.... 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) Chapter III The .....

.... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" (1; bk. 1, ch. 1). The rest of the chapter shows that Dickens regarded the condition to be an 'evil' one, since he depicts both countries as rife with poverty, injustice, and violence due to the irresponsibility of the ruling elite (1-3; bk. 1, ch. 1). As the novel unfolds, however, England becomes a safe haven for those escaping the violence perpetrated by the French Revolution. In this paper, I shall argue that A Tale of Two Cities reflects the popular confidence in the stability of England in the eightee .....

.... woman, Mrs. Mkize, is one of the many blacks who are terrified by the whites. She doesn’t want the police to come to her house, and does not know if she can trust Msimangu and Kumalo. This constant apprehension causes people to act in ways that they normally would not. It is this same panic that caused Absolom Kumalo to shoot Arthur Jarvis. Absolom, being a criminal, had reason to fear authority figures; and because Arthur was white, Absolom automatically associated him with supremacy and command. “‘I told them I was frightened when the white man came. So I shot him. I did not .....

.... man, willing to sacrifice self for the worthy cause of the afflicted and weak; on the other, we have the sad truth that the human knight rarely lived up to this ideal(Patterson 170). In a work by Muriel Bowden, Associate Professor of English at Hunter College, she explains that the knights of the Middle Ages were "merely mounted soldiers, . . . notorious" for their utter cruelty(18). The tale Bath's Wife weaves exposes that Chaucer was aware of both forms of the medieval soldier. Where as his knowledge that knights were often far from perfect is evidenced in the .....

.... he proves not to be. She is precisely perceptive of everyone except Wikham and Darcy. At the Meryton ball, Darcy is very reserved. He refuses to dance with Elizabeth when Bingley asks him to, saying that Elizabeth is not handsome enough to tempt him. Elizabeth's pride is hurt and she characterizes Darcy as disagreeable and proud. When Elizabeth first meets Wikham, she is blinded by her prejudice of Darcy as she accepts everything harmful Wikham has to say of Darcy. The plot of the rest of the book revolves around Elizabeth discovering the true nature of both Darcy and .....

.... He clips out articles about Daisy from every newspaper he can find; he buys a huge, romantic house that he hopes will merit her approval. The parties that he throws every night in hopes that she will come become almost famous for their extravagance and the variety of people that come. A result of this is that Gatsby creates an illusion around himself, also. His past is shrouded in mystery and speculation: some favorites of the party-goers' theories on why he is so free and generous with his resources are that he once killed a man and that he was a German spy during .....

.... a soul already in turmoil from guilt and fear. Pearl was meant to be a symbol of Hester and Dimmsdale's sin, and as Hester's punishment. What is overlooked is that Pearl offers salvation to Dimmsdale for the first time. Dimmsdale's second chance for salvation comes from Pearl at the second scaffold scene. While Dimmsdale walks with Pearl, she asks him, "Will you stand with mother and me to-morrow noon-tide?" That sterling moment is disrupted by Dimmsdale's refusal to join Hester and Pearl upon the scaffold. A few minutes later, Pearl berates him. Her omniscient attitude .....

.... Him, so terrible and so merciful, who gives me grace, at this last moment, to do what -for my own heavy sin and miserable agony- I withheld myself from doing seven years ago, come hither now, and twine thy strength about me! Thy strength, Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God hath granted me! This wretched and wronged old man is opposing it with all his might!- with all his own might, and the fiend’s! Come, Hester, come! Support me up yonder scaffold!”’(p.235) Dimmesdale also felt guilt and pain about not admitting the sin that he is Pearl’s father. He .....