"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-? ... In these passages, which are emphasized and repeated numerous times, the fox is associated with darkness and blood. Lawrence uses these narrative tools to convey a state of consciousness which is beyond control - "When she saw the dark crests of the pine trees against the blood-red sky, again her heart beat to the fox, the fox. ... Sagar suggests that "this kind of submission in the woman to the cold, consuming fire of...

• Word Count: 2188
• Approx Pages: 9
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The weather was cold up there. ... Ashley walked out of the door, Charlie's eyes were bigger than ever, the beauty of that girl, with that dress and that shy smile, made his heart stop for a second, his breath went cold, he could only focus his eyes into hers. ... When he appeared, he saw Ashley and Charlie kissing under one tree, and Kim was dancing with the captain, he was just destroyed, the anger was running into his blood, his neurons turned blurry. ... Ashley was shocked, her dress was almost red, the blood painted the inside totally red. ...

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

After months and months of suspense, love has finally been discovered. Love was not discovered by anyone in the classroom. Two characters in Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog- fell in love. It is such a romantic way to end the semester. Well, enough about school and on to the facts. In every sh...

• Word Count: 1555
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

MY first day in the office after a weeklong absence. Nothing much has changed, except, of course, nobody will text "take care" and "come home early" tonight. The man of my life was buried yesterday, on my 22nd birthday. The feeling is vague -- a mesh of peace and void that leaves you hopeful yet...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In these lines the poet tells of the sneakiness, greed, and pleasure Grendel finds in his attacks: The monster's thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws: he slipped through the door and there in the silence snatched up thirty men, smashed them unknowing in their beds and ran out with their bodies, the blood dripping behind him, back to his lair, delighted with his night's slaughter. ... This brings him misery and cold-heartedness. ...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"Haven't spoken in five years" (Aiello,D. 1987) as he looks at his left and cringes; "there is some bad blood.... Instead of the moon, promoting 'amore' it could turn into a blood moon. ... As quoted by Roger Ebert, "The cinematography by David Watkin often bathes the characters in the cold light of the full moon, when they are for a second seized with sublimity; otherwise he uses warm domestic colors, and creates an unusual sense of place" (Ebert, R. 2003). ...

• Word Count: 2080
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

It forced the big beaded drops of sweat out from the corded veins on his brow, it drove the blood from his face, leaving a black and discolored streak beneath each eye. (37) He is described as sobbing in agony in the text (39). ... Death is cold and icy "I can save you! ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Through this Shakespeare was playing on the myths surrounding Jews at the time such as blood libel, which would have excited a negative Elizabethan response. ... The Christians seem disgusted by this and are pleading with the Jew to forget the bond; their attitudes swiftly become cold and sarcastic when the tables turn on the isolated character. ...

• Word Count: 1827
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School