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- 4781: The Women Of A Passage To Indi
- ... shown with Jhabvala s characters Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Minnies. Mrs. Crawford and Olivia visited the Nawab s mother, the Begum. After their visit with the Begum, Mrs. Crawford and Olivia stopped at Mrs. Minnies house. Mrs. Crawford expressed her feelings of superiority when she told Mrs. Minnies about the visit. She comically rolled her eyes up as she recounted where they had been. Mrs. Minnies echoed the superiority when she ...
- 4782: The Wife Of Martin Guerre
- ... displeasure of Monsieur Guerre had become as necessary and inevitable a part of his character as his spine was of his body (35). His son Martin was his only son, and the welfare of the house depended upon the succession of an heir. Martin left behind a great responsibility, which cannot be overlooked. He may have never returned if he didn t hear how Arnaud had claimed his identity. The legality ...
- 4783: The Untrusted Suitor - The Ody
- ... eyes" (pg 412). As faith would have it, all suitors were to visit the land of death, and Odysseus prophecy was delightfully fulfilled. Work Cited Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Fitzgerald, Robert. New York: Random House, 1990
- 4784: The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung U
- ... as the discomforts of life in the wilderness sickened her. Her poetry contains a muted declaration of independence from the past and a challenge to authority. Although Bradstreet's verses on the burning of her house in 1666 and poems on the death of three grandchildren end by reaffirming the God-fearing Puritan belief system, along the way they also question the harsh Puritan God. Further, Bradstreet's work records early ...
- 4785: The Shield Of Achilles
- ... each city. In one a quarrel and is brought to judgment. Surrounding the other, two armies fight along the riverbanks killing men and dragging off the dead. Both cities are tainted with death, and both house love. In the former two men quarrel over the blood price for a murdered kinsman and take their cases to a judge to decide the outcome. In the latter, children and housewives stand guard as ...
- 4786: The Sanctity Of Oaths In Medea
- ... keeping a promise given. At the beginning of the story, we see the play s two opposing views of promise keeping represented by the Nurse and the Tutor. As she stands outside of Medea s house and laments the way Jason has slighted Medea by taking another wife, the Nurse speaks of the eternal promise Jason and Medea made to each other on their wedding day (17-21). The Nurse wishes ...
- 4787: The Pigman
- ... destroys their friendship. The Pigman treated John and Lorraine with respect when he gave his absolute trust. However, they misused that trust. When he was in the hospital, he gave them the keys to his house. "John what are you doing?" "Is there any more beer in the icebox?" "what's going on?" He opened the refrigerator himself and counted about nine loose cans of beer. Then slammed the door and ...
- 4788: The Oresteia
- ... to kill Clytaemestra. But the decision is made and the slaughter ensues: "Every correction is a blood-bath which calls for new correction" (Aeschylus, 14). Agamemnon should have taken into consideration the curse on the House of Atreus. With such a troubled family history, he should have been wary of killing his own daughter. The curse of his father takes its toll on Agamemnon and those close to him. Agamemnon should ...
- 4789: The Once And Future King Descr
- ... added together. In this scenario, holiness was equivalent to the selfishness to abandon another soul so as to save your own. In Gwen s old age, she dressed like a gypsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper and kept her lover a secret. She was a nuisance. Guenever was also indecisive in many accounts, especially dealing with Lancelot. For example, she first forbids Lance to go to Corbin. Then she changes ...
- 4790: The Most Heroic Character In I
- ... not changed dramatically, and because of those characteristics they are expected to be heroines, to be the ones that stand up and speak loud. However, only Dede, a role model of a traditional woman, supposing doll for the man has changed. Even her father comments her "She'll bury us all in silk and pearls, yes, for sure, our Dede here is going to be the millionaire of the family." Nevertheless ...
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