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- 15251: The Farming Of The Bones
- Towards the end of Edwidge Danticat's new novel The Farming of Bones, a man says "Famous men never truly die... It is only those nameless and faceless who vanish like smoke in the early morning air." The time is 1937, the ... narrator, a Haitian woman named Amabelle working as a domestic servant in the Dominican Republic, we have just seen scores of Haitians massacred in an outbreak of pure xenophobic malevolence orchestrated by the Domincan Republic's leader, General Rafael Trujillo. None of those killed is anyone famous, nearly all the slaughtered are poor Haitians working as cheap labor in the neighboring country, but Amabelle's story serves to refute those words spoken about the nameless and faceless of the earth. In this book, they are remembered, and in her story they do have names and faces. The Farming of ...
- 15252: Two Characters Add Mystery In
- The enchanted, isolated island in Shakespeare's romance The Tempest provides mystery to the community of habitants of the island. The island throughout the play adds mystery to the lives of Miranda, and the people of Naples. Through Miranda lack of knowledge ... of this world outside of the Island which is foreign to Miranda and in speaking of other woman Miranda with a sense of curiosity says " I do not know/ One of my sex; no woman's face remember,/ Save, from my glass, mine own; nor have I seen/ More that I may call men than you, good friend,/ And my dear father; how features are abroad,/ I am skilless of; but ... jewel in my dower, I would not wish/ Any companion in the world but you;/ Nor can imagination form a shape,/ Besides yourself, to like of. But I prattle/ Something too wildly, and my father's precepts/ I therein do forget."(III, I, l48-59). In spending most of her life on such an enchanted island Miranda knowing nothing of the real world continues to view the island as a ...
- 15253: Symbolism In The Great Gatsby
- ... symbolism, F. Scott Fitzgerald is able to portray the class and mood of not only the people, and their residency. A daisy most commonly consists of white pedals, adjoined by a yellow center (G156). Nick's first impression of Daisy is enhanced by the use of the color white to portray her innocence and purity. In comparison to the flower, the yellow center resembles the sun (G205). This suggests a brilliance ... them as a member of an elite upper class. Snobbishly commenting on his house, Tom states, "I've got a nice place here"(GG5). In the beginning of the novel, the green light on Daisy's dock seen by Gatsby symbolized promise, hope, and renewal. But by the end of the novel, the wealth accumulated by Gatsby for the hope of reaching Daisy turns sour and this mutates that very same ... its own also symbolizes the morality that is lost while traveling from the West Egg to the East Egg. Overlooking the valley of ashes sits a rather large billboard with the sightless eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleberg. George Wilson, Myrtle's Husband, identifies the eyes to that of God. As stated in the Bible, "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the ...
- 15254: Supernatural Elements In Macbe
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a wicked display of one man s weaknesses and the forces that possess him. Macbeth was gullible and single-minded. He was obsessed with the throne, which became his ultimate goal. The witches were misleading with their ambiguous predictions because they wanted ... minded and gullible, and took full advantage of it. Macbeth let these predictions go to his head and he expected King Duncan to make him the next in line for the throne. When this didn t happen, Macbeth saw no other alternative than to murder King Duncan. Due to the witches forecasts Macbeth thought he deserved the throne, almost like it was meant to be. Macbeth s clear thought of reasoning became clouded as his ego increased. He no longer knew the difference between right and wrong. He was being guided by supernatural powers. It was the witches power that persuaded ...
- 15255: Socrates Sides With Creon Or A
- Socrates Sides With? Through my reading of Plato s Apology of Socrates and Crito, I have been able to see how Socrates makes important decisions and what he primarily bases his decisions on. As a individual person we have individual morals which lead us ... willing to question it when his own morals or views on justice conflict with the states. With this idea in mind, I feel that Socrates would also take the same actions as Antigone in Sophocles s Antigone. The story Antigone takes place in Thebes where Antigone s uncle Creon is the temporary king until Antigone s twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices grow to an age where they can take over the thrown. when they became of age Creon was to choose ...
- 15256: Short Story, Critical Analysis
- Short Story, Critical Analysis of Two Kinds Amy Tan's two kinds is a short story which dipicts the relationship between an immigrant mother, an American daughter and their inability to understand each other. Although most mother/daughter relationships have difficult times, when neither side is willing to bend, sometimes in winning the battle, you lose the war. The story "two Kinds" is set in Chinatown, in Sacramento, in the late 50's to early 60's. Jing-Mei is a young Chinese girl who's mother has come from China to America to find a better life. Jing Mei's mother wants her to be a child prodigy. Jing-Mei ...
- 15257: Shakespeare 2
- ... significance, some are crucial to the development of this tragedy. The substantial events that inspire the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are; the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and Friar John s plague. A servant to Capulet, who is incapable of reading the list of guests, asks for Romeo s assistance. Romeo notices that Rosaline, his lover, is among these names. Benvolio challenges Romeo to compare her with other "beauties." Benvolio predicts, "Compare her face with some that I shall show,/ And I will make thee think thy swan a crow." (I, ii, l 86-87) To show his appreciation, the servant asks for Romeo s presence at the ball. Romeo should have considered the servant s warning; if Romeo occupies the name of Montague, he shall not be permitted. Once at the ball, Romeo is searching for a maiden ...
- 15258: Rules Of Prey
- In Huck Finns time, which was the 1800's slavery was very popular. Many farm owners and plantation owners had slaves to work for them. The slaves were treated really badly. Huck Finn on the other hand, was friendly with them. The book Huck ... all the time; he is semi-literate boy who refers to learn about school, God, and society. He calls the blacks by the N-word because he has never heard them called anything else. He's been brought up to see blacks as slaves, as something less than human. His best friend was Jim a black slaves. Huck's freedom is a setback to him in many ways because it holds him back from getting an education and being a functioning member of society. This is the author's way of saying that ...
- 15259: Romeo And Juliet Commentary
- ... and Juliet - Commentary There are three characters in this extract: The servant (the Clown), Benvolio and Romeo. The servant plays only a minor role, being merely a device to allow Romeo to meet Juliet. Benvolio's name in Latin may be translated loosely to "I mean well" this is a fitting moniker for one who always offers good advice to Romeo. Romeo on the other hand is the impetuous, head-strong ... Capulet is still wary of Paris marrying Juliet (quite the opposite to his wife). They depart having entrusted the clown with the list of guests. This leads us on to the servant asking for Romeo's help in reading the list, therefore alerting Romeo to the forthcoming party. The passage is one that serves mainly to advance the plot, and to construct a situation whereby Romeo ends up going to Capulet's party. The way in which Benvolio advises Romeo to compare Rosaline to any other girl at the party is very similar to the advice given by Capulet to Paris at the beginning of the ...
- 15260: Rebecca
- ... his last wife Rebecca, which happened almost a year before. Rebecca is "a heroine that we never see in the flesh, but whose spell is written through every page" (Weeks 163). Mrs. Danvers is Rebecca's former maid who has sinister intentions and remains loyal to the dead Rebecca and is even obsessed with her in some ways. "Mrs. Danvers' relationship to Rebecca, is such that she could never allow herself ... the same effect. There is a hint of the supernatural with the feeling that Rebecca still haunts the corridors of Manderley. "Rebecca is the demon that must be exercised from both Maxim and the narrorator's minds." (Kelly 55). In a way, Rebecca does still haunt Manderley through Mrs. Danvers. "Mrs. Danvers is the embodiment of Rebecca, who must be destroyed for the story to end" (Kelly 56). Maxim feels the ... character. Both stories also have a ballroom scene in the middle that ends unexpectedly. Rebecca has a twist though, that changes the story dramatically. An investigation begins to find the cause of death of Maxim's former wife, Rebecca. At the beginning of the investigation Maxim admits to his wife that he murdered Rebecca and made it look like she drowned on accident. After that point the story becomes increasingly ...
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