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- 2801: Main Causes Of The Great Depre
- ... cars24. In addition, "tourist homes" (hotels and motels) opened up everywhere. With such a wealthy upper class many luxury hotels were needed. In 1924 alone, hotels such as the Mayflower (Washington D.C.), the Parker House (Boston), The Palmer House (Chicago), and the Peabody (Memphis) opened their doors25. Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the construction industry benefited tremendously from the automobile. With the growing number of cars, there was a big demand for paved roads ...
- 2802: The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... demonstrated within his works was located in The Tell Tale Heart, where Edgar stalked a man and eventually killed him. He then dismembered the body, took out his heart, and buried the man under the house. He later confessed to the police because he believed he could hear the heartbeat of the man. Formed very early in his life, Edgar Allan Poe had quite an attraction to females. It began when ... He wrote some of the most horrific stories of all time including The Murders in Rue Morgue, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher. The Murders in Rue Morgue was considered the first deductive mystery story about a detective who solved a series of murders in the Rue Morgue of Paris, France. Another example of death in ...
- 2803: The Awakening
- ... see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth" (83). Mademoiselle Reisz understands that Edna cannot fight society and uses birds to demonstrate this knowledge. Finally, Edna moves to what she calls her exhausted "pigeon house." The name that Edna chooses for this house implies the defeat of a bird that, in turn, implies the defeat of Edna. During Edna's escape, birds gauge her success and continue to mirror her actions. Later, when Edna realizes the hopelessness of ...
- 2804: A Murderer's Journey Through The Works of Dostoyevsky and Poe
- ... in the short story "The Cask of Amontillado". The narrator is a man with great wealth. He has many friends which would signify that he is quite a normal character. He lives in a nice house with servants and fine wine. This all seems to show that his mind is intact, if he obtains and keeps these symbols of success. It seems as if each and every character discussed is quite ... the second cat, his wife gets in the way and he kills her instead of the cat. After this happens his guilt is very unnoticeable. A cry is heard as the police are searching hi house and eventually reach the tomb in which his wife is hidden. It was “Quickly swelling into one long , loud, and continuous scream... a wailing shriek, half horror and half triumph...” (“The Black Cat”, pg.400 ...
- 2805: Writing Styles of Herman Melville and Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Poe and Melville are now widely considered the norm in writing quality literature. One example of this is the single-effect theory first seen in Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher," in which Poe places strict emphasis on word choice in order to correlate each word with the grim appearance of Roderick Usher's house. Nowadays, this is considered common practice for one aspiring to write a vivid story in which the details have form a type of continuity as a whole. As opposed to Poe's emphasis on content ...
- 2806: The Awakening
- ... stay home to see her guests. Instead, Edna goes out into the city, and at the time was considered foolish and immature to be doing. Edna would go out and visit Mademoiselle Reisz at her house. She would go to her house and read letters that Robert had written to Mademoiselle Reisz. ¡§Show me the letter and play for me the Impromptu. You see I have persistence. Does that quality count for anything¡K¡¨(106). This shows ...
- 2807: The Awakening
- ... upon the breeze with maddening persistence." (Chopin, 1) The movie doesn’t mention any of this. The entrapment of women is another element that’s represented by the birds. It’s characterized by the "pigeon-house" (Chopin, 99) that Edna moves into. It "stood behind a locked gate, and a shallow parterre that had been somewhat neglected." (Chopin, 99) The pigeon house represents inequality that women had to face in Chopin’s times. The locked gate shows that women were anything but free during that time period. The two parrots that are in a cage further support ...
- 2808: Greek Myths
- Greek Myths Section I:"Odysseus the most cunning man in the world." Odysseus, son of Procris and Cephalus of the Royal House of Athens, played a major role in the Trojan War. However, the legends of Odysseus do not begin until after the great war. At the end of the war he was separated from the rest ... we notice between these two heroes is their lineage. Like most Greek heroes, Jason was a direct descendant of the gods. Odysseus on the other hand was not. He was a member of the Royal House of Athens and not divine as were many of his peers and relatives. Odysseus was also more compassionate than Jason. Jason used people to his own end and then disregarded them. An example of this ...
- 2809: A Time Capsule of An-mei Hsu
- ... the first thing in her new life. He life of riches starts with the receiving of the dress. I guess that you could say that that began a new era. The last thing is the house that she moves in to. The house, to her, is the thing that makes it sink in that she is finally away from her Auntie. This is another symbol of the new era.
- 2810: The Awakening
- ... break that label; she fights to do as she wishes. Little by little she breaks free of society's' image, letting her independence shine through. She cancels her Tuesday socials and helps out around the house doing little chores. The biggest step she made was her decision to move away from her mansion and into the "pigeon house", a little cottage around corner. After this move she was free to explore her new profound freedom and desires. She succumbed to the passion in her heart and had a meaningless affair with Arobin, a ...
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