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- 2201: A Comparison Of The Misguided Desires Of Gatsby And George
- ... wanted" was based solely on illusion. Lastly, Gatsby, at any rate, did not "want" Daisy as she existed; he wanted his Golden Girl, his Golden Dream from five years before. That this Dream had actually lived with another man for five years, and - even more intolerable - had actually borne a child by him - had no part in his vision. One could not, after all, imagine a "dream girl" in a state ...
- 2202: The Awakening: An Analysis
- ... mostly by Mademoiselle Reisz and it “….becomes the code…for a world of repressed passions…”(Showalter 181). Music is a corollary to the dream state in which Edna perceives herself to have lived during most of her life as a dutiful daughter and a married woman and mother of young children. She can "lose herself" in music and, temporarily, achieve a state of peace or at least of ...
- 2203: House Made Of Dawn: Religious Names
- ... which could refer to Saint Francis of Assisi. Saint Francis was a rich youth who spent considerable time failing to be a knight and drinking too much. However, once he realized his holy vocation, he lived a life of extreme poverty, choosing to return to the teachings of the gospel and to shun material wealth (Matz, n.pag.). While we know little about Francisco in order to compare him to Saint ...
- 2204: Summary Of Walden Pond
- ... his readers wonder if they have chosen the kind of life that will really offer them happiness. Are they merely living a career or some other narrowly focused routine or is a worthwhile life being lived. Thoreau wonders if the truly valuable elements of life are being taken advantage of if a person isn't living simply. If a person is so caught up in working or never having enough then ...
- 2205: Gulliver's Travels: Political Satire
- To the uniformed Gulliver's Travels is just a humorous adventure, but it was written to expose the many problems with the British Society at the time. The culture Jonathan Swift lived in was not what one would call a utopia. The English culture of the late seventeenth century to the middle eighteenth century was riddled with civil unrest and political corruptness. This setting provided Swift an ...
- 2206: The Scarlet Letter: Women Liberation
- ... in The Scarlet Letter is on sin and its effects upon both the individual and society. It is frequently noted that Hawthorne's preoccupation with sin originates from the Puritan-rooted culture in which he lived, and from his awareness of two of his own ancestors who had presided over bloody persecutions during the Salem witchcraft trials. There is a certain irony in the way in which this concept is worked ...
- 2207: East Of Eden By John Steinbeck
- ... with an innocent look that fooled many; she had golden blond hair, hazel eyes, a thin and delicate nose, and a small chin to make her face look heart shaped. Acoording to the town Cathy lived, Cathy had a scent of sweetness, but that is just what Cathy wanted the town to see and think when Cathy planned her kill. On page 114-115, "The fire broke out... the Ames house ...
- 2208: Similarities And Differences Between The Bridges Of Madison County And The Storm
- ... similarities and differences between the two. The settings of the novel and the short story are alike but different. The setting in “The Bridges” is in Iowa, at a time 1965, the family involved lived on a farm in rural Iowa. In “The Storm” the setting was similar to “The Bridges” in one way, “The Storm’s” setting was also on a farm, but it was in ...
- 2209: The Glass Menagerie: A Study In Symbolism
- ... to study, including the unicorn, the picture of Mr. Wingfield, and Malvolio’s coffin trick. This drama teaches the reader about the struggles of the Depression and the effects it had on the people who lived through it. Like Tom, Williams suffered with his own suffocating lifestyle, until he finally escaped to become a playwright. When Williams left home, his sister, Rose (Laura), was devastated. Her neuroses worsened to psychoses, and ...
- 2210: The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character
- ... Prize winning classic, set in late eighteenth century China, begins with Wang Lung going to the "Great House of Hwang"(49) to collect the wife that was betrothed to him by his father. Wang Lung lived with his father, wife, and five children, one of whom is mentally retarded. Although Wang Lung supplied all the physical needs for his family and upheld all the family traditions, he showed a strong insensitivity ...
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