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- 1941: Wuthering Heights: Romanticism
- ... Neo-Classical belief was that everything should have a civilized order and be polished, but the Romantics believed in the natural order: wildness and simplicity. Thrushcross Grange is a perfect example of Neo-Classicism: the house is "beautiful—a splendid place" (51). Wuthering Heights lives by the natural order in which wild plants are deformed by the wind and grass grows up between the flags," because "cattle are the only hedge ... their home. The result of their vanity is an unhappily married son and their own death. Although the Earnshaws are very wealthy, Mr. Earnshaw is too humble to show off his wealth by making his house look wealthy like Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff also shows this view by not having many "domestics" like most of the elite might have (11). Like Mr. and Mrs. Linton, Lockwood has great vanity which he feels ...
- 1942: The Effect of Sterotyping in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Intruder in the Dust
- ... that a person harbors can often result in the inability to see the "big picture" in a situation. Twain showed this result through the duke and king when they are staying at the Wilk's house. The duke and king pose as the brothers of the deceased Harvey Wilk's in order to claim the fortune that he left behind. Wilk's will tells them of a bag of gold in ... internal conflict. Later in the novel, Faulkner forces Charlie to examine another of his stereotypes. When Charlie falls in the creek while hunting, Lucas pulls him out and tells him to follow him. Inside Lucas' house, the first thing that catches Charlie's attention is the smell. Faulkner describes Charlie as "…enclosed completely now in that unmistakable odor of Negroes…" (Faulkner 11). This observation shows how Charlie views Lucas' home. He ...
- 1943: Heinrich Schliemann
- ... s death, Ernst had married another servant girl, Sophie, and the two made an unfortunate couple (Duchêne 17). They could live neither with nor without one another, and often quarreled terribly. Schliemann soon left the house again, and apprenticed himself to a grocer in nearby Rostock (Burg 12). One day after work he ran into Herman Niederhoffer, a schoolmate who had been expelled from the Gymnasium for misconduct. Herman recited Homeric ... wore consisted of over 8 700 separate pieces (Duchêne 67). They were displayed in London in 1877, and Schliemann and his wife then became honorary members of the elitist Society of the Antiquaries in Burlington House (Duchêne 66). Following their museum tour, the pieces found a permanent home in Berlin, from where they were stolen by the Russians following World War II. They resurfaced in the Pushkin Museum in the 90 ...
- 1944: Glass Menagerie 2
- ... not desire to be part of an imaginary world, which only proves to be the downfall of Amanda and Laura. He realizes that the world is not what Amanda has made it seem inside the house. Also, during his reflections on the firescape he is not really separating himself from the imaginary world because that metal frame is still anchored to the apartment wall. This shows that no matter how hard ... threatening situations. In the trick, Malvoli faces death by suffocation if he does not successfully escape the coffin. Tom faces death by emotional and spiritual suffocation if he does not find away out of the house. Also, the coffin itself symbolizes the lifestlye Tom is trying to escape. Tom views his life as a very cramped, dark situation. He fears the most spending fifty- five year of his life in the ...
- 1945: The Scarlet Letter: Chapter by Chapter Review and Analysis
- ... God's punishment for Prynne, giving her such a devious daughter for her sins. CHAPTER 7- The Governor's Hall- In this chapter we find our main character taking her daughter to Governor Bellingham's house to deliver some embroidered gloves and to discuss the rumors going around about her daughter being separated from her. This was another chapter that should/could have been cut because it practically just describes the ... character through this chapter and how he's longed to get his burden off his chest, and hated being a hypocrite. An idea came to him one night as he fasted and he left his house... CHAPTER 12- The Minister's Vigil- The vigil found Reverend Dimmesdale at the scaffold where Prynne was publicly embarrassed about seven years ago. The reverend came there so that maybe someone would come by and ...
- 1946: Tess of the D'Ubervilles: Environments and The Feels of the Characters
- ... had done to her years ago. Once he was dead, Tess was free of her sin and could finally have the love of Angel unhindered by her past. She had killed her past in the house which was slowly killing her. The next residence for Tess after the murder was in an abandoned mansion: Bramshurst Court. This was the perfect place for Tess and Angel to escape to. She wished for nothing more than to be left alone, from other people and from her past. In this house she found a refuge with her true love, and experienced what she had not for much of her life--contentment. She did not desire to continue on with their journey at all. Tess there found ...
- 1947: On the Island: A Review
- ... she corrects her at every turn and so on. In short, their relationship is not in the best of health. The fact that her son and her daughter-in-law are contemplating to sell her house without her knowledge embodies the feelings they have towards her: They no longer see her as an individual, but as a helpless puppy that needs to have all her decisions made for her. Doris does ... of inner peace and greater understanding. Invigorated by the experience she finally takes a stand against Annette and John, who seemed to be purposefully taking over her life: She announces that she is selling her house and moving to the island. Translation The world famous author of spy novels John Le Carr‚ recently admitted what his readers had been suspecting for a while: The highly respected writer was once a spy ...
- 1948: Materialism and Happiness in America: The Gatsby Era and Today
- ... it is more fundamentally a sad story -- the portrayal of a young man and his tragic search for happiness. Works Cited Bewley, Marius. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Modern Critical Views. ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Cowley, Malcolm. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Modern Critical Views. ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Denton, Tommy. "Century's Already Ended, Welcome to the New." Houston Chronicle 1 Jan. 1993, 2 star ed.: A35. Easterlin, Richard A. "Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot?". Nations and Households in ...
- 1949: Jumanji
- ... wait, until the dice read 5 or 8. Alan looked down at his body: his arms and legs were melting! And he was being sucked into the game board. Sarah ran screaming out of the house as hundreds of bats chased her down the street. Twenty-six years later Peter and Judy Shepherd move into the old Parrish house with their Aunt Nora. They heard a drumming sound Brummm-tum-tum. They followed it to an old storage room, where they discovered a game called Jumanji, they set it up on the floor. Judy ...
- 1950: Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews"
- ... have been raped by the man who was accompanying her to London. The next show of a sexual advance on Fanny was made by a Squire that they had encountered after leaving Mr. Wilson's house. Since the Squire's dogs had attacked Adams, he defended himself by hitting them with his cane. When the Squire arrived, and saw the bruises on his dogs, he would have probably had Joseph and ... since her fiancé is not there. But she sees a man named Bellarmine, who was adored by all the women there, and had his eyes set on her. She then invited him over to her house for many days. Horatio arrived back surprising Leonora and punching Bellarmine. Bellarmine then returned to Paris forgetting about Leonora and Horatio broke up with her because of her unfaithfulness, and Leonora moved to an estate ...
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