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- 1461: How Does Jane Eyre Fulfil Your
- ... of the qualities of a heroine, and Jane displays it to us marvellously at a young age. At the beginning of the novel Jane is sitting by the window, reading a book, minding her own business. When John Reed comes in he says to her... "You have no business to take our books, you are a dependant. You ought to beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama ...
- 1462: Macbeth - Supernatural
- ... the way I was going; and such an instrument I was to use. And on thy blade and hilt, drops of blood which was not so before. There's no such thing. It is bloody business which takes shape." (2.2.43-49) Here, Macbeth begins to question whether his mind is playing tricks on him. The situation seems quite coincidental considering he is minutes from murdering a man with a similar weapon. He states the apparition takes place due to the bloody business about to occur. The dagger symbolizes the point of no return for Macbeth. If he chooses the path in which the dagger leads, there will be no turning back. Macbeth fears Banquo due to his ...
- 1463: The Crucible
- ... effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business deals were blamed on witchery. Two characters in The Crucible, Giles Corey and Thomas Putnam, argue early on about a plot of land. Corey claims that he bought it from Goody Nurse but Putnam says ... effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business deals were blamed on witchery. Two characters in The Crucible, Giles Corey and Thomas Putnam, argue early on about a plot of land. Corey claims that he bought it from Goody Nurse but Putnam says ...
- 1464: The Crucible
- ... not appear, although he is discussed. Hale seems to be regretting his actions in Act 1 that created the witch-craft frenzy now felt throughout the town. Hale goes from house to house, not with business of the court, but business of his own. As he says himself, "I am a stranger here, as you know. And in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a clear opinion of them that come accused before the ...
- 1465: The Color Purple - Compared To Macbeth
- ... problem with murdering King Duncan. She does not even stop to think about how Duncan's sons or her husband will feel about this murder. Macbeth decides that he "...will proceed no further in this business..." (I. vii. 29-30). Even though he has made up his mind, Lady Macbeth makes him into a murderer because of her greed for power. Without even considering how her husband might deal with this bloody business she drags Macbeth "... in blood/Stepp'd in so far, that should [he] wade no more,/Returning were as tedious as go o'er" ( III. v. 136-138). Sofia's stubbornness has a great impact ...
- 1466: The Awakening
- ... of maturity. Her tears symbolize her first awakening. Although the next morning, after Edna had cried the night before had to go and say good-bye to her husband because he was leaving on a business trip. Edna acted immaturely around him again when he gave her half the money he won the night before. ¡§¡¥It will buy a handsome wedding present for Sister Janet!¡¦ she exclaimed, smoothing out the bills ... helps her realize that she can control her life. Another example of how Edna¡¦s immaturity allows her to mature is when she begins to think about Robert again. While her husband is away on business, Edna neglects her duties on Tuesday¡¦s and does not stay home to see her guests. Instead, Edna goes out into the city, and at the time was considered foolish and immature to be doing ...
- 1467: Spring Silkworms
- ... unbroken. It also inspires a lot of social qualities. The feelings that the story mourned over are very universal and common in people during that time. All the family in the village ran a silkworm business. They were ran by their own family too because hiring people would cost more money. Family member was definitely the cheapest and safest human resource. Old T'ung Pao's family was quite successful when ... course the Chinese believed themselves as the "good guys" and the British as "the bad guys. T'ung Pao and his village also possessed this skewed one-sided view on the foreigners just because their business was affected. His friend told him that Kuomingtang government was going to "throw out the foreign devils". However the Westerners only view it as a generally unequal conflict that was. Until now, although there is ...
- 1468: Pride And Prejudice - Marriages And The Age Of Reason
- ... each other. Elizabeth is mindful of her father’s mistake in marrying her mother. The two had nothing in common with each other. One of the few times Mr. Bennet interferes with his wife’s business is when he backs Elizabeth up when Mrs. Bennet tries to force her to go back and accept Mr.Collins’ proposal. After Mr. Collins moves onto Charlotte, Mrs. Bennet continues to press Lizzy for information ... family in the world, though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune" (282). Mr. Collins observes that "Lydia’s sad business has been so well hushed up,"(293) that nobody except the Gardiners, Elizabeth, and Jane knows that Darcy was the one who saved them all. Finally, Elizabeth and Darcy are alone on a walk when ...
- 1469: Great Gatsby
- ... dirty money, his association with well known people, and numerous gestures to obtain this level of respect. Gatsby's "mysterious source of wealth" (Fitzgerald), as Fitzgerald describes is through an activity called bootlegging. This illegal business is very risky, yet very prosperous. Gatsby uses it to "get rich quick". As writer Henry Dan Piper says, "Bootlegging was after all a more or less acceptable business enterprise . . . " (Piper 191). While this may be, this enterprise does not raise Gatsby's level of respect. The kind of wealth he needs is "acquired" wealth. The kind of wealth he achieves is earned. In ...
- 1470: Great Expectations - Chapter Summaries
- ... Setting: London; Magwitch tells his story and we learn about Compeyson and a man named Arthur Provis tells them the story of his life and his association w/ a man named compeyson, who had a business of swindling, and forging. He was the other convict When both were tried for felony, Compeyson had a shorter sentence because of his gentlemen appearance. Magwitch had a longer one! Arthur havisham- Miss H’s ... Setting: London; Magwitch tells his story and we learn about Compeyson and a man named Arthur Provis tells them the story of his life and his association w/ a man named compeyson, who had a business of swindling, and forging. He was the other convict When both were tried for felony, Compeyson had a shorter sentence because of his gentlemen appearance. Magwitch had a longer one! Arthur havisham- Miss H’s ...
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