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Madama Bovary & Anna Karenina
Number of Words: 1502 / Number of Pages: 6
... as the novel progresses on her fantasies. The lechery to
which she falls victim is a product of the debilitating adventures her
mind takes. These adventures are feed by the novels that she reads.
They were filled with love affairs, lovers, mistresses,
persecuted ladies fainting in lonely country houses, postriders killed
at every relay, horses ridden to death on every page, dark forests,
palpitating hearts, vows, sobs, tears and kisses, skiffs in the
moonlight, nightingales in thickets, and gentlemen brave as lions
gentle as lambs, virtuous as none really is, and always ...
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The Theme Of Love In The Odyssey
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... show great love and guidance. One of the most emphasized in the Odyssey is the father - son relationship. These relationships clearly support the issue of love in the Odyssey.
The father - son relationship between Odysseus and Telemachos is a little awkward because they both never really got to know each other but they still care for each other's well being. When Odysseus hears of all the suitors devouring Telemachos's future fortune and mistreating him, he wants to return and revenge the misuse of his family and property. Odysseus, like any parent, also misses his only child while he is at war. Telem ...
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Othello-values And Attitudes
Number of Words: 2426 / Number of Pages: 9
... the Queen of England had banned all blacks from entering the city. She spoke of them as “Negars and Moors which are crept into the realm, of which kind of people there are already here too many”. It seems that Shakespeare is almost mocking the Queen by characterising Othello as a black man who has a high ranking position in the Army and who marries a white aristocratic women, against her fathers will.
Ruth Cowlig suggests that the presentation of Othello as the hero must have been startling for Elizabethan audiences. This may have been the case, but through the representation of Othello ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 782 / Number of Pages: 3
... use of Mr. Collins and Charlotte as flat characters is to show that marrying just to be married can lead to an unhappy life and to show the importance of marrying for love.
Although the Collins' lead a dull life, Mr. Bennet has the opportunity not to. There is plenty to keep him occupied with having five daughters and possibilities of marriage proposals. This, however, is not a concern of Mr. Bennet. First, he never seemed interested in pursuing a fatherly role towards his daughters. This is evident when Lydia turns out like she does and marries Wickham. Secondly, he is not interested in being a ...
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The American Dream Is Based On Success, Happiness, And Money
Number of Words: 475 / Number of Pages: 2
... and learn more of everything. Then you have to make a
decision, If you want to be Successful and make Lot of MONEY you have to go
to collage, for a nether four years, at the end of that ordeal you can
settle in with Bachelors degree, or a nether one or two for a masters. This
will bring a decent income. But if you want the really good jobs you need
nether three or four years to get a doctorate degree, or a law degree.
What I have just described is what a modern American kid has to go through
to be considered suscefull and to have money, I mean we are talking about
22 tears of different types of school ...
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What I Can Do To Promote Liberty
Number of Words: 362 / Number of Pages: 2
... Now I don't wanna get off on a rant here, but it seems to me that
when the local militia group has Uzi's, and tanks and all Deputy Bob has is
a hangover from last nights eight hour long Happy hour at the Hoo
Doo, and when he finally comes to and searches my house because he's still
a little groggy and is confusing me with the “Rebels of The State of Idaho
Brigand” and he finds my guns and I get arrested while the people I was
guarding my liberty from goes off and has a clan meeting in my backyard,
that something is seriously messed up with the way the system works. What's
the solution ...
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Twelfth Night - The Changing Role In Viola/Cesario
Number of Words: 1032 / Number of Pages: 4
... self that he shows to the public, or would reveal and share with Viola in her true female self, but rather his secret self, as he believes he shares with a peer. So, she grows to love him. But, Orsino's motivation is actually not love for Viola, but rather he seems to be in love with love itself. His entire world is filled with love but he knows that there might be a turning point for him, like when he says:
If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. 1. (I,I,I-III)
This quote shows that he knows that he is so caught up in "lov ...
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The Yellow Wallpaper - Journey
Number of Words: 977 / Number of Pages: 4
... admit that there might be more to her condition than than just stress and a slight nervous condition. Even when a summer in the country and weeks of bed-rest don't help, her husband refuses to accept that she may have a real problem.
Throughout the story there are examples of the dominant - submissive relationship. She is virtually imprisoned in her bedroom, supposedly to allow her to rest and recover her health. She is forbidden to work, "So I . . . am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again." (Gilman 193). She is not even supposed to write: "There comes John, and I must put this away -- ...
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Aeneus Emotional Rollercoaster
Number of Words: 1611 / Number of Pages: 6
... Aeneus of his satisfaction. When Aeneus retells the loss of his wife, Creusa, he says, "She alone failed her friends, her child, her husband." (A, II, 963-64). Aeneus shows no sorrow for losing her, but blames her for not being next to his side. Although Aeneus made his wife follow him, she is to blame for not making it out of Troy. His insensitivity shown through the loss of his wife characterizes his feelings about woman that love him. She loved him for so long and he can't feel sad or shattered. A wife for so long, he can't keep track of her when he should be following her making sure the fami ...
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes Polonius' death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius' family to die is his daughter Ophelia. Ophelia's death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his deceitfulness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish reasons. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet ...
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