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- 9111: Alice In Wonderland
- ... is Carrolls use of explanations that makes this unbelievable world seem real. No matter how strange something appears it has a meaning and a reason. When the Mock Turtle is telling his story of school, he says, the master was an old Turtlewe used to call him Tortoise--. Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasnt one? asked Alice. We called him Tortoise because he taught us ...
- 9112: A Streetcar Named Desire 3
- ... Belle Reve, and did not offer an explanation. Her job as a teacher was also a topic that was discussed, but Blanche offered only that she was taking a break. The illusion of having a high-class lifestyle marked the beginning of Blanche's alternating self-discovery and denial of reality. In reality, Blanche DuBois came to New Orleans because she had nowhere to live and no place to work. After ...
- 9113: An Appreciation Of The Poem Di
- ... scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." (Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 90-91). The third apparition tells him "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him." Each of these prophecies is also fulfilled in the course of the book, but they are incredibly misleading. This is done purposefully by the witches for the sake of ...
- 9114: An Ounce Of Cure
- ... rather unfortunate events. She tells us about her first love and her first kiss. Two months, and a few amatory stages later, he dropped her for a girl who was performing opposite him in a school play. Watching him with the other girl was more than she could bear and the night she went to see the play was the beginning of months of real, if more or less self-inflicted ...
- 9115: A Comparison And Contrast Of L
- ... silence." These images lend themselves to the British impression of Africa as an "uncivilized" place. Achebe's "...music and dancing and a great feast..." are a "...roll of drums behind a curtain of trees...hovering high over our heads..." to Conrad. Achebe's feast is a pleasant image of celebration, whereas Conrad's hovering trees call up images of a guillotine. Conrad's view of the jungle is fatalistic; it reflects ...
- 9116: Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club
- ... relevant? Suyuan lost hope in Kweilin, she lost hope for herself when she abandoned the babies on the side of the road. When she went to America, she could leave all this behind. She had high hopes for her Daughter June, the swan feather also represents these hopes, it represents all of her good intentions. Suyuan wants the very best for June "She had come here in 1949 after losing everything ...
- 9117: As Night And Day And The Heir
- ... shed be punishing himself through hurting someone (Nicol 511) as Kojo thought quietly sitting at his desk. Kojo s guilt swirled and pounded him. His guilt had tormented him and so the next day of school he admitted to his wrong doing to his teacher. Kojo had also felt guilt for not confessing earlier. His guilt had made him feel like he had committed a crime. Guilt causes a lot of ...
- 9118: Around The World In 80 Days
- ... money but of the accomplishment, was infinitely expressed throughout the work. Setting The setting for this novel was a constantly shifting one. Taking place during what seems to be the Late Industrial Revolution and the high of the British Empire, the era is portrayed amongst influential Englishmen, the value of the pound, the presence of steamers, railroads, ferries, and a European globe. The novel begins in London, but quickly changes eastward ...
- 9119: Analysis Of THE CRUCIBLE
- ... have a better chance of survival. He pleaded to Elizabeth, "Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into the village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion: the very crowns of Holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died
." This speech shows the fear and forgiveness he wanted expressed. He knew he made a lot ...
- 9120: Antony And Cleopatra
- ... to show their devotion to Caesar). Along with being introduced to Antony and Cleopatra's strange love affair, we are introduced to some interesting secondary characters. One of these characters is Enobarbus. Enobarbus is a high-ranking soldier in Antony's army who it seems is very close to his commander. We know this by the way Enobarbus is permitted to speak freely (at least in private) with Antony, and often ...
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