Alice In Wonderland
.... Carroll uses in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The story begins with Alice getting tired, which implies that she is falling asleep and going to enter the fantastic world of dreams. Immediately, she sees a white rabbit in a waistcoat. This puts the reader directly into the world of fantasy and imagination. It is Carroll’s use of explanations that makes this unbelievable world seem real. No matter how strange something appears it has a meaning and a reason. When the Mock Turtle is t .....
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American Beauty
.... and sexual allure as they flocked to enter public life. The first social history of American beauty culture: a richly textured account of how women created the cosmetics industry and how cosmetics created the modern woman. You don't need the latest census to tell you that America is, more than ever, a rainbow of faces with worldwide roots. More and more women of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American heritage are celebrating their own personal beauty, and the cosmetics industry is responding. Viramo .....
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A Rose For Emily
.... plays an other major role in this story because it is the reason of her behaving. Emily's father did not like loneliness, therefore he kept her beside him until his death. This fear of being alone was transmitted to Emily, who first would try to keep his father's body in the house and later, she would do anything to maintain Homer by her side. Her father, the dominant patriarch, robbed her of a husband and a female's existence that can find fulfillment only through marriage. Her father did not want her t .....
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Analysis Of Similes In The Ill
.... Trojan side had been lost.
Considering the ability to affect feelings with similes, and
the one-sided view of history, Homer could be using similes to
guide the reader in the direction of his personal views, as
happens with modern day political "spin". These views that Homer
might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It
could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things
were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is
attempting to bala .....
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A Dolls House
.... that she take a place under her husband. This is shown in the way Torvald spoke down to her saying things like: "worries that you couldn't possibly help me with," and "Nora, Nora, just like a woman." She is almost considered to be property of his: "Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure? At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me -that's all my very own?"
By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and brakes society's expectations. Nora also brakes society's expectations of staying .....
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Achilles And Socrates
.... Achilles and Socrates examine and question the prevalent ideas in their own societies. Achilles was a complex warrior who often ignored the cultural norms of society because he saw through their fallacies, particularly in the contradictory heroic code. In the beginning of the Iliad, Achilles questions King Agamemnon's involvement of the plague. This inquiry lead to his ultimate rebellion against the King and all social norms.
Achilles' actions were uncommon because honor within the community wa .....
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Analysis Of Oedipus, Seven Aga
.... complications, this does happen. Once the brothers go against each other at the seven gates of Thebes, their desire to have what they want continues to destroy them. At each Gate, Eteocles wins; even though Polynius leads the army. Once they reach the final gate, Eteocles and Polynius go against each other. This final gate found Polynius angry that he was not king and Eteocles angry that his brother represented himself as just. It is at this final gate that the brothers both perish. The outcome of th .....
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A Raisin In The Sun 2
.... all of this negative energy, Ruth comes to realize that she should not take the life of her baby and decides to keep it. One of her reasons for this change of heart is that her and Walter have been getting along much better, and their constant fighting was one of the main reasons she did not want to have the baby in the first place. Also, now that they are all moving into a new house, there will be enough room for the baby. In the end, although having an abortion seems like an easy way out, Ruth instead th .....
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A Reminder Of Manhood In The O
.... life and chooses to leave the island.
When Odysseus and his crew reach Circe's island, Hermes is quick to warn Odysseus against this enchantress' powers. Cautioning Odysseus against Circe's enchanted cup, Hermes gives him a magical plant that will counteract the affects of her magic:
Your cup with numbing drops of night
and evil, stilled of all remorse,
she will infuse to charm your sight;
but this great herb with holy force
will keep your mind and senses clear (X.316-319).
Upon rece .....
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A Rose For Emily 7
.... power. He dies when Emily is about 30 years old, and, while it gives her freedom, she mourns his death. The power held over her, which Emily interprets as love, is gone.
Emily never experiences a normal relationship. The townspeople do not feel affection for her in the traditional sense. Instead, they regard Emily as "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town." Emily is somewhat of a recluse. After her father’s death, she is not seen “for a long tim .....
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Achilles As Hero
.... calls her, tears away at the depths of his soul, eating away at his pride and testicles. The last thing he says to his mother while mourning is “So all can reap the benefits of their king-so even mighty Atrides can see how mad he was to disgrace Achilles, the best of the Achaeans!” This one event, in no way insignificant, is the beginning of Achilles rite of passage into a newer, arguable better man or warrior.
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Adults Of The Bell Jar
.... through her “millions and millions of dollars” (38). Jay Cee has “brains, so her plug-ugly looks [don’t] seem to matter” (5). But, Philomena has money so nothing else matters. Mrs. Willard is portrayed as the ultimate wife and mother. We are given the impression that Mrs. Willard embodies sensibility. She is what every little girl is supposed to grow up to be. But Esther sees differently. Mrs. Willard represents the inevitable outcome of marriage and motherhood ̵ .....
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... life.
The novel resumes Huck’s tale from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which ended with Huck’s adoption by Widow Douglas. But it is so much more. Into this book the world called his masterpiece, Mark Twain put his prime purpose, one that branched in all his writing: a plea for humanity, for the end of caste, and of its cruelties (Allen 260).
Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. During his childhood he lived in Han .....
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An Analysis Of The Cask Of Ama
.... of. The narrative hook seems to occur when Fortunato follows Montresor into the vault. Even if the reader was confused by the language of the first paragraph or is puzzled by the motive of the narrator, he is curious to know what will happen next. We know the moment of revenge is at hand, but what is Montresor going to do to Fortunato? Why is he taking him underground?
The climax of the story is when Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall and begins to layer the bricks. It is our high point of .....
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An Exploration Of Femininity I
.... categories. Femininity, symbolic of sexual potency and control, must be determined by the male hierarchy.
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Hamlet has an ambivalent relationship with Horatio. Hamlet, at first, distances himself from Horatio, and is wary of placing too much trust in his friend. Indeed, Horatio recognises the individual nature of the Ghost's plight, and implicitly, therein, Hamlet's task:
It beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.
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