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- 9021: Alcoholizm
- ... of years. Alcohol comes to be used more as a mood-changing drug than as a foodstuff or beverage served as a part of social custom or religious ritual. Initially, the alcoholic may demonstrate a high tolerance to alcohol, consuming more and showing fewer adverse effects than others. Subsequently, however, the person begins to drink against his or her own best interests, as alcohol comes to assume more importance than personal ...
- 9022: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... odd and bizarre scene as the family pulls up to the Tower. "Red Sammy was lying on the bareground outside The Tower with his head under a truck while a gray monkey about a foot high, chained to a small chinaberry tree, chattered nearby," (140). O'Connor's satirical irony is apparent in the scene with the little "Negro child." While the grandmother tries to beautify this poor pant-less black ...
- 9023: Death Of A Salesmen
- ... the tragic who never forgot his dreams (124 Martin). Willy s dream of his son, Biff becoming a famous football player has filled his memories for years. Biff had been the greatest football player his school had ever known and received three offers for a college scholarship, which he never attended neither (1365). Since he failed math, he was unable to except the scholarship, unless his father persuades the teacher to ...
- 9024: Death Of A Salesman Log
- ... superior to his. Charlie tries to lead Willy to the fountain of knowledge but Willy refuses to take in this precious liquid. Bernard, like his father, is extremely successful. He is not well liked at school, and Willy states that he will never be successful in the business world. Bernard, however, uses his intelligence to become a prominent lawyer, and pleas a case before the Supreme Court. That Mr. Miller chose ...
- 9025: A Man For All Seasons - 16th C
- ... uses his authority as he sees fit and this makes him a dangerous man to cross. For instance, Wolsey failed the King in getting the divorce and died for it, under a false charge of High Treason. Now the King has put More into the same position, creating conflict. More knows that he cannot obey his King in this task but if More doesnt, he will die and his family ...
- 9026: A Comparison Of Framing, Light
- ... untalented Susan fails miserably and attempts suicide. The following sequence occurs after Kane tells Susan she can quit singing: A dark and gloomy night-shot of Kane's estate, Xanadu, fades in with a mansion high on a hill. The shot dissolves to a closer, but equally dreary, exterior of the mansion. Both shots are accompanied by eerie brass music building to a slow haunting crescendo. The mansion dissolves into a ...
- 9027: Death Of A Salesman Essay
- ... and Biff and Happy's schoolmate. R. H. Gardner states, "A physically unattractive, spectacles-wearing lad, Bernard's chief claim to fame rests upon the fact that he is the boy who furnishes Biff, the school hero, with the right answers at exam time. In exchange for this privilege, Biff lets Bernard carry his shoulder pads into the locker room at game time and, in other small ways, bask in the ...
- 9028: Analysis
- ... a disappointment to his father. He also felt like a disappointment to himself. A final way that Kafka reflected his life in "Metamorphosis" was describing his family. Mr. Samsa is very short tempered with very high expectations. When Gregor went out of his room for the very first time as a "monster," his father exploded with rage and fury. Mr. Samsa chased him with a cane and a newspaper, making hissing ...
- 9029: Death Of A Salesman 4
- ... what you do. It s who you know and the smile on your face (1833). Willy s delusions of fame and fortune infected his own life and spread to the sons he had placed such high hopes on. Another problem with Willy s ideals is that he has lost sight of achieving the true goal of the American Dream, happiness and freedom, and the dream took control of him. He struggled ...
- 9030: Death Of A Sales Man
- ... else and sees little value in being smart or honest. One of Biff's main flaws is his tendency to steal. Early in the play we learn that he has stolen a football from the school locker. When Willy finds out about this, instead of disciplining Biff, he says that the coach will probably congratulate him on his initiative. We also learn that Biff once stole a box of basketballs from ...
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