... view as well, except that for her there is no bottleneck dividing her from the meadow of the past. Faulkner begins the story with Miss Emily's funeral, where the men see her as a "fallen monument" and the women are anxious to see the inside of her house. He gives us a picture of a woman who is frail because she has "fallen," yet as important and symbolic as a "monument." The details of Miss Emily's house closely relate to her and symbolize what she stands for. It is set on "what had once been the most select street." The narrator (which is the town in this case) describes the house as "stubborn and coquettish." Cotton gins and garages have long obliterated the ne ...
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... Macduff and their son. Macduff told Malcolm to lead an army against Macbeth, this was at the end of the play, where Macbeth was killed by Macduff. Macbeth's ambition is extraordinary throughout the play in a way that Macbeth is very courageous throughout the battle that occurred. When Macbeth was given the title 'thane of cawdor' he felt that he had power over everything which made him more powerful, In act 1 scene 3 when Macbeth said to himself Glamis, and the 'thane of cawdor', the greatest is behind. He said this because he is now the king and by saying the greatest is behind, this meant something like he was going to rule the world. At the start of the play Du ...
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... and in Scotland, "Master of Unreason" In 1601, there were particularly spectacular festivities, as it was the turn of the century, and the Queen, Elizabeth I, invited Don Virginio Orsino to the Palace of Whitehall for the celebrations. This event gives rise to the theory put forward by Leslie Hotson, in his book, "The Fist Night of Twelfth Night", that this particular William Shakespeare play was specially written for that occasion. All the activities of the festival have parallels in the play. There is the suspension of normal relations between servants and masters, the equivalent of the mock "King-for-a-Day" in the festival. The servants and masters fall in l ...
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... in the story, Pangloss, his philosopher-teacher has advised Candide, that everything in this world happens for the best, because "Private misfortunes contribute to the general good, so that the more private misfortunes there are, the more we find that all is well". Pangloss tries to defend his theories by determining the positive from the negative situations and by showing that misfortunes bring some privileges. As Candide grows up, whenever misfortune happens, Pangloss would turn the situation around, bringing out good in it. Pangloss is a very hopeful character in the story because he refuses to accept bad. He is also somewhat naďve and believes that he could m ...
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... as he could, before he went up for air. He was now like a fugitive, and he had to be very alert. We all are fugitives at some point in our lives. I have been running away from things often in my life. Never had I been in a life and death situation like Farqhuar but still it is not a good and easy situation to handle. The ending as sad as it is brings out the truth. One can never be safe forever. Eventually we will get caught no matter where we run too. In Farqhuar's situation he fled far from danger, but was caught right on the driveway of his own home, how ironic. Farqhuar was afraid to die. He avoided death throughout the whole situation. The death that he was e ...
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... a maxim that states the most important thing in the world is to be well liked. Willy is not well liked so he often lies to his family telling them that he is very important to the New England area. He also pushes his kids very hard to be well liked so he can live vicariously through them. 3. Biff Loman his Willy’s oldest son. Biff is thirty-four years old and was once a high school football star. He spent fourteen years of his life presumably somewhere out west trying to “find himself.” Willy caught his father having an affair with Miss Frances and quickly developed a lack of trust for his father. Willy throughout the play seems to be oppos ...
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... was growing more and more every day, or he could go to collage. His final choice was that he would move to Kansas City. In Kansas City he got a job as a cub reporter on the Kansas City Star. At the train station his father, who latter on in Ernest's life would commit suicide which would totally disgust Ernest, kissed his son goodbye with tears in his eyes. This exact moment in time would be the soul purpose for a book he wrote called "For Whom the Bell Tolls". One of the reasons why he wrote that book is because he felt so much older than his father at that time that he could hardly bear it any longer. While he was at Kansas City he was quite and did not stand ou ...
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... or weak, bold or trembling."(Sclossberg 1) It is being able to put out your whole life for the well being of somebody else. "Love drives you to share or sacrifice everything you are…or ever hope to be."(Sclossberg 1) True love is unconditional. It is an unexplainable phenomenon. This love, this supreme happiness, is to a very large extent an illusion in itself. When one is truly in love, he/she vows a commitment to live for that person. He/she should be willing to do anything for the happiness of the one they love. In order to do this, one must recognize and understand the character of their lover. "He alone is in a position to recognize the hidden t ...
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... is what it was like for many of the prisoners of . The prisoners were subject to torture and poor conditions. Many died just because of the conditions and disease circulating around the camps. Others died because of beatings and murder. were inhumane and immoral. Concentration Camps have been a tool used by countries and armies for years. The earliest modern uses were not German but British. Other countries use camps are the Russians, the Canadians, the Spanish the Serbians of Bosnia and even the United States. There are two main types of concentration camp, military and political. Both types of camp are different from each other in purpose, but ...
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... in an unfamiliar tong and shoved myself into what I could only describe at the time as a horseless chariot." "After many days there slow minds concluded that I was a stranger in this land, and sent me to this house with many other young men my age." (Timé Pasá) "Many moons have passed. Over this time I was taught their language and concepts. I found that they call themselves Americans, more specifically "Michiganders". I have always been quick to learn and they labeled me as an adequate student. Me. Theseus. Son of Poseidon. Labeled as adequate? Sheeeshh. Anyway, I was told that tomorrow I would be going to a "High School", specificly, ...
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