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- 4821: Oedipus Trilogy Analysis
- ... antistrophies. Their importance is to show what the people of the time would feel about what was happening. They are sort of a mild version of critics in the story. Tiresias, the seer, is another great symbol in the story. Though he is blind, he is proved in the story to have seen things more clearly than the stubborn Oedipus would have. The irony of it is that Oedipus himself later became that seer in the story of Colonus, with Antigone as his own hand-girl. The plays of Oedipus also use a great range of picturesque speech to make a point. We see it in the very first lines of Oedipus the king when Oedipus asks his beloved people, what is the meaning of this thronging round my ...
- 4822: Madame Bovary 2
- ... and pessimism, which had been caused by his illness. He possessed deep hatred and contempt for middle-class society, feelings that originated from his childhood experiences. He was often bitter and unhappy because of the great conflict that existed between his unattainable dreams and the realities of his life. His conflict between his fantasies and the reality of the world around him is seen through the theme found in Madame Bovary ... else, especially Charles for her disappointments, and tries to compensate by lavishing herself with expensive articles. Emma lives with an emptiness in her heart, because of the romance novels. She is so accustomed to the great excitement and passion found in her novels, that she cannot begin to see what is real, the real love that Charles had for her. She's a dreamer, which is not necessarily bad as long ...
- 4823: Morals
- ... were probably not modivated enough to break the habbit. Sometimes it takes extreme measures to break a habbit. But if a person truely wants to change, they can do it. Modivation and support is a great way to help a persaon change. If a person wishes to stop being greedy for example, the best way to do so is by having somebody by your side to teach you how to share ... then it is not so bad. For example, in A Christmas Carol Scrooge is shown the future if he doesn't change, seeing that gives Scrooge a "reality check" and enables him to change with great ease. If a smoker wishes to change, doctors often let the person see people who have been affected greatly by the dangers of smoking. Being able to change is everybodys right, not being able to ...
- 4824: Macbeth Theme-one Thing Leads
- ... r of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth (Act 4, Scene 1)." The third vision is a crowned child with a tree in his hand saying, "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him (Act 4, Scene 1)." After hearing these visions, Macbeth was quite confident of his well being. But to eliminate anymore threats, he was determined to ... finale of Macbeth's throne and his life. After Malcolm and Macduff rallied up enough troops, they attacked Macbeth's castle. Malcolm's army camouflaged themselves in branches and leaves thus fulfilling the prophecy of "Great Birnam woods moving to Dunsinane." When Macbeth and Macduff engaged in a mono to mono duel, Macduff said, "Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped (Act 5, Scene 8)." Macduff's ...
- 4825: Macbeth Essay On Good Behavior
- ... art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promise'd: yet do I fear thy nature, It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition (I.V.15-19) This shows how little Lady Macbeth cares about her husband's wishes. This is very ironic since normally it is the man who does not ask for ... false man does easy." (II.IV.136-138) by running away, Malcolm shows his pride for the country by wanting to save his families title. Had Malcolm stayed in Scotland, he would have run a great risk for the welfare of the country. Malcolm does not appear again until Act 4 and speaks about nothing but Macbeth's treachery. "This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues/Was once thought honest ...
- 4826: Lady Audleys Secret
- ... familiarity to the audience, deceit rather than vindictive malice, lack of character development and especially the role of social status. The sensational novel is usually a tale of our own times. Proximity is indeed one great element of sensation. A tale which aims to electrify the nerves of the reader is never thoroughly effective unless the scene be laid out in our own days and among the people we are in ... a long journey in search of fortune. He is impatient to reunite with the wife he left many years ago. The expectation is clear: the husband returns, reunites with his wife, his joy should be great. Not so. Instead, he learns that his wife has recently died. Hence, the reader s emotions are wrung. This is an element that is important to both the mystery and the melodramatic aspects of Lady ...
- 4827: Les Miserables-the Grand Spiri
- ... his ways when he viewed it as too late. Valjean s own death is almost suicidal too in that he just allowed himself to waste away. In death, there is no denying that these two great and moving characters are the same. One s body ends up under a laundress boat and the other, in an unmarked grave. These two great characters, such strong and powerful figures of men, will forever be recalled whenever one thinks of Les Miserables, for they were truly one with the miserable. They were freemen in bondage, both seeking blindly in ...
- 4828: Lord Of The Flies
- ... is to hunt and kill. His controlling and persuasive behavior, allow him to take over the chief position towards the end of the novel. The novel, Lord of the Flies is a novel involving a great deal of symbolism. Different characters provide different symbols. Jack is a symbol of savagery and anarchy. Golding relates this to the evil and cruel people in the world. When Jack first arrives on the island ... get the Beast, while Piggy stays at the beach with the littl uns. They first check Castle Rock, where they had never been before. Although they find nothing, Jack thinks the place would be a great fort, and he and his hunters heave a large boulder off a ledge. Jack s intrigue with Castle Rock foreshadows his future use of the location as a fortification. In Chapter 8 Jack brutally kills ...
- 4829: In The Heat Of The Night
- ... was not the murderer. When Gillespie arrested Sam Wood Virgil also proved him innocent. Even though Gillespie didn t like to be proven wrong by anyone (none less a Negro) he respected Virgil for his great detective work. At one point in the novel Gillespie and Tibbs shake hands and I think that was the high point of this mutual respect. Virgil didn t respect Gillespie that much in the beginning ... sign of the respect Gillespie had for Virgil is the letter he sent to Virgil s chief saying that he did an excellent job. At the end of the story Virgil and Gillespie had a great deal of respect for each other and this is a respect that I think would last for many years to come.
- 4830: Hanging Woman Creek
- ... good points of this story. There is a good amount of detail in the action scenes, and when a fight starts it is hard to put the book down. Pike is shown as having a great number of qualities, which he exhibits frequently. He struck a man sliding down a hill on a horse from four hundred yards with his rifle. This proves that at first he is more adept with ... firearm than with his fists. The character of Pike is a very complex one. At first he is an overly confident man who travels from east to west in search of nothing in particular. His great joy in life is fighting, which by the way the book displays, he is not very good at. Later on Eddie, who formerly was a boxer, teaches Pike some moves. In the beginning however, Pike ...
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