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Portrait Of The Artist As A Yo

.... Stephen himself. The figure woman goes from the mother figure, to that of the whore, and finally to the representation of freedom itself. As a child, the image of the mother figure is strong. It is nurturing and supportive, that of "a woman standing at the half-door of a cottage with a child in her arms . . ." (10) who shelters and protects and makes Stephen afraid to "think of how it was" to be without a mother. As Stephen grows, however, like any child his dependency of him mother begins to dwindle, .....

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Pride And Prejudice - Jane Aus

.... novel in which manners are very important. It’s been first published in 1813. My version: Blackbirds 1992 THEME: Idea’s and manners can be changed. I don’t know what else to make of it. It’s the only lesson I can find in the novel. I read because I enjoy it, not because I want to be taught life visions. STORYLINE: Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austin [Chapter 1] Mrs. Bennet tells her husband, Mr. Bennet, to visit the new owner of Netherfie .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... he has to go through in order to stoop to someone of her level. Regardless of what Darcy thought his chances were at acceptance, he was still addressing a girl that barely knows him, and actually dislikes him. That is not a situation where insults are likely to bring results. This point is compounded because Elizabeth only gets slightly insulted by this comment. Her initial refusal of Darcy was based almost totally on his actions towards Jane and Bingley's relationship, .....

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Parataxis Of Homer

.... tells Kalypso that Odysseus’s fate lie not on the island, but back home in Ithaka. The parataxis interrupts the line of conversation to inform the reason why Odysseus arrives here. It gives a glimpse the span of Odysseus’s journey and the fate of his companions before the story is told. In this instance, Hermes identifies Odysseus with the obstacles he has overcome. At times, a parataxis of a certain character in one part of the poem help explain matters later on. In book XI, lines 281 t .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... so peculiar is that in marrying this man she could keep her father's estate in the family and become financially sound for the rest of her life. Being a woman in this time and being in a situation where she looks as to inherit almost nothing a marriage such as this does not seem unreasonable but she thinks differently. Even though her economic outlook does not look good at all it does not constrain her and she still treasures love and happiness above her financial standing. This decision is extr .....

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Portrait Of A Lady

.... and the freedom that eluded her in America. At the beginning of the novel, Isabel was very young morally. She had left everything she had known, and was ready to start anew. Throughout the novel, her morality grew, changed, and became more stable. Where at the beginning she refused two proposals of marriage, without giving any indication to wanting a third, she ends up accepting a proposal from Osmond. Goodwood's offer to Isabel came at an early stage of her moral growth, when she was not really .....

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Beloved 2

.... in her act of murder. She is indignant and frustrated with Paul D. confronting her: Sethe knew that the circle she was making around the room, him, the subject, would remain one. That she could never close in, pin it down for anybody who had to ask. If they didn't get it right off-- she could never explain. Because the truth was simple, not a long-drawn-out record of flowered shifts, tree cages, selfishness, ankle ropes and wells. Simple: she was squatting in the garden and when she saw them coming and .....

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Petruchio And Kate

.... challenge with delight (and to get Baptista’s money), passes all of her tests with ease and in fact does prove to be a suitable husband. Petruchio starts to tame her from the very first time they meet. He stays calm when she yells and does exactly the opposite of what she expects him to do. He continues his taming at the wedding by acting even worse than she does, and in a way, he paints a portrait of her for her to see. He believes that if she sees the way she acts by repeating her actions, that s .....

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Theodore Seuss Geisel, Better

.... preaches against this, but the Once-Ler does not listen. He builds a giant factory which fills the air with smog. No one listens until all of the animals and fish die from pollution and all of the trees are chopped down. In the end, the Once-Ler realizes his mistakes and gives the last remaining Truffula seed to a boy. He tells the boy that the Lorax was right after all, and that if the boy plants the seed and treats it with care, there is hope for the environment and for those who live in it. .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... proves that a woman does not necessarily need to find a rich man to marry. Afterall, this is now the second time that Elizabeth has rejected the proposal of a man with more wealth than she. It is clear that Darcy changes his whole philosophy on the subject after this rejection. Darcy then realizes that in this case the woman does not want the rich man, but it is the "man in possession of fortune" who "must be in want of a good wife. Now, he realizes that he must treat Elizabeth with the kindness with whi .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... (?) receptive to the hero (?), has good sense, clarity of vision and straightforwardness. Darcy, labeled to be proud by Elizabeth, is also careless in speech. After his insulting remarks at the ball, Elizabeth forms an immediate dislike to him. However, his “pride” in the beginning of the novel, may be due to the fact that he is in a strange environment by himself. As the story develops, so does the character of Darcy. We discover that he is superior to Bingley as a bachelor for the Bennets. Being .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... consequences of having a match between two people as dissimilar as Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. Perhaps the finest example of the lack of passion in the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet is when Elizabeth tells her father of her plans to marry Mr. Darcy, who as far Mr. Bennet knows, Elizabeth detests. Mr. Bennet begs his daughter not to marry merely for worldly considerations but to unite with someone whom she admires. "My child", he explains, "let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect you .....

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The Epic Poem Of Beowulf Blend

.... Christian religion, yet fate seems to play an important role in the morality and values of Beowulf. For instance, Beowulf said that he could serve God because of his fate, because it was his belief that he was fated to be a servant of God. Beowulf made such references to fate as, "Fate must decide." It is obvious through the statement, "Fate has swept away the courageous princes who were my kinsmen, and I must follow them," that the belief in fate also effected the action .....

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Pride And Prejudice

.... colours. With great many advantages to be had by marrying Mr Collins, such as security for her sisters and mother after their fathers' death, she still chooses to reject him rather then humble herself before him. Mr Collins's manner in which he proposes to Elizabeth is very matter-of-fact; the proposal itself is more of a business proposition than a marriage proposal in the way that it lacks any emotional expression. The comical aspect of it stems from the abrupt nature of the proposal, Mr Colli .....

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Petcharchen Love In Romeo And

.... true love. Romeo has just met her and again he is infatuated. He is in love, with the idea of being in love. This is not true love. He just met her. He simply is so desperate to have someone to love him that he falls in love with every girl that he sees. The infatuation tendency of his is turned into true love. Juliet had not fallen for the Petrachan role Romeo was playing. He was sending metaphors out to her and was being very smooth and flowery but she had not fallen for that side. In fact, the maj .....

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