He was now ready to kill Duncan. ... He could not rest in peace if he did not kill Macbeth. ... Macbeth sees himself kill his ruler. ... Instead, Macbeth accepts the plans and goes further by asking Lady Macbeth to "mock the time with fairest show" (I, vii, 91). ... In privacy, Macbeth re-thinks his plans to kill Duncan. ...
The character, who is referred to as "him" by Cummings, is the soldier who is shot by the Japanese bullet. This mystery soldier is the one who ignores the forewarnings prompted by the most respected philosophers of our time, and although he knows that war leads to carnage, continues to fight until an opposing bullet kills him. ... In the end of the poem, the character dreams of "your Etectera" while he lies in mud, wishing he could be back home. ... Because he switches around this word in many ways, Cummings mocks the American way of associating military service with courage, honor, privileg...
This comedic turn shows the difference between the noble, allegorical characters in the story (Alcyone, Juno, Seys) and the realistic, human characters of the poet's world. ... He hears a great number of birds singing loudly outside his window. ... The dreamer tries to talk the knight out of suicide by enumerating the foolish people in history who killed themselves for love and were judged harshly for it. ... He describes her modesty, moderation, courtesy toward all, and the general integrity of her character. ...
Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write ...
The social and historical contexts of this novel are very different from those in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s America, in the Southern State of Alabama. ... To Kill a Mockingbird has a different social and historical context than Jane Eyre. ... This is similar to Scouts schooling in To Kill a Mockingbird. ...
Now, when all he can do is struggle to stay alive as long as possible, a deus ex machina (an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the boys back to the world of law, order, and society. ... Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel's central themes and ideas. ...
Ghost stories, they have the power to throw us into another world, leading us to not only fear for the characters within the novel but for ourselves as the ghosts seem to follow the reader around weeks afterwards. ... Imagining ourselves as the main characters we become a part of the story, seeing, hearing, and feeling everything that the author is courageous enough to delve into the darker side of his or her subconscious. The stories give a sense of escape, by allowing the reader to partake on the journey along side the characters; they are given the chance to become larger then life, doing t...
