The Oddessey
.... journey to his homeland.
Meanwhile, Athena goes to Odysseus's home in Ithaca to visit Odysseus's son, Telemachus. Many suitors were there, trying to win the hand in marriage of Penelope, Telemachus's mother and Odysseus's wife. These many suitors had eaten Telemachus out of house and home. Athena arrives in the form of Mentor, a Taphian chief. Very generously, Telemachus invites Athena in. After they introduce themselves and Telemachus explains how the suitors have been living off of him, Athena puts Te .....
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The Partner By John Grisham
.... buddies, sued by Insurance company, plus another ten million in punitive for good measure.
Patrick opened up to his lawyer and law school friend Sandy McDermott and to another old friend, Karl Huskey, now a judge. He also made a new friend one of his nurses to whom he paid for taking pictures of his burst body.
Patrick had an associate: Eva Miranda, a lawyer in Rio who's been moving Patrick's $90 million through an international assortment of banks only she can identify. Following the el .....
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The Queen Of Spades, Pushkin
.... Pushkin's short life as a narrative, it should first be said that his was even more turbulent and romantic than that of his fictional creation, Eugene Onegin. Pushkin was born in Moscow on May 26, 1799. Although his family had lost most of their political influence by the time of Pushkin's birth, he was immensely proud of the fact that they had been part of Russian nobility for six hundred years. He was educated by a series of private tutors and governesses and had access to his father's large .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage 4
.... of being long and tedious and it was easier to follow. He doesnıt use as much figurative language as some other authors do, but he does use some figurative language. For example, he described the canopy of the forest like a cathedral when Jim died. I enjoyed his style because it made reading quick and easy. Stephen Crane used sentences like ³He felt alone in a space where his injured comrade had disappeared.² (27) to describe Henry sadness as a man in battle. He also expressed death by using senten .....
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The Scarlet Letter (colors)
.... thus it is here that people may do as they wish.
The color gold is of dominance in this novel. It is used frequently to describe richness and luxuriance. “On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter ‘A.’” (60)
However, it carries an even more important reference to the sun in chapter sixteen, the sun also symbolizing guilt-free happiness. Pearl seems to absorb the sunl .....
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The Scarlet Letter 2
.... of all of them. He wanted to get back at Dimmesdale so he was trying to commit revenge. In fact his punishment for this was watching Dimmesdale dye but not by any fault of his own but by the secret he had kept from everyone else. Chillingworth fate was to dye knowing what happened and be able to do anything about it because he is a cold-hearted evil man.
If you commit a sin willingly and know what your doing is wrong be prepared to take the consequences because you deserve them. No one that ever did .....
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The Scarlet Letter 4
.... the river, I think she should have left it there. She could have been free from her "branded sin" and be reintroduced into society. However it was her decision, and she felt that in order to end her struggle with sin, and guilt, she must wear it till death do her part. Hester, as one human being, handled this conflict in an orderly fashion.
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The Scarlet Letter 5
.... Hawthorne implies that they [Hester and Dimmesdale] were led by one another into the woods both searching for a sense of togetherness ("...neither he nor she assuming the guidance, but with an unexpressed consent..."). It is suggested that they are now one, or complete, no longer two people (Hester and Arthur) but one "of the same sphere." The metaphysical conceit is resumed. "The shadow of the woods" represents the shadow of Dimmesdale's sin. Dimmesdale, who is a man of great reverence, has now emb .....
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The Scarlet Letter 6
.... Hawthorne implies that they [Hester and Dimmesdale] were led by one another into the woods both searching for a sense of togetherness ("...neither he nor she assuming the guidance, but with an unexpressed consent..."). It is suggested that they are now one, or complete, no longer two people (Hester and Arthur) but one "of the same sphere." The metaphysical conceit is resumed. "The shadow of the woods" represents the shadow of Dimmesdale's sin. Dimmesdale, who is a man of great reverence, has now emb .....
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The Storm 2
.... the last line says, "so the storm passed and everyone was happy." As if saying that it was the storm that brought unhappiness into their lives not the fact that they are in a dysfunctional relationship. And so with the passing of the storm their lives are all better again, since better weather makes one more cheery.
The timeframe for this short story is unknown, but the year it was written is 1899. During this time, affairs were probably considered taboo. If caught there must have been sever .....
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The Stranger 3
.... Throughout
the vigil, watching over his mother's dead body, and at her
funeral, he never cries. He is, further, depicted enjoying a cup
of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a smoke with a
caretaker at the nursing home in which his mother died. The
following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and
meets a former colleague named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to a
movie, and then spend the night together. Later in their
relationship, Marie asks Meu .....
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The Sun Also Rises
.... make these people equal. How these white people came into their village and thought of them as servants. But the other half of the problem is that these natives allowed for such treatment by excepting money for their deeds. I think this symbolizes the situation in South Africa at the time, by showing how easily these natives could be pushed around. The Smales represent the whites that moved to Africa and enslaved blacks. And July represents the blacks that allowed the whites to take advantage of them .....
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The Sun Also Rises 3
.... not as if Jake
went out of his way for it to happen. It was much more the will
of Brett. She raved on and on about Romero and insisted to Jake
that they go and find him. Jake did not fight her on this issue,
but he certainly did not provoke it. Jake was more of a stooge
for Brett. She would have had her way even if Jake had not
helped her. She uses her feminine charm, and there is, little
that Jake can say. At one point she says “Oh, darling, please
stay by me. Please stay .....
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The Symbol Of The Sun In The S
.... provokes Meursault to commit a crime. He says, "(the sun) shattered into little pieces on the sand and water." While going to get a drink of water, the foreign Arab uses a knife to shine the sunlight in Meursault's face. Meursault knew that all he had to do was turn around and walk away. His emotions (again not shown externally and reserved) took over. Camus states, "All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and, instinctively, the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in fron .....
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The Theme Of Freedom Versus. C
.... complains of her unfair treatment to Prospero (Act 1, Scene 2):
If thou more murmur'st, I will rent an oak
And peg thee in his knotty entrails till
Thou hast howled away twelve winters.
Prospero here is informing Ariel that if she dares to question is authority again, he will imprison her in an oak tree for twelve years. Ariel, longing for her freedom, agrees to run errands for Prospero in order for him to gain control and be free, through his plans of uniting Miranda and Ferdinand. Throug .....
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