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- 1561: Bartleby
- ... work force, he died at his own free will because he "preferred no to" live. ’s character comments upon the functions of society and the work force. This story demonstrates that life if not lived is useless, as in the case of , who wastes his away "preferring not to." Although, from the beginning he was isolated behind the green folding screen with nothing but a wall to stare out, he ...
- 1562: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him" (p.116). Due to the love of Lucie, he had changed the ways he lived and acted throughout the novel. Carton made a promise to Lucie in the beginning of the novel saying that he would do anything for Lucie, even die for her. This promise was never broken. "It ...
- 1563: A Streetcar Named Desire: Analysis Of Blanche Dubois
- ... sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband, Stanley. With her nervous and refined nature, Blanche is a clear misfit in the Kowalski's apartment. Blanche represents a deep-seated attachment to the past. She has lived her whole life in Laurel, a small southern town; her family had aristocratic roots and taught Blanche about some of the finer things in life. Unfortunately, she cannot cope with life outside Laurel. Her life ...
- 1564: A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband, Stanley. With her nervous and refined nature, Blanche is a clear misfit in the Kowalski's apartment. Blanche represents a deep-seated attachment to the past. She has lived her whole life in Laurel, a small southern town; her family had aristocratic roots and taught Blanche about some of the finer things in life. Unfortunately, she cannot cope with life outside Laurel. Her life ...
- 1565: Frankenstein 4
- ... seeking of glory is a pursuit of ego driven males which, if left unchecked, deserves the fate of Prometheus. Shelley tells the story of three men who deal with Prometheanism in three ways. Innocent Clerval lived a happy, fulfilled, albeit brief life. Victor, refusing to repent until his last breath, and unable to pursue the monster, is chained to his bed with only his memories to persecute him. And Walton relinquishes ...
- 1566: A Separate Peace - Artificial Vs. Natural
- ... is a successful rebellion. Gene Forrester, one of the main characters in John Knowles's novel, A Separate Peace should have taken this advice. Throughout the novel, Gene acted artificially, disguising his true self. He lived in fear of people finding out what he was really like. Phineas, Gene's best friend and the other main character in this novel, on the other hand, acted naturally around people. He was not ...
- 1567: A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner
- ... The story begins in a small (made-up) town where a woman by the name of Emily Grierson died. Emily is described as a "fallen monument" that many people admired as well as questioned. Emily lived with her father until the last day of his life, and tried to cling a little longer. She had taught some painting classes but with the years her classes stopped. Craziness ran in her family ...
- 1568: A Rose For Emily -- Symbol Of The Past
- ... in the sentimental memories of her father. Mr. Grierson had bought his family a house that was located in what, at that time, was one of the most prestigious neighborhoods of Jefferson. The street they lived was recognized by the community as prominent and seemingly royal and the houses were grand and picturesque. The "big, squarish frame...had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the ...
- 1569: A Modest Proposal
- ... is the fantasy of exasperation an innocent play; a more cutting, spiteful nature arises. In "An Answer to…A Memorial" (1728), Swift noted that "our ancestors, the Scythians, and their posterity our kinsmen the Tartars, lived upon the blood and milk, and raw flesh of their cattle; without one grain of corn; but I confess myself so degenerate, that I am not easy without bread to my victuals." (Rawson 196) In ...
- 1570: A Modest Proposal
- ... demonstrate the irony that a writer can use to persuade readers in a different sense. In this case this proposal was intended to make the upper class examine the conditions under which the lower class lived. In fact it was intended to help the lower class to gain more recognition from the upper class. If a reader does take his proposal seriously, then the use irony and sarcasm in Swifts writing ...
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