... The reader begins the book in this manner, following the simple-minded and determined Lena as she travels, neither coming nor going, simply moving. Immediately the book draws into her past, relating events leading up to this point, explaining her motives. One gets a definite feel for her character, and settles into her narrative, but as soon as this happens, the book switches gears, turning instead to a vague character, Joe Christmas. With little introduction, or warning, the book reels into Joe's past, catching the reader totally unaware and throwing off the entire continuity of the book. Faulkner's desire for unity and coherence in the pattern is not as strong ...
... I felt that Vronsky changed and became closer to Anna. He seemed to care for her and not just in a sexual way but, in a way that he would do anything for her to make her happy. I felt that before he had met Anna it was hard for him to feel love, yet did he try. The first time you meet Vronsky you get the feeling that he is someone who does not take love very seriously, girls were more that less an object of amusement. When he meets Anna this changes over time. She softens his heart and he grows to understand and appreciate love and what goes along with it. When Anna doubts Vronsky's love in a sense she is right to. I think up until Anna says s ...
... was Greek theater. Greek tragic plays are admired today because they deal with issues about how people behave. The Greeks brought styles of comedy that we see today. Greeks enjoyed comedies that made fun of politics, public figures, and social issues. The literature in our country obviously grew out of the Greeks' style of writing. Our alphabet which we base all of our language on came from the Greeks. The way that we talk and write comes from them. Our source of entertainment comes from the Greeks. They invented the theater and comedies. The average person watches a television comedy every day. A lot of people also go to the theater for entertainment. A ...
... The issue of Macbeth's manhood constantly arises. Lady Macbeth manipulates her indecisive husband incessantly, disparaging his masculinity. Many of Macbeth's actions could be seen as attempts to vindicate his manhood. In weak opposition to the murder and in defense of his manhood, Macbeth argues, "I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more is none." His wife argues that by being more daring, he will become more of a man: (Act 1, Sc 7 49-51) " When you durst do it, then you were a man and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." Later that night, Macbeth is executing his beloved monarch. In Act Three, Macbeth sees an ...
... to the conclusion that there is no such thing as everlasting love. In the story, women are constantly described as devious beings that need to be dealt with carefully in relationships such as marriage. Pozdnyshev believes women to be naturally weaker, and therefore lack the rights afforded to men. Despite this incongruity, women can easily level the playing field by utilizing what Pozdnyshev calls their "sensuality". Once this option is exercised, the inequalities are not only erased, but reversed, and the woman gains full control. Pozdnyshev is discomforted by this notion and states, "I used formerly to feel uncomfortable and uneasy when I saw a lady dressed ...
... and helped create the American experience. Twains humor in his stories was used partly because it was his way of writing but also because during those times America was going through great tribulation and was in need of relief from the Civil war. Through humor he eased the pains of America and also made himself a popular literary figure of the time. In the story "Life on the Mississippi" he writes of the life in a small town on the Mississippi where steamboats passed and little boys dreamed. Written about a small average American town, yet there is so much truth revealed within it and how it is the American experience. He traveled through out America experienci ...
... Lear becomes enraged and casts her off saying, "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, and as a stranger to my heart and me hold this from thee for ever."(I,i, ln 113-116). Some think that Cordelia was prideful, or even a fool in her response, but I believe she was simply being honest and true. Another mistake that was made in the course of the play was by the Earl of Gloucester. After being tricked by his bastard son, Edmund, into believing that his other son, Edgar, was plotting to kill him, he put all his faith in Edmund, which would eventually lead to his demise. Besides believing that Cordelia was being true and honest to her f ...
... Coming,” is very similar to the section of the book, Things Fall Apart, when the tribe is loosing its camaraderie and heading more in the direction of the new religion. The widening gyre is the tribe becoming further apart. Obierika said, “Our own men and our sons have joined the ranks of the stranger. They have joined his religion and they help to uphold his government.”(Pg. 161, Paragraph 6) The tribe may have been able to get rid of the missionaries earlier but now it is too late and there are too many converts in their village; so to fight the religion would be like to fight with their friends. The problem has gotten out of hand, they cannot ...
... in the sense that she's caught in several triangles--the most obvious one involving Carton and Darnay. Lucie marries Darnay (he's upcoming and handsome, the romantic lead) and exerts great influence on Carton. A second, subtler triangle involves Lucie, her father, and Charles Darnay. The two men share an ambiguous relationship. Because Lucie loves Darnay, Dr. Manette must love him, too. Yet Darnay belongs to the St. Evremonde family, cause of the doctor's long imprisonment, and is thus subject to his undying curse. Apart from his ancestry, Darnay poses the threat, by marrying Lucie, of replacing Dr. Manette in her affections. At the very e ...
... Colonel James Benét. “His father read poetry aloud to Stephen, an older brother, William Rose, and a sister, Laura, all of whom became writers” (Fenton). Stephen was 17, a student at Yale University, when he published his first book, entitled Five Men and Pompey (Fenton). “Civilian service during World War I interrupted his education at Yale Univerisity. When the war was over he returned to Yale. In 1919, he received his master of arts degree, submitting his third volume of poems instead of a thesis” (Fenton). A Guggenheim fellowship took him to France, with his wife, the former Rosemary Carr. While there he wrote John Brown's Body (1928), which won (1 ...
