.... perceive him as being unrefined and rude, due to his blunt nature, but to himself and Stella, it is just his practical attitude towards life. Evident, through his interaction and dialogue with Stella and other characters, is his need to prove his masculinity by being dominant and imposing. In contrast, Stella is overly mild-tempered and always striving to please. Generally, she is able to adapt to all situations. This ability to adapt proves to be useful, as both her husband and her sister, Blanche, have such strong personalities. From the beginning, it is apparent that Stella often plays the peacemaker. She was able to foresee that .....

.... content. I have also read insightful essays about the hidden Christian Symbolism in A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Well, why not the presence of Zen Buddhism within the teachings of Thoreau's Walden? In accordance with the history of literature, one might say "Why not?"; in accordance with Walden's content, I would say, "I couldn't see it being any other way." What is Zen Buddhism anyway? In the book Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki says that "Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage into freedom" (3). In the theory of Zen, our bodies contain a spiritual form of ener .....

.... if to constantly reminded the reader that no one is in complete control of themselves. Our first example of doll imagery comes very early in the novel with the Battle Royal scene. The nude, blonde woman is described as having hair "that was yellow like that of a circus kewpie doll" (19). Ellison draws a very strong connection between the plight of the Negro man and the white woman. The fact that they are both shown as puppets or dolls in the work is no coincidence. The woman and the African are merely show pieces for the white men in the novel. Tod Clifton's dancing Sambo dolls are the most striking example of doll imagery. This small tiss .....

.... The conflict present in these types of fiction is extremely obvious and tends to be shown through the use of pitting the “good� guy against the “bad� guy. Through an examination of the conflicts present in “The Most Dangerous Game� and “The Destroyers,� this difference can clearly be seen. For the most part, the problems that arise in everyday life do not have clearly defined meanings, and they are not always so clearly marked. However, in commercial fiction works such as “The Most Dangerous Game,� the conflict between protagonist and antagonist is clear-cut and identifiable. The purpose of such literary works i .....

.... to the realization that her and Theo will not be together forever, it is this point in the story when she really begins to see how her power in the relationship is not balanced and how really she has no control on the outcome. Munro's short story, Miles City Montana, displays a distinct loss of power when the narrator is confronted with the unendurable thought of not being capable of protecting her child from death. The story opens with the narrator's recollection of a childhood memory of a little boy drowning near her home. At the boy's funeral she also recalls thinking of how no one, not ever his father, could have saved him from his dem .....

.... an invention that would probably help mankind. I could maybe devolp a cure for dieases, or make a new transportation vehicle that would not be pollutive to the enviroment. I may even may make something that would help re-juvinate the depleted ozone layer or improve surgical technics. So if I could be smart then i could someday think of something that may help the world and to me that would be much better then being famous for being rich or to have a power. If I was smart I could also see some bad points to being extreamly smart. If I was too smart then nothing in my life span would be a challenege. Everything would be so easy to fi .....

.... is much like Elizabeth Proctor because they both have their reasons to believe their spouse is cheating on them, but don’t have the concrete evidence to confront their spouse. And the relationship between the two couples can be described in the same way; they are very uncomfortable around each other. Orin is similar to Abigail Williams because they are the ones that are having the affair with either Laurel or John. Both of them also try very desperately, with no success, to maintain their relationship with the person they are committing adultery with. Some of the characters in these two stories have something similar to the char .....

.... fairy" might steal babies and leave a fairy child or someone else's child. People may have believed, or half-believed, in the fairies. They might also have been imaginary figures of fun that personify nature. Another kind of medieval play in contrast with Midsummer is Everyman it refers with death directly along with the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many rituals, you must "invest" them wisely and use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. In the late 15th century English morality play, Everyman, is summoned by Death, he cannot persuade any of his friends to go with him, except for Good Deed .....

.... the power that can be seen in her eyes. This of course is not a realistic portrayal of a woman, but rather an idea of the kind of love that is so powerful, so heavenly that it is unattainable. Daniel tries to prove that his mistress has a love so powerful and deep that it can only be an idea. When many people think of an idea of love that is perfect, many would say that women of purity and beauty would be the perfect woman. Daniel states this thought when he says "Chastity and Beauty, which were deadly foes." Here Daniel says that his mistress is pure, innocent, and beautiful. He is asking the reader to find a woman that perfect. Ther .....

.... often is the importance of stressing this by the use of black and white film. Its quality is stark, holding differences in sharp contrast; always giving life or a story about some element in life a grainy, harsh truth in a more open analysis, which makes the traditional themes of the horror genre native to it. In this caustic line is the motif of the bird in (and in other Hitchcock films; The Birds of course). Birds by nature are sharp-sighted and of secret predation. To the benefit of appearances, ironically the majority are slim and sleek. Constantly, they forage and feed in order to substantiate their fast heart rates and motion, and to .....