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- 13371: Jane Eyre 6
- ... desolation and loneliness. After spending a sleepless night in the room, Jane looked out upon daylight to find "rain still beating continuously on the staircase window." Her "habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, and forlorn depression" were deepened by such gloomy weather. (Bronte 9-10) Much like the beast's castle in "Beauty and the Beast", Gateshead, Jane's home, appeared to have an evil spell that would not allow the ...
- 13372: Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
- ... not until several paragraphs into the piece that Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley even acquire first names (1117). Thus, without even disclosing any of the ladies' thoughts to the reader, Wharton has already revealed a great deal of their personal worlds. They live in a society which expects women to act largely as background figures, thoroughly engaged with furthering their husbands' careers and the constant struggle to remain pretty. Indeed, little ...
- 13373: The Owls Are Not What They See
- ... their ideas. Twin Peaks reinforces this fact by Catherine always falling short to Ben Horn, the important and powerful businessman, and owner of the most important commercial activities in Twin Peaks- Ghostwood Estates and the Great Northern Hotel. By showing this, Twin Peaks forces its audience to believe that women are inferior in regards to business matters. Denise has the strongest female role in Twin Peaks, but it comes as no ...
- 13374: Julius Ceasar -mark Antony
- ... cried for Caesar's love, was happy for his greatness, honoured him for his courage, but had to kill him because of Caesar's ambition. He says that the reason for killing Caesar was his great love for Rome. He justifies his actions by saying that he loved Caesar but, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." He then asks rhetorically if the people would want ...
- 13375: Joy Luck Club 3
- ... eating until the elders have begun to eat. We are also not able to leave the table before the elders finish to eating. It is a type of respect for your elders. There is a great deal of dinner etiquette like these and they are so simple that Americans do not even think about it, and they would not understand why these are rude and doing something else is polite. Also ...
- 13376: The Raven By Poe
- ... is now starting a conversation with the bird which only answers Nevermore, which allows his mind to work over time. The Raven is just sitting there starring down at him which must add to his depression and fear. He is saying to the bird that his hopes and friends have died before him and the bird answers nevermore. At this point he realises that he is going to die "Startled at ...
- 13377: Joesph Campbells Hero Journey
- ... Conrad's writing following the criteria of the "Hero's Journey," or does Heart of Darkness have a scheme all its own? Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) is one of the premier mythologists who wrote a great deal of books in the 40s up through the 80s, on the hero as an archetypal image and its place in modern day society. His first, and probably most famous piece, The Hero With A ...
- 13378: Julius Ceasar 2
- ... the havoc it will reek, but unrelenting in his quest for revenge. Although both of Caesar's funeral speeches seem to serve the basic purpose of appealing to the people, their dissimilarity serves as a great significance. Brutus' speech which appeared to be honest becomes a speech of "symmetrical structure, balanced sentences, ordered procedure, rhetorical questions and abstract subject matter, a speech of a man whose heart was not in his ...
- 13379: Joy Luck Club 2
- ... Club Guilt is a powerful means of controlling someone else. Parents use it because it s often an easy way of controlling their children. In Amy Tan s Joy luck club, June s Mom knew great ways to control her daughter by using guilt. She used guilt because that was the only way she knew. Because she had such a tragic and sometimes even dramatic life, she wanted better for her ...
- 13380: "I Heard The Owl Call My Name" and "The Black Robe": The Indians
- ... Traditionally, the Indians lived off the land taking only what they needed, and their hunting and building methods had served them well for centuries, therefore their need to develop new technology would not have been great. The Indians are not simple or barbaric people. Their complex belief system and folklore related strongly to the environment and gave reasons for the existence of everything. In my opinion this often communicates a quality ...
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