... Kerr Mysteries and the Owen Archer Mysteries. Ms.Robb researched a lot for these novels. Candace read a lot of depressing readings, both in statistics and in handbooks for physicians that were written in the period. Through many letters, sermons, 1 and the plague handbooks, she tried to get a sense of how the people fought to survive with the horror of the plague. She also had some help from a friend who was an expert on St. Leonard’s Hospital. Her name was P. H. Cullum, she was very educated in the studies of medieval hospitals. This was beneficial to Ms.Robb, especially when writing The Riddle of St. Leonard’s. The main character of The Riddle of S ...
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... she was asked to reveal the name of whom she committed the sin with. Having a heart blinded by love Hester choose to stay in the town and wear the scarlet letter “A” instead of revealing the other adulterer. She faced society only to protect and be close to the man she still loved. The “impulsive and passionate nature” (54), which to Hester seemed pure and natural had to be faced under humiliation alone, without the partner of sin. It seemed as though she was paying not only her own consequence, but that of her lovers as well. Saying so herself while standing on the scaffold “I might face his agony as well as mine!” (64). Now taking on all blame sh ...
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... sign of emotions when "Their face did not move and they did not avert their eyes. Only their eyes grew wider, and there was triumph in their eyes, and it was not triumph over us, but over things we could not guess." Later, Liberty follows Equality into the forest, and the first sign of forbidden love is shown when "we bent to raise the Golden One to their feet, but when we touched them, it was as if madness had stricken us. We seized their body and we pressed our lips to theirs." Equality is excited with the joy of learning when he finishes his work of building a light bulb. "WE MADE IT. WE CREATED IT. We brought it forth from the night of the ages. We al ...
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... most terrible war in history World War I, which started at the first day of August 1914 with the declaration of war from Germany to Russia. Chapter II, Plans-Armies-Leaders: Shortly after the declaration of war to Russia, Germany took advantage of her quick acting. The Kaiser agreed to the "Schlieffen Plan", which said that Germany has to knock out France first to avoid a two front war so that the bigger strength of the Entente would be compensated. The numbers at the beginning of the war were: Russia 114 divisions Germany 87 divisions French 62 divisions Austria 49 divisions Britain 6 divisions (got bigger during the war, from her colonies) Chapte ...
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... conflicts in the novel. Clearly, Pearl becomes the symbol of all the other major characters' tragedies. Chronology The character of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter lived a very difficult life. Before the novel begins, Hester Prynne gives birth to Pearl after having an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister. Pearl's birth proves that Hester cheated on her husband Roger Chillingworth provoking the stories action. The novel opens with the people of Boston staring and laughing at Hester holding Pearl while standing on the town's scaffold. At this time, Pearl is three months old. Years later Hester gets released fro ...
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... whom he met at a party in a mourning dress of spangled black" (Leung 312). This fact, the black dress that was brightened with spangles, helps the reader to understand the origin of the poem. Byron portrays this, the mixing of the darkness and the light, not by describing the dress or the woman's actions, but by describing her physical beauty as well as her interior strengths. In the beginning of the poem, the reader is given the image of darkness: ", like the night," but then the line continues explaining that the night is cloudless and the stars are bright. So immediately the poem brings together its two opposing forces that are at work, darkness and light. ...
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... on page 29, would be Gregor seeing the hospital less and less distinctly. A mental change in Gregor occurs when he starts not caring about or having no consideration for his family. " It hardly surprised him that he was showing so little consideration for the others; once such consideration had been his greatest pride." Everyone in the Samsa family experiences changes brought on by Gregor's metamorphosis. Since Gregor's physical change renders him no longer able to work, the family's financial situation changes. Gregor's mother, father, and sister have to get jobs. Mrs. Samsa, Gregor's mother, sews lingerie for a local clothing store. H ...
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... time, war can turn a boy into a man. It does not physically turn an individual into a grown man, but it mentally matures them. War matures boys into a men is by experiencing new, unpredictable environments and adjusting to unfamiliar smells, sounds, and emotions. Think about it, being there on a battlefield witnessing deaths of friends and comrades would have to have an effect on a human being. Being in a war and to be around new faces, new personalities, confusion, and trauma would force one to adapt to an environment faster than you usually would. Just imagine leaving your country home and entering a new and frightening world on a battlefield. What can make ...
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... his clothing to Daisy and informs her that he has a “man in England” who buys his clothes every season (Fitzgerald 97). Illustrating his wealth, Gatsby drives a Rolls Royce that “was a rich cream color, bright with nickel” (Fitzgerald 68). Although Gatsby’s foolish quest of the American dream exemplifies a respectable aspiration, it ends in a tragic death that goes virtually unnoticed. A sharp contrast to the parties , the funeral was sparingly attended and “nobody came” (Fitzgerald 182). Following the death of Gatsby Daisy leaves town with Tom and “hadn’t sent a message or a flower” (Fitzgerald 183). An elderly salesman lost in false hopes and illusions, Willy ...
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... an American, a rich man, as well as Jon an Harker and his wife Mina, learn of the Count's sinister plan and pledge to destroy him before he can create an army of un-dead vampires. They systematically destroy his coffins with holy wafers and chase him out of England back to Castle Dracula. There they carry out an ultimate plan to destroy Dracula. The Author uses suspense as a storytelling device rather effectively throughout the story. There are a fair number of parts in which the reader is left suspended on the edge of seat, eager to find out what is to happen next. However, there were parts where suspense could be used in a manner that would enhance ...
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