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Hemingways Hills Like White El
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... short sentences and Jig starts getting sarcastic with her male companion (Hemingway doesn’t state whether they are married) when he says that he’s never seen white elephants. At first impression, seems like the lady is the antagonist. For most of the beginning of the story all they talk about is drinks. At one point Jig says “That’s all we do, isn’t it—look at things and try new drinks?”(445) These people must have a pretty meaningless relationship if that’s all they do. Even after they’re done talking about having the operation on page 446, th ...
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An Education In Escape: Madame Bovary And Reading
Number of Words: 746 / Number of Pages: 3
... period and knew her catechism well. (Flaubert 30.)Footnote1
The chapter is also filled with images of girls living with in the
protective walls of the convent, the girls sing happily together, assemble to
study, and pray. But as the chapter progresses images of escape start to
dominate. But these are merely visual images and even these images are either
religious in nature or of similarly confined people.
She wished she could have lived in some old manor house, like those
chatelaines in low wasted gowns who spent their days with their elbows on the
stone sill of a gothic win ...
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Ambition In Macbeth
Number of Words: 1133 / Number of Pages: 5
... the witches make him question himself and his desires. Lady Macbeth is the biggest encouragement to his ambition, since she uses her husband’s trust to change her own future.
In Act I, Scene iii, the witches and their prophecies influence Macbeth’s ambition as he begins to consider murdering Duncan, “ If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/ whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/ and make my seated heart knock at my ribs,/ against the use of nature?” Macbeth strongly believes witches’ words. Also, the apparitions who are called by the witches influence Macbeth by maki ...
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The House Of Seven Gables: Hepzibah Pyncheon
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... begins to make interactions with
other people; however, she keeps her unpleasant mood even to her customers.
The woman lives with the curse that has been handed down through the
generations. It is this that fuels her constant bad mood.
The day after she opens the shop, her cousin Phoebe comes to visit
her. Phoebe is a young country girl who ends up staying with Hepzibah to
manage the household. Phoebe has youthful energetic demeanor which
improves Hepzibah's attitude a little. The day after Phoebe's arrival the
house of seven gables receives another guest. This guest is later revealed
to the re ...
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Themes In The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 989 / Number of Pages: 4
... fortune so that he can one day have a life with her, despite her marriage to Tom. Thus, we are introduced to the American Dream, as seen in the eyes of Jay Gatsby. A surprising twist occurs at the end, however, when Daisy kills her husband's married lover, Myrtle Wilson, with Gatsby's car, causing the deceased's husband to seek revenge by killing Gatsby and then himself. With the death of Gatsby, we also see the death of the American Dream.
Throughout the novel, we are taken through a plethora of settings. On an obvious level, we see the decadence of the rich upper-class lifestyle. The Buchanan h ...
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Of Mice And Men: Loneliness
Number of Words: 724 / Number of Pages: 3
... of building. The loneliness affects Crooks so that he remains in his
room when he has some books to read. He also usually rubs his own back with
liniment because a horse kicked or threw him when he was younger. Another thing
that showed his loneliness is that he had his personal belongings scattered
around the room. He also had this stuff scattered around the room because he
was crippled and was a stable buck, which meant he was more permanent then most
of the other people. Also, because he was alone he demanded that other people
keep their space too.
Another character that's lonely is Lenny. Lenn ...
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Candide
Number of Words: 806 / Number of Pages: 3
... mankind places male/female companionship as a top priority of life. Psychologists have classified human companionship as one of the most essential sociological needs of mankind. This is confusing to 's because Count Pococurant is unsatisfied with two girls that caught 's attention with their beauty, their style, and their manner. (118) To add to the irony of this situation, 's journey throughout the novel is a pursuant for a woman that he sees to be a good companion. Count Pococurant has two women that are beautiful, stylish, and well mannered. The bottom line is that both and Count Pococurant a ...
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The Effect Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 1188 / Number of Pages: 5
... with
the law, "Mr. Radley's boy was not seen again for fifteen years"(10). If
Boo chooses to go outside, he will be unfairly viewed as a visitor from
abroad because of his mysterious ways. Boo stays inside his home because
he knows that his society will ridicule him. After being isolated for so
many years, Boo is developmentally challenged. Boo has lost his basic
social skills and will not survive outside of his home.
Boo is the object of rumors and is viewed as the towns erratic
figure. The town speculates what he does inside his home. People believe
that Boo "went out at night when th ...
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Dancing On The Edge
Number of Words: 279 / Number of Pages: 2
... published a book in years. One night her Aunt Casey comes over a séance Gigi is holding, to contact Miracle’s mother something goes wrong. While using the Ouiji board, Gigi gets a message from Miracle’s mom saying, that Dane is in trouble and gone. They all rush to his room, and when they open the door there is no sign of Dane, just candles lit around the room and his clothes in a pile on the floor, just as if he had melted. Gigi tells Miracle that’s Dane has in fact “melted”. After this her behavior slowly changes, and she no longer believes in reality, she bases everything on what her Gigi tells her, ...
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1984: The Party's Control Over The Thoughts
Number of Words: 1077 / Number of Pages: 4
... certain that it would be punished by death..."(Orwell 9).
Oceania has no courts or prisons, only the Thought Police and Ministry of Love. The Thought Police serve to help the party maintain the strictest level of orthodoxy among its followers, and further contribute to the loss of juridical rights, for as O'Brien eventually explains to Winston, "The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about" (Orwell 209). The doctrine crimestop indicates the degree to which the definition of crime no longer encompasses action: "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though ...
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