According to Sparknotes (2013), the clouds over London appear at the end of chapter four and they symbolised the last part of the eighteenth century and the start of the nineteenth century. ... According to Sparknotes (2013), the house has three hundred and sixty-five bedrooms and fifty-two stairways which symbolise the number of weeks and days in a year. ... It has been stated that Orlando has grown psychologically "though she has matured, as many people do, she has always been the same all along" (Sparknotes, 2013). ...

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EDNA'S SELF-EXPRESSION In Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, the protagonist, Edna Pontellier, suddenly finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and the conservative lifestyle that it allows. She gradually emerges from her semi-conscious state of devoted wife and mother to a state of total awar...

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When Joe Starks enters Janie's life, he is able to offer her an alternative to the dull life that she has been suffering through while living with Logan (Sparknotes 1). ... In Eatonville, Jody becomes the postmaster, mayor, storekeeper, and the biggest landlord in the town (Sparknotes 1). ...

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This is an example of "external or situational attribution" which means that "people infer that a person's behavior is due to situational factors" (SparkNotes, 2013). ... That is an "observed internal or dispositional attribution", says that "people infer that an event or a person's behavior is due to personal factors such as traits, abilities, or feelings" (SparkNotes, 2013). ...

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"If she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that." (Bronte, 2010) This quote was directly taken from a novel by Charlotte Bronte entitled Jane Eyre. The terms 'Plain Jane' might be familiar and relevant to ...

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The Puritans were a group of people who once left England because of the opposition of King Charles who refused to listen to their demand and to reform the Church of England. Believing that there was no other choice but to move to America, they left with the hope of creating a new colony with a new...

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Money holds a significant role within the plot and development of the major characters within Pride and Prejudice, as well as shaping the novel as a whole. Throughout the novel the theme of love is heavily linked with money but seems to be of less importance when discussing it along with money, this...

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(The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 2014, SparkNotes) The boycott also attracted national attention, and millions around the country were able to witness the racial injustice, as some aggressors resulted in using violence against African Americans, which involved firebombing many of their houses, including King's himself. ...

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Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. Since the death of Addie Bundren, her family is affected in a way that allows them to question and analyze who they really are. In As I Lay Dying...

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Interest groups are becoming incredibly influential in American politics. An interest group is an assembly of people who share common interests or ideals. They then work together to influence the government by promoting whatever their interest may be. These groups vary in size, tactics, and aims (...

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Lastly, The bourgeoisie ,who were the wealthy and hardworking educated men, were subjected to the same taxation laws as the peasant were and some were more wealthy than the nobles however, they did not receive any elite titles and this did not sit well with them (Sparknotes Editors, 2005). ...

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In magical realism you find the transformation of the common, into the awesome and the unreal as a part of everyday reality. According to Literature and Its Time, the term was first used by the German art critic Franz Roh in 1925, it described a manner of painting that "was not a mixture of realit...

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Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year-old boy who is trying to understand why the world is the way it is. Throughout his expedition, he meets several of what he calls, phonies, and he is traumatically exposed to the hypocrisy and the ugliness in the world. Holden spends a majority of the book, wanderi...

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