However, revenge masked as justice and possessive jealousy parading as love are the central themes to a plot that thickens with hate and contempt as the story unfolds. ... Moreover, Cathy is all that Heathcliff has, which gives her the illusion of being in control. ... "Nay, you'll not drive me off again-you were really sorry for me, were you? ... " So much the worse for me that I am strong. ... " (Page 295) This passage gives the reader a hard earned sense of closure. ...

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The story itself begins when an evacuation of Westerners is ordered in the midst of revolution in Baksul, India. ... After their departure from Shangri-la, the story is unresolved. We are lead to believe that there was truth to the story and that Lo-Tsen rapidly ages then dies, we are never definitively told the fates of the her, Conway and Mallinson following their departure from Shangri-la. A theme found in Lost Horizon is the desire to leave and apparent utopia in favor of a former home, however flawed. ... "Give me a short life and a gay one", he says, explaining to Conway why even...

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The theme can be paraphrased by the author or shown through statements made by a character. As I read over Ernest Hemingway's short story, Hills Like White Elephants, there is one powerful theme that clearly stands out. ... The man then goes on to say, "And if I do it you"ll be happy and things will be like they were and you"ll love me?" ... For example, during the opening conservation it seemed to me that when the woman said she felt the mountains looked like white elephants. ... This shows a lack of interest, and gives me the feeling that he was thinking when to inquire about the abo...

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Profoundly affected by the events, the protagonist decides to tell his story in an essay for his English class that becomes the base for the story. ... He realizes that the older one from the Curtis, was giving up his life to give Pony opportunities Darry never had. ... Being a loyal friend is not only a theme in the book, but also related to our society today. ... Like it happened to me"(p.110) Dally admits that jail was where everything went bad, he got tougher and meaner in jail. ... Including, Dally giving a home for his brothers and loving them. ...

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Romeo and Juliet was an epic story. ... It shows two different themes. ... This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die. This story brings out the themes of the hatred shared between two families, and the secret lovers caught in the middle. These two themes play a strong role in the play. ...

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"Feel it Oliver," he would say, thrusting a bar at me. ... The conflict constructed in this story develops the theme to always follow your dreams, even if not officially, always give your best shot at completing them. ... This is not the end of the story though. ... Conflict, provides a structure for which the theme is built on. ... This book is a reminder to me to stick to what I want to do, and what I love to do, and to always follow through with it. ...

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The Depth of the Heart of the Ocean "Ahh, open your heart to me, Rose," pleads Caledon Hockley of the young Rose in James Cameron's recent film, Titanic, just after he gives her a most expensive diamond. ... You understand me? ... You must do me this honor. You must promise me that you'll survive, that you won't give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. ... Taken together with its plot and theme, the setting helps make the film seem larger than life. ...

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In the conclusions of both books, the authors give their readers the information of those affected by society and the fact of growing old. ... As the reader progresses in the book they learn of the seven themes, on which the two men talk about during their meetings, which occur on Tuesdays because Morrie and Mitch are Tuesday people. ... I truly feel that Morrie would read the book and when he would finish ask me the same thing as to why someone would that acceptable to do. Two more out of the seven themes discussed are love and happiness; however, throughout Night the story of a boy suffe...

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An epic is defined as a long narrative story celebrating the feats of a traditional hero. ... I'm doing it for you not me?... I'm doing it for you not me?. ... For example he tries to make himself feel better by giving Perry money, he believes that he can just pay his fine and go along with his life. ... Perry yells outlet me have this? ...

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Only the things that I have to give anyway. ... I have other things to give. And I cant give them to you because I dont love you. ... I will not give in. ... Clegg's part clearly establishes his love for Miranda - Please marry me, I wont ask anything, anything of you, except to be my wife in name and live in the same house with me. ...

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Twelfth Night contains many themes including love which features frequently in the opening scene of the play. ... Twelfth Night was made by Shakespeare taking events from GL'Igannati in which a ship wreck also occurs.He also takes another part of his story from Barnaby Riche's Apolonius and Silla, in which someone falls in love with the duke. ... This concludes the fact that Orsino loves the idea of being in love and the feeling it gives him rather than actually being in love with Olivia. ... Orsino's attitude for love is rather excessive, which in Twelfth Night is a theme of it...

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On Pg. 49, John described one of Ann's needs, "That's what you need, Ann - someone to talk to beside me." ... She uses it to tell stories and depict society. ... Ann felt that she is unimportant to John because he frequently leaves her alone; she states, "It isn't right to leave me here alone. ... She sees Steven as the only person who can give her the love and affection she needs. ... The story must present themes which are relevant to the reader, in order for it to make an...

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People may well think of Romeo and Juliet to be "the greatest love story ever told", due to their rather vague knowledge of the passion shared by the two main lovers. ... /Prodigious birth of love it is to me, /That I must love a loathed enemy." ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... In contrast, though, there is also the recurring theme of dark imagery. ... "Nurse, come back again, /I have remembered me, thou's hear our counsel." ...

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He teaches the meaning of Life and how to be human, which is the theme in this story. ... He gives up what he loves, music, to create a life. ... Though Morrie has not seen Mitch for sixteen years, Morrie recognizes him immediately upon their reunion and gives Mitch a warm hug. ... I know one thing I would do is asking god to forgive me, I would forgive all, and ask people to forgive me if I have ever caused them any harm. ... I'm sure that this book will stay with me the rest of my life. ...

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The image of rain is also used previously in the novel when Catherine reveals, "I"m afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it and sometimes I see you dead in it" (Hemingway 126). ... The final tragedy is that while giving birth, Catherine and the baby die. ... This sums up Hemingway's central theme about the horrific world. ... The theme of Ernest Hemingway's novel is love as a response to the horrors of war and the world. ... But in this novel their courses run exactly, though subtly, parallel, so that in the end we feel we have read one story, not two" (Young, 27...

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In William's Shakespeare immortal tale, Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are juxtaposed to portray the antithesis between the two themes. ... If thou be merciful, / Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet."... There is a naivety about her answer: "I'll look to like, if looking move. / But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly" (I.i. 98-100). ... Friendship plays an important part in the story and is allied to the idea of loyalty. ... As love is a recurring theme, hate is reinforced in the play through the "ancient grudge" between the two hous...

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What relevance does a story hold if there is no tragedy to draw out the sympathies of one's audience? Suffering allows the auto biographer to hold his audience in relative awe over the central theme of his work, the discovery of an unknown experience, an unknown life. Through the theme of suffering, the true relevance of the autobiography, as a genre of literature, emerges. ... Within the genre of autobiography, suffering provides the strongest medium for the theme of self-discovery. ... However, it is important to understand the motion of the theme of self-discovery for both the author ...

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Story Elements in A Farewell to Arms The book A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic novel about the love story of a nurse and a war-ridden soldier. ... In A Farewell to Arms, various story elements are developed: the conflicts that occur internally and externally within Frederic's life, the characterization of Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. Love and war is an important theme in the book, and the relationship between Frederic and Catherine is explored by Hemingway. ... This love story plays out i...

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Shakespeare's play Othello involves 3 main themes. ... "She had eyes and chose me". ... At one point in the story, Iago convinces Emilia to steal a handkerchief that was given to Desdemona by Othello. ... At this point Emilia listens to what Iago has said and steals the handkerchief and gives it to her. ... The most important theme in the play has to be friendship. ...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a gentle comedy, which tells several stories each one occurring during a single summer night in a magical forest. ... It is a tale that does not seem to concentrate on themes as well as it does with its ideas. ... Helena is a young woman of Athens who is in love with Demetrius in an almost pathetic and desperate way by proclaiming "use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me, Neglect me,"(Act 2 Sc. 1), to him. ... Although she is tall and blonde, the verbal abuse that she receives from Demetrius gives her very low self-esteem as she loses confidence in her...

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Love is a major theme within Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... All of the characters exhibit at least one of these as the story progresses. ... Sexuality is also another aspect of love within the story. ... A character who constantly makes sexual comments and puns is Mercurio who often gives sexual meaning to Romeo's words. ... Throughout the story little goes right for the lovers but they manage to share a few moments of true happiness. ...

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This is not even entirely about Stephenie Meyer's novels; it is about what vampires represent inside of a story, their actions interpreted in relation to sex, how Mormon values are used in the story to reveal hidden sexual repression within Mormon religion. ... However, again the path their relationship tends to follow is in constant reminder of chastity and that they can be together forever if they do not give into their physical wants and desires. ... I felt that if I did something about it, that it would help me feel better about myself. Whether or not Meyer meant to include Mormon v...

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A good example is when Beatrice is about to enter and Benedick says, "Will your Grace command me any service to the worlds end? ... You have no employment for me?... This is the scene where the play becomes a great comedy and unfolds into this big love story between the two. ... Beatrice seems to be very social in general but it somewhat sarcastic and rude towards all males, while Benedick seems to only be sarcastic and give a hard time to just Beatrice. ... The fact that Benedick would challenge his best and long time friend for love is another theme that Shakespeare brings to this play. ...

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In King Lear, written by William Shakespeare, the theme of blindness is clearly displayed in the characters of King Lear and Gloucester. ... Gloucester accepts the story of his illegitimate son Edmund because his is too blind to see Edmund's true personality. ... King Lear banishes Cordelia when she gives an honest answer about her love to him. ... When King Lear finally realizes that his blindness has pushed his loyal daughter Cordelia away, he says, "When thou dost ask me blessing, I"ll kneel down and ask of thee forgiveness." ...

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The story of the fiery girl Carmen and her jealous lover Don Jose begins in Seville, about 1830 (Bleiler 40). ... Morales is also a corporal in the army as well, giving new phrase to the word flirtatious. ... Don Jose hurls himself on top of her body and shouts to the guards take me for I"m the one that has killed her. ... Many of the themes in the opera were thought to have been profane; women smoking, drinking and dancing for men in taverns. ... Almost everyone knows the dramatic, emotional, musical story o...

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