It is important to have the presented relationships scrutinized to see the small glimmers of hope in which are inserted amidst the futility of love which we are initially faced with. ... Not only this but I will be using Henry and Ada from Embers to distinguish the small amount of hope within what seems to be an impossible love. ... Taking into account the moments of silence between the couple in comparison to the speech in the play as well as the ambiguity of the speech and the place in which it is set. Looking closely at the way in which communication, both physically and verbally, between...

• Word Count: 3587
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gertrude imposes herself onto Paul's and William's lives so much that she arguably takes the place of a lover. ... This lack of trust in the relationship is relatively detrimental to both parties and leads to the breakdown in love and Stella's placing of Stanley above her sister. ... Their relationship throughout the play is strained; it is in the passage after Blanche's confession of the loss of Belle Reve that Stella starts to understand what actually happened and places Stanley above her. ...

• Word Count: 3412
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Is death to be feared as an extinction of life or is there a place of torment that drives this fear? ... Within the context of the earlier discussions, the paper will also consider questions like "Is hell the place where a loving God would actually send the object of his affections? ... " Being outside is a perilous place to be where Christ will ultimately declare "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.... If the biblical teaching of hell as an eternal place of punishment is true, and that our understanding of it is to be...

• Word Count: 3061
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Once you have good communication other key elements fall into place, such as trust and loyalty. ... By adding affection or small acts of kindness to your relationship you can enhance the love that you share with one another. ...

• Word Count: 2692
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Grand Isle is a place for relaxation and escape, and it becomes the perfect setting for Edna Pontellier's Romantic Journey. ... Chopin slowly offers the answer by hinting that Edna is stuck in a marriage and family that binds her to a place where she does not want to be. ... On one of their outings, Robert takes her to rest at Madame Antoine's house in a small village. ... But more importantly, it felt good to wake up in a new place, one that had not been corrupted by the order and conformity of society. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Setting The action takes place in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century on two Louisiana plantations, one called Valmonde, a family name, and the other called L'Abri (French for shelter). ... When she was a very small child of "toddling age." ... The Negroes who man the place are dispirited, for Armand is a demanding master. ... Rejecting her because he believes she is of mixed heritage indicates that he never truly loved her in the first place. ...

• Word Count: 2905
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

This mind set that he has is the reason that he has no parents in the first place. ... This is what set Peter off and made him run away from home in the first place. ... When Peter takes Wendy and her brothers to Neverland, Wendy is giving up her parents, her home, and her safety to go off with some strange boy to a place far away from her home and her parents. ...

• Word Count: 3144
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...

• Word Count: 4790
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

So, the question begs to be asked, how could Whistle Stop, a small town in Alabama, be so accepting of something so different than the norm; a lesbian couple? ... Fannie Flagg's novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES pays particular attention to human nature and specific ways we choose to cope with the situations that life places before us. ...

• Word Count: 2942
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

If your friends are constantly placing you in environments you are not comfortable in, it may be time to rethink your group. ... ", which was easily one of the best moments in our friendship, ever since then I have gone to him with every single problem or dilemma no matter how big or small. ...

• Word Count: 3031
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Although the relationship of Priscilla to Coverdale is important because it is through his eyes that we, the readers, see the story, their relationship is not as important as the two to be discussed below, because, as Coverdale says, "Priscilla's heart was deep, but of small compass; it had room but for a very few dearest ones, among whom she never reckoned me- (133). ... This is important later, when she does not seem to have the strength to act on her own, it is important to realize that she has the strength, but chooses to place herself at the mercy of Zenobia and Hollingsworth. ...

• Word Count: 4739
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography

From his hiding place, he sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak his name. ... Of course, though, had Romeo not had such depths of feeling, the love he shared with Juliet would never have existed in the first place. ...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School