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- 5691: Jay Gatsby: The Dissolution of a Dream
- ... foul dust" that sometimes seems only to exist in order to swarm against the dream. It is a strange dream, Gatsby's but he was a man who had hopes and aspirations. He was a child, who believed in a childish thing.
- 5692: A Doll's House: Changing View of the Role of Women
- ... due to her subordinate role in society. The character of Nora is not only important in describing to role of women, but also in emphasizing the impact of this role on a woman. Nora's child-like manner, evident through her minor acts of disobedience and lack of responsibility compiled with her lack of sophistication further emphasize the subordinate role of woman. By the end of the play this is evident ...
- 5693: The Scarlet Letter: Hypocrisy Is A Sin
- ... Dimmesdale refuses to climb the scaffold with Hester to acknowledge the sin. Dimmesdale, although professing his love for her, refuses to be associated with her. Hester explains this to Pearl, saying "[Dimmesdale] will be there, child. But he will not greet thee to-day" (224). Dimmesdale's refusal to be associated with Hester is cowardly, as is his refusal to climb the scaffold. It is hypocritical because he claims to love ...
- 5694: Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag and Clarisse
- ... Montag's awareness is triggered at the point in which Clarisse states " But you're just a man, after all " (7). This statement by Clarisse makes Montag think of a time when he was a child during power failure, and he wishes it not to end. In Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse ...
- 5695: Definition of Integrity
- ... own recitude. Indictment: The McMartin Trial, also has many characters who posses a great sense of integrity. For instance the McMartin family sticks together even when they are being accused of the horrible crime of child molestation. They also will not confess to the crime because they know they are innocent and that it wouldn't be right to say that they were guilty. The McMartin's also never give up ...
- 5696: Biblical Allusions and Imagery in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
- ... the mother of all the earth, renewing the world with her compassion and love.13 Hunter makes several conclusions from this scene. First he notes that it is an imitation of the Madonna and her child, baby Jesus. He also states that by giving life to the stranger she is symbolically giving body and wine. In doing this she accepts the larger vision of Jim Casy and her commitment fulfills the ...
- 5697: Anna Karenina: Characters and the Life Novel
- ... occurs when Vronsky must leave on business and Anna doubts his true motive for leaving. As she ponders the fight that has occurred, Anna realizes that she has now lost everything, her lover and her child, because of her distorted view that physical love could provide her with a sense of personal fulfillment. With this realization she ponders how her personal fulfillment will never be obtained and is for that reason ...
- 5698: The Crucible
- ... In Salem during the time of the witch trials everyone is either politically motivated to believe the girls wild antics are the work of the devil, or they are so gullible that they think no child could ever impishly scorn the holiness of the church. Those are the two main reasons the girls get away with accusing people of witchcraft at first, later new reasons are introduced. After the first victims ...
- 5699: Black Boy
- ... world became, "bleak and undeniable." (193) The largeness, the coldness, and squalor of the world to the white racists then and now are mountains of pain that the racists can not scale. Like a motherless child, they feel lost and not cared for by a world with all of those conditions. They lose their individuality and then their self_ esteem. Those whites took the hate and despair that they received, and ...
- 5700: Jane Austen: Background of Her Novels
- ... eventually turned a profit of œ140 for her. Encouraged by this success, Jane Austen turned to revising First Impressions, a.k.a. Pride and Prejudice. She sold it in November 1812, and her "own darling child" (as she called it in a letter) was published in late January 1813. She had already started work on Mansfield Park by 1812, and worked on it during 1813. It was during 1813 that knowledge ...
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