Sense And Sensibility: A Summary
.... brief synopsis of Elinor and Marianne's personalities leads to
the following: Elinor is quiet, soft spoken, full of good manners, and
well brought up. Marianne is impulsive, outspoken, full of a vibrant love
of life and playful. To fully understand the girls, it is important to see
how other character viewed them.
Edward Ferrars, the object of Elinor's affection (though she would
never show it) is quoted as saying Miss Dashwoods friendship the most
important of his life. This is a considerable c .....
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Setting In "A Rose For Emily"
.... among
eyesores. Both the town and Miss Emily herself, now looked upon Miss Emily
as the only remnant of that greater time. This fact gives the reader an
understanding of the mindset of the “town,” who is narrating Miss Emily's
story to us in a form resembling a gossip circle, where stories of various
townspeople are pieced together and of Miss Emily, the protagonist who
lived alone except for her lone servant.
The actions of Miss Emily range from eccentric to absurd but it is
the readers understanding .....
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Wuthering Heights: Use Of Atmospheric Conditions To Emphasize Events And
.... foreshadows the unfriendly
environment he is about to enter and the chaotic events that he is going to
witness through Nellie's story telling. When Nelly begins to tell the story
of the two neighbouring households, she describes Old Mr. Earnshaw setting
out to Liverpool on a "fine summer morning" (p.34). Yet, when Old Mr.
Earnshaw dies she relates that "A high wind blustered round the house, and
roared in the chimney; it sounded wild and stormy" (p. 41).
Emily Brontë often uses the weather to accentuate t .....
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Dove
.... with it. Others
helped him while he was docked, but when he was out on the ocean, he was
all alone. He considered stopping his journey to be with Patti, and he
would've too if National Geographic hadn't stepped in. They offered to
help him pay for a bigger boat in which to sail in.
Robin was very lucky to find Patti and fall in love, had he not found
her, there's no telling what loneliness would lead him to. Robin and Patti
grew very close and even had their own marriage by themselves, not lega .....
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Siddhartha's Maturation As Marked By Key Experiences
.... out
Gautama, “The Illustrious One,” as a possible source of assistance in his
journey to find his inner self. After their meeting, however, Siddhartha
becomes more convinced that the Buddha's methods satisfy his logical and
tangible needs, but will not bring him any closer to realizing his
spiritual and metaphysical needs. The theme of maturity presents itself in
Siddhartha's conclusion that if he is to achieve an immaterial balance, it
must be on his own. He understands that the Buddha had a remark .....
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Siddhartha's Journey
.... "Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul,
Brahman is the arrow's goal
At which one aims unflinchingly."(8)
It was after meditating with Govinda that he realized what he had
to do. In an attempt to reach the arrow's goal, he would leave his father
to join the Samanas who he thought had the secrets to finding the "self".
While with the Samanas Siddhartha learned many ways to escape the
"self". He would do this through meditation, abandonment of the body,
fasting, and the h .....
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Ordinary People: Significance Of The Title
.... was
nothing that Conrad could have done to prevent the boat from capsizing.
His attempt to commit suicide is one of the things that makes him
unordinary from normal teenagers.
In the real world, many teenagers attempt suicide. But, this is
not ordinary. It is unusual for a teenager to attempt or commit suicide.
Society does not look at this sort of behavior as ordinary. If a teenager
does attempt suicide, they are usually seeking attention and looking for
pity. As a result of these actions, th .....
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
.... sinister plan and pledge to destroy him
before he can create an army of un-dead vampires. They systematically
destroy his coffins with holy wafers and chase him out of England back to
Castle Dracula. There they carry out an ultimate plan to destroy Dracula.
The Author uses suspense as a storytelling device rather effectively
throughout the story. There are a fair number of parts in which the reader
is left suspended on the edge of seat, eager to find out what is to happen
next. However, there w .....
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Silas Marner: Characters In The Novel
.... author must have had a premonition because she described many things
that go on today. For example we still have drug addicts and illegitimate
children.
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Similarities In Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" And "Heart Of Darkness"
.... realizes
that Kurtz is a very evil person, but this does not stop him from wanting
to meet this incredibly remarkable person. In The Secret Sharer the
Captain saves a murderer from almost certain death without knowing what the
man has done. Later, The Captain has a discussion with the man and finds
out his name is Leggatt. Leggatt tells his story and the Captain becomes
more enthralled with Leggatt ever so more. When Leggatt tells the Captain
he has committed a murder, the Captain does not throw him .....
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Similarities And Differences In Kafka's "The Trial" And "The Metamorphosis"
.... to his case, but no one can give him a clear answer as
to why he was arrested. Not even the inspector that arrested him,
"These gentlemen here and myself have no standing whatever in this affair
of yours, indeed we know hardly anything about it. We might wear the most
official uniforms and your case would not be a penny worse. I can't even
confirm that you are charged with an offense, or rather, I don't know
whether you are." (p 12)
As you can see, K has no luck getting information regarding his ca .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Man's Nature And Characteristics Of Simon
.... One example of this fact is when Jack challenges Ralph because he
represents democracy, and Jack believes in a totalitarian government.
To me the most interesting dialogue is when Ralph and Piggy are
discussing the boys that went to be with Jack. I believe that Ralph is
scared, and I find it interesting that Piggy successfully helped him in
settling his fears about that matter.
The most crucial part so far was when Jack asked who wanted Ralph
not to be chief, and no one agreed with Jack. Then Ja .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbolism
.... Howard, Willy's boss and godson, shows the tape
recorder to Willy and appe ars to be more interested in the sound and
technology of the machine instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job.
Howard no longer need s Willy's services and without concern fires him.
This , to Willy, was like, "eating the orange and throwing away the peel".
However, Willy is partly to blame, as he does not accept change and wants
to remain in the pas t. This is foreshadowed in the scene where Willy is
left alone with the tape .....
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An Analysis Of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
.... his head long after the bombs could no longer be heard.
"Why me?"- a frequent question asked by survivors of war.
Vonnegut was tormented by this question and through Billy Pilgrim,
the protagonist in Slaughterhouse Five, he attempts to reconcile the guilt
which one feels when one is randomly saved from death, while one's friends
and loved ones perish. Billy Pilgrim's own life was spared, but was never
able to live with himself knowing that so many others had died. The
feelings of guilt which emerge .....
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Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5: Fate
.... it matter that you live your life
in chronological order? According to the view point of the Tralfmadorians,
the same exact things are going to happen, an idea that is indeed biased.
Based on the fact that Tralfamadorians cannot understand the human concept
of time, they have the ability to pick and choose when they want to live
each moment of their lives ,unlike humans, especially Billy Pilgrim who
has no control of his unpredictable "time tripping[s]."
Furthermore, the Tralfamadorian's belief that li .....
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