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- 13271: Jane Eyre
- ... Jane tried to defend herself, John was hurt and called for his mother and the servants. Jane was locked in the room in which her Uncle died, for the whole night, as punishment for misbehavior. D. Jane is a girl who is used to unjust treatment. Most of her life she had to live in a house with no one who cared for her and no one she cared about. When ...
- 13272: Life
- ... stop and feel the wind blow. Thomas furthermore loosely associates the wild man with the story of Icarus. Icarus was a Greek character from Greek mythology. He and his father, the inventor HYPERLINK "/mythica/articles/d/daedalus.html" Daedalus , decided to escape a prison by using wings built by Daedulus. If they flew to close to the sun the wax holding the wings together would melt. Icarus was so exhilarated to ...
- 13273: Hera
- ... of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked. When Hera was born she, like her other brothers and sisters, was swallowed by Cronus. Cronus did this horrible act, because he was afraid that one day he would be dethroned by one of his children. Zeus was the only one out of the six of them not swallowed. When Zeus was old enough he fought his father, and forced him to ...
- 13274: Henry David Thoreaus Quest For
- ... Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau stumbled across a man and his family. The father, John Field had moved to America from Ireland with his wife and his son in order to "improve [their] condition one day" (Walden, 139). Henry listened intently to what John had to say about his life in America and his plans for the future, and then he offered up his personal experiences concerning society and life in ...
- 13275: Hedda Gabler, By Henrik Ibsen
- ... it feel like a whole eternity since we last talked to each other?" Brack - "Not like this, between ourselves? Alone together, you mean?" Hedda - "Yes, more or less that" Brack - "Here was I, every blessed day, wishing to goodness you were home again" Hedda - "And there was I, the whole time, wishing exactly the same" At the beginning of act two, Hedda encourages Brack's flirtation with her by telling him ...
- 13276: Heart Of Darkness 8
- ... reluctantly allows himself to be brought aboard the boat, although his African mistress threatens to lead another attack. Late that night Kurtz flees to his followers' camp, but Marlow stops him. They depart the next day. As they steam back down river, Kurtz slowly perishes. On his deathbed he has what seems to be a moment of enlightenment, and he cries out, "The horror! The horror!" before he dies. Although Marlow ...
- 13277: Heart Of Darkness 10
- ... ruin along the river. Even the jungle itself bears down on Marlow s heart, as everywhere he looks he is confronted with the loneliness and immensity of the ever-present jungle. Never knowing what each day had in store for him, and that everyday he remained in the jungle, the more susceptible he was to the ever waiting diseases that lurked within the darkness. All these outside forces eventually lead back ...
- 13278: Lord Of The Flies
- ... to the choir as well. They have the responsibility to keep the fire going, but they get side tracked, go hunting and the fire goes out. "There was a ship. Out there. You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out!" He took a step towards Jack who turned and faced him. "They might have seen us. We might have gone home(#70)." As you can see ...
- 13279: Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be
- ... his walk on this earth, conveniently leaving out the joyous moments. Perhaps, if he searched for the happy times of his past, he would not ask the question To be or not to be; he d have the answer.
- 13280: Hamlet Vs Laertes
- ... the character in the play that is meant to bring out Hamlet s evil qualities and present Hamlet as the villain. The sentence, "The virtues of his will; but you must fear, His greatness weigh d, his will is not his own, For he himself is subject to his birth.", is an important one in contributing to Laertes character. He is saying to Ophelia that to be careful of Hamlet, because ...
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