After Eugene's first wife died, he married Delphine Couturier, who turned out to be unfaithful to him, just as Emma was to Charles. She also died at a very young age, leaving Delmare with many debts and a young child to rear. Eugene, like Charles, died shortly after his wife out of despair. Madame Bovary is written in the tradition of combining a realistic portrayal of society with a formalistic desire to create a new way of life in much the same way Degas and Manet attempted to paint the mediocrity of modern life without becoming vulgar themselves. ...

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But the angel continues to croon: "I am born and I am dying." ... Thus Orlando's desire and future are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. ... The narrator's initial stipulation of sameness at the moment of biological transformation is soon contradicted; gender colonises the body, inflects its desires, and directs its actions elsewhere. ...

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In Shute's novel, the characters can not accept that they will ultimately die from radiation sickness. ... Battling mirages of the things he truly desires, the man explains that "in his dream [the woman] was sick and he cared for her" (32), which is the way he hopes his wife passed away instead of accepting the fact that she committed suicide and left him and his son alone. ... Moira strives to consume less alcohol, attend secretarial classes and participate in church, because she wishes to improve her moral standard before dying. ...

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Later, when Emma dies, the blind man gets to the end of his song about a young girl dreaming. ... He hints towards his disgust through Emma, who fuels her outlandish desires by indulging in literary works centered on Romanticism. ...

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Aphra returned to England after Surinam was surrendered to Holland and shortly thereafter possibly married a Dutch merchant, Hans Behn, who died about a year later around 1665. ... The Rover focuses on the sexual desires that limited Behn's gender to convents, brothels, or homes and the societal double standard that presented itself during this time [ CITATION Goo10 l 1033 ]. ...

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For her, the term 'monster' is one that owns great compassion, and such humanlike qualities such as kind-heartedness, sympathy, and a despairing desire to be respected. ... The way the monster dies is also intentionally transformed in the movie, since the directors wanted a more operative along with a melodramatic conclusion. ...

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