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- 4981: King Lear
- ... in either piece of literature, one is mentioned in A Thousand Acres. In fact, Ginny devotes a whole chapter to describing her mother and the impact her mother had on her childhood, She kept the house clean and raised us the same way the neighbors were raising their children . . . She cared about what we did or failed to do (Smiley 241). The allusion to a mother in A Thousand Acres gives ...
- 4982: Emma
- ... and she was spoiled by her old, affectionate father. Her mother had died when she was only a child and her sister, Isabelle, had married at an early age. This made her mistress of his house from a very early period. Emma s self image is very strong and she is doubly pleased with her match-making skills, which turn out to be disastrous for her friend Harriet. Harriet Smith is ...
- 4983: Eating Gilbert Grape - Respons
- ... He is deep in thought, as the audience observes his closed eyes, but takes his time in answering, which irritates Becky. Forced to speak, the words that come out of his mouth are - "a new house for his family, for Mama Grape to take aerobics classes, a new brain for Arnie (his disabled brother) and for Ellen to grow up". Becky admires this, but she prompts him, "What do you want ...
- 4984: King Solomon
- ... a certain amount of food each month in the year. Solomon made great contributions to the people of Israel. One of his greatest contributions was the temple of the lord. He began to build the House of the Lord with timber from Hiram the king of Tyre who in return wanted food for his household. As the temple was being built Solomon used the Israelites and other people in the empire ...
- 4985: Kreutzer Sonata
- ... keep women in check, not only to regain their balance of power, but also to prevent affairs from occurring. He says dryly, "Don't trust your horse in the field, or your wife in the house" (p.528). This distrust in a relationship leads to the man taking drastic measures to prevent his greatest fear from becoming reality. Once in a marriage, Pozdnyshev feels that it is the man's job ...
- 4986: Dr No
- ... then the book is the plot. The book and the movie start out basically the same. Strangways is killed by three blind beggars. They then kill Mary Trueblood, but in the book, they burn the house down. After Bond finishes a card game with Silvia Trench, the character or the game are not in the book. Bond goes to M's office where he is told that Strangways was checking out ...
- 4987: Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-Ho
- Slaughter-House Five On May 29, 1945, twenty-one days after the Germans had surrendered to the victorious Allied armies, a father in Indianapolis received a letter from his son who had been listed as "missing in ...
- 4988: Othello Manipulation To Gain P
- ... different tactic to manipulate Brabantio. He changes Brabantio's way of looking at the marriage of his daughter Desdemona to Othello. He awakes Brabantio by saying "Awake! What, ho, Brabantio! Thieves! Thieves! Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags! Thieves! Thieves!" (I.i.76-78) By saying this, Iago shows a new perspective to Brabantio by insinuating that Othello has stolen his daughter. Iago reinforces this when he say ...
- 4989: Death Of A Salesman 10
- ... of real effort and personal integrity, like when Biff flunked his math exam. He even taught Biff to steal, without even realizing it. Willy:...[Biff] Go right over to where they re building the apartment house and get some sand...Charley: Listen, if they steal any more from that building the watchman ll put the cops on them!...Willy: You shoulda seen the lumber they brought home last week... (50). As ...
- 4990: Animal Farm
- ... and start to slowly change the commandments to justify their actions. The pigs create a final commandment: All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. As one animal looks into Mr. Jones house he sees Napoleon playing poker with a human. The two are calling each other cheaters. The animal looks back and forth and each of them and can not tell which is which because Napoleon has ...
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