The reason for his radical behavior is the fact that there are two sides to Claude as Susan Rosowski points out; "On the one hand there was Claude, a sensitive youth burning with desire to find meaning; on the other, there was his world-intractable, immediate, alien" (Rosowski 97). ... The full, uncut, cherry tree represented Claude's fulfilled desires and fantasies. However, his father cut down those desires before Claude had a real chance to experience them. ... After the scene with the couple Claude's curiosity with the soldier does not die out. ...

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However, the men even go on and ask him "Isn't it time to die?"... The King gave his Queen the power to let him live or die. ... I am as good as dead if I can't say what thing it is that women most desire"(144). ... He returns to the Queen and tells her what women most desire. ... He gave her exactly what woman desire, the right to make choices. ...

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I completely agree win Dan Shen "The narrative is regarded as a positive representation of a woman's desire for freedom from patriarchal oppression at the news of her husband's death in a railway accident... " (294) When Louise saw her husband and "died of heart disease"(295), " Kathleen B. ... I agree more with Amanda Higgins "that Louise dies from the realization that she would never be able to live a life that would fulfill the desires of her id and the needs of her ego... Mallard had died of joy from the prospect of freedom. This story is about Kate Chopin and if her hus...

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In Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath," the wife tells the tale of a knight who must find out what women desire from their marriages. ... The knight's quest is to either find out what women want or he dies. ... The quest given by the queen of trying to figure out what women desire can be seen as an obstacle because he needs to figure out the answer and it seems daunting. ...

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"The Storm", shows a woman who is seemingly happy with her husband and child, yet longs to release her sexual desires which are apparently not satisfied by her husband. ... "The Storm" exposes that women do in fact have sexual desires that need to be met. ... She soon gives in to her desires and finds a satisfaction that she had never experienced before. ... Women were not supposed to exhibit any type of sexual desire or pleasure. ... Although Louise did in fact love and care for her husband, the lines of her face " bespoke repression- It was almost as if she was never really alive until ...

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Living her life to the fullest, she dies knowing that in her heart, she did the right thing and is in a way proud of her accomplishments. She dies with the burden of fear from knowing what she did was morally wrong. ... She longed for being a great mother, wife and neighbor and she did succeed although her outlook on life soon died along with her husband. ... Edna is brought to the desire to live life more fully and thus she sets out to make her journey of self discovery and her very own awakening. ... At the time of the publication of the book, desire for another person while you are marri...

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This means the women have all rights to the property that the family owns and when she dies the property becomes her daughters. ... Also, coupled with the fact that more income was desired, women started to work part time jobs. ...

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And he might have a desire to make her obey him. I think he didnt notice his subconscious desire because he said that he wanted to be a gentleman. ... Perhaps he had cherished a desire to make her obey him since first he met her. ... He almost obtained his desire. ... @I think he must not know what normal and true love is like because his parents died when he was very little and Joe and his sister were abnormal couple. ...

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Arcita wins the battle, but he is wounded after his victory, and dies several days later. ... She asked him to find the thing that woman most desire, and she gave him a year to search for the answer, in any way he liked. ... The answer he gives is that women desire to have mastery over their husbands. ... In the Pardoner's tale three greedy friends discover that one of their friends has died while looking for treasure. ... The Wife of Bath is a very envious women, who desirers only a few simple things in life. ...

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Even though Marlow is fond of the Helmsman for some reason he is not sure of: "he had done something...I had him at my back" (165), their relationship comes to an end when the he dies. ... "(171) and crosses all boundaries to fulfill his desires. ... Marlow also recognizes that if he like Kurtz lets his desires and greed take over, he could end up just like him: "True, he had made that last stride, he had stepped over the edge, while I had been permitted to draw back my hesitating foot... However, as they are leaving, Marlow notices the unusual way Kurtz's mistress shows her dissent: "She...

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Thus, when Othello expressed his desire to kill the young woman, she tried to convince him it was the wrong thing to do, but would not take action against him due to a strongly held societal convention. ... It is far fetched that Desdemona's death was a type of suicide, but her depression and shock could have made her less opposed to the idea of dieing. ... The fact that Desdemona is headstrong may have something to do with the way in which she died. ... As she utters "a guiltless death I die- (5.2.121), we see her succumbing to her doom almost for the sake of her life story. ... As ...

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Rich eagerly awaits the day where women will all have the desire and ability to choose any profession they so desire. ... Or, they were beautiful and died young, like Lucy and Lenore. ... Therefore, Rich emphasizes that women need not wait for the feminist movement, to set them free, but to take it upon themselves to do as they please to satisfy inner desires to write and work in an equal society. ... (Rich 632) In this statement, we find that Rich's desire to have equal roles in society and especially literature is flawed. ... Rich's desire could be seen as a political leader c...

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Mallard represents a negative view of marriage by becoming overjoyed that her husband has died. ... It seems as if Louis has a deep inner-life that is not connected to the outside world and now that her husband has died those feelings have become more important. ... The fact that she dies at the end from a heart disease is symbolic of the "disease" that marriage can hold. ... The idea of her husband dying does not trouble her at all because she finally "spread her wings" and live how she wants to live. ... Mallard seems as if she repressed her desire to control her destiny....

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She has very little remorse for doing this; "Inform me how they died, for twofold joy Wilt thou afford, if wretchedly they perished" (718). ... Ah, lost in my sufferings, I wish, I wish I might die" (697). ... Medea's uncontrollable rage fuels her desire for revenge towards anyone who causes her bitter grief and anyone who gets in her way. ...

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A woman living in the Victorian era whose desire is to have freedom. ... Mallard desire for freedom is seen by her thoughts of freedom, the things she sees that resemble freedom and why she wants freedom in her life. ... Mallard starts showing her deep down desire to have freedom in her life and be her own person. ... Mallard dies and her husband is alive. ...

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Her father died of a train accident when she was only five years old. ... They illustrate topics such as the "caged" feeling a woman may have in a marriage, or the need to express female sexuality and desire. ... The story about a sexual affair, expresses passion and sexual desire. ... After her husband died, Chopin had a short relation with another man. ... Chopin's father died of a train accident when she was only five years old (Deter 1). ...

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Every night she cooks dinner for her father ever since her mother died when Dorethea was young. ... He thinks that no one else can be right or as correct as himself, so he lets no individual or law stand in his way of achieving what he desires. ...

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After Hannah's husband, Rekus, died just after Sula's birth, Hannah chose to live as her mother Eva did, a single woman who entertained assorted men as she pleased. ... The comfort each feels in the other's home demonstrates their initial and subconscious desire to merge into one being. ... The point of interest here is not so much the emotional bond formed between Nel and Sula by watching the boy die, but their symbolic play before hand. ... Without Nel, Morrison makes clear, Sula no longer has a complete self: "She was completely free of ambition, with no affection for money, ...

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Using characterization, both authors created women who have a desire to be more than what society expects or allows. ... Louise had believed that when her husband died "There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself," (Chopin 170) this shows that she had been under her husband's control and was happy to be free. ...

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He wants to leave before his nightmares consume him, but he stays because of his desire for her friendship. ... This act he considered treacherous because he didn't save anyone but himself and watched Ana, possibly his wife or his love, and his other companions being lead off to die. ...

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The mind and heart are fragile items to toy with. "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Story of an Hour" show what happens when either is taken lightly, and what was expected from women at their time periods. Both show the hopes and desires and what happens when they are crushed. Gilman uses the wall...

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She is very surprised by his question and says to him, "So I hereby swear that I will never willingly disobey you in act or thought, under threat of death, though I would be loath to die (Chaucer, 206). ... When the King asked for Griselda's hand in marriage he finished by saying, "I also ask whether you are prepared to submit willingly to whatever I may desire, and to agree that I shall be at liberty to cause you delight or pain, as I think best, without your grumbling about it night or day (Chaucer, 206)?" ...

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You can imagine how much her aunt couldn't stand her from one of her last words in her deathbed – she was talking about Jane: "She, however, did not die: but I said she did – I wish she had died!... How hopeless would be her desire to live independent life if she had no money. ...

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After she hears the news that the princess and Creon died, she realizes that because of this, her children will be endangered anyway. ... Force ever was will have it they must die, and since this must be so, then I, their mother, shall kill them." ... Evidently, her desire to impact revenge on Jason was greater than the love she had for her children, because at the end of the play she decided to kill them. ...

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Her other obstacles included living in the home of Eva Turner until she died and gave the house to Mattie. ... Throughout the book, we see that Brewster Place itself will die. ... For Mattie: when do you think Brewster Place will die? ... The fact that Brewster place is going to die. 4. ... Lucile Louise Turner is a portrait of a woman literally dying of grief and rage. ...

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