Through the analysis of the first novel and the last novel discussed in the course, the concept of hope will be examined interactively with direct and indirect danger. ... Thus, as primal threats require immediate attention, the survival for characters in The Road is more suspenseful, whereas the slow deterioration in On the Beach allows the characters to gradually become less fearful of their situation. ... In Shute's novel, the characters can not accept that they will ultimately die from radiation sickness. ... With Shute depicting the disaster to be of global scale, characters come to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both Characters depart, Hagar escaping her nursing home , while Hamlet sent away for his "own protection ". ... Both characters have departed successfully, and are soon faced with test and trials , which they must over come for a better self understanding. ... Both characters learn about them selves and have transformed. ... This is a key passage in understanding Hagar's character at the end because this passage fully reveals how Hagar sees her life. ... Therefore, through the analysis of Hamlet and Hagar's departure, initiations and metamorphosis it becomes evident that both ch...

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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. ... Despite Solaris" sci-fi extensions and applications, and its distinct cultural differences when compared to those of Pearl's, we cannot ignore the parallels between both works simply because the poem's dream vision revolves around the speaker's daughter and the film's centers on the main character's wife. ... And even though their world views of this life and the next a...

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James Joyce's famous collection, "the Dubliners", is a novel that "shows the emotional paralysis in the disillusion of love, fetters of marriage and obstacles in communication."1, among which 'A Painful Case' is one of the most impressive short stories. The protagonist, Mr. James Duffy, lived ...

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We undertake death-defying acts in order to conquer our fear and strengthen our character. ... With each step they take, Poe's characters rapidly remove themselves from rationality and the real world, only to lose themselves in an inescapable preoccupation with death. ...

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• Grade Level: High School