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- 11711: Twelfth Night 4
- ... makes a pass at Viola, she quickly shuns Olivia off. After Viola leaves, Olivia even has Malvolio send her ring after her (as Cesario).When Viola receives the ring from Malvolio, she realizes Olivia's new love for her and wonders how things will work out now that Orsino loves Olivia, Olivia loves Viola (as Cesario), and Viola loves Orsino. At the seacoast, Sebastian tells Antonio (the captain that rescued Sebastian ... Sebastian earlier. Viola, not knowing what he means, denies she knows him (though offers him money onloan),angering him and calling her disloyal. The officers lead him away while Viola realizes the confusion and finds new hope that Sebastian is alive. After Viola leaves, Toby and Fabian egg Andrew on further to once again duel Viola (as Cesario). Outside Olivia's house, the clown follows Sebastian around (thinking him Viola) insisting ... to be a priest and visits him, but will not help him, and, rather, makes fun of him and calls him mad. In Olivia's garden, Sebastian ponders the amazement of the finding of his new love Olivia, then she and he go with a priest to the church to be married. At Olivia's house, the Duke arrives and entreats the clown to let him see Olivia. While waiting, ...
- 11712: To Kill A Mockingbird 5
- ... and Boo Radley s lives exist in Harper Lee s To Kill A Mockingbird. In this novel, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson both symbolize the mockingbird. A mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world more pleasant with it s song. Both Boo and Tom were peaceful people who never did any harm. The first parallel in the lives of Tom and Boo focuses on their property. Tom lives in ... A person s status often relates to his property, and the interpretation of that property s value is often based on the tenants of the land. The Radley property also threatens the lives of people brave enough to venture near it. The children believe that anything that comes from the Radley s soil is poisoned, including the nuts and fruits on the trees. Jem yells at Scout once saying about the ...
- 11713: Theme In A Pair Of Tickets
- Amy Tan s A Pair of Tickets is the account of Jing-mei, an American woman on a pilgrimage to China to meet her half-sisters, abandoned by her mother in China during World War II. Jing-mei s mother always hoped of reuniting with her daughters she left behind long ago, but she died of an aneurysm before the opportunity arose. Through chance, a friend of Jing-mei ... appreciate her mother while alive. By the conclusion of the story, Jing-mei exhibits Chinese traits she once loathed in her mother and is overcome with joy when a picture taken with her and her new found half-twin sisters shows that Together we look like our mother to see, at last, her long cherished wish. Jing-mei successfully carried out her mother s wishes, finding her Chinese heritage along the ...
- 11714: The Ruined Cottage
- ... house. While Armytage tells his story to the young narrator the young narrator forgets how unpleasant he was at the abandoned house. Armytage tells his story so well that the young narrator leaves with a new knowledge. The second example of a storyteller telling an effective story is in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The Ancient Mariner mesmerizes on e of three wedding guests. The mariner tells his story about ... these examples we get a look at the effectiveness of both storytellers telling a story. Armytage tells the young narrator a story and the young narrator learns from his story that out of death a new life will spring. It takes an effective storyteller to have the audience leave with something. The Ancient Mariner tells the wedding guest a story and the wedding guest leaves his story a sad but wiser man. Both storytellers have told effective stories to their audiences. Each of the two audiences have gone away with a new profound knowledge of life.
- 11715: The Great Gatsby The American
- ... a moment and then disappeared around the next bend. Michaelis wasn't even sure of it's color---he told the first policeman that it was light green. The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick, dark blood with the dust."Pg ... to do things. The reason for all his hard work was to get back and old love and that was Daisy and old girl friend that left him because he didn't come back from World War 1 when she wanted him to come back, so she got married to Tom ("I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I lover her, old sport. I even ...
- 11716: The Great Gatsby (the Light Ac
- ... He wants to claim his objective by the use of his assets. He thinks that his money will give him happiness in life through love and his personal belongings. Even the richest man in the world can t have everything. Material wealth could provide many things for Jay Gatsby but not the thing he most desired. Although his wealth drew Daisy closer to him, he never truly could have possessed her ... Jay Gatsby s belief in the American dream keep him from realizing reality. He believes that if he worked hard enough and made enough money that he could have anything. He wants to perceive the world as a place where sufficient wealth would enable him to recapture and recreate the past he desired with Daisy. Gatsby began planning for his dream when he was young. This can be seen from his ... was discovered by Mr. Gatz. His attempt to accomplish his dream with cars and shirts could not have been successful. The American dream cannot be accomplished, money is just one factor towards happiness in this world.
- 11717: The Great Gatsby
- ... Save $3.00 per week, Be better to parents"(Fitzgerald, 181-182). Nick says, "I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes-a fresh green breast of the New World"(Fitzgerald, 189). This quote shows the pristine goals of individuals whose possibilities are endless; one could accomplish anything through hard work. These are the times of the 'roaring twenties'. Cars are the things to have ...
- 11718: The Bean Tree
- ... completely unexpected child. The baby girl is given to her outside a bar, by a desperate Indian woman. Taylor moves on to Tucson, Arizona, with Turtle, as she calls the little girl. There she makes new friends, finds work, and settles down to a new life. However, since Turtle is not her legally adopted daughter, Taylor finds herself at risk of losing her to the state authorities in Arizona. She must formalize her relationship with her new-found daughter. She chooses to do what it takes to adopt Turtle. She has to find a way to contact Turtle's relatives in order to get their signatures to adoption papers. She decides ...
- 11719: Analysis Of King Lear
- ... brother Edgar in the eyes of their father Gloucester. Edmund is fully aware of his evil nature, and revels in it as seen in the following quotation: "Edmund. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by ... hence like foxes. Wipe thine eyes; The good years shall devour them, flesh and fell, Ere they shall make us weep. We'll see 'em starved first." Act V, scene iii lines 22-25 This new carefree Lear is certainly a far cry from the arrogant king we saw at the beginning of the play. His joy at reconciliation with his daughter outweighs any other concerns he might have. Shakespeare has ...
- 11720: The Glass Menagerie Theme
- ... she is very delicate and also fragile, to only be placed on a shelf and only looked at not touched. The glassware and Laura are unable to withstand the bumps and busyness of the outside world. Laura is aware of her mother's goals for her but makes them not important to her at all. What is important to Laura is the comfort and feelings of continually unity of her family ... play, Jim O'Conner, is brought into Laura's life. He is a attraction to Laura that she has had for a long time. The outside influence of Jim creates a major change in her "world of little glass ornaments" (1922). Here again she is forced into the goals her mother has made for her. As a result of her mothers goals, Laura lies "huddled up on the sofa" (1932), alone ... this antagonist which is emotionally approaches Laura, she is scared with lots of fear. His "warmth overcomes her paralyzing shyness her paralyzing shyness" (1934), and she lets Jim McKendry 4 slowly into her small little world. Laura is easily impressed with his compliments and conversation. Her precious glass unicorn is broken but she accepts the damage as "maybe a blessing in disguise" 1942). This encounter with Jim is to Laura, ...
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