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. Throughout this story, Spencer is on a journey to search for his true self. He thinks he is trying to find a ghost, but actually, he is looking for who he really is and how he is progressing towards becoming a better individual. Even though he is trying to discover who he really is, he observes that his lonesome life is too complex and difficult. But gratefully, he realizes that he is awakened from a dream with Alice Staverton by his side.
Alice Staverton was the only person in his life who would always be there for him, always reminding him of who he was, before leaving New York. Spencer realizes how much of an impact it could have been if he hadn't left. He "consistently neglected everything," meaning that he ignored the outside world and kept to himself all the time. Spencer thinks that he knows what he's doing and how he will be able to control his life. But doubtfully, he witnesses his alter-ego, his other self, as a result of leaving his homeland and coming back thirty-three years later.
Brydon's other self, his alter-ego/doppelganger, is the person he would have become had he remained in New York. Henry James describes this suspicious and wary shadow as "rigid and conscious, spectral yet human, a man of his own substance and stature." Spencer meets this "fake mirror image" and is very frightened when he encounters it: "Horror, with the sight, had leaped into Brydon's throat, grasping there in a sound he couldn't utter." He comes across this other self, so he can understand the meaning of the life that he could have chosen. Brydon observes his ghostly double as a success since the alter-ego is dressed in formal clothing.
"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. ...
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. ...
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...
