her family - her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Then there is the issue of Jane’s time at Lowood School, and how Jane goes out on her own after her best friend leaves. She takes a position at Thornfield Hall as a tutor, and makes some new friendships and even a romance. Yet her newfound happiness is taken away from her and she once again must start over. Then finally, after enduring so much, during the course of th ...

Number of words: 1016 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth A Character Analysis O

... used to assume what she looks like. Examples of context clues are her manner of speaking, actions, and the surrounding characters’ actions. Lady Macbeth often spoke hastily and interrupted. She is a cold, two-faced woman who resorts to going through extremes to get her way. Lady Macbeth also assisted Macbeth in the murder of King Duncan by giving him the idea of killing the King. In scene 1-5 Macbeth addressed his lady as his “dearest partner of greatness”. He might have meant that he sees her as his equal in authority. ...

Number of words: 464 | Number of pages: 2

Young Goodman Brown: Everyone Is Capable Of Sin

... prince of darkness, he encounters several of his community leaders creating evil. First, he and Satan encounter Goody Cloyse, Goodman's spiritual adviser and former catechism teacher. After Goodman goes off among the trees, the devil and Goody have a conversation. Instantly, Goody recognizes him as the devil. Then Satan says, ‘“Then Goody Cloyse knows her old friend?”'1 The conversation later reveals Goody is a witch and is on her way to the Black Sabbath. Shortly afterwards, as Goodman was resting, Deacon Gookin, Goodman's other ...

Number of words: 470 | Number of pages: 2

Haircut: Irony

... of a naive narrator creates the ironic contrast which is the basis of Lardner's satire. Most of Jim's so called "jokes" were downright vicious. He was upset one day at how his wife had treated him so decided to get even. He told her that he would take the family to the circus, then left them waiting while he drank gin and lounged around a pool hall. Another time he sent Paul, who was slow witted, to fetch a left-handed monkey wrench from the garage when he knew well that a left-handed monkey wrench did not exist. He also took pleasu ...

Number of words: 495 | Number of pages: 2

Deliverance

... a challenge and will do anything he can to live life to its fullest extent. Ed Gentry, the central character, represents all in the way he looks up to Lewis and strives to be like him. Most men fall into the same category as Drew because their ability to survive has been clouded by rational thoughts. Then there is Bobby. Most men do not want to be linked with Bobby because he can not live without help from civilization. Even though these characters posses many of the same traits, their main differences are in their ability to survi ...

Number of words: 1390 | Number of pages: 6

Lord Of The Flies - Character

... Jack says, "I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are the best at everything. So we've got to do the right things." (p.42) Although we are shown a pretty normal boy, we start to see that Jack can be very hostile at the same time. While Piggy is talking, we see Jack exclaim, "You're talking to much. Shut up fatty." (p.21) Jack is made the leader of the hunting tribe. He and his hunters have much trouble trying to hunt and kill a pig. Coming from a place lik ...

Number of words: 876 | Number of pages: 4

A Character Sketch Of Joe Gargery

... her young orphaned brother, Pip, to live with them. Joe never reminds Pip of this fact, except when telling Pip how much he thinks of him. Mrs. Gargery, on the other hand, is constantly reminding Pip to be thankful of her "raising him by hand". At one point, Pip decides he will teach Joe to read. Although Joe has no real aspiration for this, he humors Pip and lets the boy instruct him. As mentioned before, Mrs. Gargery is a very cruel person. One would think living with her would drive even a saint to kill. Even so, Joe never says a ...

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The Ambivalent Relationship Of Nick And Gatsby

... story he begins to understand why Gatsby’s guests feel he is an insidious person. “He hurried the phrase ‘educated at Oxford,’ or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt his whole statement fell to pieces and I wondered if there wasn’t something a little sinister about him after all.” (69) Part of Nick wants to believe in Gatsby and the other part ridicules him. In one sentence Carraway can simultaneously praise Gatsby and belittle him. Such as when he describes Gatsby’s attire ...

Number of words: 1051 | Number of pages: 4

The Red Badge Of Courage: Belief

... a man and know about life. The youth believes becoming a hero will make him the person he wants to be. In reality he doesn’t know what he wants, or if he truly wants to be a hero. He runs from a battle confused, he believes that he was better off than the other soldiers who might die were. In the end the character in the book believed that it was better not to run and to make up for his running he fought as hard as he could. The youth believed in what he fought for and even risked his life to hold the flag in the heat of a battle. T ...

Number of words: 577 | Number of pages: 3

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