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- 13791: Journey Of The Magi
- ... horse," (line 25) galloping madly away, could represent Judas, and the silver he was paid for betraying Jesus. However, the white horse could subsequently be associated with death, evoking images of the Crucifixion and the great disaster that event was for Jesus’ followers. The second stage of the Sacrament, the actual confession, takes place in the final stanza when the narrator starts his confession to the addressee, who may well be ...
- 13792: Joseph Conrad
- ... his interest in it has actually become greater, has become interest and nothing else (TCLC 199). This simply means that if he grows away from reality, his thoughts become fulfilled with interest in creating a great novel from imagination. Sociologically, Conrad creates an atmosphere around the characters in creating two groups "of those who conquer and those who are conquered." Uniquely, Conrad is variant from a sociologist, since he is not ...
- 13793: The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlo
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” explores the restricted societal roles of both Jane and John. Gilman, a strong supporter of women’s rights, focuses on her account with depression through this story (Hill 150). Traditionally, the man must take care of the woman both financially and emotionally while the woman’s role remains at home. Society tends to trap man and woman and prevent ...
- 13794: The Wind In The Willows By Ken
- ... low, fat barge-woman! Don’t you dare talk to your betters like that!” (112). He also thinks very lowly of the washerwoman in prison, who ironically saves his life (84-5). He assumes a great many things and, perhaps innocently and unknowingly, insults people whose opinions differ from his own, as is the case in speaking with Rat on page 16: ‘Now, you dear good old Ratty,’ said Toad imploringly ...
- 13795: The Things They Carried By Tim
- ... shown through Bowler is an excellent indicator of the psychological and emotional change that most of the soldiers undergo. To bring an innocent young man from sensitive to apathetic, from caring to hateful, requires a great force; the war provides this force. However, frequently are the changes more drastic. A soldier named "Ted Lavender adopted an orphaned puppy. . .Azar strapped it to a Claymore antipersonnel mine and squeezed the firing device ...
- 13796: Jazz
- ... is prominent. Through this we learn about Joe and Violet's position on having children of their own, a theme introduced time and again. As well, Morrison's style in this passage is one of great contrast. It is not the first time we see this stylistic device, but it is one of the more obvious and important examples. The issue of child birth is raised often and plays a major ...
- 13797: January Chance
- ... die. "Begin. But with a smile the father slumps." He now dies happy knowing he did not have to bear the trouble of speaking with his son. He feels that he is relieved of a great burden that has been passed on to him from before. "And sleeps. And so the man is never made." This means that because the father died with his knowledge and without ever passing it on ...
- 13798: Jane Eyre: Sexism
- ... be seen in either Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre. Also, in a discussion of male-female "loving" relationships, one must include the science of evolution. The ways in which living organisms develop over a great period of time is important to our understanding of nature and natural relationships. Through observation of all species in nature that require two separate sexes to reproduce, certain traits can be seen as attractive to ...
- 13799: The Invention of the Airplane
- ... wind speed and the angle of attack of their craft, and obtain a reasonably- accurate estimate of the lift of the airplane. The 1901 glider conclusively demonstrated the lift of the airplane was not as great as the formula predicted. The two brothers realized they could not continue to build expensive gliders and convey them to Kitty Hawk for testing. Once again, they found a way to test a piece of ...
- 13800: Jane Eyre - Critical Evaluation
- ... proud independence...." Rochester has been made a better man because of his disabilities, he is no longer the arrogant master, he must depend physically on Jane as much as she depends emotionally on him. The great irony here is that Rochester can only see the way to happiness now that he is blind. Their marriage is what finally brings Jane true happiness. These five journeys mirror Jane’s four emotional journeys ...
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