To get this happiness, Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; to do this he must have wealth and power. ... We see when Myrtle asks Tom to buy her a dog, "I want to get one of those dogs...I want to get one for the apartment" (31). ... You have to keep after them all the time" (36). ... questioned Nick, "Yes...but of course I'll say I was" (151). ... Through the years the citizens of America have corrupted this dream and turned it into something quite opposite of the original meaning -- greed. ...

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Gatsby knows that in order to win Daisy he will have to go about to earn money. ... Gatsby dreams of a way for them to be together, but the reality is that such a life cannot exist with the existence of a child that Daisy and Tom have. ... Daisy says "I did love him once - but I loved you too" (Fitzgerald 140). Daisy did have feelings of true love with Tom, which compelled her to marry. Money did have a big influence in her decision and when the love faded that was all Daisy had. ...

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Having the white picket fence and large amounts of land. ... To me, the American dream means having the freedom of speech, to listen to whatever music I want to, to publicly disagree with our nation's leader and live to see the next day, and in many ways, my definition of the American Dream is similar to the traditional one. ... This dream of my grandparents has come true, and I am living proof. ... It may be because of hard work, or just because their parents have accomplished their own dream, making it is a short walk in the park for them. ... They could have had better opportunities ...

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I am female, white, and straight. Five years from now, I will be living the American dream, marrying an average working-class hero type of man. I will be happy and in love. ... The argument should not have to go beyond that. ... If Romeo and Juliet had a choice, they would not have fallen in love. ...

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Walter seemingly a good man confesses to his wife Ruth his inner failures, hoping to win over her support when he says, "I'm thirty-five years old; I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room – and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live" (98). ... Walter also lashes out at his sister Beneatha for having her own dreams that could possibly use some of the insurance money he wishes to invest, when he tells her, "Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor: if you so crazy 'bout messing 'round with sic...

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What is the American Dream? It is my opinion that the American Dream can be slightly different for each person but that there are many commonalities between people's dreams within the American culture. ... The next part of the dream that I have in my head is now a little confusing. ... I would still say that the ideal is still to have the stay at home mom and the breadwinning dad. ... I feel that this is important to mention because I have been so conditioned to the American way of doing things that it is hard for me to step out of the culture and critically think about what happ...

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I chose to read the play "Life is a Dream " by Pedro Calderòn de la Barca. ... Astolfo and Estrella have feelings for each other. ... Segismundo while not imprisoned could have chosen to do whatever because he was told all of it was a dream. ... There were points where I wasn't sure if what was happening was real or if it was Segismundo dreaming. ... Like how do I know I'm not dreaming right this second....

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The image the men have of her is partly her fault. ... "I tell ya I could of went with shows." Instead of trying for her dreams we see her malicious side when she laughs at the other men's dreams. ... "I don't like Curley. ... "Well, a guy got to have some fun sometime." ...

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Every person has a dream. ... The author, Steinbeck, shows us how every person can dream, and how every person has the right to dream. ... Curley's wife's dream is to be in the movies and have nice clothes: "Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes" (89) We can call this her American dream, because the American dream is all about opportunity and what you want to do or be. ... Even if Curley's wife doesn't like Curley "I don't like Curley" (89), it seems that she married him only to do something and stabilise in life, choosing an alternat...

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It gave me the chance to dress up and be whatever I wanted to be, kind of live out my deepest dreams. ... But did we ever dream of love? ... Sometimes, I think that these fairy tales have a bigger impact on our distorted view of love than we think. ... In this paper, I will attempt to expose the true meaning behind fairy tales such as Cinderella: all the secret meanings and misconceptions that have been misread by children and adults alike all over the world. ... I mean, what else is there to be worried about? ...

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The first time I saw one of her commercials, I knew that she was the girl of my dreams. ... While waking up every morning I see my beautiful woman lying next to me and I say to myself " I have to be the luckiest guy in the world." ... I have the perfect family and life is sweet, and my wife is even sweeter. ... I met her by a pizza restaurant where we were to have dinner. ... I wake up on September 11, 2003 realizing that what I just had experienced was all just a dream. ...

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In these ways, I identify with her and with the universality of wanting to (and ensuring that you do) have the best of all possible worlds- with having your cake and eating it too. ... The general thought that actresses are false and vapid or generally something nice to look at or something pleasing to listen to is a stereotype I will have to work hard in my life to overcome. ... I, an actress, have unlimited intellectual and artistic vision to pour into my work to come- more insight to provide into theatre craft. ... For her whole life, Scarlett believes that all of her actions are motivat...

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In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream love was a main concept. ... Now having found the person first intended, he touched the eyelids of the sleeping Demetrius with the love-juice and he instantly awoke. ... After realizing the complete and utter tension they have caused, they were quick to correct the way the situation was supposed to turn out. ... I am your spaniel; and Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me, Neglect me; only give me leave, Unworthy as I am to follow you" (2:1 210-215). ... Without the concept o...

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I believe one would have to explore the era to which the story is betrayed, to understand as to why Louise felt this way. ... It was the dream of Louise to live a life to which she could do as she pleased without fearing the wrath of Brently. ... I could not imagine having to stay at home tending to the every needs of my husband. ... I have sympathy for Louise having to endure life in an oppressed marriage. Free of the bonds that held her to a life of destitute her dream of being free came not in life but in death....

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We have an underlying theme of specific behaviorism's which we all adopt to and practice and pride ourselves upon. ... Enter "Brave New World", where all aspects of current day human qualities have basically become extinct. ... A person's dreams and sense of self have been forever banished in favor of automated decisions prescribed by the state. ... Death and basically total annihilation has absolutely terrified the human inhabitants of Earth and have decided to go to any length to preserve the timespan of life for a little while longer. ... Take comfort; I am shaking my h...

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I was afraid to go to sleep" (Brennan 583). ... I thought I would never stop crying" (Brennan 584). ... ""Of course it dreams", I said. ... Lou connects this same mussel in the end of the story to her family when she responds to her son's announcement that the mussel was still dreaming, ""This time things have gotten better in the mussel's dream"" (591). ... I left my sandals there. ...

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Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ... At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ...

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Should I be good? ... The decision is, "No, can't imagine myself married to that pleasant prison dream" (Corso, 371). ... You do not know how longingly I look upon you . . . I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again" (Whitman, 359). Although a stranger the narrator feels this person is one from a dream," You must be he . . . or she I was seeking (it comes to be one as of a dream)" (Whitman, 359). ...

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To be "stronger" two things have to be compared with one overcoming the other. The two are both women, both have hopes and dreams, both have very real fears. ... X and Miss Y are not the same kind of woman; they have similar hopes and dreams but they are motivated differently; their fears of loneliness may be the same, but how the two women face this fear is very different. I don't think that these are two different creatures however, but two different sides of the same coin. To me as director, and I think to Strindberg, it is not the side of the coin that has value, but the coin i...

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Boy meets girl, falls in love and gets married, exemplifying the classic love story that every little girl dreams about. ... One never hears a little girl tell her mommy, "I just can't wait to get divorced!... " "The states with particularly high divorce rates have below median household income as well as a high proportion of the population living below the poverty line" (Stockdale). ... Louisiana, Arizona and Arkansas all have a "covenant marriage" law. ... While these states have such laws they are an option, not a necessity, and unfortunately very few ...

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Ain't I got the right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?" ... You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley. ... Crooks does not appear to have any hope left until Candy arrives and describes to him the dream George, Lennie, and Candy share. ... As John Steinbeck has created wonderful deep characters that have to deal with issues we all have to loneliness, loss of hope and destruction of the emotional and physical. ...

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In Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theseus and Hippolyta face many obstacles, but due to their mature personalities, they are able to confront their problems,resolve them, and let them go. ... Being of the Amazon tribe, a nation of women warriors; Hippolyta's surrender to Theseus in battle and marriage was more significant than the petty trifles of the lovers.When A Midsummer Night's Dream opens,she is no longer the warrior woman she used to be because she's already been conquered by Theseus, who happily reminds her " I wooed thee with my sword and won thy love...

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"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion" (101). ... "And I hope she"ll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world today, a beautiful little fool"(24). ... She does not have any other worries, concerns, or cares than those involving herself. Daisy fits her name perfectly to the symbolic meanings that the color white have. ... Even when he begins to loose his dream, Nick still observes that, "He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn&...

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In this case, we have two books, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Canterbury Tales from which we extract our examples. These two books show many cases where love is expressed, like Lysander and Hermia, from A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... Lysander went against a Duke's rule, and decided that even with this decision being made, he would still have Hermia as his wife. ... Those husbands that I had, Three of them were good and two were bad. The three that I call "good" were rich and old." ...

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So what if he's moved on before I have? For I have learned much more than I could ever had without him. ... I still would love to and I still dream of the faint possibility that we could live happily ever after. ... At the moment, I love, I dream, I weep, but I still have hope. ... So, as long as there is love in this world, as long as there are always people loving in the most arbitrary situations, and as long as I have a heart: I will always choose to love and I will always have hope. ...

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