Wuthering Heights: Romanticism
.... that his one love, Catherine, has fallen in love
with Edgar. He shows love of the past by pointing out to her how little
time she has spent with him compared to the time she spends with Edgar.
After Catherine's death, both Heathcliff and Edgar wish her back even if
they must return to fighting each other for her love. The Romantics had a
love of the past, because it is stable and predictable: all possible
scenarios have already happened.
Mr. Earnshaw's act of taking care of Heathcliff contains .....
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The Pardoner: "The Root Of All Evil Is Money"
.... informing the pilgrims of his practices within the church.
The Pardoner was an expert at exploiting parishioners' guilt for
his financial gain. He sold them various “relics” that supposedly cured
ailments ranging from sick cattle to jealousy. And if the relics didn't
seem to work, it was obviously because of the sinful man or woman who
purchased them, and no fault of the Pardoner. He had a few lines he would
routinely say to his potential customers;
“Good men and wome .....
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Johnny Tremain
.... got it perfectly right. On Saturday he was told that he couldn't
work because he couldn't work on Sabbath. So, Johnny told Mrs. Lampham
about this and she said that he could secretly work on Sunday. While Johnny
was working, One of the other workers handed him a broken piece which had a
crack in the side. It broke and silver when everywhere. Johnny's hand went
on the stove. He nearly burned it, it was completely silver on his palm.
They called for an old lady. A month later, they were going to unwrap his
h .....
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Deliverance: The Passing Of The Torch
.... how much he followed and depended on Lewis. Through this thought, it
seems as though the majority of the reason Ed ever did any camping or
outdoor activities was because he had Lewis to back him up. It also seemed
that Ed was somewhat jealous of Lewis. Ed was jealous because of Lewis'
ability to do whatever he wanted, his willingness and ability to deal with
the outdoors, and Lewis' body build. Drew and Bobby also seemed to rely on
Lewis quite a bit, but not even as close to as much Ed did. They we .....
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The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
.... the doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when
he will get paid.
The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand pesos the dealer tells
his servant to go find three other dealers. When the other .....
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The Pearl: The Curse Of The Oyster
.... her in the face and she fell among the boulders, and he
kicked her in the side...He hissed at her like a snake and she
stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a
butcher. (742)
Juana saw through the outer beauty of the pearl and knew it would
destroy them, but Kino's vision was blurred by the possible prosperity the
pearl brought. The malignant evil then spread to a secret cult known only
as the trackers. This corrupt band of ruffians attacked an .....
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The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
.... the
future what she would have seen would have been a mirror image of her
reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of mirrors, and
they were all shattering one by one. In the night he heard a "sound so
soft that it might have been simply a thought..." and quickly attacked the
trespasser. This is where the problems for Juana and her family began.
The fear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over his actions.
Soon even Juana who had always had faith in her husband, had do .....
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The Pelican Brief: A Review
.... rights
to his new book and this happened even before a publisher accepted it. The
Firm was published in 1991 and stayed on the best-sellers lists for nearly
a year. In 1992 his third book, The Pelican Brief was published and it
became and enormous success. At the same time "A Time to Kill" was
republished and this time it became a best-selling book. In 1993 "The
Client" was published and "The Chamber" came the year after that. His two
most recent books are "The Runaway Jury" (1996) and "The Partner" (1997 .....
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Morrison's Beloved: The Psychological Suffrage Of Former Slaves
.... was attempting to enter American slavery into the martyr ranks of
the Nazi's abuse of the Jews (Crouch 38-43). Also, Crouch stated, " …she
lacks a true sense of the tragic" (38-43). He supported this by stating " …
it shows no sense of the timeless and unpredictable manifestations of evil
that preceded and followed American slavery" (Crouch 38-43).
However, Crouch realizes that Morrison has real talent, in that he
believes she has the ability to organize her novel in a musical structure
by using imag .....
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Dante's "The Hermaphroditic Joyce"
.... words and thoughts are true to those of literate twentieth
century women.
Although a short-lived character in Portrait, Dante Riordan, in a brief
amount of time emits an apparently important and mysterious aura, the aura
of a woman. Judging from the studies of twentieth century linguists,
Joyce's brief representation of Dante through speech is nearly flawless. To
more lucidly understand this, one must carefully examine some of the
instances at which Dante speaks in her conversation with Mr. and Mrs.
D .....
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Summary Of El Cid
.... be with him, and
after he and his men win each battle El Cid always thanks God for letting
it happen. He believes God let it happen, he never thought it is him.
Ruy Diaz is an extrodinary leader. He is always fearless before going
into battl; he does not even consider that he might not be victorious.
When El Cid is badly outnumbered his tactics and battle plans always cause
him to come out hte clear victor. An exampe where El Cid shows his
supperior tactics is in page 53, verse 27. El Cid was enca .....
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The Portrayal Of Women In The Novels "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" By
.... age were always superior in
standing to women. As a woman aged, her position in the social hierarchy
would increase. Furthermore women had few career choices; all were linked
to some form of domestic service whether solely as a wife and mother or as
a nanny or a combination. Religion played a very important role in this
predominantly catholic area. The role of women as portrayed by the church
was somewhat of a paradox, simultaneously acknowledging and praising women
for the gift of child bearing and y .....
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Babbitt: Conformity
.... standards set for him by the rest of society. Babbitt goes
about his normal routine praising modern technology, material possessions
and social status as ways to measure the worth of an individual. In fact
the readers first encounter with Babbitt sees him praising modern
technology. "It was the best of nationally advertised and quantitatively
produced alarm-clocks, with all modern attachments, including cathedral
chime, intermittent alarm, and a phosphorescent dial. Babbitt was proud of
being awakened .....
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The Power And The Glory: The Whiskey Priest A Saint?
.... later
costs the whiskey priest his life, but he is willing to overlook this. This
is best shown when he eventually forgives and even prays for the Mestizo
who betrayed him: “The priest waved his hand; he bore no grudge because he
expected nothing else of anything human...” (P. 198) This shows that that
whiskey priest is a forgiving man and this indeed helps to validate that
the whiskey priests statement is inaccurate.
Graham Greene portrays to the reader that the whiskey priest thinks
of others before .....
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A Modest Proposal: A Different Version
.... this problem and help the students of Jesuit Prep
enjoy these classrooms of boredom. This proposal, deeply thought out to
solve the common problem of students sleeping and hurting their future
lives and careers is to place table top dancers in every classroom.
I have worked out the details entailing the added cost of these daily
dancing ladies. A well-known friend of mine, who owns a nightclub off of
Harry Hines, was kind enough to divulge the rates per hour that dancers, he
could find for Jesuit P .....
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