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- 11681: The Awakening Of Women
- ... sexuality, individuality and rights. Choked by the cloistering, moralistic garb of the Victorian era, yet willing to give up everything--even her own life--for the freedom of unencumbered individuality, Edna Pontellier epitomizes the consummate New Woman of the late nineteenth century. She embodies the social ideals for which women of that era were striving, and are still striving for today. She is individualistic--a maverick. She is passionate. She is ... to others as well. While traveling with Edna through her metamorphosis, the reader realizes the injustices that society does to the individual. This novel leaves the reader seeking self-understanding and wanting to change the world.
- 11682: The Awakening 6
- ... society and tests her strengths to the end. The book raises issues about the role of women in society, not only in the time period in which it is set, but also in the modern world. Edna was truly brave in the way that she slowly began to defy society s conventions. She was never unfaithful to her husband because he had betrayed her by seeing her as an object. This contributed to her yearning ...
- 11683: Scales Of Justice
- ... a police force where there is a culture of corruption. The parts of the TV program that we saw were made up of two parts, The Job, and the Game. The Job is about a new probationary officer named Webber, and how he is forced to accept the corruption that occurs in the force, and ends up getting fired. The Game takes corruption to a new level involving higher powers such as MP’s and non-uniformed officers. They both are good examples of how it is a culture for them. The corruption that occurs in the Job is nothing unusual ... breaching the code of conduct that is involved in being a policeman. For example, on more than on occasion, Sergeant Borland drinks and smokes while he is on duty. He then ended up influencing the new officer, Webber, to drink on duty. There is also an instance where Borland was offered an insufficient bribe so he locked the guy up and took him to court. He then influenced Webber to ...
- 11684: Transformations In Ovid
- ... made more severe than Apollo s. Ovid says, Nothing of her was left, except her shining loveliness. Stunned by what has occurred, Apollo ends the chase but still stares longingly at his love in her new form. Through the new bark covering Daphne, Apollo is still able to feel her beating heart. Still under the influence of Cupid s arrow, Apollo pledges to remain faithful to Daphne despite her transformation. To honor Daphne and her ... Her father in the story is the one who initiates the change. He agrees with her wishes and takes away the object of Apollo s desires. The beauty of Daphne remains unchanged even with her new form. Significantly, Ovid has paid much less regard to smooth, logical transition between stories than to complex repetition of themes and images, even to extensive wordplay. Repetition is one way to ingrain an idea ...
- 11685: Things Fall Apart- The Meaning
- ... the destruction of the people and their culture. Okonkwo, the main character in the book, was the son of Unoka, who was a loafer. Unoka was too lazy to go out and plant crops on new, fertile land, preferring to stay at home playing his flute, drinking palm wine, and making merry with the neighbors. He had to borrow money in order to maintain this lifestyle, and was never able to ... played a key role in his eventual downfall. He became a great wrestler and warrior in his tribe, and began providing for his family at a very young age, while at the same time starting new farms and beginning to amass wealth. He was very successful, soon becoming one of the leaders of his tribe, with many wives and children. His big ambition was to become one of the powerful elders ... Nwoye, who questions the practice of "throwing away" twin babies in the woods, and who felt that killing Ikemefuna, Okonkwo's adopted son, on the advice of the Oracle was wrong, was drawn to the new religion because it preached that killing the innocent was immoral. This acceptance of all embodies what Okonkwo's maternal uncle, Uchendu, said about the nature of the mother; that she is where one goes ...
- 11686: The Sanctity Of Oaths In Medea
- ... wife. He asks the nurse, Have you only just discovered / That everyone loves himself more than his neighbor? / Some have good reason, others get something out of it. / So Jason neglects his children for the new bride (85-88). The Tutor feels that Jason s leaving Medea is only a part of life, as Old ties give place to new ones . Jason "No longer has a feeling for his family with Medea, so he leaves her to marry the princess who will bring him greater power (76-77). Medea is outraged that she sacrificed so ... asks him whether he thinks the gods whose names he swore by have ceased to rule, thereby allowing him to break his promise to her. Medea vows to avenge her suffering by destroying Jason s new family and his children. When Jason curses his wife for her murdering at the end of the play, she says to him, What heavenly power lends an ear / To a breaker of oaths, a ...
- 11687: The Plague By Albert Camus
- ... and also a writer. Jeanne Grand was the divorced wife of Joseph. M. Othon is Oran's police magistrate. Dr. Richard is a colleague of Dr. Rieux. Dr. Castel an elderly doctor who perfects a new plague serum. Prefect is the chief magistrate of Oran. The old Spaniard is an asthmatic philosopher. Gonzales, Garcia, Raoul, Marcel, and Louis are Rambert's underground contacts. The novel begins in the 1940's at ... deal with the isolation, threat of death and desperation that the plague may strike them next. The desperate isolation which the city is forced into because of the plague and the longing for the outside world that the inhabitants of the stricken city experience. As a result of these feelings, the inhabitants find themselves understanding each other better. The reader feels the isolation which the city is forced into as a ...
- 11688: The Oresteia
- ... have also spared his life, his wife's life, and the lives of thousands of Greek soldiers. By not appeasing Artemis, the Greeks would not have been able to sail to Troy, and all the brave Greek soldiers that died in battle or in the storm on the journey home would have been spared. If Iphigeneia had lived, Clytaemestra would have no reason for killing Agamemnon, and, in turn, Orestes would have had no reason to kill Clytaemestra. But the decision is made and the slaughter ensues: "Every correction is a blood-bath which calls for new correction" (Aeschylus, 14). Agamemnon should have taken into consideration the curse on the House of Atreus. With such a troubled family history, he should have been wary of killing his own daughter. The curse of ...
- 11689: Grapes Of Wrath Book Report
- ... how they lost their land to the depression. Whether it was increased rent by corrupt landowners or a typical drought, the result was always the same, families would have to move away in search of new jobs. However, everyone was so caught up in the hopeful prosperity of new land that they were blinded by the reality. By the time they reach the California border, it becomes clear that they will not be treated with respect by the officials or local settlers in their new state. The grandmother dies, having been ill for sometime, before they cross into California. They are told to move on, and camp out near Hooverville, in a settlement of migrant farmers outside the town. ...
- 11690: The Hobbit-review Of Summer Re
- ... adventures made The Hobbit interesting, but the main plot of the story is still the dwarves attempting to reclaim their lost treasure from the dragon Smaug. This book is full of adventure in a fantasy world. It should not be read by any kind of realist. Realism would take all fun and enjoyment out of The Hobbit. I think an imaginative person with a taste for action would thoroughly enjoy this ... and Gollum. The riddle war is both very amusing and impressive. Bilbo Baggins is a character that is hard to forget. As with many fantasy or adventure books, this story does not bring out many new appreciations or good lessons, but even this cannot take away from the book. In conclusion, I think this book should stay on the summer reading list.
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