"The Jolly Corner,"" a short story by Henry James, depicts Spencer Brydon's battle with his haunting alter ego, his perverse personality, and his troubling and regretful past, all the while Alice Staverton eases his struggle with her unconditional love for him. Spencer confronts his ghostly manifestation in hopes to bring the inconvenience of his doppelganger to a doubtless close. However, his perverse character acts as an obstacle in the effort to discover his true sole identity. Spencer is exhorted by Alice to reevaluate his fickle emotions and also the derivative of his anguish.
When Spencer unearths the roots of his convoluted past he reveals his captivating alter ego. As Spencer adventures deep into his past exposing distressing elements, toying with the idea that he is being stalked by a sinister ghost, he grasps the "terror of apparitions."" He understands that his horrifying, detestable alter ego does not simply trigger his imagination; this ghostlike apparition generally terrifies him to the point that he begins to psychologically break down. Being the ridiculously perverse man that he is, Spencer finally designates to dare to confront and furthermore challenge his alter ego, and contend to open his eyes to who he is and who he wants to become. After turning back to his harmful past and the revelation of self-discovery, Spencer acquires a higher knowledge of his other side, and is now capable of examining and facing his deepest fears.
By enduring through his seemingly endless battle with himself, Spencer's perversities and fear of himself become the abstract issue. Spencer is unaware that his perverse being is the greater reason why he is conflicted by his misinterpretation of who he really is: "And then the beauty of it "I mean of my perversity, of my refusal to agree to deal' "is just in the total absence of a reason."" Spencer understands that he is a troubled man but cannot conceive that his perversities take part in his struggle.
In the short story, "The Jolly Corner," Henry James portrays Spencer Brydon's struggle towards the understanding of his true nature by divulging his intricate past, confronting his ghostly double, and exploring his terrifying paranoia, all with the aid and reassurance of his companion, Alice Staverton. ...
A Not So Jolly Event Christmas is viewed as a jolly occasion all over the world. ... You will scan the room, choosing the individual seat in the corner. ... After thirty minutes in your corner, someone suggests that you eat. ... Put your plate in the trash and return to the safety of your corner. ...
The northeastern corner of the State of Ohio was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and comprised approximately 5,000 square miles in the northeastern corner of the State of Ohio (see map on next page) . ... Ships had to anchor off shore, transfer passengers and cargo to jolly boats, and row to shore where they would land on the end of a row of planks that stood on stilts and bridged the marshy brink of the river. ...
We see a jolly, red and white clad Santa Claus who pauses for a Coke-break', holding the bottle high and near his lips. ... A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. ...
Regarding the Christmas pageant, Father Flynn suggests it might be jolly to include a secular song such as Frosty the Snowman (Shanley, 28). ... This can be seen on page 7, where the stage direction states The lights crossfade to a corner office in a Catholic school in the Bronx. ...
Whereas on the contrary, these jolly fellows [are not]" (Radice, electronic version). ... He thinks that we humans have been composed in such a way that "reason [is confined] to a narrow corner of the brain and all the rest of the body [is left] to our passions" (Radice, electronic version). ...
It may be a first date, the corner grocery store, a treat given to them" (Coke is it)2. ... The fat jolly bearded old man in a red and white suit who forms the current image of Santa Claus came originally from the Coca-Cola advertisements. ...
How do the Spirits, and Marley, reform Scrooge, and, in your opinion, how successful are they? Ebenezer Scrooge is, at the beginning of the novel, a selfish, egotistic, miserly, stingy, voracious, greedy, tight fisted, cold hearted, reclusive, bitter, callous, harsh, heartless, unfeeling, cruel man who cares only about making money. "A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!" He thinks of Christmas as a "humbug", "Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older...
She glanced around her new surroundings, the room was freezing, dark and had a lingering smell of smoke which had been absorbed by the pile of old, discolored newspapers that sat drearily in a damp corner of the room. ... She stumbled out of bed and staggered towards the small sink and Cracked mirror that sat in the opposite corner of the room. ... It surprised Lucy to find that Stephanie was just as over eager and jolly that early in the morning, as she was the night before. ... All the girls were busy doing something in the room; some were cooking and preparing snacks in a small kitchen ar...