.... is in that house to go into ‘The Red Room’ to prove that the ‘Spiritual terrors’ of the house are nothing that cannot be proven by science. He is obviously very brave and determined but inexperienced as pointed out by the old couple that say, ‘Eight and twenty years you have lived and never seen, the likes of this house.’ This seems to be a more direct and intense approach to the ghost. On the other hand the storyteller in the ‘Farthing House’ meets the ghost accidentally. This is brought about when her assigned room had a ‘Serious leak’ and so was taken to the ‘Cedar’ room. Firstly she is happy due .....

.... his life was set in stone. Try as he might, we know that Oedipus could no more have avoided killing his father than he could breathing. It is an unconscious act that is controlled by a force not in his realm of understanding nor his ability to stop or avoid it. Next, the criteria of having been harmed for no fault of his own, is one of the major themes of the play, and reiterated by Oedipus’ ignorance to his own problem. Though his father may have had a reason to want Oedipus dead, after hearing what the mystic had to say about young Oedipus’ future, it was not Oedipus fault that he was destined to do what he was. A second examp .....

.... of people use them. This was the case with Scout and Jem when they picked up on the stereotypes going around the neighborhood about Boo. “When I got there, my breeches were all folded and sewn up�(pg 63) When Boo sewed Jem's breeches together, this was a sign from Boo to let the children realize what a kind and pleasant man he really was. Also, Boo was considerate enough to save Jem from a couple of whippings, because after all, if Atticus were to see the torn pants he would have known Jem was the culprit in the Radley's yard. “You were so busy looking at the fire, you didn't notice Boo behind you�(pg 76) This was also a .....

.... Mr. Bingley form Northern England and after twenty three years of marriage fancies himself to be the greater mind of the two. Chapter II Mr. Bennett goes ahead and is one of the first people to visit Mr. Bingley. He doesn’t tell them straight out that he has been to visit him, because he knows they’re all dying to meet him. So, he teases them about it first by telling them that hey may be the ones to introduce him to some of the other neighbors. They still don’t catch on until he drops the bomb that he’s already been to visit. He enjoys their shocked reaction, but doesn’t stick around. In this chapter we find out that Lizzy (the f .....

.... were called conversos. The twist to this tale is that these conversos actually were only putting on a front. They still considered themselves Jews. They practiced in secret.1 The Spanish made every attempt to search out and punish these conversos. Some Jews chose not to convert and they moved to Portugal. . Unfortunately, Portugal, in 1497, expelled the Jews from its borders as well. Anti-semitism was growing in Western Europe and the Jews needed to escape. The prime choice seemed to be so obvious. The Jews went to the New World. The immigration of the Marranos to the new world might have begun with none other than Christopher Columbus .....

.... by a band of shrews. They become good friends with the shrew leader, Log-a-Log, and decide to help him on a dangerous quest for the tribe's Blackstone, which will completely restore Log-a-Log's control over his tribe. They travel in shrew logboats across the bottomless lake, and encounter the Deepcoiler (A huge sea serpent). They reach an island where the Blackstone is supposed to have been left. However, danger and mystery await them on the island. Meanwhile, at the massive Redwall Abbey, two searats have come to stay. The brothers and sisters think they will only bring trouble, but the Abbess is slow to turn any creatures away from their .....

.... Round Table as a military group loyal not only to their King but to one another. King Arthur is given the Round Table as a wedding gift by Gwynevere’s father. It consists of one hundred knights. Often the knights join together to defend the honor of another knight by killing the one causing the dishonor. The Fellowship bands together with the common purpose of destroying the Ring. The Ring can only be destroyed by throwing it back into the Cracks of Doom in Orodruin, the Fire Mountain, in Mordor, home of the Emperor of Darkness known as Sauron. The Ring should Sauron get it would give him the power to control the world. The .....

.... to nothing more than a faded dream, because he never did accomplish what he had set out to do, which was to win back the heart of his one true love, Daisy. The prize for his success is similar to one who has made a deal with the devil in the sense that the reward is not worth the sacrifices made to attain it. Gatsby is a man whose delusions of achieving the American Dream is corrupted by the basis on which he strives for it. American Dream consists of becoming rich through hard work and determination through legal means. Gatsby’s poor background didn’t afford him to take the straight and narrow path through life, so instead he ch .....

.... and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin flowing calligraphy in faded ink , to the effect that she no longer went out at all. The tax notice was also enclosed, without comment," (40-41). Miss Emily was convinced that she had no taxes in Jefferson because before the Civil War the South didn't have to pay. This change occurred when the North took over the South. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all," (41). Miss Emily might have stayed out of the public eye after these two deaths because she was finally alone, something she in her petty lif .....

.... encouragement. In Macbeth it is very clear that evil begets evil. Shakespeare focuses on Macbeth's courage early in the play. For example, Duncan and the sergeant both compliment Macbeth's mental and physical bravery in Act I, Scene II. Macbeth "carv'd out his passage" until he and the enemy general were face to face. In the same act, the reader is told that Macbeth is brave because of his "disdaining Fortune." In addition to his quality of courage, Macbeth is also a gentle man. Demonstrating his love and devotion for his wife, Macbeth refers to her as "his dearest partner of greatness" in Act I, Scene V. Lady .....