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- 1141: Jamestown
- ... the residual party was in Croatoan with Mantoe, but what if they were attacked before they left? White proceeded to uncover the remains of his own possessions, his pictures and maps had been spoiled by rain and his armor was rusted because scavenging Indians had dug the storage chest from the ditch in which they were buried and then had left them. White made it clear in his narrative that they ...
- 1142: Jane Eyre
- ... notice of "the solitary rocks and promontories." (Bronte 2) The reader comprehended Miss Eyre's feelings of desolation and loneliness. After spending a sleepless night in the room, Jane looked out upon daylight to find "rain still beating continuously on the staircase window." Her "habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, and forlorn depression" were deepened by such gloomy weather. (Bronte 9-10) Much like the beast's castle in "Beauty and ...
- 1143: Jane Eyre - Analysis Of Nature
- ... that she fears are also part of nature. The hard strength of a rock is the very thing that makes it inflexible. Similarly, the precipitation that makes Jane happy as she leaves Thornfield, and the rain that is the life-force of everything in the heath, is the same precipitation that led her to narrate this passage: "But my night was wretched, my rest broken: the ground was damp . . . towards morning ...
- 1144: Life In The 20th Century As Sh
- ... Bibi and her husband Bobinot to return from the store when a storm starts. An old boyfriend of Calixta’s, Alcee shows up at her door and asks if he may stand there till the rain stops. He then comes inside and begins to get closer to Calixta. The quote “They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his ...
- 1145: Lord Of The Flies Critical Lit
- ... care of themselves and being responsible without any adults around. Ralph shows responsibility by wanting to build shelters as soon as possible. He explains to the others that they need them for protection from the rain, and also from the "beasties." Ralph begins to become uncivilized when he chases a pig and kills it for food. Ralph gets a thrill out of doing this, and becomes interested in hunting. When Ralph ...
- 1146: Love Poetry
- ... and then when Porhyria enters she improves his mood and the weather. The opening lines reflect his mood and there is personification of the wind. Using weather to show moods is called pathetic fallocy. " The rain set in early to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake." The next quotation shows when she improves and brightens up his mood. " She shut the cold out and the storm," and " Blaze up, and ...
- 1147: Ethan Frome 6
- ... also find the storm which had appeared to continue all night to be a symbol reflecting Ethan. A storm can be defined as an atmospheric disturbance in the form of strong winds usually accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and sometimes accompanied by lightning or thunder. There is a disturbance overwhelming Ethan constantly. Ethan cannot overcome this storm. Ethan is, indeed, not content with his marriage with Zeena. Ethan's ...
- 1148: Macbeth-Gloomy Indeed
- ... of one such storm during the battle in the beginning of the play. Storms, battles, that’ll make anyone a “gloomy Gus”. Lightning is a very gloomy sort of deal because with lightning there is rain and dark clouds and its scary. In this play there are a lot of scenes where lightning and thunder is the weather of choice by Shakespeare (Act1,sc1 & Act1, sc3 & Act3, sc5 & Act4,sc1). The ...
- 1149: Macbeth
- ... reason is still unknown. The words and phrases that the witches choose to express themselves foreshadow Macbeth's plot to become king: First Witch When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lighting, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. (I,i) Although she knows that there will be darkness ...
- 1150: Killer Angels
- ... army life. He showed the true sorrow and terror. "Yet you learn to love it. Isn't that amazing? Long marches and no rest., up very early in the morning, and asleep late in the rain, and there's a marvelous excitement to it, a joy to wake in the morning, and feel the army all around you and see the campfires in the morning and smell the coffee…"[pg.125 ...
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