When Tom turns to pick-up the glass, he is unable to express his remorse for having shattered something so precious to his sister. ... When the glass shatters, it represents the shattered feelings of Laura as her family is in turmoil. ... Laura goes on to show him her glass menagerie. ... She does not want either to be shatter with his touch. ... The unicorn is a souvenir of the shattering of Laura's broken illusion that her disability is a permanent barrier between her and the outside world. ...

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Edie Fraser went on to say that women are shattering through stereotypes and breaking through misconceptions. ... Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazartis, authors of Madam President, Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling, interviewed Hillary Clinton.(p.17, Madam President Shattering the Last Glasss Ceiling) Mrs. ... The day a woman is elected President of the United States will truly be the day when the last glass ceiling is shattered. ... The glass ceiling still exists at this time, but with the constant hard work and the drive for success women have, the glass ceiling will be shattered....

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The Glass Menagerie is a play written by Tennesse Williams. Although, he wrote other successful plays, "The Glass Menagerie" was his first hit. It is a story of mother, her son and daughter, who are living a confusing life and who keeps on clinging "to a dream world that can so easily be shattered into jagged pieces, as illusion is destroyed by reality". ... She never did anything in her life except play with her Glass Menagerie and plays those worn-out records. ...

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The two different symbols that can be found in the Glass Menagerie are escape, which provides hope and diversion from the outside world and the glass menagerie, which is a metaphor for Laura's fragility and uniqueness. ... The symbol of the glass menagerie represents a safe place to hide from reality. ... The shattered glass represents Laura's understanding of Tom. By far, the most symbolic piece of glass is the unicorn. ... The unicorn is different from the other pieces of glass because of the horn. ...

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Symbolism: The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams uses symbolism throughout his classic play The Glass Menagerie. ... Williams uses symbols to effectively express the theme of The Glass Menagerie. ... Another recurring symbol in the story is that of the "glass menagerie." ... The conversation turns to Laura's glass collection and Laura remarks "Glass is something you have to take good care of" (VII, p. 1821), again showing her fragility and the symbolism of the "glass menagerie." ... At the end of the play, Tom passes by a "window of a shop where perfumes [are] sold" (VII, p. ...

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- (The Glass Menagerie, page 59). ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 82). ... The glass menagerie is a reflection of Laura's world; it is precious, delicate, fragile, and could shatter at any moment. ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 86) Laura lives in her glass menagerie, which becomes her escape from reality. ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 45). ...

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The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams" "memory play" originates after World War II in a dark, dreary alley in St. ... Tom had becomes tired of seeing his sister sitting around playing with glass dolls that represent a real world to her. ... Eventually Tom gets so fet up with his situation he says he's going to the movies, and rages out and down the all to familiar fire escape after shattering a glass. ... She has become enveloped into her own small world of glass animals, hence The Glass Menagerie. ... The theme that I get out of the play is the idea that Laura is looking for an...

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Donne does not only think being "attacked" by love is harmful, but once love has chosen its victim it will destroy its heart like glass. "At one first blow did shiver it as glass." ... By using imagery to show the heart a shattered glass shows that Donne has an ice-like heart and has a cold outlook towards love. The lasting affect love has had on Donne has made him a lesser person, symbolized by the images of the shards of glass all showing a smaller reflection of himself. ...

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As soon as Tom drives away, her hand penetrates the window and shatters the glass. ... From the broken glass to the blood, none of it is a part of the original novel. ... The shattering glass predicts Myrtle's life breaking into pieces and the blood foretells her upcoming death. ...

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An old-fashioned glass clock with a twelve- hour face was ticking away on the mantelpiece. ... The glass paperweight that Winston buys from Mr. ... "It was a heavy lump of glass, curved on one side, and flat on the other, making a hemisphere. ... When the glass shattered it was symbolic of the room no longer existing. ... The picture helps him remember the past. " a crash of breaking glass. ...

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There are objects, however, that are hard but easy to break, such as glass and ice, while some are soft but difficult to break such as nylon string and plastic bottles. ... The glass pane, being a hard but brittle material, shatters, due to its low toughness. The rubber ball, on the other hand, doesn't break although it may be softer than glass, because it is tougher and hence, more ductile. ... Conclusion Having understood the concept of toughness, we now know hardness is not an indication of toughness, as a material can be hard, e.g. glass, but breaks easily because it is brittle-- it...

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A World Of Glass The quote "Commit a crime, and the world is like glass" by Ralph Waldo Emerson best describes the play "Hamlet" because after Hamlet's crimes were committed the world around him started to become fragile and eventually shatters. ... Hamlet's has witnessing the of the events that unfold cause he himself to end his life signifying that he has nothing more to live for, his world of glass soon becomes a non existent world of ruins, and "-the rest is Silence" (V.2.335). "Commit a crime and world is like glass," this is true in Hamlet's case in that his consummat...

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Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). The words "shattering and avalanching" (11) give the feeling of disaster and perhaps fear or sorrow. A disturbance on earth is suggested by the "heaps of broken glass" (12) that make it seem as if "the inner dome of heaven had fallen" (13). ... The speaker confesses that he yearns to return to those days in his imagination to get away f...

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Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). The words "shattering and avalanching" (11) give the feeling of disaster and perhaps fear or sorrow. A disturbance on earth is suggested by the "heaps of broken glass" (12) that make it seem as if "the inner dome of heaven had fallen" (13). ... The speaker confesses that he yearns to return to those days in his imagination to get away f...

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Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). The words "shattering and avalanching" (11) give the feeling of disaster and perhaps fear or sorrow. A disturbance on earth is suggested by the "heaps of broken glass" (12) that make it seem as if "the inner dome of heaven had fallen" (13). ... The speaker confesses that he yearns to return to those days in his imagination to get away f...

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Hal picked up his glass and peered through teary eyes, at his only friend. The two in unison, gulped down the remaining bit of liquor in the glass. ... With this thought Hal took a deep breath and heaved his glass at the mirror in front of him, shattering the only friend he'd had in a while. ...

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The Search for Happiness Tennesse Williams examines the main theme of happiness in his play "The Glass Menagerie." ... Williams first explores a family that is unable to face reality, using a glass unicorn to represent one family member's uniqueness, Laura. ... Both Laura and Amanda's hope will be shattered when Jim admits that he has a girlfriend. ...

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Mina Loy's poem "Lunar Baedeker" starts by talking about the moon and referring to it as a silver Satan serving a drug in an abundant supply. Some sleep-walking adolescents are draped or covered in ridiculous clothes. The poem then darkens and is talking about preparing for a river in the underworld...

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One symbol which is rather obvious is Laura's glass menagerie. Her collection of glass represents her own private world. ... The events that happen to Laura's glass affects Laura's emotional state greatly. When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead plays with her glass. ... The shattered glass represents Laura's understanding of Tom's responsibilities to her. ...

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After that, it's Greed, which is revealed by having a tall full bottle of Absolut and a small shot glass that just barely has enough for a whole shot in it. ... With the advertisement of wrath there is just a bottle that is broke and shattered with the lid still on and Vodka has spilled with the shattered glass on the table as well as some still in the remainder busted of the bottle. ...

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Then in lines ten through thirteen, he describes the forest scene: Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust - Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You"d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. The words "shattering and avalanching," in line 10 the reader gets the feeling of disaster. ... The "heaps of broken glass" makes it seem like "the inner dome of heaven had fallen," suggests a commotion in the universe. ...

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The word Kristallnacht was a measure of lyrical sarcasm, and referred to the fact that pieces of glass from the wrecked windows, shined like crystal in the streets. "It refers to the fragments of shattered window glass that littered the sidewalks in front of Jewish shops that had been vandalized during the night.... Nazi mobs broke the glass in Jewish shop windows. "A half-dozen of the best shops were converted into wreckage overnight with plate-glass windows splintered on the pavement, shelves torn down and goods lying broken and trampled on the floor.... In some townships so many o...

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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. ... There are important autobiographical aspects in The Glass Menagerie and the characters which it depicts. ... The Glass Menagerie deals mainly with the mental life of the characters rather than their physical life and in this regard Williams uses the memory structure. ... In virtue of this preoccupation with self-image and the p...

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The Holocaust The Holocaust was a terrible time in history. When Hitler came into power in 1933 the ruthless deaths of over 600,000 Jews was about to occur. Though today some people still refuse to believe that it ever occured, the proof of evidence that it did is too obvious to disregard. The...

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" his favourite pickles in a dish of gay red glass"(40). ... "She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser. It seemed to him as if the shattered fragments of their evening lay there"(43). ... " gathering up the bits of broken glass she went out of the room as if she carried a dead body-(63). ...

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