The Lady Of Shalott -
.... as a woman, only being able to see shadows of reality, which are reflected by her magic (?) crystal mirror and worked into her web.
At this point of time it is unknown to the reader whether the Lady of Shalott is forced to be in this situation or chose to live this life of isolation. Reasons for a self inflicted seclusion might be homophobia, the fear of rejection by the exterior world, or simply a lack of interest for it. However, the Lady of Shalott is quite content with what she has and what .....
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The Lady With The Dog - Anton
.... That is also the reason why he always became frustrated and used women as a scapegoat. Dmitri is excited when he sees the new mysterious woman; he sees a new opportunity to escape the monotonous marriage he is trapped in. Even though everything always failed him before he was unconsciously compelled to try and find something that worked. After meeting “the lady with the dog”, he thought of “her slender, delicate neck, and her lovely gray eyes.” Before he fell asleep though, .....
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The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow 2
.... speed to get back to the church yard before day break. The ghost is
known as the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Ichabod Crane stayed in the village of Sleepy Hollow for only one
purpose and that was to teach the children of the area. Ichabod was a
native of Connecticut. He was tall and very skinny with narrow
shoulders and very long arms and legs. His head was small and
flattened on top. He had huge ears, large green eyes and a long snipe
nose. His school house was a low bu .....
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The Little Prince
.... is very fragile and needs constant care. Love is not a matter of choice; it is a matter of consequence; indeed, it is a matter of survival. Men must learn to love one another or expire. Love is what gives life meaning. The little prince’s love for his rose is so important to him that his love gives the author’s life purpose and direction.
The fox teaches the little prince how to love. It is the time that one “wastes” on someone or something that makes it important. It is th .....
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The Lonely Soul Of Dasein
.... are present in all Dasein. Even though he attempts to use these words (guilt and conscience) without bringing extra baggage along with them, one cannot resist considering the implications that vernacular semantics suggest about the nature of Dasein. Heidegger explains: “…the concept of moral guilt has been so little clarified ontologically…interpretations of this phenomenon could become prevalent and have remained so” (Blackwell, p. 328). If this is the case, moral guilt shoul .....
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The Longest Day
.... audio recordings of interviews Ryan considered especially important. Of particular note among the interviews are those with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, President Eisenhower, and General Simpson, all from 1963.
Doug McCabe
University Records Manager
Alden Library
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
E-Mail: mccabe@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
In 1976 Cornelius Ryan died from cancer.
The period covered in this book is a very short one, covering the building of the Atlantic wall .....
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The Longest Memory
.... manner and so the stories overlap and intertwine, to illustrate this D’Aguiar has used an overwhelming tone of sadness and despair to emphasise the negative feelings that society created.
Whitechapel’s narrative focuses on the symbolism of seeing; the reason for this is to give the reader a sense of the extent to which society enforced its beliefs upon people and how much it effected them. Whitechapel has lived a very long time and has finally realized the truth about his enslavement an .....
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The Lord Of The Flies
.... power and authority throughout the novel, because whoever holds the conch has the right to speak uninterrupted. However, as the boys' society decays, and the conch fades, becoming "fragile and white"(171), its power diminishes until it is finally crushed. With the intentional smashing of the conch, all order on the island is effectively lost.
The Lord of the Flies, a pig's head on a pike, one symbol in the novel for evil, or Satan. To Jack it was meant as a sacrifice to the "beast" which controlled t .....
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The Lost World 2
.... helps Levine and Malcolm by hacking into computers and stealing data. He also figured out that there where surveillance cameras on the island. In addition, to helping everyone out he had to sneak aboard the trailer to come on the trip. Once he said, "If I where running this trip it would run smooth."(133). So as one can tell Arby knows he is pretty smart. Also being seven year old in the sixth grade is pretty amazing. What a guy!
In conclusion, the three main characters make one entertai .....
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The Loyalty Of Antigone To Bot
.... just as much as you" (Colonus 1254). Her sweet tender words flowed with belief in what her father wants and what will come true. She in a way encourages him and states that she wants the same due to how much she loves and respects him.
When Polynices enters in the location of Athens, Antigone takes it as a chance to help mend things between Oedipus and Polynices. She ment to make them be peaceful to one another, and to perhaps lay the past to rest. She wanted to try to help her brother out by bein .....
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The Maltese Falcon
.... business. Her character as a woman is somewhat
different from Effie’s. Iva and Sam Spade once had a history together even though she was married to Miles. Iva said to Sam,“You killed my husband, Sam, be kind to me.” (The Maltese Falcon, John Huston, 1941) She sets up a different role for woman because of her actions and of the characteristics that she possesses. In a way, she thinks that Sam Spade is in love with her and for that reason, she thought that he had killed her husband .....
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The Man Who Made Ireland
.... was only 6 years old. The focus of Coogan’s work is given to the time mainly from the Easter rebellion in 1916 to his untimely assassination in 1922. But even though the emphasis is not placed on the early years of Collins development, there is a significant link for Collins of who he was to who he would become. Collins as a young boy was little, but extremely tough. He always wanted to play with the older boys and would never let anyone bully him around. In addition, the 6 years that Col .....
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The Mark Twain Thesis
.... imperfection has it this
man’s dream did not come true. But his friend’s similar dream , however,
did. The narrator tells us through a blanket of jealousy how this man was
perpetually annoying, and how, “there was nothing generous about this fellow
and his greatness.” Like many of Twain’s writings this excerpt shows us a
man with convictions as he looks at a seemingly good example and puts it
under a different light.
Convictions that shine through in .....
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The Medea
.... her children were not considered. Now Medea is considering killing her own children to hurt Jason. Medea thinks of death as a weapon against her enemies. She has totally transformed since the beginning of the play, she would have never thought of taking the life of her own children until her husband hurt her. Jason denied her when she begged for her children's safety. This was the deciding factor for Medea; she will kill her children.
"Medea out of anger towards Jason kills her own children" (101) .....
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The Merchant Of Venice
.... sadness remains, as he dismisses the
prospect that his sadness is related to his ships or a lost love.
Uninterested in the 'world' of suitors and marriage, Antonio is left
without his lifelong companion, Bassanio after he travelled to Belmont
to woo Portia.
Early in the play another side of Antonio is revealed. Antonio
is displayed as a hard cruel man, although a Christian, he displays
hatred and contempt towards the Jewish race, usurers and especially
towards Shylock. .....
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