Henry James called Tolstoy's novels as "loose and baggy monsters' of stylessness, but Tolstoy stated of Anna Karenina ".....I am very proud of its architecture--its vaults are joined so that one cannot even notice where the keystone is." ... Karenin suddenly becomes human and not hidden from life by his administrative regulations. ... For Levin in the end, he is no longer afraid of death and even though he does not completely change, he now knows the meaning of life and is at peace. ... That fear of death and not being able to understand it, is the reason fo...

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The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare demonstrates the recklessness of Hamlet is the main cause of his death. ... I'll make you proud,' Krishnan said, his voice cracking.... I said the same thing to my mother; "I'll make you proud"(150). ... He made a terrible mistake, killing an innocent person under the illogical assumption that he was avenging his father's death. This leads to a series of events that contribute to his lover's Ophelia's death. ...

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The death of the horse can be interpreted as the symbol of "change", her life changes into a series of tragedy. ... After the death of her child she does not become pessimistic but she wants to start her new life with optimism as if the death of the child meant the end of her sorrow. ... She proudly tells Angel that he is too late and Alec regained her with his kindness to her family. ... Angel does not abandon but protect her. ... She is arrested here by the police and sentenced to death. ...

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Ada then further bargains with Baines and after "she had succeeded in reducing her payment to half and felt, even within these compromising circumstances, proud.""... Should she not share the same fate as the piano? Were she and her piano not one?... "Alisdair Stewart had not permitted them to leave the house that morning.""... Flaubert describes Emma's death at great length so the reader is able to see the pain and discontentment she feels in her final moments. ...

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When Alex tells them to his father, his father is impressed and so proud of him. ... Yankel made up a story about how Brod's mother died a painless death during child birth. ... Brod is not truthful with anything. Not Yankel and not herself(Foer 103). ... It is hard for him to live with the guilt of knowing that he is responsible for the death of his best friend. ...

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Firstly, the horror genre is King's main (but not exclusive) area of writing, and it is one which people absolutely adore. ... Why, therefore, is JRR Tolkien or Terry Pratchett not the world's bestselling author? ... Today, and long, long into the past, we live in a world which is, unfortunately, not as black and white as King's novels. ... This is a great source of comfort, for who among us has not sometimes wondered if he or she is on the "right" side? ... This is evidently not a primary reason, but it helps to maintain the author's pre-eminent sales position. ...

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