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- 331: The Demon Lover
- ... and living the countryside with her immediate family. What had she promised her lover those 25 years earlier? Was he stalking her when he was missing in action? How did the letter get to the house and on the table? Who was the taxi Driver when Mrs. Dover is drove off screaming? Let us explore the possibilities of these events. The promise made to the lover by Kathleen is unclear. It may have been too upsetting for Kathleen to think about or even remember at that time. Like her lover s face, the promise may have been forgotten. She may have gone to the house the day she had promised to meet him subconsciously. She was suppose to wait for her lover s return, yet she got married to another man. There is an impulse to think that no matter ... former lover he must have stalked her or had some else stalk her to know where she was staying. When Mrs. Dover feels a draft from the basement she feels like someone is in the house and just left through a window. The person in the taxi could have already been in the house at the time she had walked in and watched her as she gathered her things. He ...
- 332: Great Expectations
- ... It seems like nothing important, despite it being frightening, but this meeting will change his life forever. The convict asks him to bring some food. Pip, fearing for his life, steals some food from his house, brings them to the convict and doesn’t see him again. Later, a stranger will show up in the Three Jolly Bargemen. He’ll scare Pip a little because he reminds him of the convict ... the man with the notes. Suddenly, there’s a twist of fate. Pip’s invited to play at Miss Havisham’s. Miss Havisham is a wealthy old lady who lives uptown in a large, gloomy house. Next to the house is an old, decrepit brewery and a garden overrun with weeds, both remnants of better times. The interior of the house isn’t much looked after either. The drapes are closed as to block ...
- 333: Anthem
- ... age 21, has absolutely no freedom. There are three steps to a person’s education when entering the society as defined by the book Anthem. When a child is born they are placed in the House of Infants until they are five years old. There they stay with other children born the same year. After the House of Infants they are sent to the House of Students. They stay in the House of Students until they are fifteen years of age when they enter the work force. Members of a board decide the final step of a person’s ...
- 334: Is There Any Justification For Regarding Euripedes' Electra As An Inferior Tragedy?
- ... The tragedy in Electra is not simply confined to the action of the play, and in the first speech the Peasant reveals to the audience that it is more of an ongoing affliction on the house of Agamemnon. In one sentence the Peasant reveals the sole reason for Electra's revenge, and the reason for this play itself, when he tells us how Agamemnon "died, by his wife Clytamnestra's treachery ... either and she herself feels like she has been treated a great injustice after her mother, "to show Aegisthus favour, drives me out of doors." And "treats me and Orestes both as bastards of her house." Electra clearly wants revenge, but does not believe she can avenge her father's death without her brother to whom she prays to; "save me from misery and weariness… Let Orestes, wherever he be, punish ... daughter's death. Unfortunately, Electra does not sympathise with her mother here and again this further illustrates how the tragedy in this play is a spiralling circle of revenge and tragic events that plagues the house of Agamemnon. The messenger, who proclaims "Orestes' victory, heralds the latest act of revenge: Aegisthus, Agamemnon's murderer, lies dead." The messenger then goes on to describe the events leading up to Aegisthus' death. ...
- 335: To Kill A Mockingbird -
- ... boy named Dill. Together Jem, Scout and Dill begin their adventures and their obsession with Mr. Aurthor Radley, or Boo as the kids call him. We find out that there are rumors about the Radley House. These include the most memorable rumor which is that he stabbed his mother in the leg with a pair of scissors. We never do find out if they are true, however we can assume they ... Later on in the book, the kids are daring each other to go into the yard. Jem is the first to adventure there. He is dared to go up and touch the side of the house. He does that and thus ends chapter 1. After the summer ends, scout has to start school. She meets her teacher, Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline learns that Scout knows how to read. This upsets Miss ... her to spit it out. He said that she doesn't know where they've been. She tells him where she found them and on the last day of school, they both pass by the house and they see more foil. The grab it and run home. When they get home, they open it and see a purple velvet box with a minuet catch. They open it and see two ...
- 336: Congressmen and Their Influences
- ... all new laws would be debated and decided not by a few but through a heirarchy that gives every citizen a part to play in our collective decision making. Each of the individuals in the House has an equitable voting relationship with the others, 1=1=1, when it come to passing legislation, but in the earlier phases of formulating policy some relationships are dominant over others. The only ones that ... Many levels within the parties and the institution afford some members leadership roles and positions that they can use to sway the other members. The Whips, Majority and Minority leaders and the Speaker of the House are looking for party cohesion and also bi-partisan support for a bill. Coalitions are forged or broken depending on the issue at hand. Individual committee positions are another point were some are more powerful ... to other tasks while the major decisions are being made. Since much of policy direction is dominated by the two party system they are able to use the majority selected rules and procedures of the House to their advantage. In the more collegial and congenial Senate power is more diffused and shared between the members and minority rights are protected. In the parties the leaders are able to use their ...
- 337: House Made Of Dawn
- Throughout House Made of Dawn Momaday forces the reader to see a clear distinction between how white people and Native Americans use language. Momaday calls it the written word, the white people’s word, and the spoken ...
- 338: House Made Of Dawn:The Use Of Language
- The Painting of Language Throughout House Made of Dawn Momaday forces the reader to see a clear distinction between how white people and Native Americans use language. Momaday calls it the written word, the white people’s word, and the spoken ...
- 339: The Prime Minister of Great Britain
- ... the process through which a person becomes a Prime Minister. The PM is selected by the sovereign. He (or she) chooses a man who can command the support of majority of the members of the House of Commons. Such a man is normally the leader of the largest party in the House. Where two are rivals in a three party contest such as those which occurred in the 1920s he is usually selected from the party which wins the greatest number of seats. The Prime Minister is ... of office: he merely kisses the hands of the monarch like an ambassador. The Prime Minister has four areas of responsibilities. He is a head of the Government; he speaks for the Government in the House of Commons; he is the link between the Government and the sovereign; he is the leader of the nation. He is chief executive, chief legislator and chief ambassador. As we can see the PM ...
- 340: Night Rider
- I stood in the woods behind my house looking for something that I knew I would never find. So many questions remained unanswered to me. But I'm starting at the probable end of the story. I should begin at the beginning. It was a normal autumn evening at the Smith house. All of my family was sitting around the TV watching Home Along for the thirth time. My wife was in her normal position on the couch wearing her sweatshirt. She always wears sweat shirts to ... country. I love living out in the country. I never had to worry about my daughter walking herself to the bus stop. I even got into the habit of forgetting to lock my car and house. A favorite time of year was upon my life. The time just after all the summer people went home and gave the beach back to me. It was the end of the excitement of ...
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