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- 10111: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Decorating the Ugly Truth of Oppression
- ... different. Here the husband regards his wife as little more than a child, calling her "little girl"(1577), and saying her ideas are "foolish fancy"(1577). He devised a "prescription for each hour in the day"(1572) as he saw her as being incapable of seeing to her own schedule, even when all she was supposed to do was rest. These antiquated stereotypes are so ingrained she defers to him over ...
- 10112: Mirror of Myself
- ... all alone and we must all feel. Escaping from ourselves doesn't always solve the problems. It can help us feel better for the moment, however, there will always be another moment - tomorrow and the day after. I stand strong for her in this battle. For I am her, and I am who she has yearned to be.
- 10113: Flying Towards Fate
- ... start a new life without a past. His sister Pilate, it seemed, held all of the guilt and happiness of the past life they had once cherished. “He kept coming to see me . . . ‘Sing’ he’d whisper. ‘Sing, Sing.’ Then right after Reba was born he told me outright: You just can’t fly off and leave a body” (Morrison 208). Milkman’s father, rather then cherishing the world of his ...
- 10114: Writing Styles of Poe and Hoffman
- ... which bodied forth the predicament of modernity through a self-conscious textuality. I was not really sure what exactly Kennedy was trying to say but I interpreted this as Poe realizing the changes of modern day world and having to adapt his style to the changing times by being his own critic. I presume that at the time, Poe’s works were somewhat controversial, and to some people still am. I ...
- 10115: Character Flaws In "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "Death of A Salesman"
- ... them safe in the home. This tension causes strain amount the family members leading to alienation from each other. Favoritism is another characteristic that leads to the families to disunite from one another. In “Long Day’s Journey into Night, ” James Tyrone favors his youngest son Edmond over Jamie. He believes that Jamie will never amount to anything, this is shown on page 36 when Tyrone says “You used to talk ...
- 10116: The Fall of the House of Usher
- ... is apparent. This house was an actual mansion, huge in appearance with an eerie presence. It was also, the Dynasty of the Usher family. There were many apartments within the house. On a gloomy Fall day, clouds were so near that it felt like a thick fog. The members of the house have a similar disease, it is an inability to cope with real life. The one with the greatest intensity ...
- 10117: The First Battle Of Bull Run
- ... sides also did not know what a long and terrible war was ahead. The first Battle of Bull Run took place near Manassas Junction, Virginia, an important railroad junction twenty five miles west of Washington, D.C. Bull Run Creek twisted and turned through Manassas Junction. The Shenandoah Valley, a Southern stronghold was thirty miles to the northwest of Manassas Junction. Both the Bull Run Creek and the nearby Shenandoah Valley ...
- 10118: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute
- ... only by lease. What happens in the year 2075? Congress has essentially bequeathed the problem onto the next generation of lawmakers who will hopefully deal with the issue more delicately than their predecessors. Perhaps one day the Hopi and Navajo will resolve themselves to fight their common problems jointly, employing the same emotional fortitude they have displayed over the past hundred years. I have always believed that the US government has ...
- 10119: A Comparison of Hero Ethics: Ancient to Modern
- ... innocent victims and saved the world countless times. He had long battles with The Joker, though neither would ever die because then the ratings would fall. But Batman would always be there to save the day, even though he never actually kills his opponent except in the movies. Of course, the complete opposite of this is Beowulf. Beowulf cannot win a battle unless he kills his opponent (but he doesn’t ...
- 10120: Homeless
- ... we should try employing this idea for even better reasons. I doubt that I will be around to see this idea in use all around the world, but I do hope that I can one day see it used here in Toronto. To assist all the homeless here in Toronto would be a very nice thing to see. The best part of it all would be to know that we, as ...
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