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- 1851: The Crucible 8
- ... allow no debate about this matter. Moses pronounced in Exodus 22:18 thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, this became a phrase known to almost everyone in the Puritan community. When Elizabeth and John Proctor hinted that it is not proven that witches exist, the Reverend Hale was shocked and cried out: You surely do not fly against the Gospel, the Gospel-. The Reverend himself was ready to point ... you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire It was preaching like this which prompted John Proctor to stay away from church and explain his absence as follows: I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation Others stay away from church ...
- 1852: The Catcher In The Rye The Duc
- ... no! The Catcher in the Rye is the book preferred 9 times out of ten by whackos, serial killers, and disgruntled teenagers. (ok, there's not much difference in those categories but bear with me.) John Lennon was killed to promote this book. John Hinkley may have been trying to impress Jody Foster, but he was also a big Catcher in the Rye fan. The level of general craziness surrounding this book is so bad that Conspiracy Theory made ...
- 1853: Things Fall Apart
- ... Work Cited Shakespeare, William. Merchant of Venice. Ed. Kenneth Myrick. New York, Signet, 1987. Stoll, E. E. "Shylock." Modern Critical Interpretations: The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsa, 1986. 15-25. Palmer, John. "Shylock." Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice. Ed. John Wilders. Macmillan, 1969. 114-31.
- 1854: The Idea Of Utopia In 1984 And
- ... qualities that are rare in their castes. Bernard is small for an Alpha, and fond of solitude, completely opposite of a normal Alpha. Helmholtz, though, knows he is too intelligent for the work he does. John the Savage, who was genetically a member of the World State, was never properly conditioned to become a citizen of it since he was brought up on a Savage Reservation. Even the Controller, Mustapha Mond, stands apart because of his leadership abilities. Yet, in each case these differences are crushed, Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled, John commits suicide, and Mustapha Mond puts aside his own individuality in exchange for the power he holds and uses as Controller. These independent personalities can relate to us because they were raised differently than the ...
- 1855: The Crucible 2
- ... and as the twenty first century is creeping upon us yes even bitchy. Throughout the novel Abigal Williams is in search of a man, which she has seduced and will stop at nothing to make John her man even if it means killing his wife. Abigal is able to do as she pleases and is able to get away with anything. She shows such a strong presence of authority when she ... her only response is Let you beware Mr. Danforth. Think you to be so mighty that the power of hell may not turn your wits? (Miller, 108) Then pretends to freeze and makes Marry and John turn out to be the bad ones. When Abigal sees Marry making a poppet and sticks the needle in the poppets stomach for safekeeping she decides to stab herself in order to condemn goody Proctor ...
- 1856: The Bronte Sisters, Jane Eyre
- ... values Jane. This trait is his sole defense in his attempt to marry her while he still has a wife living under his own roof (Tucker 138). The foil to Rochester is the clergyman, St. John Rivers. He is the medium through which Charlotte represents her father, a symbol of everything she has learned to be the adequate amount of discipline and devotion required of a Christian (Draper 408). Charlotte s goal is to balance one kind of temptation with its reverse. If Rochester is all romantic passion, urging her to give in to emotional desire, St. John Rivers is all Christian ambition, urging her to attempt a spiritual asceticism of which she knows herself incapable (Oates viii). Emily Bronte s heroine is Catherine Earnshaw. W. Somerset Maugham, English dramatist, short story writer ...
- 1857: Trifles By Susan Glaspell
- ... women portrayed in society at this time. Glaspell proves her point by a conversation between two women in this story. The women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, are at the scene of the murder of John Wright. The women accompanied the County Attorney, the Sheriff, and Mr. Hale to the house. Mr. Hale describes everything that he saw the morning he discovered Mr. Wright s body. The men have come to ... because she more than likely was busy doing her many other chores of the household. They also considered how much trouble Mrs. Wright went to fix the preserves. The women reason that the uncaring concern John had for Minnie and the attention he paid to the house perhaps forced Minnie to resort to killing. Even the County Attorney, Sheriff, and Mr. Hale could not understand all the difficulties women go through ...
- 1858: The Five-forty-eight
- In the short story, "The Five-Forty-Eight" written by John Cheever, we are introduced to two characters that have had a brief personal relationship with each other and to the consequences that follow for one of them. Mr. Blake happens to be the fellow that ... been brought down before the court and found guilty of lack of respect for human kind. Just as with any man alive, we tend to make up an end to a story. In this case, John Cheever is leaving us with a question on our mind of what, if anything has changed about Mr. Blake. Was he awakening from his nightmarish personality? Does he see life and people in a new ...
- 1859: Tortilla Flat
- TORTILLA FLAT by John Steinbeck Henry James wrote that the novel is to be experienced--therefore the reader must completely understand what happens in it. You should appropriate comparisons, contrasts, draw analogies of what is in the novel and ... Depart Alone-Burn 2nd House (Talisman) [Beowulf/Gilgamesh] OUTLINE OF LECTURE: 1. Students each give one point they know about Steinbeck's life. Call on Michael Greene, Dawn Dunaway, Bobbie Seebach, Kristen Dorman, Don Hammons, John Lam. 2. Reading the Novel 3. Purpose of the Novel 4. Strengths and Weaknesses 5. Themes in Tortilla Flat. 6. Criticism and Steinbeck's Achievement 7. Other 8. Chapters of the Novel 9. Favorite Explanations ...
- 1860: The Grapes Of Wrath
- ... their tent cities which is why they looked to establish a common ground. Times were tough, and that constant harassment of police organizations only worsened the situation. The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression ... by Steinbeck. He shows the kindness and the bitterness that came to our country. The effect comes from death and poverty just the same as any time period In his novel The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck wishes to change the negative social attitude toward the migrants to bring about better treatment of this group of people. Steinbeck attempted to change the negative attitudes that needed changing in order to create ...
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