Repressed Desires We live in a society that promotes freedom, yet oppresses our innate desires and inclinations. ... As a mortal, Lucy constantly fights to repress her inner desires in order to adhere to societal ideals of proper behavior. ... Thus, when Lucy follows her pleasure seeking impulses and begs Arthur to kiss her before she dies, Van Helsing acts as society's voice and immediately stops Arthur from kissing her. ... After Lucy's death, the men proclaim that it is better for her to die than to live her life in the sexually liberal way that vampires did. ... The passing of b...

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A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is set in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Before the action of the play, Stella Kowalski moved out of her family estate, Belle Reve, in Mississippi when her father died. ... Blanche feels hardships were Stella's fault since she left Belle Reve and abandoned her the summer their father died. ... It is a coincidence he died in a hotel called Elysee Hotel, similar to Elysian Fields Avenue where the play took place. ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a very intense play about people and life and various views of reality. ...

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Some believe that the act of helping a terminally sick person die isn't immoral, but a kind and understanding act of compassion. ... He points out that when someone has the desire to take their own life; their mental states are under question. ... One might observe that due to the experience related, no one should be allowed to suffer if they desire not to. ... After being presented with all of the options, whether living or dying, the patient will then have to make a decision. Ultimately, the decision should be up to the patient on living or dying. ...

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This paper explores how Faulkner employs the minor character Whitfield in As I Lay Dying to belittle simplistic Christianity. ... Whitfield is crossing the river because, yes, he does not want Addie to tell of their fornication, but he also desires to make things right with her family before she dies: "I would say to her husband: "Anse, I have sinned. ... A single minor character like Reverend Whitfield has much to reveal about William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. ... Working toward a full understanding of the religious themes in both As I Lay Dying and the entirety of Faulkner's wor...

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What is love, why does it sometimes grow, and why does it sometimes die; these are questions often asked by humans today. ... But the desire to love and the desire to be loved contain different elements for different people. ... We desire permanence, especially when we desire to be happy. ... Confidence to be the friend of our partner growth then the relationship will prosper and it will not die. ... Love has a chance to endure or to die. ...

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The goal is for his "self" to die. Siddhartha had one single goal--- to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow--- to let the self die. ... Siddhartha becomes focused on letting the self die by freeing himself from desire, dreams, pleasure, thirst, and sorrow. ... A shudder passed through his body; he felt as if something had died. ... It was the goal of all of them, yearning, desiring, suffering; and the river's voice was full of longing, full of smarting woe, full of insatiable desire. ...

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As the story of his life unfolds in The King Must Die, Theseus develops from a passionate youth who had a small grasp of life to a reserved and knowledgeable king. ... Theseus manipulates situations to suit his purposes, and is able to achieve the ends he desires without revealing his intentions. ... Thus, when he dies, he goes to the gods with nothing but a record of his life; if he lived honorably, then he has lived a good life....

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Everyone in the novel will try to fold or shape other people to satisfy their own selfish desires. ... All of the man's relationships revolve around money, which eventually causes him to die truly poor. ... The man dies with a large sum of money, but no one to mourn over his death. ... After all the money that Gatsby accumulates, he ends up dying empty-handed. The only thing that has the ability to keep one's soul alive after they die are memories and friendships, but because Gatsby never had any real and valid friends, he dies truly poor. ...

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When Edgar dies he claims ownership of Thrushcross Grange. The proof of his desire for revenge is the way in which he mistreats his wife. ... His desire for revenge extends also to his son Linton who he also mistreats. ... Thus his revenge is complete and yet he remains unhappy and dies without achieving his real desire to marry Catherine. ... He appears to welcome death as he believes that when he dies he will be with Catherine again. ...

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He is not content with what he has and desires much more in life. ... Gilgamesh, like many of us, has a burning desire to be successful in life. The epic illustrates how human nature has the desire to obtain more than one possesses. ... People want to live longer, healthier lives, but dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed, everything that lives will at sometime die. ...

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This idyllic perception of marriage or the desire to engage in marriage prevails not only in the real world, but also in literature. ... The ubiquitous motif of marriage displays Antigone and Haemon's strong desire to wed each other. ... The presence of veils wrapped around Antigone's neck at the time of her death reveals her unconditional desire to wed Haemon. ... Sadly, Haemon reveals his love when Antigone dies and before sharing a blissful marriage that they both so passionately desired, thus conveying the pathetic tone. ... This last illustration of the young couple embra...

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Both females encounter unwanted marriages,but are able to follow their true desires to be free. ... Victors and Victoria`s desire to be with one another had finally come true. ... He coincidentally grabs the cup of poison at the alter, drinking it thinking it was wine and dies immediately. ... She follows her hearts desire and decides to wait on getting married. ... When Lord Barkus finally dies a blue butterfly flies by beside Victoria and Victor as well as when Alice is beginning her new adventure and going with her desires to explore the world the blue butterfly passes beside her symb...

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Mother Courage predicts that her children will die and that it is their virtues that are their downfall. She predicts that Eilif will die at war, Swiss Cheese due to his honesty and Kattrin by not remaining quiet. ... Mother Courage has, in the part been viewed as an almost likeable woman, who's desire is to see herself and her family through the way alive. ... Mother Courage, although she does not die is also a victim of her business mind, her desire to work. This desire to work that is partly responsible for her being left alone at the end of the play. ...

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Almost every character possessed a unique power that led way for much desire. ... Here we will take a look at the authoritative aspects along with the powers of perception and desire. ... Power of infatuation and romantic desire is a third form of power used in Shakespeare's play. ... The power she possesses will drive her to any length: "So will I grow, so live, so die, my lord, Ere I will my virgin patent up Unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke My soul consents not to give sovereignty" (1:1 80-84). ... But you cannot deny their love, even though they are listening ...

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There are many ways that this is found in literature including going by desire, by chance, by abduction, and by being lured by an outside force. ... Huck goes because he desires to begin his journey. ... Every time that he does this he is symbolically dying and reemerges a more experienced person. ... Holden deals with his own mental hallucinations, cognative disotience, and his desire to stay innocence, his Peter Pan complex. ... The glass motif also appears when his brother, Allie, dies. ...

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If Aylmer were unable to remove this birthmark, she would rather die than live with the knowledge that he found her repulsive. ... Aylmer was so insensitive in his desire to perform this procedure on Georgiana. ... His endless desire was to have the ability to change what God had created in His own image and likeness. ... He was so proud of his achievement that he completely overlooked the fact that his beloved wife was dying. ... With those final words, Georgiana died. ...

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The way in which Victor describes embracing and kissing Elizabeth implies that he has sexual desire for her. ... He masks his mother with Elizabeth so that he does not have to consciously admit his desire for his mother. ... Elizabeth had assumed the role of woman of the house after Caroline died. ... Victor may have continued to hold onto his desire for his mother through Elizabeth. ... When she dies, he is left feeling abandoned by her. ...

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The way in which Victor describes embracing and kissing Elizabeth implies that he has sexual desire for her. ... He masks his mother with Elizabeth so that he does not have to consciously admit his desire for his mother. ... Elizabeth had assumed the role of woman of the house after Caroline died. ... Victor may have continued to hold onto his desire for his mother through Elizabeth. ... When she dies, he is left feeling abandoned by her. ...

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The first scene in which Odysseus desires to attain nostos is on Calypso's Island. ... Although she is profoundly beautiful, Odysseus desires to return home to his family... ... Here, Odysseus is afraid that he will die without attaining nostos first. ... This shows that the attainment of nostos is an onerous task that Odysseus desires to complete. ... He says, "My treacherous queen, Clytemnestra, killed her over my body, yes, and I, lifting my fists, beat them down on the ground, dying, dying, writhing around the sword. ...

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Desiring what we can't have, not selfish desire is what causes suffering. Everyone has desires; it's removing the desire for things that we can't have that will bring happiness. ... Desiring the unattainable is absurd. He did not say stop desiring. ... Craving is desiring to excess ." ...

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Lily Bart is a very developed character who is caught between her desire for luxury and reality. Following the loss of the family fortune, both of Lily's parents died, leaving her to live with her aunt, Mrs. ... He is aware of the fact that he has nothing to offer to Lily as far as finances and the luxurious life she desires. ... There he found that she had died in her sleep. ... Had it not been for rumors and their triumph over her, she may not have died the way she did. ...

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Envy is the sixth deadly sin, and is the desire for the possessions, position, or qualities of another. ... Due to her ambition and envy, she lived vicariously through Macbeth and desired to be hailed queen. ... For example, Macbeth can not control the family, time, or place in which he was born, nor can he choose how, when, or why he dies. ... Macbeth was destine to become king as was he destine to eventually fail and die. ... Surly, if someone knew how he or she was going to die they would try to avoid death. ...

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The debut even made the way & entwined itself in the bindings of drama "A streetcar named desire." ... It is hanging over a muslin tree, desire. The hope is over desire, any minute it could break & fall crushing the relationship, the hope, the chance that love will be reached. For when the desire for love is lost, hope is also unrecognizable in the two's eyes. ... The helped Blanca the Pandemonium in a wonderful, love filled way, before he died in 1961 of lunge cancer, this sent the Playwright into a long, deeo depressions threatened insanely and Mr. ...

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A person's action can often influence an individual's determination; through one's desire, power and strength will free one's conflict. ... He is distinguished as a person who intends on satisfying his own desires within the ward. ... He realized then, that he let the nurse under his skin because of his desires. ... Jesus was scared to die but accepted it later on. ... Jesus died on the cross for his people. ...

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Neglect and love are two feelings that everyone in the world has felt, the latter being one much more desired. ... Earnshaw dies, his son, Hindley, takes over the manor. ... After Hindley's wife died in childbirth, he began drinking and gambling. ... He says to Hareton after his father dies, "Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! ... So once both Linton and Edgar die, the Grange will be his. ...

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