King Lear
.... action. Ironically, he later discovers that Cordelia is the only daughter he wants to see, asking her to forget him. By this time, he has finally started to gain some direction, and his vision is cleared, but it is too late for his life to be saved. His lack of precognition had condemned him from the beginning. Lear depicts Shakespeare's theme of clear vision by demonstrating that physical sight does not guarantee clear sight.
Gloucester depicts this theme by demonstrating clear vision, despite the tot .....
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Eating Gilbert Grape - Respons
.... he forgets about himself. Gilbert's 'wants' started from wanting for his family, then his mother, Arnie, Ellen and we get the impression the list would have continued 'wanting' for other people, had Becky not interrupted.
Gilbert's good nature is apparent from the very start when he and Arnie are waiting for the caravans to pass through Endora. We can hear Gilbert describe the scene as a 'yearly ritual' in a very tired voice. Yet, we know he is doing it for Arnie. It pleases Arnie so much to .....
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Edmund In King Lear
.... As a part of the plan, He tells Gloucester that Edgar is planning to kill his father so that he can enjoy the fruits of the lands while he is still young. On the other hand, Edmund reports to Edgar that his father is attempting to have him killed and to defend himself. Gloucester is convinced of Edgar being a traitor and pursues to have his son executed.
In continuing the portrait that Shakespeare paints of Edmund, we can see that throughout Act III Edmund commits senseless acts of treason to his .....
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Kate Chopin, The Awakening
.... and embrace her intense desire for personal fulfillment. Edna's choice to escape shows two elements: rebellion to the suppression of her adventurous spirit and the lack of "fulfillment" in her relationship. After being "reasonable" for the twenty-eight years of her life, Edna breaks down. Her life has been riddled with reason and duty, essentially giving herself away to the people around her. This devotion to responsibility causes her to break away from her common behavioral pattern and moves her to foc .....
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Elements Of Fiction
.... future; day or night; and any season. A story may be set in a small down or a large city, in a jungle or an ocean.
The sequence of events in a story is called the PLOT. The plot is the writer’s blueprint for what happens in the story, when it happens, and to whom it happens. One event causes another, and so on until the end of the story.
Generally, plots are built around a CONFLICT-a problem or struggle between two or more opposing forces. Conflicts can be as serious as a boy’s attempt .....
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Kurt Vonnegut Sarcasm And Blac
.... his life when the character exists in a “meaningless and disorderly universe” (Introduction 1). Vonnegut directs his satire to his characters. He also directs most of this satire to himself as much as he does to society (Overview 1).
Questions are often asked about the meaning of life in his books to be sarcastic. For example, he asked people, “When was it that their art gave them the most satisfaction. When was it framed and exhibited? When it was published or sold? When it was praised by loved on .....
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Emily Dickinson
.... significance of —the "School,"
"Gazing Grain," "Setting Sun," and the "Ring"—much is gathered to complete the poem’s
central idea. Emily brought to light the mysteriousness of life’s cycle. Ungraspable to
many, the cycle of one’s life, as symbolized by Dickinson, has three stages and then a
final stage of eternity. These three stages are recognized by Mary N. Shaw as follows:
"School, where children strove"(9) may represent childhood; "Fields of Gazing
Grain"(11), .....
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KING LEAR
.... of the paradoxes and the rhyming couplets like ¡§my chance¡¨ with ¡§fair France¡¨ and ¡§cold¡¦st neglect¡¨ to ¡§inflamed respect¡¨. By using these methods, stress is put onto the point that is being made by France and therefore is more explicit to the audience. France also uses loaded verbs to describe Lear¡¦s actions, including ¡§cast¡¨ and ¡§thrown¡¨, to suggest that Lear is being harsh and barbaric towards Cordelia, as these verbs sound aggressive.
Lines 237 ¡V 239
When France remarks that ¡§L .....
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Emma
.... died when she was only a child and her sister, Isabelle, had married at an early age. This made her mistress of his house from a very early period. Emma’s self image is very strong and she is doubly pleased with her match-making skills, which turn out to be disastrous for her friend Harriet. Harriet Smith is a young girl of an unknown background, but she was a student at Mrs. Goddard’s School. Emma challenges herself to reform and refine Harriet. She becomes to aspire to see Harriet marry a pe .....
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King Lear
.... opens up with Lear immediately choosing to, “express our darker purpose” (I, i,
35). There is no mention of any of the three daughters’ childhood. In contrast, Smiley
makes a point of adding description to her novel. She constantly describes the three
girls’ childhood, their ancestors, and other memories from the past. In the beginning of
the novel, Ginny elaborates upon her great-grandparents and, “when they came the first
time to Zebulon County, in the spring of 1890, and saw that half t .....
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Epic Of Gilgamesh
.... Bible, one of many themes is the quest for something greater than what the seeker currently has, in terms of stature or wealth. One of many examples is the theft of Esau's birthright by Jacob. In Genesis 25: 27-34, Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son, Jacob wanted more than his proper inheritance, he wanted the rights as the first born son. His brother Esau was hungry and asked for some soup that Jacob was cooking. Jacob answered, “I will give it to you if you give me your rights as the .....
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Macbeth
.... example, she knows his weakness of character and his strengths. At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is the stronger of the two. Although it was the witches who told Macbeth he will be king, it was Lady Macbeth who uses her art of persuasion, and knowledge of Macbeths weaknesses, to make him kill the king. Lady Macbeth uses persuasion, another factor that helps her over power Macbeth, from their first meeting and throughout the play. She also uses her knowledge she has of him, to add to the task of p .....
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Macbeth - Bird Imagery
.... comes with the news that King
Duncan is coming to spend the night at her castle. After the messenger has
left, the first thing Lady Macbeth says is: “The raven himself is hoarse/ That
croaks fatal entrance of Duncan/ Under my battlements”(1.5.45-47). The
raven is a bird of ill omen, and Lady Macbeth means that the raven is
hoarse from saying again and again that King Duncan must die. Here,
Shakespeare is taking the idea of murder, and using the natural imagery of
a raven in order to reveal .....
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Equus
.... having a sexual relationship with a woman. In Alan’s mind he has committed a grave sin and the horses were the witnesses. Blinding them was his attempt to cover up his actions. His ‘sin’ makes him a failure in the horse’s eyes, unfortunately he is a failure in his own eyes as well. This is why Alan’s last words in the play were ‘Find me… Find me… Kill me…Kill me’ (pg. 106). He really was tormented by guilt and wanted to die himself.
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Macbeth
.... seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.” (II, iii, 61) Illustrates how no amount of water could clean Macbeth’s guilty conscience. He imagines that all of the water from the ocean could not clean his hands of the burden of guilt that weighed so heavily on his tormented mind. He pictures Duncan’s blood staining the entire ocean red. Immediately after murdering Duncan, Macbeth’s guilt is brought on much like a large gaping gash while Lady Macbeth’s guilt is more like a small cut that in time festers in .....
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