Raymond Carver: A Clearer View The year 1977 was an extraordinary year for Raymond Carver. ... Most of Carvers stories from this period of his life were left without a real ending, leaving the reader to make an assumption, but leaving very little room for an optimistic ending. ... The ending of this story is simply written, "the room went dark" (154). ... The theme of this story, the idea that learning never ends, is very appropriate considering Carver had just then at age forty really learned his lessons and found his strengths and learned to deal with his problems. ... After Carver&...

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Dahl begins his narrative in third person participant, limited omniscient point of view. ... The theme begins to arise with Mary striking Patrick over the head with the leg of lamb. ... This theme of contrast is repeated when Mary is speaking with the detectives. ... After stating the theme to the reader, Dahl is ready to reveal the cover up. ... Mary overheard this from the living room and began to giggle. ...

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(pg.29 l.36) Because he says "Elves", which is entirely random, the narrator's playful personality is made more clear to the reader, and it also shows the great contrast with the neighbor's view. ... When the man with whom he's sharing a room, Layfayette, tries to be his friend, Dr. ... The first thing Layfayette says when he learns he'll be sharing a room is, "Show him this way. ... Magoon is being lead to the room, he goes "down a narrow passage of doors".... This obscured view is caused by the darkness. ...

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"The Story Of An Hour" Kate Choplin Theme In "The Story Of An Hour," Kate Choplin suggests that in certain situations, the death of a loved one may be a blessing or the marriage may be a prison sentence to some. ... Point Of View We experience the joy Louise Mallard felt upon hearing of her husband's death through third person narration. ... Immediately after hearing the news, Louise starts crying, and storms into her room. Since Louise spends the majority of the short story in her room, this the main setting of the story. ... She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her ...

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This might lead one to believe that this may have been commonplace, for women to be unhappy in their marriage and have no conventional means of escape; as divorce may be viewed during current times. ... She is isolated in this room the entire story and seems to be quite lonely; thus, highlighting the similarities to Mrs. Mallard and the theme of isolation. ... Isolation is one of the primary themes that are evident throughout the story and the depth of the theme helps to understand her characterization.  Miss Emily Grierson is a character with various levels of emotional instability, which ...

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When locked in her room she looks out of the window and sees "trees that were all aquiver with new spring life" (Chopin 15). ... Along with symbolism, Chopin also uses irony throughout the story to prove to the audience her theme. ... Most women and mainly wives always need something else there to help with their problem with the heart, love. ... These views by society untimely erase feminine views and desires. ... Mallard is not content with her marriage but can not do anything about it. ...

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She was also educated by women, leaving her little room for notion on a traditional marriage. ... There is also a common theme of gender roles and the individuality of a woman in the articles researched. ... This article is effective on informing the reader the theme a lot of Chopin's work backed up with evidence of her past. ... Even her marriage to Oscar Chopin did not change her views as he allowed her be herself and express her views as she pleases. ... Kate was raised and educated by women, having very little room to form notions about marriage (Deter 1). ...

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After this tragic event she goes up to her room to be alone. ... Mallard's awakening with an open window when she enters the room. Which tells us that she is no longer trapped in a room but can be free is she chooses. ... There, she starts to have an affair with Robert Lebrun, who she falls in love with. ... The Storm, another great story written by Kate Chopin expresses yet again the theme of a male dominated society. ...

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What we read is just the opposite; a single woman must be in want of a man with a good fortune. ... The comic tendencies displayed in the novel's language introduce a theme very important to the novel "the character's laughter and their attitudes towards laughter as an index to their morality and social philosophy. ... She tells her sister, she fell in love with Darcy after seeing his estate at Pemberly. ... But it is this assertion of her "liberty- that reveals Jane Austen taking a more conservative view of humor. ... When she returns to Longbourn with Wickham, she is "Lyd...

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A short while later, Armand enters the room to search through documents on a table. ... He leaves the room. ... Themes Racism and Gender Bias Like many other American men of the mid-nineteenth century South, Armand Aubigny bases the worth of a person primarily on his or her race and gender. ... Finally, like other Old South plantation owners, he viewed the blackness of his slaves as a defect that colored even their souls. ... Come with your child." ...

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The story begins with her memories of how she and Maxim first met, in Monte Carlo, years before. ... A friendly, outgoing woman with a passion for horses. ... (It was a common custom in the 19th and early 20th century for wealthy, unmarried older women to pay young girls to travel with them, as both a servant and a friend with whom to converse. ... At lunch she runs into Maxim, who insists on eating with her, and then invites her to drive with him along the beautiful coastline. He shows warm and courteous demeanor--except at one place on the road, a place with a particularly striking view, w...

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This essay investigates how far "The Importance of Being Earnest" reflects this view on life. ... Jack sums it up from his point of view. ... Cecily sums up the main theme in the play when she says to Algernon: "I hope that you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. ... The name is central to the plot regarding marriage to women with money and status. ... (Act 1 p16) Among the views expressed by Wilde's characters is that romance and happiness is hindered within the bounds of marriage and once marriage is proposed romance en...

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"The importance of being Earnest- can be regraded as a comedy although it has more serious and dramatics themes. ... From my point of view, using this characters, Oscar Wilde wants to do a criticism to the Victorian society. ... Apart from this, from my point of view the story becomes more and more interesting as the play goes on. ... They go into the music room. ... She tells him his brother is in the dining room; Jack says he doesn't have a brother. ...

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With great irony and wit Austen shows how the tenderest human feelings interact with and are influenced by financial considerations. ... It lies in the interest of a woman to marry a man with a fortune, or at least some good deal of money. The husband is meant to support his wife, since he is the one with a profession and she is not. ... Or as Jane says when she hears of Lydia's elopement with Wickham: "So imprudent a match on both sides!... A blunt restatement of this sentence would read, " it is an acknowledged truth in our particular society that a single woman without a fortune mu...

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