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- 271: Wutherinng Heights
- ... from the outer world has no choice by primal hunger to assimilate the plush and more intricate social contract that the Linton's offer. She explains her thoughts clearly to Nelly when discussing her marriage proposal. " And he will be rich, and I shall like to be the greatest woman of the neighbourhood, and I shall be proud of having such a husband." (p.78). Catherine is ill-equipped to assimilate ...
- 272: Nathan The Wise
- ... from a fire, but the Templar declines any praise with anti-Semitic insults, “Permit what, Jew?” (211). The Templar’s refusal, although harsh, seemed to affirm the goodness Nathan saw in the young man, “A modest greatness would hide behind the monstrous, merely to escape admiration” (212). The lengths the Templar went to in order to save a life is a testament in itself of his goodness, far more powerful than ...
- 273: Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
- ... tries to persuade Jane to come to India with him where he is going to do God's work. He thinks that she will make a perfect missionary wife. He persists and persists at his proposal and although Jane knows he would never love her, she is about to accept his offer when she hears the voice of Rochester "Jane, Jane, Jane" nothing more. I might have said, "what is it ...
- 274: Wuthering Heights
- ... fertile valley." (WH-p.77) One evening, while informing Nelly of her love affairs, Heathcliff stood in the next room listening to their conversation. She tells Nelly how she loves Linton and has accepted her proposal in marriage. However the wise Nelly whose "main function in the novel is essentially those attributed to the ego,"35 makes Catherine admit that her love for Linton "is like the foliage in the woods ...
- 275: Ts Eliot Mood And Theme
- ... this theme is his use of the persona of J Alfred Prufrock. Prufrock is in part a shallow conformist, 41 ....My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, 42 My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin- 43 (They will say: But how his arms and legs are thin! )...... However, almost tragically, Eliot has Prufrock aware of the shallowness of the society to which he conforms ...
- 276: The Women Of Poe
- ... at a very dear cost to the psyche. Egaeus reports that his feelings for Berenice were of the mind, not the heart, while Ligeia impresses the narrator with her vast intellect. Yet Egaeus calls his proposal of marriage to Berenice evil. Why? The answer lies in Egaeus's lack of carnal dimension. He resembles many of the women in Poe, who often represent the ideas they possess rather than real women ...
- 277: The Real Plague
- ... the task force. Rieux suggests that maybe Jean should consider using some of the prisoners in the jail to work against the plague. After dealing with plague-stricken men all his life, Tarrou rejects this proposal. Tarrou comments, "I loathe menˇ¦s being condemned to death," (125). Tarrouˇ¦s reasoning for that not wanting prisoners to be used deviates from the ordinary. While many would object to prisoners being sent out ...
- 278: The Merchant Of Venice-portia
- ... strond, / And many Jasons come in quest of her" (I.i.161-172). Portia displays all the graces of the perfect Renaissance lady. She is not ambitious, she is quiet rather than restrictive. She is modest in her self-estimation. Her generous spirit makes her wish she had more virtue, wealth, and friends so that she can better help those she loves. Beatrice, on the other hand, is not described as ...
- 279: The Plague 2
- ... their own selves as well. Camus allows the reader inside the minds of these characters to witness these struggles first-hand. These characters have many different philosophies in dealing with the indifference. While Rieux demonstrates modest humanism, others use religion, fatalism and liberalism to confront their struggles. In order to understand Rieux s humanism one must define humanism. It is a mode of thought that the human is in priority. The ...
- 280: The Idiot
- ... blame, Nastasya Filippovna, and I adore you!" The hopelessness of it sinks in when she cries out "you can go crazy, dreaming away like that"(181). The money of Rogozhin's has insulted her, the proposal of the Prince has upset her beyond measure, for it is what she would most desire in the world yet cannot accept it. She feels as though she, a corrupt woman would "ruin a babe ...
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