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- 9791: Madame Bovary: Destiny
- ... the future Madame Bovary, we perceive her as being a woman who is refined perhaps a bit more than the average peasant girl living on a farm. We conclude this because she attended a boarding school where she was taught “dancing, geography, needlework and piano.” (p.15) Charles, on the other hand, gives her more credit than she deserves. He regards her as well very educated, sophisticated, sensitive and loving, with ...
- 9792: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a Doctrine
- ... have ivory hands and golden hair, which confuses Stephen with the phrases, "Tower of Ivory" and "House of Gold" which is part of the Roman Catholic Litany of Our Lady. Later when Stephen is at school, he again thinks about Eileen. Stephen gets his first sensual experience from Eileen when she puts her hand into his pocket and touches his hand. Stephen gets quite confused with the terms of the Litany ...
- 9793: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- ... well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each moment and each step one at a time, carefully, slowly. Sylvy seems to come to her senses in the twelfth hour when she climbs high into the trees early one morning to see the white heron fly in ever so close. It was as though their was a kinship between the two, an understanding. Because of this special feeling for ...
- 9794: Great Expectations: Pip
- ... Joe, and doesn¹t think it¹s right that he¹s now working as Miss Havisham¹s watchman. In society today, people often lead these dual lives. I have known many people who, when at school, take it very seriously and work hard at it, but when the weekend comes, they take their partying just as seriously. Another way that people lead separate lives is when they hide who they really ...
- 9795: Great Expectations: God's Law vs. Human Law
- ... innocent child: "Trouble?" echoed my sister; "trouble?" And then entered on a fearful catalogue of all the illnesses I had been guilty of, and all the acts of sleeplessness I had committed, and all the high place I had tumbled from, and all the low places I had tumbled into, and all the injuries I had done myself, and all the times she had wished me in my grave, and I ...
- 9796: A Character Sketch of Joe Gargery
- ... to come to Miss Havisham's and "play", Mrs. Gargery and Pumblechook are driven crazy wondering what gift she will give Pip for his service. Joe, on the other hand, pays no attention to their high hopes. His pride is also evident when he turns down the money Jaggers offers him for Pip's indentures. It is not that Joe couldn't use the money, after all he is losing Pip ...
- 9797: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... to get his permit initialed the Director begins speaking of the past and how he had once been in the Savage Reservation with his girlfriend. This happens to be something that greatly shocks Bernard. As high authority, the Director is not supposed to have such emotions where he draws on memories. History in the new world is forbidden. Books were items that were greatly censored by the controllers of the world ...
- 9798: The Odyssey: Odysseus
- ... and scheming unsuccessfully for an entire decade, it was Odysseus' plan to invade troy with the wooden horse that led the army to victory over the Trojans. It was actions like these that exemplified Odysseus' high level of intelligence, a major qualifying characteristic of his hero status. Some would describe him as, “a man whose mind was as wise as the gods…” (150). Odysseus suffered for many long years on land ...
- 9799: Lord of the Flies: Characteristics of Children
- ... the boys of their parents or other adult authority figures they may have had in their old lives back home. There is also the conch that Ralph holds which may remind the boys of a school bell or a teacher's whistle. Finally, at the end of the novel, the boys turn to Jack to satisfy their need for some much-needed leadership. When the boys are feasting on the meat ...
- 9800: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales: Clothing As An Insight
- ... achievements and inner self rather than outward appearance. A saucy brace is worn on his arm to protect it from the bow. At first glance, one would assume that he was a superior archer of high standings rather then a lowly Yeomen. Looks can be deceiving, but the illusion fades as one's true self shines through. Extravagant best describes the Yeomen's style while plain and reserved best depicts the ...
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