People "dream about whatever they do when they're awake. ... Much to her surprise, she discovered that she had roots in Grace and that her family did have a history within the community. ... Her reunion with Loyd opened her eyes to the beauty that she possessed within and that surrounded her both in nature and in her neighbors. ... Kingsolver created within Dr. ... Instead of realizing the true and natural beauty of things, he forced the pictures and the situations within his hallucinations to develop how he imagined fit. ...

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An Analysis of the Dream Visions Depicted in Pearl and Solaris The medieval poem, Pearl, and the science fiction drama, Solaris, offer two uniquely similar takes on the "dream vision" genre. ... Pearl, like Solaris, is often debated as being a "consolation," a "primarily didactic" work within the dream vision genre that adapts certain narrative conventions of that genre to make the work function as an allegory (Prior 21). Ultimately, the exact kind of dream vision each work represents is not as important as how they both utilize conventions of the dream vision and present highly litera...

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Nadia Boulanger To see ideas that were once held in the face of much persistent inertia and doubt come within reach of being realized is a source of great satisfaction. ... Anatole France Hope is a waking dream. ... Douglas Adams Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. ... But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" ...

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She was all for me being a dancer and pursuing my dream. ... When I faced this defeat a weakness overflowed within me. ... I say this because I've had a total of three dreams my entire life. ... That dream was the one that involved me making it out of that relationship. ... The other two dreams were becoming a professional dancer which I've already achieved. ...

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Perhaps you do, but I would speculate that few pause to consider the great depth of evil fathomable within the mind. ... Its shown quite plainly within Hamlets words. ... Slowly but surely my life gave way to the dreaming of my mind and life itself became a nightmare. My dreams were living death, morbid fantasy and nocturnal wake. ... As I froze in the middle of nowhere I lost myself to dream. ...

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Third, another conflict is his dreams of success. ... Therefore when Biff returns home, he burns his University of Virginia shoes, which represent all of his hopes and dreams. Second, Biff loses faith in his father's dreams although he admires him. ... We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years." ... He is overshadowed by Biff, and therefore does everything within his power to get his father's attention. ...

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During his description, the narrator also describes his dream of having every apple on the tree without any flaws; however, he knows this never to be true due to his watching of the apples "appear and disappear" (Frost 18). ... Within the poem, Frost introduces heaven in the first two lines which gives the reader information behind the use of apples as the premise of this work. Within the book of Genesis in the Old Testament, Adam and Eve are tricked into eating an apple from the tree of forbidden fruit thus falling from the grace of God. ... This creates a fallacy within the speake...

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Soon afterward I would chase my dream and declare my minor in film studies. With that combination, I felt confident in myself and started to dream of my future working in the industry of entertainment. ... Most of these I had already possessed positive traits within but importantly I learned to sharpen each trait with skills I had never learned before in my life. ...

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This is a turning point in the wretch's life, "My heart sunk within me as with better sickness." (160) He decided that if these people he confided in and showed such kindness to could not accept him then no one could. ... Rather then showing the creature love, Victor chooses to ignore the fact that he bestowed life upon the creature, " the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." (85) He leaves the creature for dead just as an irresponsible mother would leave her child at birth. ... His creator's dream of greatness turned into a nightmare, ...

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The god Ea whispered to Utnapishtim in a dream and warned him to build a boat as to avoid being destroyed by flood with the rest of the world. ... For example, in the Arcosolium, Roman Hercules and various peacocks were depicted all over a burial chamber within one of the many Christian catacombs in Rome. ... Since Christians believed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ after death, they also hid that message within the peacocks painted all over the walls. Fish were also famous motifs in paintings within the Roman catacombs. ... Within the same tomb, Medusa's head was illustrated at the t...

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Paul feels as if he could hop onto his horse and furiously ride him and know what he looks for and dreams of. ... Luck has certainly come into this little boys life, why did he want his success so soon in life instead of enjoying his childhood without a goal of finding luck within? ... "This frightened Paul terribly"; "he had a secret within a secret, something he had not divulged even to his uncle" (210). ...

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Within this time he was nearly always starving and being the oldest often forced to take over as man of the house when his father failed to do so. ... He knew that to avoid these hardships in his adult life and avoid making his children face him he would have to be strong and accomplish his dreams. ...

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They are made insecure by the speaker challenging the way their lives are lived because he lives his life differently, and is content with it when he says "The shame I win for singing is all mine/ The gold I miss for dreaming is all yours."" ... In other words, a person is incapable of seeing depth within the physical. ... He lost this hope that maintained him for a short time due to the fact that even the hard working people that "waited for the light- refused to recognize the light, or truth, that was within Richard Cory. ... Aunt Imogen could never appreciate the fact that people loved ...

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The last of the three is "The Dream Animal" in which Eiseley goes on about the evolution of man. ... Eiseley in the end suggest that this secret is found within the dead and not in the living. ... The more someone inspects these mysterious notions the more question arise like an infinite loop of question within question. ...

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Janie waited and waited for the love to grow within their marriage, and grew more and more unhappy when things did not change. ... Although she liked Joe's ambition and ability to dream, she was never physically attracted to him as she was to Tea Cake. ...

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(Kolak 15) The next statement he made which stresses this idea was concerning his personal oracle, "Hitherto the familiar oracle within me has constantly been in the habit of opposing me even about trifles." ... Now if you suppose that there is no consciousness, but a sleep like the sleep of him who is undisturbed even by the sight of dreams, death will be an unspeakable gain for eternity is then only a single night. ...

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