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- 1491: Madame Bovary 2
- ... and exciting adventure, she also saw that having this child, would further imprison her in this lifeless marriage. One might think that because Emma is now with-child she would give up, or at least control, her romantic fantasies and tendencies and her pregnancy would bring her happiness, but this is not the case with such a woman as Emma.(7) Throughout her pregnancy, Emma hoped that her child would be ... in her life. She then gets word that Leon is back in Rouen, they quickly started up their friendship that led up to her second affair. This second affair is when Emma starts to loose control of her life, she continuously lies to Charles and is slowly getting into tuns of debt. The most apparent character in the novel is Emma, the woman. As Henry James describes her, "as a victim ... that is what Emma lacks, the ability to wake up from her dreams. Throughout the novel, Emma is looking out the window, as though it possessed a secret. It was also her way of having control -8- over the world that she wanted to see, in other words, she controlled when she looked out side, when she wanted to be part of the outside world and when she wanted to ...
- 1492: Macbeth And Lady Macbeth
- ... implying that Duncan must be killed. Driven by fear of suspicion by day, and terrible dreams by night, Macbeth becomes completely paranoid with everyone, including Banquo, his right hand man. At this time Macbeth takes control and realizes that he must kill Banquo. He decides that Banquo must die tonight, and says, " Banquo, thy soul's flight, / If it find heaven, must find it out tonight" (Shakespeare 141-142). When Macbeth ... eventually gives in to her husbands newest treachery and asks, "What's to be done?" (Shakespeare 44). At this point in the story, Macbeth takes a sinister turn, and now seems to be in full control of his and Lady Macbeth's dark future. The last scene of the tragedy involves Macduff, Malcolm, and their army fighting against Macbeth, who has killed Macduff's wife and son in cold blood. By ... get in his way without regret, Macbeth's life comes to an end, bitterly fighting to his death. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's characters completely changed throughout the saga as they allowed envy to take control of their lives. Starting out as a brave and courageous man, Macbeth, was one of Duncan's most extraordinary generals. In contrast, the terrror and panic he suffered following the murder of Duncan changed ...
- 1493: Literary Comparison Of A Clock
- ... and the other in the past confirming the belief that the human struggle between good and evil is timeless and applies to every person in society. Throughout history numerous examples of leaders have attempted to control the nature of people within their society through systems of punishment and reward. This system had failed continuously to control the entire population because people still retain their ability to choose. It is said that once a person loses his free will, he ceases to be a person. This is the struggle confronting the protagonists ... highly oppressive societies from which they feel alienated, and therefore decide to rebel against. The futuristic setting of A Clockwork Orange is one of a constructive, depersonalized society where the government has far too much control over people s lives. They are forced to live in strictly regimented communities, and their daily life is dreary. Alex s England is a socialized nightmare. (De Vitis, 106) It is because of this ...
- 1494: Imagery Patterns In The Seafar
- ... cold/ Of anxious watch as a parallel to the anxiousness and fear of what life will bring. In describing the man s soul as being sea weary, the author is demonstrating man s lack of control over his life. The waves of the sea, and the sea itself, are uncontrollable and this is how the person in the poem feels about his life and his soul. The only sound was the ... gray stretches of tossing sea, illustrates that this person still feels the pain caused by the death of his friend, even after the passing of time. It becomes evident to the reader that one cannot control the things that happen in one s life, and that life is seen as unfair and harsh. The last sea imagery used by this writer portrays one fighting against being tossed about the sea, Once ... Fate is stronger/ And God mightier than any man s mind. The use of the word fate in this line means that all men will experience trials and hardships in life and that they cannot control life, it is in God s hands. And God mightier than any man s mind reveals the fact that man will not be able to explain why things happen; man can t comprehend the ...
- 1495: I Love The Smell Of Nepalm In
- ... is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indie 500. Killgore kills and is not charged. The diference between Kurtz and Killgore, as far as Capt. Willard can see, is that Kurtz is beyond the control of the army, he acting without orders and has gone mad. Is Killgore any less mad? Willard s jeourney is actualy very symbolic. It s the jeorney from sanity to insanity, from rational to irrational ... as a man, and thus can not kill him. Each incident along the river brings Willard closer to stepping off the boat though, to killing Kurtz. Killing person after person while opperating under the automatic control of instinct may guard you from emotional breakdown at the time, but will eventualy make you go crazy; the killing will catch up with you. After the vietnam war many soldiers just couldn t wake up. They couldn t reagain control of their minds without an emotional breakdown,they went crazy. The important part about Willard killing Kurtz is that he wasn t acting on instinct. He was concious. He saw the inner struggle within ...
- 1496: Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
- ... on liquor. They find him the next morning sleeping on the ground, dead drunk, with a broken arm. The judge was probably the only person in town who was surprised. CHAPTER 6 - Once Pap regains control of himself, he hires a lawyer to sue Judge Thatcher for the money that once belonged to Huck. Although he occasionally catches Huck and beats him for going to school, Huck continues to go, to ... t Huck's response. He just crouches there silently, letting everyone in his life float by. can look at this incident in a number of ways. Maybe it shows that Huck is so much in control of his emotions that he doesn't do the "natural" thing. Maybe it shows that none of these people really means anything to him, in spite of what he's told us. Or it might ... world is an endlessly threatening place. Danger is hiding behind every tree and under every rock. At any moment, everything you have could be taken away from you by forces over which you have no control. If you can imagine growing up as a slave in 19th-century America, you can understand how Jim could have developed such a view of life. A slave had no status as a human ...
- 1497: Hysteria In The Crucible
- ... the town. During the Red scare media exploitation had already plagued America, so promotion was almost instant. At this point the community is starting to fall apart. The first signs of unrest are noticeable, and control has become a mute point. Members of the community begin lashing out at others making accusations based on pretense, and driven by fear. This is so destructive to a community because no one is safe from false accusations or slander. When this happens "mob mentality" takes effect. A person is calm, responsible, and reasonable; but people are out of control and easily panicked. At this time in The Crucible, the town of Salem is in complete disarray. No one can take control, and the "mob" in effect has all the power. During the communist scare however, the American population is not the mob. Instead a small group of high-powered individuals seem to have the power ...
- 1498: Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... corner having been knocked in by a tractor. His family had been compelled to leave their land through repossession by the large corporations another example in Tom's life how the larger are trying to control the less fortunate. This land had been his family's source of pride and livelihood throughout his life with them and it's loss was the first sizable impact on Tom's conscience that would ... struck a shoulder, but the second time his crushing blow found the head, and as the heavy man sank down, three more blows found his head." (Page 495) The repeated blows demonstrate a lack of control possessed by Tom, yet, his manner for killing the man are slightly more justified than the man at the dance. The differences between the two killings already demonstrate an enlightening of Tom's character. When ... the norm in order to preserve her family, who is all she has left. Here she gains respect. "The eyes of the whole family shifted back to Ma. She was the power. She had taken control." (Page 218) Her strength throughout the ordeal is amazing. She hides her pain and anguish from the others and deals with their problems rather than hers. She even lies with Granma's corpse in ...
- 1499: Great Gatsby 3
- ... of hot shrubbery from the park." In the transcript this same "hot shrubbery" was the setting for a little cafe in Central Park. Just as heat represents the building up of emotions and losing of control, cool represents control. Added in Fitsgerald's final draft, Tom says, "The thing to do is to forget about the heat," our first hint that Tom may be the one most able to control himself, even though he's been portrayed as an intellectual buffoon. Nick remembers vaguely the argument that occurred at the Plaza. What he remembered vividly is that his underwear kept climbing around his legs ...
- 1500: Governmental Flaw ( Gullivers
- ... such as the Big-enders, who move to another island to practice what they believe. The Liliputians, like England of the time, feels that their way is the best and that they must have total control to keep harmony. This is paralleled with England's efforts to keep Ireland and Scotland under their control by militaristic action. As the Liliputians try to force Gulliver into destroying the Big-enders, he protests to the Emperor I will never be an instrument of bringing a free and brave people into slavery ... each other for no apparent reason. Swift is referring to how we can start wars and random acts of violence over petty things such as a group of people's beliefs or over who should control land. The Houyhnms however, are to Gulliver the perfect government of no central power, have the perfect lifestyle of pure freedom, and are the most sensible beings in the world. To illustrate the attitude ...
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