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- 6141: Don Juan As Byron Introspective
- ... presented to the Byron’s by Henry VIII, had received little care since. He and his mother lived in the run down estate for a while. While in England he was sent to a "public" school in Nottingham where he was doctored by a quack named Lavender who subjected the boy to a torturous and ineffective treatment for his clubfoot (Bloom 45). During this time, young Byron was left in the ...
- 6142: Death Of A Salesman - Father-Son Relationships
- ... Willy has memories of Biff as a boy, he is completely obsessed with whether or not Biff is well-liked; however, he is completely oblivious to things like Biff’s having stolen a football from school, and the fact that Biff is failing his math class. "Be liked and you will never want," says Willy(1363). The amount of aggravation generated by Biff’s lack of motivation and desire to be ...
- 6143: Death Of A Salesman - Analysis Essay
- ... Willy’s sad end. The play has a sense of joy in it. Willy’s flashbacks always occur toward the same time where the Lomans were happy. Starting with Biff’s football days in high school. The music in those scenes would make anyone feel like they were on top of the world, just like Biff and Willy felt. Then comes Ben. Ben is Willy’s savior. Always acting like a ...
- 6144: Death Of A Salesman - American Dream
- ... working her way up the ladder, in a sense it is all the same dream. Regardless of the goal one works towards, it all comes down to success. Success includes getting ahead at work and school, and the goal of attaining wealth, power, and prestige. Without success why would anyone want to do anything? You would think that success is free to every American, but it is not. Success is afforded ...
- 6145: Death Of A Salesman
- ... sense of moderation and modesty. Despite Biff's obvious incompetence and mediocrity, Willy vehemently refused to accept his son's failure to "make the grade." Biff "stole himself out of every good job since high school!" (131), yet Willy cannot accept that his son is a "dime a dozen" and declares that Biff is merely failing to spite him. "I want you to know...where ever you go, that you cut ...
- 6146: Death Of A Salesman
- ... while visiting him on one of his trips to ask him to come back home and negotiate with his math teacher to give him the four points he needed to pass math and graduate high school. When Willy's feeling down or life seems just too tedious and insignificant, or when things just aren't going his way, why not take a hit of the old miracle drug, memories. The way ...
- 6147: Death Of A Salesman
- ... with authority. Biff would have been much more successful if not for when he sees Willy giving his mistress, his mother's stockings. He understands that Willy is a phony and thus completely rejects summer school which is a catalyst for his quest to 'find himself'. Both Willy and Biff have the quest of finding themselves but Biff is the only one who was done it. Biff knows that he is ...
- 6148: Death Be Not Proud
- ... if just to steal a few extra hours. Each day, until his last, the determination Johnny had to get well, live a normal life, and even maintain his schoolwork was phenominal. After being away from school for sixteen months, being tested constantly by doctors, and having a rapidly deteriorationg brain, Johnny still managed to graduate with his class and be accepted into Harvard. Throughout his illness, Johnny always had an unwavering ...
- 6149: Dawn
- ... and lands were under the control of foreign hands. He went to Paris and that is where he met Gad. He was offered asylum in France. He wanted to learn the language and go to school. but Gad came into his life. "The study of philosophy attracted me because I wanted to understand the meaning of the events of which I had been the victim." (12) "In the concentration camp I ...
- 6150: Daisy Miller
- ... Henry James turned twelve years old his family moved to Switzerland and later to France and Germany. After the completion of his family’s travels, Henry James returned to America and enrolled in Harvard law school for a while. He withdrew soon after his enrollment because he desired to pursue writing rather than an education. His father’s leisurely lifestyle as a traveler and writer allowed Henry James to meet people ...
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