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- 7771: Emma By Jane Austen
- ... is extremely depressed about the predicament. However, Emmas distraught and lonesome manner quickly changes with the arrival of Harriet Smith. Harriet, a young girl of unknown lineage, is a student at Mrs. Goddards school. Emma sees the reformation and refinement of Harriet as a challenge, and decides to take her under her wing. There is a rapid change of atmosphere and mood, as Emma is more cheerful and content ...
- 7772: The Odyssey And Its Themes
- ... lines 1338-1343. Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the ship. I happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs dangling high overhead. This is yet another grim reminder of just how determined Odysseus is to get to his home and family. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus is warned many times of the perils and difficulty of his ...
- 7773: Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri
- ... it would only cause pain to relatives if we said any mor than that. The source of this letter is unknown but if true it points to one John Druit Montague, a failed barrister turned school teacher, with a history of violent mental illness. The fact that his body was found floating in the Thames in January 1889 after committing suicide, and the fact that he maintained a residence within walking ...
- 7774: 1984 Big Brother Is Watching Y
- ... O Brien certainly was quite passionate about his beliefs. He gave me the impression that he truly wanted to see Winston changed and reintegrated. I feel that O Brien did not enjoy shocking Winston at high voltage levels, but did so only because he felt it necessary to the task at hand. He seemed not to be serving a greater authority, but only himself. In the Milgram experiment, belief played an ...
- 7775: Wuthering Heights-storm And Ca
- ... David Cecil suggests that the theme of Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, is a universe of opposing forces-storm and calm. Wuthering Heights, the land of storm, is a sturdy house that is set up high on the windy moors, belonging to the Earnshaw family. The house is highly charged with emotion of hatred, cruelty, violence, and savage love. In comparison, Thrushcross Grange, the land of calm, is settled in the ...
- 7776: Wuthering Heights Summary
- ... the dismay of Hindley Earnshaw, usurps the affections of not only Hindley s father, but also that of his younger sister Catherine. Thereafter, in part due to his jealous behavior, Hindley is sent away to school. Years later due to old Mr. Earnshaw s death, a married Hindley returns, now the master of Wuthering Heights. Intent on revenge, Hindley treats Heathcliff as a servant and frequently attempts to break Heathcliff and ...
- 7777: The Rime Of The Christo-marine
- ... the ocean swallows death without pause. In completion of this life-from-death, "It is the moss that wholly hides/The rotted old oak-stump." [ln 521] However, puzzling is the line, "And ice, mast-high, came floating by,/As green as emerald," [ln53] because such a sight is extremely dangerous to a ship. Of course, Coleridge was possibly trying to be more accuracy than allusion, as polar ice does reflect ...
- 7778: The Key To Greatness (great Ga
- ... was murdered by Wilson, but that did not matter because the "Great Gatsby" had already died the day Daisy chose Tom. "He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream" (Fitzgerald 162). This is the way Gatsby felt after failing to succeed in gaining the one thing he would give his life for, Daisy's love ...
- 7779: The Great Gatsby Is A Tragic H
- ... vision is based on his belief that the past can be repeated, "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" (p.111). The disregard for reality is how Gatsby formulates his dream (with high expectations), and the belief that sufficient wealth can allow one to control his or her own fate. Gatsby believes youth and beauty can be recaptured if he cn only make enough money. To become worthy ...
- 7780: The Canterbury Tales
- ... be forgiven. The Pardoner of The Canterbury Tales abused his position by selling some papers which he claimed if people bought, their time in purgatory would be shortened after death; he sold them for very high price. He also claimed that he had Virgin Mary s veil, which would have been 1330 years after Mary died. He also claimed that he had St. Peter s sail and said the pig bones ...
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