In history, this is evidenced by the great monuments erected by pharaohs and kings of the past - and today humans corroborate this by inundating the Internet with images of themselves. ... Icarus, who had risen with his pale and ghostly wings - only to find himself burned by the searing fire of the sun. ... Icarus' father had warned him that the wings - being made of wax - would melt if he flew too close to the sun. ... Daisy is representative of burning sun which Gatsby so blinding soars towards - his love for her consumes him without him even realising in the same way that the sun'...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hemingway embodies the same features in Lady Brett Ashley who plays a very significant role in The Sun Also Raises by seducing most of the male characters with her charm and sexual confidence. ... Furthermore, this new beginning marked a turn in the women's history and for the first time the flappers embodied the triumphs and dangers of the modern era. ... Lady Ashley controls every scene in The Sun Also Rises, and her powerful and destructive force leads the male characters to behave in certain ways. ... The several images of women that we get from reading The Great Gatsby, In Our Time,...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However this essay is not exploring American history beyond explaining aspects of the text. ... In the novel Gatsby declares a world of colour, "the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music."" ... Another brief history lesson: At the end of the first world war the role of women dramatically changed. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate