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- 10671: Martin Williams' Play: "Past Meridian"
- Martin Williams' Play: "Past Meridian" What if two of America's most respected authors came together and engaged in a conversation for an hour? Martin Williams tries to answer this question in a hypothetical play called "Past Meridian." His answer is an hour of exhausting and intense dialogue between a recreation of Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams. But they don't come together as authors, they come together as humans who have been riddled by their own struggles and left alone, so they believe. Tennessee Williams was defined throughout the play as a man who had ... south portrayed as natural to him. For example, Williams was gay. He first knew this when he loved a boy named Gordon at a summer camp. He was only 15 at the time and didn't know these feelings which he was having for he had never heard of such feelings. He was confused and disorientated because he was different from what the South stood for in this aspect. Yet, ...
- 10672: If I Cant Have Her, No One Can
- ... in the hands of another person. In Old Woman Magoun, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, the old woman is in that position. She is burdened with relinquishing custody of her granddaughter, Lily, to the child s father. Throughout the story, the old woman faces an inner struggle over caring for and, ultimately, losing her granddaughter. She deals with her struggle in a very realistic, human response. Old Woman Magoun is a ... She has a peculiar command over all those in her company. No one had dared openly gainsay the old woman (Freeman, 362). The only person she cannot make visibly cower (361) is Nelson Barry, Lily s father. He is the only one that shows any disregard towards the old woman. Old Woman Magoun and Nelson Barry never agree with each other in any way. The old woman has been especially cautious ... control over the situation, she feels forced to make a major decision to prevent the young girl from, what she feels, would be a grave predicament. Old Woman Magoun most likely feels responsible for Lily s situation and her own daughter s demise and has learned to fear men as a result of it. She fears the girl s father because he represents the part of herself that she cannot ...
- 10673: The Crucible: John Proctor and John Hale - Good Citizen vs. Good Person
- ... Hale as “good men”. The term “good men” in this play is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the perfect and good citizen of Massachusetts in the 1600's. He was pious, adherent to the laws and beliefs, and a good Puritan Christian. John Proctor, on the contrary would not be considered the greatest citizen. He was not so religious, nor the perfect Christian, and was not so adherent to the Puritan's laws and beliefs. However, he was still considered a “good man”, as a person rather than being an ideal Puritan citizen. He was very honest, moral, loyal to his friends and family, and was generous ... person. The most important trait to prove that John Proctor was a good person was his honesty. In every scene in the play that John Proctor is in, his commendable honesty stands out. It didn't matter how much trouble he would bring himself into, his philosophy was “I may speak my heart” (Miller, p.30). Proctor's honesty eventually lead to his downfall and death. The first incident in ...
- 10674: Frost
- ... of the world. Thought his younger days may have not been filled with other children having fun and such, Frost made the best of what he enjoyed. At the young age of only eleven Frost s father passed away. Soon after his death the family left California to settle in Massachusetts. As young Frost grew-up he attended high school in that state, later would enter Dartmouth College, but would remain ... operate a farm in Derry, New Hampshire that his grandfather had purchase for him with the condition he live there for a minimum of ten years. He would also take a teaching position at Derry s Pinkerton Academy to receive another form of income. Frost would not stay there long, as he felt the need to once again move. In 1912, when Frost was nearly forty he sold the farm and ... to The Independent, a New York literary journal. This was his first step in the long line of success that he would encounter. Only a year after Frost arrived in England his book A Boy s Will was accepted and published. With the help of favorable reviews on both sided of the Atlantic a American publisher published his book. The Henry Holt and Company became Frosts primary American Publisher. From ...
- 10675: A Woman on a Roof
- A Woman on a Roof Doris Lessing¹s "A Woman on a Roof" is a story about reality and fantasy. Throughout the story Lessing uses certain colors such as white, scarlet, and black to illustrate actual and assumed characteristics. Color is very influential ... know her, Tom sees the woman as free from any blemish. Tom thought he knew what the woman on the roof was like. In his dreams "she was kind and friendly" (705). White symbolizes Tom¹s fantasy of the woman on the roof. When Stanley flirted with Mrs. Pritchett, Tom felt that his "romance with the woman on the roof was safe and intact" (706). What romance? Tom has based his ... to swing over and pick her up and swing her back across the sky to drop her near him" (704) illustrates that Tom is out of touch with reality. Tom "felt as if he hadn¹t whistled, as if only Harry and Stanley had" (706) and "was full of secret delight, because he knew her anger was for the others, not him" (705). He was not aware that her "utter ...
- 10676: The Simpsons 2
- ... plant where the Nuclear Regulatory Commission makes a surprise inspection of the plant. When Homer accidentally causes a real meltdown during a mere test in a simulation van, the NRC officials tell Mr. Burns (Homer's employer) that Homer's job requires university training in nuclear physics. Homer applies for college, but when all his applications are rejected, Burns uses his influence to get him accepted to Springfield University. After the hapless Homer causes an ... issue dealt with was the abuse of power and corruption in the government. Mr. Burns is a perfect example of abusing power in almost every episode in which he appears. After Homer destroys the NRC's simulation van Mr. Burns offers a bribe to the nuclear inspectors: NRC agent: "I'm still not sure how he caused the meltdown. There wasn't any nuclear material in the truck. Mr. Burns: ...
- 10677: Macbeth A Character Analysis O
- A Character Analysis of Lady Macbeth What s done cannot be undone This is what Lady Macbeth said to her husband when he returned from murdering King Duncan. The statement is subtle and explains her way of thinking. Although Lady Macbeth is not completely evil-minded, she does play a big part as the antagonist in Shakespeare s Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a cold, heartless, and deceitful character. What did she get for being evil? Shakespeare did not supply us with much solid information about Lady Macbeth s outward appearance. Context clues are all that can be used to assume what she looks like. Examples of context clues are her manner of speaking, actions, and the surrounding characters actions. Lady Macbeth often ...
- 10678: Anxiety
- ... anxiety, and that 13% of adults will have anxiety. These statistics are only an estimate, because anxious people are often to shy to seek medical help, and fill out surveys. Many people with anxiety don’t even know that there is a term for what they have. This is big problem for researchers and doctors because thanks to technology there are pills and treatments for anxiety, but sufferers are too afraid ... example. another woman overheard at her work that someone had a bad odor. The woman assumed it was her, and became paranoid about her odor. She was afraid to go out in public, an didn’t let her husband go either. She became anti-social and then depressed. This pattern persisted for 10 years, until her husband eventually took them to a therapist. Anxiety can cause severe depression. What happens is ... afraid to be in social situations, have what is called social anxiety. Social anxiety is becoming a more serious problem in our society. There a lot of people out there who have it, and don’t even know it’s a diagnosable symptom. The anxious person will be afraid to go out in public, and not know what to do. They feel that everyone is watching them, and judging their ...
- 10679: Single Sex Education
- ... anyone want to go to an all girls' school? This is a question I have often pondered. Can you imagine school without the obnoxious comments from boys, football games, and gossiping about boys? This doesn't sound like a lot of fun, does it? You girls may think about this and decide there are no advantages to an all girls' school, but in reality, all girls' schools have many. Believe it ... actually a setback. All girls' schools are more advantageous than coeducational schools because there are fewer distractions, you will have a higher self esteem socially and academically, and you will be more successful academically. Let's face it, we are obsessed with boys. We act and dress with only a boy's opinion in mind. Boys not only preoccupy our minds in a social setting, but in the classroom as well. We know that we know the answers to the questions in school, but we often ...
- 10680: Practicality vs. Romance: Love Conquers All
- Practicality vs. Romance: Love Conquers All A marriage proposal may be based on either practicality or romance. When comparing Jane Austen's passage to that of Charles Dickens, one sees the difference between a marriage proposal of realism and a proposal which comes straight from the heart. The two types of proposals merit different strategies in their arguments to the women who weild the power of ultimate acceptance or rejection. First of all, the two men in these passages go about asking for the woman's hand in marriage in extremely different ways such as in their overall attitudes toward the proposal itself. For example, in Austen's passage the man's "reasons for marrying are, first, that [he] thinks it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances to set the example of matrimony in his parish. [And] secondly... [he ...
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