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- 241: The Awakening
- ... Mainly the women, to which she looks upon as role models; not that she emulates one particular woman, rather that she takes a little of each woman’s understanding of her being. The men mainly Robert and Leonce are also the contributors in the metamorphosis of Edna. Adele Ratignolle is Edna's close friend and confidante, but the two women are nothing alike. Adele is the perfect housewife and mother; she ... means, of good social status, and is successful in business. She sees no risk of losing him or his interest, precisely because he is so devoted to her. So Edna gradually transfers her affections to Robert Lebrun. Robert, much closer in age to Edna, can forge a stronger psychological connection with her than can her husband. This type of seduction is one of the canonical examples of adultery; the young wife, unable ...
- 242: The Awakening By Kate Chopin
- ... the twenty-eight years of her life, Edna breaks down. She wants to pursue love and disregard her duty to her husband and children. She falls in what she considers "girlish" love with the character Robert. She proclaims to him: "I love you . . . only you; no one but you. If was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream . . .Oh! I have suffered! Now you are ... to be crushed by the bounds of mother hood. By nature she craves freedom and happiness, and as a mother she can neither provide that to her children or herself. Edna says the following to Robert: "I love you . . . only you; no one but you. If was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream . . .Oh! I have suffered! Now you are here we shall love ... concern for the feelings of those around her, including her husband. Ironically when she pondered the act with some regret, it was not directed towards her husband, but to her betrayal of her fantasy love Robert. Edna makes her greatest transitions when she falls in love with Robert. She transforms from a woman in a relationship of comfort to one attempting to build a relationship based on love. Amazingly she ...
- 243: Edna's Suicide
- ... to come to terms with her death is to construct a different ending. How would you have ended the story? What would you have Edna do? Would you have her reconcile with her husband? Have Robert stay with her and they be lovers? Have her divorce her husband and marry Robert? Have her move away from New Orleans and live alone? Have her do this, but with a chosen lover? These options are just some of the paths Edna could have followed. Try to fit your ... the learning and struggling would be for naught. She would once again be a man's possession. Before rejecting the idea that marriage is equivalent to ownership in the world of the novel, remember how Robert speaks to her about their future together. He does not see her living an awakened life with him; he sees her leading the traditional life of a wife with him. The final option is ...
- 244: The Sun Also Rises 5
- ... drunkard, a nymphomaniac, or a Circe who turns men into swine. . . (58). She has this transforming effect on several men throughout the course of the novel. Because of her extreme physical beauty, men such as Robert Cohn and Mike Campbell place Brett on a pedestal where she can do no wrong. Robert offers himself to Brett, then follows her around as if on a leash, sniveling and squealing as if he were swine (58). While Brett saunters around on her sexual escapades, she does not take into ... uses Jake to get the emotional fix she cannot find is sexual union . . . this is ironic since she would most likely find both if Jake were fully functional (59). By looking at her treatment of Robert Cohn, Mike Campbell, and Jake Barnes, Brett could easy be seen as a self-centered, promiscuous nymphomaniac whose quest for love destroys men but leaves her relatively unharmed. As Carol Smith points out, however, . . . ...
- 245: The Sun Also Rises : Moral and Social Values
- ... almost complete control over him. Jake and Brett need each other emotionally, but Brett feels that she needs more. As a result Jake is force to give her up. Jake¹s feelings toward his friend Robert Cohn are a combination jealousy, compassion, understanding, and hate. These are a very unusual group of feelings for a person to have toward one person, but it was a very unusual time. Jake knew of Robert¹s relationship with Brett, and it ate him up with envy, but at the same time he knew how it had ended. He had been close friends with Robert, and had been through a similar situation with Brett, so he had both compassion and understanding for Robert¹s position. The only problem was the way Robert choose to deal with his feelings. Robert ...
- 246: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... others after there had been a cleaning up in the Ayuntamiento." (Hemingway 126). The mob-violence that is portrayed in that passage is one inspired by ignorance, weak wills, and alcohol. All through Pilar and Robert Jordan’s flashbacks, one cannot help but be overwhelmed with feelings of disgust towards humankind. These stories are not uncommon, either. Most of the people fighting against the fascists in this novel have similar stories ... sadness and disgusting malice may not have occurred, for if you don’t start a fight you cannot get beaten up, and also, if one hides instead of shouting, he can usually get away. Regardless, Robert Jordan must do both of the following two acts in order to cope inside this story: build up his life to apex at one final showdown, and to trap himself in a never-ending tunnel of beatings and ultimately destruction (Frohock 167). Robert Jordan must make a final stand in For Whom the Bell Tolls if for no other reason, to save his manhood. John Wain explains: "…To make a last stand—for if defeat is accepted ...
- 247: Your Chemical World
- ... of indivisible, small particles. Although we now know that that was the correct theory the age of alchemy started and didn’t slow down until after medieval times. The next remarkable step was taken by Robert Boyle a British chemist who defined and coined the term “elements” as “pure substance, which resists all ordinary attempts at decomposition.” His assistant Robert Hooke also made some profound movements; he invented the first compound microscope. Using it he also was able to look at and theorize the idea of “cells.” Although Boyle did define elements the credit of ... century that it is truly revived 400 In Egypt the word chemistry is used to describe the change of matter. 1620 Sir Roger Bacon introduces Inductive thinking to pave the way for scientific theory 1661 Robert Boyle defines an element 1709 Daniel Fahrenheit devises an alcohol thermometer 1803 John Dalton puts atomic theory to paper 1870 Dmitri Mendeleev creates periodic law and table 1911 Ernest Rutherford purposes the nuclear model ...
- 248: St. Joan Of Arc
- ... first but later she referred to these voices as Angels. Joan was commanded to attend church, to go to France and to raise the siege in the city of Orleans. She was instructed to find Robert de Baudricourt, Vaucouleurs, and that he would give her people to go with her. May 1428, at the age of 16, she made her first effort to find the Dauphin. Without word to her parents, Joan left Domremy. She visited her uncle for eight days and then went onto Vaucouleurs, where she connected with Robert de Baudricourt. Joan told Robert that she was a servant of the Lord, sent to bring the Dauphin back into power as King of France. Joan also told Robert that the Kingdom of France belonged to the Lord, and ...
- 249: James Earl Jones: A Voice in the Crowd
- ... The Lion King - people know this deep harmonious voice belongs to this consummate actor of stage and screen. James Earl Jones was born January 17th, 1931, in Arkabutala Township, Mississippi. His natural parents, Ruth and Robert Earl, moved away to the Mississippi Delta when he was an infant. Raised for the rest of his young life by his maternal grandparents, James Earl developed a close relationship with the Connollys. AMaggie and ... was later cast as the lead role of Epops, the King of the Birds. Less than a year later Jones was cast in his first professional theatre production, as Verges in Much Ado About Nothing. Robert Earl Jones moved away when his son, James Earl, was an infant. James Earl was not allowed to communicate with his father, who was considered no good since he was Aoff in New York with a new wife, trying to make it as an actor, instead of doing real work@ (62). Later his career turned sour when he found himself Aon the blacklist during the McCarthy days@(79). Robert Earl wanted to see his son for Aa long, long time..and was hurt by the family=s constant refusal@ to let him see his son(79). But when James Earl was 21, they ...
- 250: Awakening
- ... to an outspoken, strong-willed woman. Despite this dramatic change, one characteristic remained constant throughout the book. She was very confused about who she was and what she wanted in life. She is pursued by Robert, and is surprised when feelings for him stir inside her. At the beginning of the book, she dismisses him, mainly because she was married. “Mrs. Pontellier was glad he had not assumed a similar role toward herself. It would have been unacceptable and annoying.” As the weeks go on, her attitude changes greatly. Her response to Robert is one of love and passion. “I love you,” she whispered “only you, no one but you…” (page 179, fifth paragraph). Edna often doesn’t understand her emotions and what is going on in her ... frequently misinterprets them. Because of this she is a very unpredictable character, her actions and words are inconsistent in their messages. “Edna Pontellier could not have told why, wishing to go to the beach with Robert, she should in the first place have declined, and in the second place have followed in obedience to one of the two contradictory impulses which impelled her." “Yes,” she said. “The years that are ...
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