In the end his pursuit causes him to fall in love with money because of its overwhelming presence within his dream. ... The main character in the book, Jay Gatsby, was affluent, but it was all part of a dream, a dream that never expires, a dream that stayed with Gatsby till his dying day. ... It may have been Gatsby's dream that helped him become so distinguished, but it was also his dream that destroyed him. ... Gatsby's dream causes him to require only the best. ... Daisy had turned into "Gatsby's corrupt dream- (52). ...

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One example of this pattern is " plato told him: he couldn't believe it (jesus told him; he wouldn't believe it)." 2 Beside the more obvious message of the poem, a deeper meaning is hidden within the structure of this line. ... In the end of the poem, the character dreams of "your Etectera" while he lies in mud, wishing he could be back home. ... In every phrase with "etcetera," except for the last three lines ("dreaming, etcetera-) 4, describes the typical feelings associated with the traditional perceptions of war. ... When looking at the definition, and Cumming's usa...

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Another tragedy that lied within Mrs. ... Morel's tools to make her dream and ambition come true. ... Morel's dream, choosing the road to set up a union with her son to become hermaphrodite did not come true, she put her children in her bosom, cast her own dream and outlook on life on her children, hoping to fill her empty emotion. ... Morel's support, Paul's dream could not come true. ... Through loving his mother, he could get what he had been dreaming of. ...

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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future. Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlie...

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Within the genre of autobiography, suffering provides the strongest medium for the theme of self-discovery. ... The observance of suffering, as a means of self-discovery within the autobiography, will take place in three major works, William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Thomas de Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam. ...

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By including the line before the play even starts it creates anticipation within Shakespeare's audience but still leaves questions unanswered. ... "I dreamt a dream last night- and "Some consequences yet hanging in the stars- These quotes are talking about how Romeo believes his life is out of his own power and is being ruled for him hanging uncontrollably in the stars. He thinks of his dream as some type of premonition, which he can see into the future. ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. Juliet Capulet, who is one of the main characters, is placed in a cruel and vicious adult world.   She is under many pressures and demands of her famil...

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(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 ends. ... Cecily had always dreamed of loving someone "whose name was Ernest" (Act 2 p64) and felt the name inspired confidence. ... But I never dreamed for a moment of letting that stand in my way." ...

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Jane Eyre is by far the best known of Charlotte Bronte's novels. The story is interesting and impressive because the heroine's personal character is quite different from the common run. In other novels, the heroines are always beautiful or powerful or rich, but Jane Eyre is only a short, penniless a...

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The Bible refers to marriage many times throughout itself, whether it is direct or indirect. "God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God," is a quote Max Lucado had said when writing about marriage (Reference 3). ...

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Sula on the other hand grows up in a "wooly house, where a pot of something was always cooking on the stove; where the mother, Hannah, never scolded or gave directions; where all sorts of people dropped in; where newspapers were stacked in the hallway, and dirty dishes left for hours at a time in the sink, and where a one legged grandmother named Eva handed you goobers from deep inside her pockets or read you a dream (Morrison 29)." ... Within the family, the power of love is evident. ...

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His lack of ability to truly inhabit space is especially striking in California, where the mise en scene highlights expanse and freedom, showcasing the bright colors, blue skies, never ending palm trees, wide lawns and glass houses of the LA dream, even if it does so in a distinctly ironic register (and you might want to think about how the film achieves its ironic distance in the California scenes). ... Rural lives are cyclical, dictated by the seasons, and generations within a family would have carried out the same tasks. ...

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"Cuddle up and be my Little Clinging Vine:- Priscilla as Parasite or Victim Critics have mostly neglected Priscilla's character in the Blithedale Romance, and when they have paid any attention to her, they generally come up with some wild and seemingly unfounded ideas. Carol Weshoven looks at Pri...

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After growing Paul mends his wrong doings as well as he can and "negates the child within himself"1. ... Morel is "a mother who is forced to desert husband on mentally, a mother who turns all her love towards her sons, a mother who longs for picking up the dream of her lost youth, and a mother who has no other way."6 The basic of Mrs. ...

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