They both had complete control over Judy, and that was what leads to her death. ... All the death in the film gives the movie a very dark and disturbing tone. ... This film portrays love in a dark tone and gives the audience a sense of melancholy. The soundtrack of the film also helps portray the dark feeling of the movie. ... Modleski brings attention to the darkness of the film and how the repetition adds to the dark tone. ...

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He had abandoned his long-time dream of becoming a famous pianist after several years of failed attempts, and after the death of his favorite uncle who had taught him music, among many other life lessons. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... Morrie's death was a crisis that made Mitch reflect entirely on his life so far. ... "I met a dark-haired woman named Janine who somehow loved me despite my schedule and constant absences. ... They should have been all along." " (p 175) The signature line from the ...

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He accepts death as the end of existence. ... The setting outside while Catherine is in labor is dark and dreary: "I could see nothing but the dark and the rain falling across the light of the window- (327). ... Another interesting symbol is night and the fear of darkness. Henry is afraid of the dark. ... Henry's fear of darkness is really fear of evil elements and the sadness around him. ...

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After years of darkness and solitude, I began to hear Creation sing in the morning. ... Songs of love celebrate my newfound joy in the darkness and in His presence I find a rest for my weariness. ... Every time I would hear Jesus Loves Me play in my heart tears would stream down my face, washing away the darkness. ... Close the door to love and death awaits its opening. close the door on love and watch the enemies you have triumph and ultimately consume the soul within till the depths of hell open the gates and devour the very existence you had. ... And God shall wipe away all tears from the...

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"The true living world of fire is dark, throbbing, darker than blood. ... What narrative strategies does Lawrence employ to convey this sense of a world "darker than blood-? ... The "true living world- for these characters is below the fazade of marriage and conventional love; it is to be discovered deeper, as Count Dionys said, a mystical world that is "dark, throbbing, darker than blood-. ... In these passages, which are emphasized and repeated numerous times, the fox is associated with darkness and blood. ... It opens with the heroine Daphne's mother, the benevolent Lady Beveridge, o...

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Less stubborn people realize that they too will die, and more observant people see death every day, not necessarily literally, but emotional death. Toni Morrison's Sula expresses death in this way, as a part of life. The author definitely deals with the darker sides of life. ... There isn't much mentioned about him except his form of death. ... Suicide is another type of death visited in this novel. ...

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" The song starts out dark and scary but gradually becomes more peaceful. ... James Newton Howard was allowed to have fun with the music while mixing dark and joyful songs together. ... Maleficent says, "But before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep like death! ... The princess can be woken from her death sleep, but only by...true love's kiss. ... She's very sure of herself, but I couldn't figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice ...

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The moon also plays a part in the imagery of dark and light values which encompass the story and is analogous to the racial conflict between black and white. ... As Bob stumbles away from the fight towards the "white town", he knows that his brothers will avenge his death. ... In there numbers, they lynch Tom, burning him to death at the stake. ... Both men in this story, Bob Stone and Tom Burwell, exhibit an intense love the propels each to fight to the death. The moon in its eerie aspects of playing with the dark and lights values which is synonymous to the racism in the story. ...

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Throughout the novel Joe has wondered whether he was responsible for John Logan's death, and Jean Logan has wondered if John Logan was having an affair. ... Joe is also absolved of his guilt about Logan's death in this chapter, because he has done something for Logan. ... There are many similarities between the final chapter and the first chapter, but the important difference, is the first chapter ends on a dark, pessimistic note, while the final chapter ends optimistically. ... He is the writer who started a novel with a man falling to his death from the ropes of a balloon. ... ...

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The Chinese folktale, "Faithful Even in Death", translated by Wolfram Eberhard, is one illustration of this form of setting. ... Tradition will not allow Hsienpo and Ying tai to be together, but they find a way to over come tradition, even if it means death. ... Lawrence makes several references about the dark, dreary, sullenness of the atmosphere. ... The one character in this whole story not shadowed by darkness, is Dr. ... There are three references to death within this poem. ...

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The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds through a chronological process that eventually coerces them into the waiting arms of death in hope that they would be together peacefully in the afterlife. ... In an attempt to prevent any further conflict between the two families, he stated that any individual who disturbs the peace in the future would be sentenced to death. ... The passionate love between Romeo and Juliet is linked from the moment of its inception with death. ... Though it is late at night, Juliet's surpassing beauty makes Romeo imagine ...

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The drunken father's breath, "Could make a small boy dizzy", yet the boy hangs "on like death" (My Papa's lines 2-3). ... There are many words like "Death", "Battered", "Scraped", and "Beat". ... Even with the possible darker meaning of the "waltz" the poem still shows how the child still loves the father. ...

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William Shakespeare purposely contrasted these two themes to convey an idea that one cannot exist without the other, a balance in all things in nature, for instance, the correlative use of a light/dark polarity. ... The lovers have a fair share of both, yet in the end it is their intense longing to be together, united in death, that consolidates the point Shakespeare wishes to make about the nature of true love. ... Although Juliet does not return Paris's love, he continues with gestures such as grieving during her "death" and is slain by Romeo during a duel in Juliet's tomb in ...

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The tone of the novel is darkly comic, sly, and intellectual. ... However, HumbertHumbert, in telling his story, uses puns, literary allusions, and repeating linguistic patterns to render this dark tale in an enchanting form. ... Another event where Frederick's obsessive and precise personality is shown is after Miranda's death, when Frederick finds her diary. ...

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The first woman of importance in the story is Paula Legendre, described as a dark serious beauty'. ... Paula's marriage is more important to Anson than her death. ... This is proved by his reaction to Paula's death. ... (p.207) Paula's death is not important to Anson, for it does not concern him. ...

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Apart from displaying the speaker's wish for death, the poem also underlines her wish to be a man. The speaker implies that being a man is the second best alternative after death, for man's lot in this world is at least better than woman's. ... Fletcher in his book The History of English Literature argues that Victorian respectability hides the importance of sexuality in the love relationship in a dark cupboard. ... She looked everywhere for the Goblins and their crazy good fruits but could not find them; hence she wasted away and aged prematurely which caused her death. ... In ...

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Their father was the first one to plant the seed of destruction, poisoning Derek; which sent Derek down a very dark and nasty path that turned his family upside down. ... After their father's death, Danny looked up to Derek, who in trying to remember and honor his father began to repeat and portray characteristics that his father had. ... He remembers how the tragic death of his father, and the seeds of hate that his father planted long ago, changed his brother into someone that he didn't know. ...

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The ending of this story is simply written, "the room went dark" (154). ... In the new version of the story, "A Small Good Thing," Carver discusses the same problem from the first story, the potential death of the small boy Scotty. ...

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Romeo feels that the brightness of Juliet, the sun, brightens his negative dark life. ... The audience is then told more about the setting. " The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art". Juliet is concerned about Romeo getting hurt but Romeo is still in his strange imaginary land. " With love's light wing did I o"erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out" and "..let them find me here; my life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love". ... This is also revealed by how he is so desperate to s...

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It is not by watching her gentle and courteous behavior, as he sees her continually tearing her clothes and weeping over the death of her husband. ... Another seemingly small, but illuminating, dark view of Love is given by the character of Lunete. ...

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This undercuts the value of her love, making it seem impotent, intimating the darker side of life. ... (Pg. 44) Like the Nightingale, Sybil represents true love and compassionate love, again this love only results in her own death. ...

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Goneril's greed is a defining characteristic, and it shows until her death. ... Praised and adored by her ailing father, she returns to the action as the only potential solution to the turmoil, as a source of light amongst all of the darkness that has taken over since her departure. ...

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In Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover," the author takes us inside the mind of a madman who reveals the dark side of human nature, and how death is twisted into a demented form of compassion. ...

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Chain Reaction After reading William Shakespeare's play, Othello, one can see how a characters" reaction or instinct affects their surroundings. Through manipulation, lies and deception Emilia, Desdemona's attendant, has thrown Desdemona's love for Othello off course. Emilia's relationship w...

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During all of the destruction caused, Tea Cake and Janie stared the darkness and chaos of the storm as if "their eyes were watching God," signifying the events happening were of God's intentions. ... Her acceptance of life's dealings and acceptance of God are somewhat surprising after the ironic death of Tea Cake. His death was ironic due to the fa...

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