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Common Themes In Short Stories
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 969

.... another prevailing theme in some of Joyce’s work has also been outlined in Araby. Everyday the boy would suffer with an infatuation with a girl he could never have. He even had to deal with his frustration of his self-serving uncle, which he and his aunt were afraid of. The absolute epitome of frustration comes from his uncle when he arrived late at home delaying the one chance of going to Araby. When the boy arrives at Araby to find out that all of the shops are closed his true frustration was reveled on the inside. James Joyce, the man who implied all o .....


Dead Man Walking
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1052

.... change. My eyes fixated on the movie screen, while my heart, soul, and mind slowly began to wander into the life of a murderer, but more importantly, a human-being. truly captivated my conscience and made me think about the controversial standing of Capital Punishment. The movie appropriately portrayed two sides of the coin. Not only were we enlightened by Sr. Helen's compassion for Matthew, but we were also witnesses to the overwhelming feelings of grief and despair experienced by the parents of the innocent victims of Poncelat's crime. Sr. Helen, unfamili .....


Nature Vs. Nurture
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 473

.... Behavior Nature: Heredity plays a strong part of an infant’s temperament. How the child reacts to certain experiences and how the child’s sensory feelings allow him to play out the situation. Behavior Nurture: The child learns social referencing from the caregivers/parents. The environment of the culture, economic standing and self esteem of those around the child will set the way that the child will learn to behave in a situation. Social referencing plays a part of how the child learns to control his behavior, by mimicking those around .....


Hamlet - He Loves Her? He Loves Her Not?
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 924

.... audience learns the depths of Hamlet’s depression. Hamlet not only regards the world with pessimism, but he also has suicidal feelings. The main reason at this point for his anger and frustration, is his mother’s abrupt marriage to Claudius. The actions of his mother seem to be what disgusts him most as he yells, "frailty thy name is woman!" (14 Act 1 Scene 2 Line 146). It is this attitude that Hamlet has developed towards his mother and women in general that plays a factor on his later treatment of Ophelia in Act 3. Once Hamlet discovers the cause of his father’s .....


The Awakening Concepts Of Morality
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 524

.... emotions: "She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant. She could not at that moment have done other than denied and resisted (P.31)." Her insistent attitude also made her self-righteous and neglectful of other persons. In other ways, Mrs. Pontellier’s morality led to a dreadful deceit of her own children. Her self-righteous mindset was damaging to her children’s vitality. The ways that she treated the children were full of neglect. As in a certain night, Mr. Pontellier returned home from work to find that one of his children had a feve .....


Women In The Odyssey: Valued Beings Or Forgotten Slaves?
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1014

.... men go off to war and then waited hopefully for their return. But in the Odyssey, it is a woman who saves the day several times. The story starts with Athene interrupting the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of Odysseus' troubles on Earth. She convinces them to back her against Poseidon, who is angry with Odysseus, and allow her to start him on his journey home. She then continues to watch him throughout the story to make sure he was safe. Everywhere he goes, she is there. In Book Five, when Odysseus is leaving Calypso's island, Poseidon is leaving Ethiopa, where he was v .....


The Crucible: Background Notes
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 707

.... Arthur Miller published dramas including: All My Sons (1947) Death of a Salesman (1949) The Crucible (1953) A View from the Bridge (1955) A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) After the Fall (1963) Incident at Vichy (1964) The Price (1968) The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) Arthur Miller's first and only screenplay that he produced was released in 1960, and was called "The Misfits", starring Marilyn Monroe. He also wrote a short story called "I Don't Need You Any More", in 1967. His novels inclu .....


Faust: The Dichotomy Of Gretchen
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1331

.... calls her an "innocent, sweet dear!" (3007). Goethe further identifies Gretchen as a saint when Gretchen's bedroom becomes a shrine to Faust. Faust uses religious language to describe the room. "Welcome, sweet light, which weaves through this sanctuary. Seize my heart, you sweet pain of love, you that live languishing on the dew of hope! How the feeling of stillness breathes out order and contentment all around. In this poverty, what fullness! In this prison, what holiness!" (2687-94) Just from being in her room, he feels spiritual sacredness, often associated with shrines of .....



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