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- 4531: Mark Anthony's "Crypt of the Shadowking": A Fantasy
- ... is never a boring moment. Mark Anthony tells an epic tale of lost love, new-found love, friendship, hate, and terror in Crypt of the Shadowking. The book is easily read because the fast paced writing flows so smoothly it sets the reader onto a thrill ride. The variety and life which the author gives the many characters keeps them, the story, and the many sub-plots in your mind long ...
- 4532: Tom Jones
- ... will not let that stop them. “Acquired a discretion and prudence very uncommon in one of his lively parts.” This is a quote from Squire Allworthy to Tom. I believe that Fielding’s purpose in writing this novel was purely to entertain. He also added stabs at the class society in medieval England. He wrote this novel to inspire hope in the people of his time. He wanted them to go ...
- 4533: Great Expectations: God's Law vs. Human Law
- ... law, and punishment are intermingled and confused. This confusion is furthered by Mrs. Joe, who actually transforms charity into punishment. Her beatings, bullying and lectures of how she brought Pip up "by hand" at great personal sacrifice are a constant reminder to Pip of his fault for ever being born. The narrator recounts his sisters response to Mrs. Hubble's observation that young Pip has been a "world of trouble" and ...
- 4534: Blind Idealism In Twain's "War Prayer" and Howell's "Editha"
- ... not manipulate George into agreement, Editha would dismiss him from her life, rationalizing his resistance as a character defect. Howells uses the character of Editha to critically expose the blind philosophy of idealism. Despite a personal experience of loss associated with war in the death of George and the resulting effect on his mother, Editha clings to her idealistic views of life. In a dramatic attempt to temper blind emotions and ...
- 4535: A Tale Of Two Cities: Dr. Alexandre Manette
- ... nor may he ever heal his scars. Though the book starts after his imprisonment, his Bastille time contains his actions that effects the stories plot the most. The action that truly stands out is his writing and hiding of the letter that later convicts Charles Darnay. The exposure of the letter during the trail is in my opinion the most interesting twist in A Tale Of Two Cities. Dr.Manette has ...
- 4536: “Do You Believe In Fate Neo,”
- ... education it is his destiny to end up to the way he did. “He [a black man brought into Bigger’s cell] went off his nut from studying too much at the university. He was writing a book on how colored people live and he says somebody stole all the facts he found. He says he got to the bottom of why colored folks are treated bad and he’s going ...
- 4537: The Awakening and The Scarlet Letter: Struggles of the Heroines
- ... a possession in the first chapter. After coming in from the beach, Léonce Pontellier remarks to his wife, Edna, that she looks extremely sunburned in a way that "one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered from some damage" (Chopin 7). His comment has a perturbed feeling almost; he seems to be more concerned that his wife is imperfect, rather than for her discomfort from the sunburn ...
- 4538: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... satire of a utopian society" (Introduction to Aldous Huxley 2). Island is novel of a Utopia which is constructed much in the same principles as Brave New World. The difference between these two pieces of writing is that Island is an approving form of Utopia while in Brave New World we look at the Utopia as being a harmful way of life. Huxley's works after these two novels were volumes ...
- 4539: Oliver Twist and Hedda Gabler: Commentary on the Social Conditions of that Time
- Oliver Twist and Hedda Gabler: Commentary on the Social Conditions of that Time Both Charles Dickens and Henrik Ibsen, writing at the onset of the Industrial Revolution, made their literary work a commentary on the social conditions of the time. Their work illustrates the conditions of life at the time and their characters portray ,if ...
- 4540: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World: A Comparison of Themes
- ... the people around him, much as Marx and more importantly John the Savage saw in their culture. Both authors try to show that with life made easier by strong government control and a lack of personal involvement people will no longer spend their time thinking, questioning or developing their own ideas. Through these various diversions from normal behavior in society, Marx, John the Savage and Guy Montag are able to see ...
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