[S] Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth experience sleeplessness. ... Lady Macbeth, though, begins with an unrecognizable conscience. ... Macbeth, on the other hand, seems to do the exact reverse of Lady Macbeth. ... On the other hand, Lady Macbeth's new-found conscience becomes unbearable. ... While sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth is aggravated with her own hands. ...
" Considered one of his most famous writings, "Ligeia" tells the story of a man, also known as the narrator of this story, and his love and loss of his late wife, lady Ligeia, and her unusual resurrection. ... His new wife, Lady Rowena Trevanion, is described as almost opposite of Ligeia aesthetically. Lady Rowena was "fair-haired and blue-eyed," and shorter than Ligeia ("Ligeia"). ... The room apparently quickly takes its toll on Lady Rowena as she quickly becomes sick within the first two months there. ... In the end, the narrator realizes that it is not L...
In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas and The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, the protagonists take journeys through time and show how life can change for the better or the worst. In The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes begins as a well-off sailor of the Pharaon. His well-being simply couldn't be better. He has a fair amount of money, a beautiful fiancée, and a caring, loving father awaiting him at home. ...
Bruce Ismay (Appendix A: Portraits) took over as chairman of the White Star Line. ... Placed in command of some of White Star's best vessels was Captain Edward James Smith (Appendix A: Portraits), known as the "Millionaires Captain." ... There was mining millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, British royals Sir Cosmo and Lady Lucile Duff Gordon, and the famous Denver millionairess, Molly Brown (Appendix A: Portraits), who by the end of the voyage would have the title, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (McDonald, 2). ... The wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride (Appendix A: Port...
Even though that put Martha in the most danger, she remained the most composed, the most ready to accept unpleasant conditions, the most sympathetic to the soldiers throughout the war. " (Roberts (1), p.87) While Martha was not always pleased that George was in charge of the army, she did what she could to keep up morale and help the troops; so much so that she earned herself the affectionate title: "Lady Washington. " In all the camps that she was at, she was often visited by the local women. ... In the afternoon her ladyship took occasion to say, in a way that we could not be offended at, ...
The Glass Menagerie is mainly about the spiritual paralysis of human beings as the result of the depressive atmosphere of the society, breakdown of family institution and lack of understanding among even the most intimate persons; that is, the members of a family. In the 1939 letter to his editor,...
OUTCOME Thesis Statement: A feministic approach on Wuthering Heights which displays women's rebellion against patriarchal society by showing Catherine as a rebel against her father and her husband and by creating Isabel and Catherine as two contradictory characters. I. Introduction A. Women's pos...
"Are you accusing the world or is the world accusing you? " DOGEN Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) was a Norwegian writer whose work is primarily dramatic. In the entire history of literature, there are very few who have measured up to Ibsen's st...
Before the advent of making hair into jewelry, people used to give their sweethearts and loved ones locks of their hair as mementos and as tokens of affection that was proper for a young lady to receive. ... On the contrary, she was likely to have been a conventional middle class lady going about her fancywork. ... As a good 19th century woman, the domestic harmony she fostered was an expression of herself; her self-portrait in sacrifice. ...
He made enemies rather than friends. (23) There was much in his life which was strange and terrible, in his character something outrageous, and in his fate not a little that was pathetic. (24) It is obvious that there was much in the commonly received account of Strickland's life to embarrass a respectable family. (24) Mr Strickland has drawn the portrait of an excellent husband and father, a man of kindly temper, industrious habits and moral disposition. (24) For there are many who have been attracted to his art by the detestation in which they held his character or the compassion with w...
The details of the painter's life, are not very well known at present times, but when interpreting his work it should be taken into consideration that he belonged to a very strict catholic order called the Brotherhood of Our Lady, and that the patrons and collectors of his work were very pious Roman Catholics such as the Spanish ruler, Philip II, argues Linfert (1989:). ...
Tiffany, a lady who imagines herself fashionable, and Millinette, a French ladies maid. ... Not only were the best furniture makers in Paris, but so were the most elegant silks, stylish silver, best wines, prettiest watches, fobs, seals, most spectacular jewels, and the best paintings and portraits. ...
It is understandable, then, why Fitzgerald created such insipid and vacuous characters like Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Blake - the main female character in Fitzgerald's own life only became interested in him once he achieved notoriety and ended up being a crazy lady whom Fitzgerald had to personally take care of and financially support, although he received no real companionship in return. ...
Timothy Findley pieced The Wars together much like a puzzle. When piecing together a puzzle it is crucial to first find the corner pieces. As when trying to understand the novel it is necessary to realize what the most important aspects are. Each separate corner holds together and is linked to anoth...
Their movement ranges from dancing to still portraits, to movements, to acting, to mimicking and symbolic motion. ... She wasn't able to give the full blast of emotions and spirit to the character, she simply looked like an old lady who was once venerated. ...
VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...
The Thing about the Beats One of the novels that has caused a great impact since it was written until now is the modern classic On the Road, the second novel of one of the most controversial writers of his time Jack Kerouac. The book is considered the first work of the Beat Generation, the name that was given to his small group of friends, that were also writers, of the Columbia University. There are many publishers that confirm the importance of On the RoadFor example, Synopsis tells us in its review: "This novel epitomized to the world the Beat philosophy" (amazon.com-#1). Also, Libra...
1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restauran...
