Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Morrison's Beloved are similarly in the fact that both portray how community plays a key role in a families functionality in society. ... Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, while dealing with a situation almost polar opposite to Beloved, follows the same pattern of community playing a role in a family's functionality. ... Ultimately, "being outside the community leaves Sethe and her family open to assault by the enforcers of the system of oppression that created the situation" (Jesser 1) As the Bundrens continued their venture in As I Lay D...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the drama script "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare one of the main themes shown throughout the play is conflict. ... "Two households, both alike kin dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny". There does not appear to be a reason for the grudge yet many people die as a result. ... "As I hate hell, all Montague's and thee"". ... Only when Romeo and Juliet died did the two families reunite. ...

• Word Count: 390
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They bought a crib, high chair and even started a theme for the room; the crib was covered with stuffed animals, the white walls were now pink and the room was fully carpeted. ... "I no longer see a heartbeat," the doctor said. ... She had thought for a while, she might die because of how much she was bleeding. ... Finally, in the operating room because of some complications with the birth, she lay flat on the table cold, scared, and helpless. ...

• Word Count: 1232
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School