The Mystery Of Edwin Drood By
.... much later in the book to preserve the power in the nunnery. She does not tell anyone in the nun’s house of her trouble’s concerning the engagement to accomplish this sense of having something the girls will never have. Thus, causing her to be held in high regard.
Edwin Drood comes to Cloisterham somewhat to see his uncle, Jasper, but mostly to see Rosebud, whom he is engaged to. The tension between Jasper and Edwin concerning Rosa is evident from the beginning of the book. The tension comes wholly f .....
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The Moviegoer By Walker Percy
.... and father can cause such damage to his family and others that it’s almost unthinkable. Maybe these people are the ones on to something. And the people rooting about trying to avoid everydayness are the ones that are lost. They are the ones stuck in everydayness, stuck in despair.
Binx tries with all his might to avoid the pit falls of everydayness and despair. He finds comfort on the arm of various women and in the movies that he frequents. Maybe he is on to something here. If you change the compan .....
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The Mirror By Sylvia Plath
.... could hurt somones self esteem, and could damage the way someone looks upon ones self. In the poem the girl tries to make her self prettier, by creating artificial pretty ness. But in the end the mirror never lies. The poem & the article compare about how the way people look ad feel, and how society has a role on their lives.
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge By T
.... of man results in serious consequences. Susan’s lying to Henchard in the letter about Elizabeth-Jane not truly being Henchard’s daughter leads to Susan’s death. Moreover prolonging to the downfall of Henchard, is his not informing Elizabeth-Jane that he sold Susan at the fair many years ago. Undoubtedly, irresponsibility causes painful situations that man must deal with. Henchard’s negligence to keep a close eye on his business results in the bankruptcy of the business. Lucetta’s incompetence of writ .....
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The Masque Of The Red Death By
.... of avoid the epidemic is unsuccessful because death will eventually conquer all who oppose. In the final scene, Prospero had to “confront” the Red Death. This time however, he had no where to run away to and died in encounter with the Red Death. His ultimate enemy was his refusal to except death as it comes.
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The Maltese Falcon
.... be like and it turns
out to not at all be what we expected, we are
often let down, disappointed.This is due to the
casting of Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. His hair
is brown, and his, round, soft face is the
farthest a face can come from having a satanic
v-motif. Although Humphrey Bogart’s acting was
very good, it was intruded by my perception of
what Sam Spade was supposed to look like.
Brigid O’Shaunessey is the villianess of this
story, the “femme fatale”
as we sometimes refer to .....
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The Love Song Of J. Alfred Pru
.... women could possibly accept him or find him attractive. Expressing any kind of affection to her is awkward and difficult. Prufrock knows what he must say but cannot bring himself to say it. "Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to it's crisis?"(79-80) His apprehensiveness in his love life, is very troublesome for him indeed. He wishes greatly to express his affection but it becomes suppressed within him. He compares himself to Lazarus who was an aged man restor .....
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The Lottery By Shirley Jackson
.... upon their performing the ritual of the lottery. Although it is implied that the abundance of their harvest depends wholly on cruel act of stoning a human being to death, there is evidence that not all in the community agree with the ritual.
Children are an important focus in “The Lottery”. Jackson makes it easy for us to imagine their “boisterous play” and the children are described in depth. I think these children symbolize perceived states of happiness in the story. I also believe they are vita .....
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The Lord Of The Flies - Charac
.... pilot, with a parachute, lands next to the signal fire where Sam and Eric have fallen asleep. They are awakened and are terrified by the shadows and the body. The twins scramble down to the beach where a group has assembled, and they tell the story with farfetched details. A team of explorers is sent to investigate. They discover new land and plan what they will do with it, but Ralph reminds them of their mission and they continue. As they approach the hilltop, Jack accuses Ralph of being chicken and st .....
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The Jungle
.... to two people, one a ex-professor whose has become a philosopher and the other who is currently an evangelist who has become a traveler.
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The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
.... to rise above this. Ona is not permitted to take a holiday, even for her own wedding.
After the birth of her first son, Antanas, Ona soon becomes pregnant again. She becomes very upset, but will not tell Jurgis why. After she fails to come home one night, Jurgis confronts her. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that a foreman named Connor has forced a sexual relationship on her. Jurgis curses her and runs off to find Connor.
After beating Connor to a pulp, Jurgis is sent to jail for thirty days .....
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The Journey Of Odysseus And Te
.... for his homeland Ithaca. Fated to wander for a full ten years, Odysseus’s ships were immediately blown to Thrace by a powerful storm. The expedition had begun.
Upon this misfortune, he and his men started a raid on the land of the Cicones. However, this only provided them with temporary success. The Cicones had struck back and defeated a vast majority of Odysseus’s crew. This was their first of many disastrous experiences to come.
Storms then blew his ships to Libya and the land of the Lotus-eater .....
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The Iliad
.... low Hera will stoop to acquire the services she needs to triumph over her husband. In order to gain their help, Hera tells lies to Aphrodite, and bribes Sleep with “gifts; a lovely throne, imperishable forever, of gold” (XIV, 238-239). Without the help of the other two immortals, Hera would not be able to beguile Zeus though she is the highest of all goddesses. Yet, the daughter of Kronos still puts her unknowing accomplices in danger of Zeus’ wrath. Similarly to Achilleus, Hera disregards the well being .....
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The House Of Seven Gables - Sy
.... the dramatis personae, is the house itself. From its turrets to its kitchen, in every nook and recess without and within, it is alive and vital." (Hawthorne 352) Duyckinck feels that the house is meant to be used as a symbol of an actual character, "Truly it is an actor in the scene"(Hawthorne 352). This turns the house into an interesting, but still depressing place that darkens the book in many ways. Hawthorne means for the house’s gloomy atmosphere to symbolize many things in his book.
The house also .....
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The Hobbit
.... a hero. What the people didn't know it was Bilbo who discovered the weak spot in the dragon's iron scales.
BEORN: An enemy of orcs, he becomes friends with Bilbo and Gandalf. He has th e ability to change forms from human to bear. It is he who determines the outco me of the battle of five Armies.
STORY SUMMARY
The book begins with Bilbo Baggins enjoying a pipe after breakfast. Th is is one of his favorite pleasures and he feels quite content in doing so. He is middle-aged, and resides in a clean .....
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