... boy, to the ground, helplessly. The final performance of this tune is heard at Willy’s sad funeral, where Linda pays her respects to her well-liked husband. Ending on a sad note, the flute appears in time of odd emotions. In the beginning of the play, a state of confusion is felt. During Ben’s visit, a state of pride is felt. At the end, a state of loneliness is felt, leading the reader to think if there is an ironic relationship between the flute, representing Willy’s father, leaving early and Willy’s sad end. The play has a sense of joy in it. Willy’s flashbacks always occur toward the same time where the Lomans were happy. Starting with Biff’s football ...
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... secession from society was shown by her decision to leave Torvald and her children. Society demanded that she take a place under her husband. This is shown in the way Torvald spoke down to her saying things like: "worries that you couldn't possibly help me with," and "Nora, Nora, just like a woman." She is almost considered to be property of his: "Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure? At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me -that's all my very own?" By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and brakes society's expectations. Nora also brakes society's expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was frowned upon during that era. Her dec ...
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... She didn’t take their light-headed attitude when it came to love. She felt it was a privilege to gain the confidence of another, but she couldn’t risk falling in love. Nothing last forever and more pain in her life was not what she needed. She was afraid to try love, because she knew in the end there wouldn’t be anyone to pick up the broken pieces of her heart. Yet, she couldn’t help but fall in love. Her mind was racing and her heart was pounding. All her life she thought it would never happen. Until one day a boy walked into her world, and changed the way she perceived love. She tried to fight these peculiar feelings, but every time she’d look into the ...
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... close to him, Rob respected his father and regarded him a a gentleman "He did not think that there would be any more gentlemen after his father's time." Rob considered this lack of closeness between himself and his father to be the end of an era. Another important issue caused by the war is Rob's constant travel. His roots were constantly being uprooted as his mother dragged him from farm to farm. Due to th remoreness of these properties, Robmissed out on one of the most vital aspects of childhoos, constant friendship. From this independance, Rob learnt to be strong, but he also failed to see the importance of peers and what they could contribute to a problem. Ri ...
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... life. Even though Robinson Crusoe is under impractical circumstances, stranded on this remote island, his isolation enables him to learn numerous things and become a devote Christian. He learns how to become an architect, a carpenter, a baker, a tailor, a farmer, an umbrella maker, and even a preacher. Crusoe becomes a very independent and resourceful individual as the novel progresses. In the 17th century, the Catholic reform was sweeping through many parts of Europe. The period from 1600 to about 1750 is known as the Baroque Era. Throughout this period the Catholic Church was fighting back against the effects of the Renaissance. The people of the Renaissance ...
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... one wishes to acquire. In a village cemetery, a small boy, Pip, is approached by a runaway convict who demands food and a file to saw off his leg iron. Terrified, Pip steals the requested items from the home where he has been living with his sister and her husband Joe since his parents died. Later on, Pip falls in love with Estella and becomes self-conscious about his low social status and raw manners. Estella is the girl that Pip is in love with and bases his standards around her. From then on, his loyal dream is to become a gentleman in order to be with Estella in the future. Pip encounters many situations and struggles to attain his goals in life. I ...
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... down a street discussing with himself the problem of not having a house to go home to. The narrator, who is also the main character, jumps abruptly from topic to topic throughout the story, but this reoccuring theme of the lack of a house seems to be a central idea. As the narrator comtemplates, he wonders if he has just forgotten his house and proceeds to knock on the door of a random house to find out if this is what has happened. After he has explained his plight to the woman who answers the door, he begins arguing with her over having proof that it is not his house. Shortly thereafter, the narrator begins to ponder wether or not things such as concrete p ...
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... – when he proclaims “What do you see? You see an ass-head of your own do you?” (III, i, 107 – 108). Here - in his ignorance of the ass-head on him – he insults his friend in a very humorous manner. Bottom is a very humorous character utilised to his full potential in this play. A second, possibly even more humorous character in this play, is the fairy – Puck. One farcical example of Puck’s sense of jocularity is when the fairy and Puck are discussing Puck’s ludicrous pranks: “…sometime for a three-foot stool mistaketh me; then slip I from her and down topples she…” (II, i, 52-53). H ...
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... Summary: This chapter is about the interrogation of Hester Pryne and how they are asking her whom she slept with. The preacher sort of tells here to confess who did it with her. They keep yelling at here and she never confesses. 5. I predict that the preacher guy is the man who had sex with Hester. Chapter 4 The Interview Summary: This chapter is about how Hester goes back to jail and she starts to feel sick and here baby is sick to a physician is ordered to come. He gives the baby something and she says something like she wished it were poison. Hester's husband comes to the jail and they start talking about what had happened. Her hu ...
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... other hand was the stereotypical image of an ordinary boy. Piggy had no friends, besides those that he lived with. Thus was not used to being among other children. He quickly trusted, and latched onto Ralph, ignoring Ralph’s constant teasing . Ralph was insecure as all boys his age are, he didn’t really want to be caught liking the outcast so he teased him. “I don’t care what they call me, so long as they don’t call me what they used to call me at school…They used to call me Piggy” (Golding: pg.11) Piggy confided to Ralph, asking him to be secretive, thinking that Ralph was his friend. When really he couldn’ ...
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