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Antov Chekhov's "Misery": All Gray
Words: 629 - Pages: 3.... (30)
The dis-pair and loneliness that Iona feels are sorrow. "May it do you
good . . . But my son is dead, mate . . . Do you hear?" (33). Iona
desperately wants to tell about his sons' death, and how it is affecting him.
"He wants to tell how his son was taken ill, how he suffered, what he said
before he died, how he died"(34). Ionas' son has died, and he feels as though it
should have been he to the grave instead of his youthful son. "My son ought to
be driving not I"(34).
The gray dismal surroundings entrap Iona and make the desolation worse
for him. "Iona Potapov, the sledge-driver, is all white like a ghost" (30). "He
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Wuthering Heights: Friendship Or Passion - The Chemistry Between Heathcliff And Cathy
Words: 716 - Pages: 3.... For example, both Edgar and Isabella Linton suffered horrible
marriages. Wuthering Heights revolved around the passion that Catherine
and Heathcliff felt for each other. Edgar, on the other hand, felt a more
reasonable love for Catherine. Catherine is devoted to Edgar and his money,
yet was in love with Heathcliff. Nelly explains this situation when Cathy
told the maid Edgar proposed to her. “You love Mr. Edgar, because he is
handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you.”1 (Pg 80)
Catherine later admits her true love for Heathcliff and how Edgar never was
a match for her.
“That will do to explain my secret, as wel .....
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Tarrou: The Plague's Only Hero
Words: 785 - Pages: 3.... sent. Rambert
chooses to run from the problem rather than face it. McCarthy also points
out that he neglects his basic duty as a reporter by failing to record
anything (109); a duty which Rieux and Tarrou fulfill. Grand produces two
sentences and does nothing to fight the plague, which McCarthy interprets
as a parody of Rieux's inability to explain the plague (109-10). Cottard
wholeheartedly embraces the plague, revels in it, and attempts to profit
from it. The rest of the people either waste their time, waiting for the
end (the old man spitting on the cats, the bean-counter, etc.) or join the
sanitation squad, under Tarrou. Nobody t .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
Words: 773 - Pages: 3.... companion for his
first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had
created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is
another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil,
which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral
sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With
the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises
the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a
ch .....
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King Lear--a Man More Sinned A
Words: 1354 - Pages: 5.... have a chance to rid of him:
“Put on what weary negligence you please,
You and your fellows. I’d have it come to question.” (I, iii, 13-14)
Goneril’s act demonstrates her impatience and her revengeful nature as she wanted Lear to suffer from whatever she had to put up with him before. In Act 1, Scene 4, Goneril complains about Lear’s impulsive behaviour and constant moodswing:
“…and put away
These dispositions which of late transport you
From what you rightly are.” (I, iii, 217-219)
Telling her father what he ought to do is thought of as disgracing her father during those times. A chil .....
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Candide By Voltaire
Words: 1159 - Pages: 5.... a gentleman about whether everything is for the best in the physical world as well as the moral universe. The man replies:
...I believe nothing of the sort. I find that everything goes wrong in our world; that nobody knows his place in society or his duty, what he's doing or what he ought to be doing, and that outside of mealtimes...the rest of the day is spent in useless quarrels...-it's one unending warfare.
By having this character take on such a pessimistic tone, he directly contradicts the obviously over-optimistic tone of Candide. In the conclusion (page 1617) an old turk instructs Candide in the futility of needless philosophi .....
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“The Cariboo Cafe”
Words: 1103 - Pages: 5.... and Sonia who were immigrant children and were lost in a big city. Most Mexicans believe that they shouldn’t trust anybody, especially the police. As soon as they arrived to the United States parents would tell their children never talk to strangers, not even the neighbors. The parents of Sonya and Macky gave them a set of rules which were “Rule one: never talk to strangers, not even the neighbor who paced up and down the hallways talking to himself. Rule two: the police, or “polie” as Sonya’s popi pronounced the word, was La Migra in disguise and thus should always be avoided. Rule three: keep your key with you at all times .....
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Hamlets Impractical Thinking A
Words: 1169 - Pages: 5.... spirit emphasizes the need for Hamlet to act quickly:
I am thy father’s spirit,
Doomed for a certain term to walk the night
And for the day confined to fast in fires
Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature
Are burnt and purged away. [1.5: 14-18]
The message is clear: if the prince is to truly ease the suffering of his father’s spirit, he must avenge the murder immediately.
Hamlet initially meets his challenge with zeal, promising the Ghost that he will produce quick results:
Yea, from the table of my memory
I’ll wipe away all trivial, fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,
That youth .....
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Nick Carraway’s Role In The Great Gatsby
Words: 726 - Pages: 3.... perspective. Therefore, how we perceive the other characters is based on his opinion. This applies not only to the people, but also to events and phenomena as well. Our impression of the novel and its happenings are largely dictated to us by Nick, because he is our eyes as well as our ears in this fictitious world.
In telling us his story about the “great man,” Jay Gatsby, he goes to quite a length in establishing a credibility which is essential for the story. His reflection on his upbringing, particularly his “advantages,” as his father called them, those being his spiritual and moral values only work to build upon his credibi .....
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Everyone In A Man For All Seasons Is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
Words: 2212 - Pages: 9.... one of very few people who have died with their
integrity intact. He is a special man, who is steadfast in upholding his
principles, even when death breathes down his neck. Sir Thomas More truly
is a paragon.
One character in the play particularly concerned with his goals, regardless
of the path he must take to reach them is Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is the
personification of pragmatism and is willing to do anything, providing the
end sees him satisfied. "…our job as administrators is to make it as
convenient as we can," Cromwell states in reference to the King's divorce
and the pursuit of More's support. He is "…the King's ear," and .....
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