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- 10711: The Influence of God In The Characters of The Scarlet Letter
- ... the last glimpse into every character’s mind and the last time that everyone is alive. At this point in time, Dimmesdale's fixation on his sin has utterly corroded him to the point of death. After he gives his Election Day sermon, he goes to the scaffold and asks Hester and Pearl to join him because he is so weak that he can hardly support himself (Bloom 265). He finally ...
- 10712: The Great Gatsby's Theme
- ... whole faith in life is involved in it. Failure, therefore, is more terrible for him. His whole career, his confidence in himself and in life is totally shattered when he fails to win Daisy. His death when it comes is almost insignificant, for, with the collapse of his dream, Gatsby is already spiritually dead. As social satire, The Great Gatsby is also a comment on moral decadence in modem American society ...
- 10713: Oroonoko: Heroism
- ... noble of lights, in that all that he did was for love. “Perhaps (said he) she {Imoinda} may be first ravished by every Brute; expos’d first to their nasty Lusts and then a shameful Death” (pg. 71). She even portrays his selfish acts of attempting to seek revenge as noble, while others might interpret them as foolish. “…(however horrid it appeared to us all) when we heard his Reasons we ...
- 10714: Millennium: Winners and Losers in the Coming World Order
- ... the deforestation of the environment, “which is the essential store house for the diverse heritage of the planet’s plant and animal life. Close to 15,000 living species disappear each year, paralleling the daily death of languages and cultures that overwhelmed by the flood of homogeneity that accompanies the triumphant market” (Attali 82). If plants and animals continue to deteriorate then it won’t be long until the human race ...
- 10715: Character Analysis: Catherine Morland
- ... talk a bit. Mr. Tilney's questioning makes Catherine uncomfortable and makes her for the "first time in their acquaintance, wish to leave him" . When Mr. Tilney discovers Catherine's feelings about Mrs. Tilney's death, he is shocked, and he displays this in saying, "consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions you have entertained" along with a large amount of scolding. Catherine leaves Mr. Tilney feeling very much ashamed.
- 10716: The Good Earth: Summary
- ... possessions and never understood the importance to land. This later became a factor after they receive Wang Lung’s land. It is evident that they are going to sell the land after Wang Lung’s death. Moreover, their misfortunes take a turn once there is a revolt in the city and Wang Lung follows a mob. He and his wife find themselves in the house of the city’s wealthiest man ...
- 10717: The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne and Adultery
- ... that Hester belongs in. It's different than the rest - elaborate and daring like her. Hester refuses to let Bellingham take her child, and Hawthorne tells us she is ready to defend herself to the death (1216). Pearl is perhaps the most significant part of Hester's world. She is the synthesis of Dimmesdale's Puritanism and Hester's feminism. Being a product of the two, and possessing an intuitive knowledge ...
- 10718: The Scarlet Letter: Mr. Dimmsdale
- ... Many people realized that everyone sins, even a "holy" minister. I believe that Mr. Dimmsdale was a coward and that from his hiding from his sin, behind his holiness, made body weak. His cause of death was not from just the fact that his body was becoming weaker everyday, it was mostly from the pain of his secret. I think that he deserved to die, because he could not come out ...
- 10719: Commentary: A Child Called "It"
- ... spent most of his time away from the family. One could hardly blame him. If all you know is survival, then that is all that will govern your behavior. This time for David was the death of hope. He always held the belief that his father would see what was happening to both of them and take them away from it. When David's parents separated, Superman died. Mother became more ...
- 10720: Character Analysis: Catherine Morland
- ... a bit. Mr. Tilney's questioning makes Catherine uncomfortable and makes her for the "first time in their acquaintance, wish to leave him" (186). When Mr. Tilney discovers Catherine's feelings about Mrs. Tilney's death, he is shocked, and he displays this in saying, "consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions you have entertained" (188) along with a large amount of scolding. Catherine leaves Mr. Tilney feeling very much ashamed ...
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