In James Joyce's novella, "The Dead," Gabriel Conroy's character plays a central role in the theme of paralysis throughout the story. ... This scene acts as an early lens into Gabriel's subconscious, giving the reader a sense of how he handles confrontation. ... Joyce seeks to have the reader ask: what is there in a life that lacks intimacy and emotion? ... This initially plays out as another example of Gabriel neglecting a confrontation with something uncomfortable. ... He realizes that "his own identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself", mean...

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While we don't yet know what exactly has caused the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, we do know that both families are willing to duel to the death to uphold their honor and to defeat the other. ... Mercutio also uses a double entendre for this quote, meaning also that if Romeo is to have sex with the woman that he loves, then he will sink into her and burden her body. ... Tybalt enters the scene searching for Romeo, who he wishes to kill, but Mercutio plays dumb and jests with him by deliberately misunderstanding his meaning. ... Although Mercutio is only alive for the ...

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However, the author has also created the voice of "William Goldman,"" which acts as a frame narrative around "Morgenstern's- romantic storyline. ... Goldman's fabricated voice within the text offers the reader what the fantasy genre won't often allow: the choice to interpret the text and its deeper meanings. In offering readers the opportunity to interpret and imagine, the author keeps the reader straddling between what is fantastical and what is real. ... The contrast between "William Goldman's- relationship with his wife and Westley's relationship with Butte...

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A comparative study of Sydney Carton in Dickens" novel, A Tale of Two Cities, and Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, requires the reader to analyze various aspects that the transforming effect love can have on a personality. ... Others do not recognize what they are lacking in their lives until they find love. ... She has no concept of what love is, how it feels or how to react to it. ... Point C: The overall parallels between these three characters can be unquestionably seen. ... When in fact, they are each so similar in their final selfless...

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However, the debate between love and true or real love remains. ... In this play, Cordelia is the pure embodiment of true love as it is known. ... For the rest of the play after this scene, Lear and Cordelia could care less what happens to them because they have each other, and they know that they love one another. ... Lear is most probably Kent's idol, someone he looks up to and respects more than anything else in the world, so he will not let what turns out to be a simple misunderstanding change how he acts toward the man he idolizes. ... Love takes on many meanings, both in this ...

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What is the Oedipus complex and what is melancholia? ... This is a direct cause of Hamlet's constant feelings of deep melancholia throughout the play. ... What are these imaginings that are taking place in Hamlet's mind? ... He finally acts when all that he could ever love has been forever destroyed. ... Hamlet truly is a tragic hero in every sense of its meaning. ...

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Plays, poems, movies and songs about love are everywhere, and there will never be an end to their production. ... Part of what makes it powerful and wondrous is that it is so unpredictable. ... Phaedrus claims in his speech that Love is the eldest of gods, and inspires humans to acts that they could normally not complete. ... But his idea that the purest love is between man and man is absurd. ... Socrates relates the dialog because it teaches the meaning of love as he understands it, which still fits in with the theme of their gathering. ...

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In a sense, "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of two courtships - those between Darcy and Elizabeth and Bingley and Jane. ... Much of this change away from Charlotte's notion of the practicality and economics of partnership has to do with the rise of individualism throughout the 18th century; a change that noted the rise of affected individualism - meaning an outlook on personal relationships that emphasizes the emotional rewards to, and autonomy of, each individual and his or her personal sense of self-satisfaction. ... The telescreen also acts as a window for the government ...

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