|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 7191 - 7200 of 14167 matching essays
- 7191: The Count of Monte Cristo
- ... years barely subsisting in a dungeon demands cruel and prolonged castigation. Setting: The Count of Monte Cristo is set within the nineteenth century of France in large and populous cities. This was a time of great disruption. There was confusion all over the land in regards to who led France, King Louis or Napoleon. The citizens of France became divided by the two ruling parties. Royalists and the Bonapartist cut at ... to. Because of his jealousy, Fernand mailed the letter condemning Dantes, hoping that if Dantes was arrested, he would then be able to marry Mercedes. Fernand gained much wealth by smuggling and by betraying the great Ali Pasha. When all of his treachery was exposed, he discovers that his wife and son have deserted him, thus he commits suicide.
- 7192: To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus and Miss Maudie
- ... kissed a man before. She didn’t know the emotional responsibilities that should accompany kissing. She just knew he was there already, she wouldn’t have to search someone out. She saw it as a great opportunity. He came nearly everyday to do jobs for no pay. He must not have minded her company. Right? So what if he was a Negro? He was a man. Mayella didn’t know what ... time to tend to a patch of red geraniums in the yard. Perhaps just as they helped to brighten the yard, they also helped to brighten her attitude. Her father scared, or shot, Mayella a great deal. He must have, as he persuaded her to lie in court that Tom Robinson was the one who beat her instead of him. He wouldn’t have just suggested the lies, or come out ...
- 7193: Ayn Rand's Anthem: Themes
- ... he should be like his fellow brothers to be normal. He tries, unsuccessfully, to deny these feelings by reciting, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” But he realizes that he can do nothing to change how he feels nor can he hide from these feelings. Equality 7-2521 comes to terms with these emotions and ... to be an individual is present in everyone’s heart and soul. Some people have this urge more than others do. These people become our leaders, our geniuses, and our greatest thinkers. They do a great deal to help our society. By each person being different, we can get many things done. It is only through allowing people to think and imagine independently that society develops new ideas and innovations. Even ...
- 7194: A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester
- ... to himself rather than to others. These were just a few of the many problems there were in his relationship with Finny. He must face reality and acknowledge the fact that he isn't as great as Finny, that he is his own individual person and that Finny isn't as perfect as he thought. Gene must accept the guilt for Finny's difficulties after his injury and must help Finny ... a part of himself to Finny" as we see with the case of sports throughout the rest of the novel - how Gene "becomes" Finny when it comes to sports. Although the above are all of great importance, the greatest hurdle Gene must overcome is learning to live with what he's done. This painful step is the one which will allow him to completely mature into adulthood . The final stage of ...
- 7195: Emma
- ... She becomes to aspire to see Harriet marry a person in a higher social station. Harriet is very pretty. She was "short, plump, and fair, with blue eyes and light hair, and a look of great sweetness." (Austen, 20) The other main character of the story is Mr. Knightley. He is a sensible man of about thirty-seven. He is the elder brother of Isabelle’s husband and a friend of ... love and one’s struggle to find a mate for life. However, another theme jointly exists with the previously mentioned motif, which is Emma’s, the heroine’s, struggle with her self-deception. This is great novel because you learn that love is natural thing. You do not chose who to love, or who not to love. Works Cited Austen, Jane. Emma. New York: Bantam Books, 1981.
- 7196: The Joy Luck Club: Differences Between Generations
- ... show that pure Chinese blood can be changed completely through just one generation. They have become American not only in their speech, but in their thoughts, actions and lifestyles. This novel has not only given great insight into the Chinese way of thinking and living, but it has shown the great contrast that occurs from generation to generation, in the passing on of ideas and traditions.
- 7197: The French Lieutenant's Woman
- ... a timeless piece of fiction which provides the reader with thoughtful insight into the challenges facing both the Victorian era and humanity in general. His characters are incredibly life-like and well developed, lending a great sense of realism to the novel. The main characters, Sarah, Charles, and Ernestina, present the reader with differing types of approaches or attitudes towards life. They each illuminate one of the basic facets of the ... Charles' belief that the pursuit of monetary gain should not be the consuming factor in one's life. It also foreshadows his break-up with Ernestina and shows how sometimes one must give up a great deal to gain what they truly desire. Charles' compromise is not an easy one, for he is thrust out of his protective social circle and into a life of uncertainty. His predicament though is one ...
- 7198: A Tale of Two Cities: Love or Hate
- ... gun, and somehow the gun goes off killing Defage. Pross who loves Lucie dearly and is always helping her in anyway possible. “ …and she softly laid the patient on a sofa, and tended her with great skill and gentleness: calling her “my precious!” and “my bird!” and spreading her golden hair aside over her shoulders with great pride and care.” Pg. 23 And because of this love she is the victor over Madame Defage. Meanwhile Madame Defage is a perfect example of hate. She cares for nothing but the killing of aristocrats ...
- 7199: The Prince and the Pauper
- ... The Prince and the Pauper is to show that experiencing hard lessons can change the way someone views and relates to things. I enjoyed the novel because I thought it was really interesting and had great details of the character’s emotions so you would always know what they were thinking. In the novel, Prince Edward VI switches identities with a pauper Tom Canty, who is exactly identical to him, so ... on royal processions with jealousy that left him dreaming day and night about himself clothed in rich royal garments. When his dreams finally came true, he realized what he had always wanted wasn’t as great as it had always appeared to be. His feelings changed; so did his goals and dreams, which happens to many people everyday. While Edward was roaming the streets and the countryside he learned what it ...
- 7200: Jude the Obscure: Summary
- ... the cause of his estrangement from the societies in which Jude lives. Many different movies portray this type of estrangement or isolation from society. An example of such isolation would be in the movie The Great Escape. The isolation is similar to that in Jude the Obscure. The "cooler" is an isolation chamber away from the prisoner’s of war camp in which Captain Hill is sent on a regular basis ... writes how Thomas Hardy tries to emphasize this fact by stating: Tediously much is made in the novel of a ‘Curse of the Fawley’s’ theme; it is one of the blights set going by great-aunt Drusilla, and it runs not only to a hereditary disastrousness in marriage but even to a family Gibbet; the cousins Jude and Sue are made to reflect that a union between them would mean ...
Search results 7191 - 7200 of 14167 matching essays
|
