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- 521: The Bell Jar
- ... all the flowers that were dead.' This also shows that Esther can be pedantic, even obsessive. A further example from earlier in the novel, which also shows some of the first signs of Esther`s depression, validates this: `Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep... I slump down so far and then say: "I`ll go take a hot bath."' she goes ... failed. However, I believe that all her problems stem from her father's death and her mother's way of dealing with his death. I believe these are the main factors which caused her severe depression, which lead to her suicide attempts.
- 522: Poem #640: Interpretation
- ... vowel sounds. Each stanza contains four lines except for the last one which has six. This is because it is the conclusion of her thoughts where she states that she will live in despair and depression. The stanza form did not help to develop the meaning. To correctly read and comprehend the poem, one must read it straight through without pauses, ignoring the numerous dashes. In conclusion, the mood of the poem is one of hopelessness, desperation, and discouragement. Emily Dickinson is in a state of depression, and is probably at the beginning of her mental breakdown stage. It took her many years to overcome the emptiness she felt without her lover.
- 523: Grapes Of Wrath: Jim Casey As A Christ Figure
- ... However, the majority of each characters’ individuality happens to lie within what they symbolize in the microcosm of the Joad family and their acquaintances, which itself stands for the entire migrant population of the Great Depression era. One such character is that of Jim Casey, a former preacher and long-time friend of the Joads. In this story, Casey represents a latter-day Christ figure who longs to bring religious stability ... class citizens began to regain the advantage over the oppressed Christian members of society. Aside from these occurrences in common, there lie a great deal of others. Steinbeck clearly presents Jim Casey as a definite Depression-era representation of Christ in the first portion of the story, while further evidence is present throughout the entire novel. The author uses the character of Jim Casey as a vessel to portray the importance ...
- 524: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... go with them to California. They sold everything they owned and bought a car and turned it into a truck. They were going to a better place, to pick fruit in California. Chapter 9 The depression wore on, and the tenant farmers sold everything they had for half the value. It was all they could get for their things. They sat there in despair, with unknowing eyes. They piled in the ... warned him that there would be a riot at the dance Saturday night and cops would be waiting to come in. The Joad family is finally happy and being treated well. Chapter 23 During the depression the people were hungry for entertainment. Sometimes it was as simple as funny talk but other times that did not suffice. The best form of entertainment was music. First the harmonica was the simplest and ...
- 525: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... and the corruption of the American Dream. The life of F. Scott Fitzgerald is marked by as much, if not more, romanticism and tragedy than his novels. Throughout Fitzgerald’s life, he unsuccessfully battled alcoholism, depression, and himself, in a quest for both personal and literary identity. At the age of twenty-three, Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, to critical raves and unimaginable economic success. Shortly after ... with both the tragic and romantic elements of Poe’s life, as well as the many similarities these two men shared, may have very well facilitated his plunge into the unforgiving abysses of alcoholism and depression. Jeffrey Meyers’ biography Scott Fitzgerald provides a complete and seemingly unbiased account of the life of one of the most complex men in American literary history. Whereas previous biographies tended to over-exaggerate either the ...
- 526: Escape Towards Death
- ... her small, midwestern town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her happiness, Milkman, would ultimately be her depression as "Ecclesiasties" finally turned her success into failure, though Hagar exaggerated the loss and apparently was not aware of the Biblical promise that her life would eventually regain confidence and prosperity. After Milkman no longer ... result of a never-ending love. Death was the only resolution to her burdens, because her love for Milkman would have never ended, and she would have simply continued her cycle of stalking, attempting murder, depression, and weak hope had she not died. Pilate, Hagar's grandmother, was the second main character to die; though considered one of the toughest and emotionally strong characters, Pilate was still secretly burdened with her ...
- 527: Death Of A Salesman - Symbols
- ... many of his plays reflect or are a product of events in his life. He was born in 1915 in New York City and was the son of a successful businessman, up until the Great Depression when his father lost most of his wealth. This greatly impacts Miller’s life, and influences the themes for many of his future writings. To make ends meet at home, Miller worked as a truck ... Miller forms his love for literature; he is greatly impressed by Fyodor Dostoevski’s The Brothers Karamazov because it questions the unspoken rules of society, a concept he often wondered about, especially after the Great Depression. He believes that American society needed to be made over; for this reason, many of his earlier plays show sympathetic portrayals and compassionate characterizations of his characters. In 1956, Miller marries the eminent Marilyn Monroe ...
- 528: Bartleby
- ... the normal progression of life. However, this attempt to exercise his freewill and break loose from the confines of typical societal functions, isolates Bartleby from society, which in turn places him in a state of depression and soon there after, death. Ultimately, by having Bartleby "prefer not to," Melville is commenting on the role of humanity in the work force. If man attempts to break free of his role and exercise his own freewill then he is severing himself from humanity which in turn will lead to depression and perhaps death, for he will have nothing but a wall always obstructing him. From the beginning Bartleby is isolated within the confines of his work place. "I procured a high green folding screen, which ...
- 529: Babylon Revisited
- Can’t Buy Me Love The depression was an era of extremes. A person was more than likely extremely poor, or in the lucky upper 1% that was extremely wealthy. The middle class was virtually not existent. All of these income groups ... see a model rich woman: idle, sinister, bored, and scared, the perfect jezebel. Marion and Charlie’s relationship in "Babylon Revisited" seems to be the internal conflict between the rich and the poor in the depression. Charlie’s life is summarized as the pursuit of pleasure. He did not work hard; he played hard, where one might have worried; he would have been carefree. Until he lost "everything [he] wanted in ...
- 530: Hamlet 17
- ... so distressed/depressed by his father death, explaining to him "All that lives must die." [Act I, Scene II, L. 74]. In response to his mothers question Hamlet explains that he does not act his depression, and he is still truly grieving, saying "I have that within which passes show, / These but the trappings and the suits of woe." [Act I, Scene II, Ll. 88-89]. Then, near the end of ... In the soliloquy, Hamlet laments his religion's "canon 'gainst self-slaughter" [Act I, Scene II, L. 136] and curses the world and his mother (for her marriage to Claudius) as well, exposing his deep depression in full. 3. In Act I, Scene II, Claudius makes his first appearance. The impression of Claudius I received from this scene was one of a very "kingly" character. Claudius' opening speech addressing the royal ...
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