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- 5361: House Made Of Dawn
- ... picture it paints. And I now believe that every word can have a picture if placed correctly, whether it be obvious or merely a color associated with an emotion. The way in which some people abuse words and let them become only the words on a questionnaire is horrifying. It’s as if they lose an emotion, their speech being monotonous and drab. Momaday stresses these points and I feel he ...
- 5362: Honor Killings
- ... reveals to us another feature of the inhumanity and barbarity of war. Each soldier is introduced to us before he is about to be killed. Each has a name, a family lineage, a wife, a child, and some far-off homeland. It's as if Homer is telling us that every human being is both important and significant in his own right. There is no anonimity of one's death in ...
- 5363: Hera
- ... summit of Mount. Ida in Phrygia. Together they were the parents of; Ares the god of war, Hephaetus the god of fire and metal work, Hebe the goddess of youth, and Elithyia the goddess of child birth. Ares was unpopular with both gods and humans. Although he was fierce and war like, Ares was not invincible even against mortals. Hephaetus was lame and awkward looking. Hera was so repelled by his ...
- 5364: Hedda Gabler
- ... realizes the importance of this manuscript to both Lövborg and Mrs. Elvsted, she chars it. Because Lövborg and Mrs. Elvsted have put their souls into this manuscript, Hedda metaphorically relates her action to burning their child. This cold thoughtlessness demonstrates Hedda’s disregard for the life of a fellow human being. Hedda’s actions ultimately lead to her demise. After giving Lövborg her pistol and insinuating that he must kill himself ...
- 5365: Hard Times
- ... of evil in the educational system that Dickens is trying to portray, as he learns to take care for number one, himself. Reflection of this and Bitzer's informative definition of a horse, as a child in book one, occurs in book three as he speaks of the necessity of apprehending Tom Gradgrind Jr. Sissy represents what Dickens is attempting to foster a desire for in the reader, imagination. This is ...
- 5366: Great Expectations
- ... decent, hardworking people who, due to their lack of education and oppurtunity settled into the only life that was known and expected of them. Magwitch was never given a chance in life, even as an child, his first memory of "a-thieving turnips" is the commencement of a life of crime. Magwitch's eventual success in life only comes where he is given the oppurtunity to succeed while living in a ...
- 5367: Great Expectations
- ... his daughter to be dead, and Jaggers’ housekeeper (Molly) to be the mother. Just before Magwitch dies, Pip tells him about Estella and his feelings for her, showed by his quote saying : "You had a child once, whom you loved and lost. She lived and found powerful friends. She is living now. She is a lady and very beautiful. And I love her!" (Chapter 56, page 451). After Mrs. Joe died ...
- 5368: Grapes Of Wrath - Allusions
- ... like Christ saying to his crucifiers, "You don’ know what you’re a-doin’" (495). Rose of Sharon represents a Biblical allusion towards the end of the novel. After she gives birth to her stillborn child, she gives life to a starving man by breast-feeding him. Her sacrifice suggests the notion of rebirth through Christ’s physical body which is symbolized in the ritual of communion. When she tells the ...
- 5369: Gone With The Wind
- ... was burning and there was no help for the delivery. Scarlett’s strength in adversity took over, as did her promise to Ashley, so she delivered the baby and brought both Melanie and her newborn child to the safety of Tara. The resolution was that even though Scarlett did not want to care for Melanie, she did anyway. It was not just because Ashley asked her to, but because it needed ...
- 5370: Global Tales - Stories From Many Cultures
- ... Punishment" did not have the variety of colours as seen in "An Astrologer’s Day". "Crime and Punishment", a story about an impatient teacher who slapped his student on impulse, then was exploited by the child, resulting in an unexpected ending later. In "Crime and Punishment", we do not get a detailed description, only a brief description about the boy as " all dimples, smiles and sweetness----only wings lacking". The nursery ...
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