... bank official on vacation encounters a beautiful young woman named Anna. They drift into an affair. Then, when the vacation is over, they return to their homes and unhappy marriages. Love that started between them changed their lives forever. They returned to their homes as different persons, with new aspirations, attitudes, hopes and goals. In the story the person who undergoes the major change is Dmitri Gurov. When Dmitri first saw Anna, all he wanted was to have fun. His first thought was “If she’s here without her husband, and without any friends, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make her acquaintance.” He saw Anna as a person for usual short affa ...
... and satirizes the three traits throughout the novel. Many words the book contains are full of vivid abhorrence towards black slaves. Every single line talks about how white people despise and refuse to accept the black race. Answering Aunt Sally's question about whether or not anyone is hurt Huck answers, "no mum, just killed a nigger."(Twain 213) This is the one and only acceptable way to talk about black people in the "white" society. In addition to this, not only is the black people treated differently from the white, they are also considered to be one's property. "He is the only property I have," (Twain 122) Huck is perforced to say in order to save Jim. ...
... of the first writers to use imagery. Inspired by Ezra Pound, H.D. once wrote in her poem titled "Heat": Cut the heat- Plow through it, turning it on either side of your path. The reader can clearly see the heat being pushed out of the way by an opposing force. The reader can also imagine the turbulence created by this force. The heat becomes thick, as if it is a solid object. William Carlos Williams used simple language in his poetry. In "The Red Wheelbarrow," Williams uses lively colors such as "a red wheel barrow" and "beside the white chickens". The contrasting colors that he uses seem real ...
... He enforces these laws very strictly. At the beginning of the play, Creon orders the people not to bury Polyneices because of his dishonor towards Thebes. Furthermore, if Creon catches anyone burying him, he/she will be killed for disobeying his order. This alone makes the quotation true. If people see the cruel truth behind this action, they will make sure to see the end of his rule. When Creon realizes that the burial of Polyneices does occur, he sends his Sentry to figure out the culprit. He explains to his Sentry that if he can not catch this person, he will then have to be killed. This also makes his appearance as a tyrant. It only adds to the fac ...
... ship. So Joe told him... on the phone he told him to weld, cover up any cracks in any way he could, and ship them out.” That is a passage from the play and is a very important scene, where the truth comes out about what the two men did. In a state of panic, the men let defective parts which went into airplanes be shipped to the Army. They were used, causing the death of 21 men. Keller and Deever were brought to trial, where Keller went free and Deever went to prison. At the same time during the war, Joe Keller’s son, Larry was pronounced missing. Kate Keller, Joe’s wife and mother of Larry and Chris, went crazy about the report of Larry missing. She is de ...
... of Brady’s overly self-confidence would be "No…I believe we should welcome Henry Drummond." (Pg. 25). Ha! What a shock he is in for. His own "high and mighty" thinking is going to lead to his downfall. Even Brady is taken a tad aback by the news that Drummond will be joining the trial "Brady: (pale) Drummond?" (Pg. 25) While he basks in his loving audience of townspeople, he will yet be pulled down from his high throne to be questioned and scorned. While the town feels much strife resulting from the trial, the truth will yet be discovered that there really is no right answer to the question who is right and who is wrong. ...
... “more manly”. His father constantly demoralises him and on one occasion brands him a “lily-livered poofter”. The symbolism of using such words is evident in this text as lilies are something that David admires yet are extremely “girlish” in the eyes of his father, a man. In an effort to please his father David took it upon himself to kill a possum that had become a menace to his father, this would make him a man, this would grant him his “rite of passage”. The possum eventually appeared and was described as David would describe his much-loved lilies, “soft, beautiful, white in the moonlight”. The symbolism of using the same words to describe ...
... and asks "If we should fail?"(I,vi,59). Lady Macbeth comes back with a quick answear "We fail', But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we'll not fail."(I,vi,60-61), what shes saying is that if he stops being afraid and pulls himself togehter they will not fail. When Macbeth hears the prophesies of his future, he appears to disregard them, but when he is made Thane of Cawdor (as foretold by the witches), he already is thinking about killing the king when he says these words to himself "The Prince of Cumberland' That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies."(I,iv,48-50). This is why he writes to Lady Macb ...
... to have total disregard for the life of another. Hedda coldly manipulates the lives of everyone around her. Through these manipulative actions, she ruins the lives of all of her acquaintances. Because she is not happy in her marriage, she attempts to forbid anyone else to live a content life. For example, after she persuades Eljert Lövborg to consume alcohol, he ruins his reputation and loses something that is most precious to him: the manuscript of a book that he had been writing with Mrs. Elvsted. Although Hedda realizes the importance of this manuscript to both Lövborg and Mrs. Elvsted, she chars it. Because Lövborg and Mrs. Elvsted have put ...
... Tale of Two Cities takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. There are travels by the characters between the countries, but most of the action takes place in Paris, France. The wine shop in Paris is the hot spot for the French revolutionists, mostly because the wine shop owner, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Defarge, are key leaders and officials of the revolution. Action in the book is scattered out in many places; such as the Bastille, Tellson's Bank, the home of the Manettes, and largely, the streets of Paris. These places help to introduce many characters into the plot. One of the main characters, Madame ...
