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- 2971: Death And The Maiden - Film Vs. Text Comparison
- ... both the play and the film (particularly in the characterisation of Paulina), it is much more prevalent in the movie. We can see Paulina’s strength from the start. As she strides confidently around the house and violently tears off a piece of chicken, the suggestion that she is unsuited to the domestic position which she has obviously been forced into by the side effects of her traumatic experience need not ... unquestionably swallows it up. In doing this she breaks the railing, civilized society has created to guard itself from that chaos, allowing those forces of suppressed rage to escape. Polanski’s Paulina re-enters the house, a different person. Illuminated by typically horror-movie-style lighting. Her sharply focused face – lit by an almost electric blue with harsh shadows cast across it, highlighting her features – contrasts strongly against the blurry background ...
- 2972: Alice Walker’s Everyday Use: Family Characters
- ... who takes care of the home and land, " I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands" (72), and Maggie is the daughter who helps Mama in the yard and around the house. Neither Mama nor Maggie are educated," I never had an education myself. After the second grade the school was closed. Maggie reads to me. She stumbles along good-naturedly " (73). However by helping her mother ... her efforts" (73) she is beautiful and dresses eloquently. Also she has a higher education having being sent " to school in Augusta " (73). She attempts to connect with her heritage by taking pictures of the house with the family in the picture. She also takes some of the handmade items of her mother’s such as the churn top which she will use " as a centerpiece for the alcove table " (76 ...
- 2973: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Social Injustices
- ... 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 ...
- 2974: “Minds Eye At Work”
- ... by the opinions of the other characters in this story. The author to be a disheartened, lonely woman, who had changed from a flourishing singer to a desolate housewife, portrayed Minnie. Clues found throughout the house pointed every finger at Minnie, but it was never stated directly in the story. The reasoning for the lack of a frank conclusion is that by the end of the story the reader has determined ... be that Jones will accept what seems to be the collapse of his world, but will not surrender to it. In the last paragraph, Jones brings his wife home from the hospital to a clean house. The writer makes no reference about her illness in the end, just of her homecoming? The implied ending that seems fitting to me is that she is coming home to die. The writer gives you ...
- 2975: The Glass Menagerie: Internal War
- ... eat food leisurely, son, and really enjoy it” (1.8-9) when he eats his dinner. She confiscates books by Mr. Lawrence from his room because she “won’t allow such filth brought into [her] house” (3.16). Tom’s smoking habit gives Amanda one more reason to gripe at Tom while he is at home. The expectation of Tom is to work and pay the bills without the help of ... responsibilities is finding a gentleman caller for Laura. Tom knows Laura is a “home girl” (p. 1598) and it is almost impossible to get someone to come see her. Instead of making Laura leave the house and socialize with people, she has Tom look for her. Amanda asks Tom everyday after work if he found a gentleman caller for Laura. The thirst for adventure is another internal conflict that Tom faces ...
- 2976: The Scarlet Letter: Theocracy and Guilt and Punishment
- ... theocratic domination was evident. Take for example the social structure of the Puritan town of Boston, Massachusetts. The church at the center of town showing the emphasis on religion in their society, and the jail house near it showing their belief in punishment of those who transgress the laws of the bible. This town shows how everyday life is affected by the ideals that underlay a theocratic society, and how the ... the scaffold scene. This was a description of Hester’s dark flowing hair, as it appeared on her when she ascended the scaffold. Symbolism is seen in the suit of armor in Governor Bellingham’s house. When Hester stared into the mirror-like breastplate, her Scarlet Letter was emphasized through the mirror reflection. This breastplate represents the theocratic society. The puritans, like the shiny armor, made the “A” seem more important ...
- 2977: Great Gatsby: Theme And Character Anlysis Of Tom And Daisy
- ... future, but that she truly has no idea of what to do with herself. She is like loose change floating around wandering from party to party, man to man, friend to friend, in a big house in East Egg with no sense of purpose. She once attempted to plan something when she first reunited with Nick. She said, "What'll we plan? What do people plan?" meaning she has never had ... funeral. Show me a woman who has no morals or goals and I'll show you a woman who is searching for her own identity. Tom Buchanan is a small man hiding in a big house with an equally large ego. In fact, he once remarked that women run around too much and meet the wrong kind of people. This statement is both arrogant and ironic because he runs around with ...
- 2978: Rasputin And His Influence On
- ... that all of man's desires should be fulfilled. They held orgies to make sure that their desires would be fulfilled.Rasputin also held many of his own orgies in his own basement of his house.As he became more and more influential and famous he began attracting more and more women around him."Rasputin was also selfish, greedy,and dissolute".When he had the Tsar and Tsarina fooled into thinking ... pleasures were obtained they would throw parties that would lend orgies. Also, after a while Rasputin became addicted to these actions, and he began to throw orgies of his own in his basement of his house.Rasputin's rise to power came to be because of careful consideration on his part which he used to do so. Rasputin did indeed contribute to the downfall of the monarchy and the birth of ...
- 2979: Cry, The Beloved Country
- ... about education, superiority, and separation. Paton clearly showed that the white man is superiority to the black, he gives numerous examples throughout the novel. The white man had more money, a better job, a nicer house… With James Jarvis, Paton showed that he was superior by making him live on high place, because he was so much superior than the natives that lived below him. At the end of the book ... at their level, he did not make himself higher. Arthur’s child was the next generation of the ideal citizen, he would tilt his hat to Kumalo, take his shoes off when going in his house, and this little boy even started to learn Zulu. Also like his father he helped the natives by given milk to the children. Paton added these characters to show what a person can do to ...
- 2980: Jane Eyre: The Preserverance of the Personality
- ... passion!" ), which like a volcano erupts at times in the form of revolt against the "tyrants". It seems that the child's most burning question is what kind of role she plays in the Reed house: if young John is her "master", she consequently has to be a servant, yet, she is regarded less than a servant - a beggar and an intruder. For Jane this "insupportable oppression" and the position of ... Ms Ingram, playing the gypsy fortune-teller etc.); Jane is also said to be an actress and a liar, which is not without basis if we consider that she was playing a role in Moor House; even the truly felt outbursts of passion are somewhat theatrical. However important the two extremities of passion and repression are, neither of them is enough in itself. It is integrity that is substantial. This faithfulness ...
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