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9351: Pride And Prejudice: ... to Elizabeth. This chapter is significant because it is one of the few times where the characters acknowledge that the sole purpose of a person's life is to get a large salary and a high social stature. Throughout the entire novel it seems evident that all the people care about is marrying into a higher social class. And for those who are already wealthy and in a comfortable position in ...

9352: Pride And Prejudice: ... being married, and that Wickham was forced into marrying her. Mrs. Bennet's strong desire to marry off her children and her unsatisfactory attempts at matchmaking show that in her society, marriage is held in high regard. It is a person's personal worth and the transfer of family fortunes that occurs during a marriage in this time that is probably the most important factor, not how the couple gets along ...

9353: Pocahontas: ... Any one of the "white man’s diseases" could be at fault in her fate, but unfortunately, it will remain a mystery. John Rolfe returned to Virginia where he developed a popular sweet variety of high-grade tobacco. The export of his crop enabled the colonists to support themselves. Thomas Rolfe remained in England where he was educated. Twenty years later, he returned to the colonies and married an English woman ...

9354: Phyllis Wheatley: ... to Christianity, she sees a future, possibly marked by salvation.. Similarly, after Bradstreet loses all of her material possessions, she immediately wishes to replace them with the promise of part of God’s "house on high erect." Within the last several lines of the poem, she explains how she "needs no more," despite the requests she is making to have part of eternity. From this, it appears that Bradstreet must replace ...

9355: Perfect Day For A Bananafish: ... look as if they drove down in a truck." Her mother replies, "Well, it's that way all over." She refers to people around her as "what", instead of "who" as if she is of high stature and the rest of society are simple people not worthy of her. Muriel's parents are preoccupied with the psychological status of Seymour and express great concern for the safety of their daughter. Seymour ...

9356: Patterns - Symbolism: ... behind colors of pink and silver. This metaphor, however, has some underlying meaning, and symbolizes the "training" that she received to act properly as a lady. This training leaves behind a blemish, or stain, of high order (pink) and eloquence (silver) that she merely knows how to uphold, and does not want to be a part of her true self. She feels that learning the way the public wants her to ...

9357: Paradise Lost: Paradise Lost- Speech of Belial Here is the speech, rewritten in modern prose (lines 108- 225): On the other side of the hall, Belial stood up. He was a graceful and fair person and was high in dignity. He was an incredible rhetorician by and could sway the minds of people through his speech. "I agree with you, Moloch, and I hate the beings of heaven, also. If we do go ...

9358: Paradise Lost: ... there is an everyday battle against inclemency," then that is saying something about the conditions that are set by man in order to have paradise. In addition, since California "is the place where a well-high miraculous technology, an unprecedented amount of wealth, and the perfect structuring of man’s cities have together achieved the height of pure implausibility," then it is evident of the outcomes of a paradise with no ...

9359: Paradise Lost: ... with God and his son in Heaven. The common representation of sin and evil came from the lead character in the battle against God, Satan. His name means "enemy of God." He was a former high angel from Heaven named Lucifer, meaning, "light bearer" (John). Satan became jealous in Heaven of God's son and formed an allegiance of angels to battle against God, only for God to cast them out ...

9360: Ordinary People: ... as children, experienced parental indifference or inconsistency. Though a successful tax attorney, he is jumpy around Conrad, and, according to his wife, drinks too many martinis. Conrad seems consumed with despair. A return to normalcy, school and home-life, appear to be more than Conrad can handle.Chalk-faced, hair-hacked Conrad seems bent on perpetuating the family myth that all is well in the world. His family, after all, "are ...

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