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- 1981: Death Of A Salesman: Symbolism
- ... th e seeds are some of these symbols. The hose in Miller's drama directly relates to the theme of d eath. The hose is a line attached to the gas main in Willy's house which allows him to snif f the gas. This action can be seen as Willy's suicide wish, and escape from the realities of life. As seen in the loss of his job and his ... planting the seeds at night, but at night there is no sun shining and this seems very od d as seeds require light to grow. What else is strange is the fact that Willy's house is boxed in between large apartment buildings and is covered by the shadows cast by them. It is eviden t that no light will fall on Willy's garden. Willy's attempt to plant and ...
- 1982: Hydroponics Growing Without Soil
- ... is the best temperature, but it is possible to grow a good lettuce crop at forty degrees ( Jones 104-05). The vertical sack culture, also known as column culture, is used mainly for flowering plants, house plants, and strawberries. The pump can be a simple aquarium pump if a better pump can not be found. The pump is used to circulate the nutrient solution through the supply lines to all of ... return the nutrient solution back to the nutrient reservoir. There is no advantage in growing vine crops in a vertical position. They are normally trained up string supports, creating their own vertical canopy ( Resh 60). House plants are just one of the many plants that can be grown in vertical culture. Tulips, amaryllis, and gladiolus grow very good if not better, through hydroponics. When growing these flowers the corms can be ...
- 1983: The Parable Of The Doorkeeper
- ... doorkeeper. The doorkeeper does not allow him to go inside. This reminds one of how K was treated, by the warders, when he tried to discover his charge. The act of refusing entry into the house of law, can be considered to the incarceration that K was put under. Although, it appeared that the greater part in impeding entry into the house of law, can be compared to the judges. When the doorkeeper says that maybe K will be allowed entry later, it reminds one of the Inspector. He attempts to act as Ks friend, and ...
- 1984: The Power Of One By Ernest Hem
- ... Works Cited Baker, Carlos. Hemingway The Writer as an Artist. New Jersey: Princeton Publishing, 1952. Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. New York: Compton's NewMedia, Inc., 1995. Courtenay, Bryce. The Power of One. New York: Random House, 1989. Hemingway, Ernest. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories. New York: Scribner, 1961. Magill, Frank N. Cyclopedia of World Rouit, Earl. Ernest Hemingway 41. New York: Twain Publishers, Inc., 1963. Young, Philip. Ernest Hemingway a Reconsideration. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Publishing, 1960. 1 Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One (New York: Random House, 1989) 519. 2 Bryce Courtenay 107. 3 Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. (New York: Compton's NewMedia, Inc., 1995). 4 Courtenay 222. 5 Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 6 Earl Rouit, Ernest Hemingway 41 (New York: Twain ...
- 1985: Rollin Down the River: The Uniting of Theme and Plot in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... fell out of the tree...I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night to see such things." Nowhere else is Twain's voice heard more clearly than as a mob gathers at the house of Colonel Sherburn to lynch him. Here we hear the full force of Twain's thoughts on the hypocrisy an cowardice of society, "The idea of you lynching anybody! It's amusing. The idea of ... what others assume is correct and just, and make decisions for ourselves and the ability to stand on our own and do something about it. We are that mob that stood outside Colonel Sherburn's house, we are the Grangerfords and Shepardsons, and we are the King and the Duke, and even the foolish townspeople in every town they conned. Somewhere along the line we must become I, someone has to ...
- 1986: The Yellow Wallpaper - Journey
- ... real problem until the end of the story -- at which time he fainted. John could have obtained council from someone less personally involved in her case, but the only help he seeks was for the house and baby. He obtains a nanny to watch over the children while he was away at work each day: "It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby." (Gilman 195). And he had his sister Jennie take care of the house. "She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper." (Gilman 196). He does talk of taking her to an expert: "John says if I don't pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in ...
- 1987: Gatsbys Dream
- ... actions are caused by one purpose, which is to fulfill his dream. Gatsby has committed crime in order to gain the life style and buy the mansion to impress Daisy. " he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from [Daisy's] well-loved eyes."(96) Also, Gatsby lies about himself because he wants those lies to be true, and in a way, he even believes ... read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name."(84) Gatsby has moved to New York and bought his mansion because of Daisy. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(83) However, from Gatsby's father, we learn that Gatsby's devotion in his dream does not start in his adult years, but in his teenage ...
- 1988: Comparison of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and Dali's "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus"
- ... kneel's alone in the water, only surrounded by wilderness, as the painting progresses narratively from the left side to the right side, civilization seems to have advanced, human beings are present, there is a house at the base of the mountain in the distance, a statue in a courtyard, and there is a cow grazing in the field. With this description of the painting, the reader can hopefully grasp the ... the first half of the century, when the modernist movement began to progress, and both are symbolic of surrealism because they make the audience develop their own interpretation of the work. According to the Random House College Dictionary, Surrealism is a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects... I ...
- 1989: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... if men asked him at certain celestial hours when there should be a drought or rain he could answer them correctly. This clerk was named Nicholas. He had a chamber to himself in that lodging-house, without any company, and he was very sweet. The Carpenter had a newly wedded wife, who was eighteen years old, who he loved more than his own soul. He was jealous and he kept her ... get the goodwives of the city. He then noticed the carpenter's wife and he thought she was so neat and sweet. That night the moon was shining and Absalom went to the carpenter's house and sang in the window. The carpenter woke up and asked the wife if she heard him singing and she told him yes. From day to day Absalom wooed her till he couldn't anymore ...
- 1990: Thomas Jefferson
- ... Skelton and established a residence at Monticello. When they moved to Monticello, only a small one room building was completed. Jefferson was thirty when he began his political career. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgess in 1769, where his first action was an unsuccessful bill allowing owners to free their slaves. The impending crisis in British-Colonial relations overshadowed routine affairs of legislature. In 1774, the first of ... had he wanted to be a political leader, he could have easily attained a position in government. Instead, he chose to return to Monticello and give his public service to Virginia. Returning to the Virginia House of Delegates in October 1776, Jefferson set to work on reforming the laws of Virginia. He also proposed a rational plan of statewide education and attempted to write religious toleration into the laws of Virginia ...
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