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- 641: Death Of A Salesman
- ... his arms around his mother and holds her. Biff only looks on at it all. For a brief second he sees the Willy's fate in Happy's eyes as he holds Linda. Willy's death has brought Biff to know what he is more than ever. He's not a salesman and neither is Happy but Happy is just like is father and Biff fears nothing can be done to change the course of life Happy has chosen upon Willy's death. The small grieving party enters the house and each takes a seat in the living room. Linda has gained control over herself again. No one dares to say a word they each sit by themselves ... stands up stretches his arms and back and goes off to bed. Biff wakes up early the next morning. No one else has woken yet and Charley had gone home the night before. Despite the death of his father hanging over him like a dark, dreary cloud Biff is in an unexplainably great mood. He felt as if his life was just beginning on this day. He is wearing his ...
- 642: Hamlet: Tragedy of Failure
- ... s father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. The dead king's brother, Claudius, marries Hamlet's mother and swiftly assumes the throne, a throne that Hamlet fully expected would be his upon the death of his father. Hamlet's father's ghost confronts Hamlet and tells him that his death was not natural, as reported, but instead was murder. Hamlet swears revenge. But rather than swoop instantly to that revenge, Hamlet pretends to be insane in order to mask an investigation of the accusation brought ... canker of our nature come In further evil? (Act 5, scene 2 . . . to Horatio) Yet he delays. It is this delay in performing the act he has sworn to accomplish which leads to Hamlet's death. The poison on the tip of Laertes' sword is but a metaphor for the poison of procrastination which has been coursing through Hamlet's system throughout the play. Hamlet's thoughts focus upon death ...
- 643: Jack London's To Build a Fire: Theme
- Jack London's To Build a Fire: Theme The significance of the words "dying and death" in Jack London's 1910 novel, "To Build a Fire" continuously expresses the man's dwindling warmth and bad luck in his journey along the Yukon trail to meet "the boys" at camp. London associates dying with the man's diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan climate. The main characters predicament slowly worsens one level at a time finally resulting in death. The narrator informs the reader that "the man" lacks personal experience traveling in the Yukon terrain. The old-timer warned the man about the harsh realities of the Klondike. The confident main character thinks of ... face the harsh realities of the Yukon at one-hundred nine degrees below freezing. Falling snow from a tree blots out the fire and the character realizes "he had just heard his own sentence of death." Jack London introduces death to the reader in this scene. The man realizes "a second fire must be built without fail." The man's mind begins to run wild with thoughts of insecurity and ...
- 644: Death Of A Salesman - Characte
- Death of A Salesman Death of a Salesman - Willy Lomans tragedy is due more to his own flawed character than to societies flaws Advancements in science throughout this century have led to tremendous advancements in industry. Advancements in industry, however ... big business lacked compassion. It is because of this that he is abandoned by Biff and disowned by Happy, left babbling in a toilet. It is this flaw which allowed him to die a slow death and played the greatest role in his eventual downfall. The third largest flaw in society (particularly American society) is the lack of a social safety net. A net which identifies people in trouble and ...
- 645: My Favorite Character In Death of A Salesman
- My Favorite Character In Death of A Salesman The book Death of a Salesman was written in 1949 by Authur Miller. The book is written in play form and has won many awards such as The Pulitzer Prize, The Critics Circle Award, The Antoinette Perry Award ... thought were there to protect him in his time of need. In conclusion, Willy Loman had his good and bad times as everyone does. He felt ultimately challenged when he faced his fears which was death and met that fear when he looked it in the eyes. Willy wasn't the greatest man that ever lived, but he did work hard at what he did, and that earned him some ...
- 646: Death of a Salesman: Symbols in the Play
- Death of a Salesman: Symbols in the Play Many symbols are incorporated into the play "Death of a Sales man" and they in turn relate to both character and theme. The hose, tape recorder and the seeds are some of these symbols. The hose in Miller's drama directly relates to ... in his attempt to seek reconciliation and forgiveness. Thus the hose, tape record er and the seeds are all symbolic of Willy's dreams gone sour, and his inability to live in the present. His death is inevitable and is mirrored by his life.
- 647: To His Coy Mistress 2
- To His Coy Mistress " To His Coy Mistress," a poem by Andrew Marvell, generates an understanding of death and paradox through the expressive language of the speaker to the mistress. In the poem, he implements metaphors with hypothetical situations while describing his love for her in a timeless world. He clearly explains that he would love and adore her immensely, then suddenly changes his demeanor by acknowledging that a timeless world does not exist. This poem expresses appreciation for death and paradox through the demeanor, actions and words of the poet. The speaker begins his serenade in the first stanza by stating "Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, lady, were no crime ... her body. He is saying to her that he should be the one to win her virginity, not the worms. This is another great paradoxical quote from the poem explaining the gruesome atmospheric details of death in a grave. The speaker explains to the mistress that her beautiful body will soon be the victim of time: "And your quaint honor turn to dust, / And into ashes all my lust" (29- ...
- 648: Death of a Salesman: Minor Characters and Their Affect On The Plot
- Death of a Salesman: Minor Characters and Their Affect On The Plot In the play, Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, three minor characters affect the plot. These characters are Ben, Charley and Howard. The minor characters help the story's protagonist, Willy, develop extensively throughout the course of the ... he speaks. However, Willy is far from being able to accomplish such a purchase. The impression of Willy's failure is heightened through his dealings with Howard. Through the actions of the minor characters in Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman's character develops throughout the play. These minor characters, Ben, Willy and Howard, are influential in the outcome of the story because they provide the reader with comparisons between ...
- 649: John Steinbeck
- ... Symbolism can be a person, place, or thing used to portray something beyond itself. The most repeatedly used symbol in “Flight” is the color black. In literature many authors use the color black to represent death. In his short story, “Flight,” Steinbeck has numerous examples of color symbolism. A few examples are the black handle on the long blade, Pepe’s black hair, and the black jerky. Another example may be found when Pepé puts on his fathers black coat, which represents death. When Pepé puts on the coat he is literally covering himself with death. Another fine example is the trail in which Pepé travels. Steinbeck describes the path as a well-worn black path. By traveling on this path he is in fact taking the road of death. ...
- 650: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... and are considered three of Poe´s greatest pieces. He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents, regular members of Federal street theater, named him Edgar Poe. Shortly before his mother's death in Richmond, Virginia on December 8, 1811, his father abandoned the family. John Allen, a wealthy tobacco merchant in Richmond, brought Poe into the family (at his wife's request), and gave him the middle ... publishing schemes and romances, until, on October 3, 1849, Joseph W. Walker found him unconscious, (thought to be intoxicated) in the street. Poe remained hospitalized, oscillating between a somatic state and violent delirium, until his death at 5 am on the 7th of 1849. Poe's literature hardly relates to the harsh realities of 19th century life. The dark, chaotic, romantic worlds he created represent an escape from the real, unromantic ... peculiar way. As Madeline dies, she takes her twin with her, because in some way they are connected mentally. In the story, when fantasy suppresses reality and the physical self, it results in Roderick´s death. Madeline's return and actual death reunites the twin natures of their single being, and proves his death as he anticipated in his madness. The narrator is again accused of being a mad man ...
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