... on other people's lives. In The Prisoner of Chillon the three brothers have to suffer for their father's beliefs. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner the Mariner has to bear the consequences of his own action. The price which all of them have to pay, though, is ultimately the same: estrangement from the rest of mankind, utter loneliness, stagnation, and ... sea and the other elements which are under the power of the avenging Spirit, and the latter is imprisoned and guarded in the castle built on an isolated rock by Lake Geneva. Although the causes for their sufferings are quite different...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... whole movement of the book with her complex, troubling and sympathetic awareness. Vanessa consistently demonstrates that she is willing to pay the price exacted for adult knowledge. Brick House, the Bear, battle, bird: the key images in the stories "The image of life as a battle belongs especially to the personalities of Vanessa •(Woodcock, P.148) Inner freedom is represented by bird ... her mother crying and the voices of dead children. Vanessa's reaction to her newborn baby brother, she feels "such tenderness and such resentment •(Jungle Prairie) Bears also suggest Great Bear Lake...

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... in St. Olaf College in Minnesota, Gatsby dropped out of college because he couldn't stand the janitorial job he was doing that paid his tuition. He then got a job on Lake Superior, fishing and hunting for salmon and clams. Doing his job one day, Gatsby rolled to a nearby yacht sailing on the water to warn them of an impending storm. The ... was killed and that he been there hiding in the bush only to ensure that Tom does no harm to Daisy. Gatsby also disclosed to Nick about his plans to bear Daisy's blames. Gatsby then sent Nick inside to check to see that everything was going okay with...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... individuals, they invented many of the tool types that were to be perfected by fully sapient peoples, they had weapons adequate to deal with both the cave lion and cave bear, they used body paint, buried their dead. Neanderthal Man survived through the Ice Age. They are thought to have had fire. Neanderthals lived side by side with modern humans for ... in Europe and deserts in N Africa, and the disappearance of the large game of the Ice Age. Characteristic of the period were hunting and fishing settlements along rivers and on lake shores, where fish and mollusks were abundant. They liv...

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... according to caste: samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants. Each caste had its assigned role. Each was segregated by dress, mean of transport, and countless other details. Only the samurai could bear swords long ones in the countryside, short ones in town. Samurai were permitted no contact with peasants, the peasants none with the townsmen. A townsman's kimono was to be this long ... over the garden. The word silver' refers to some of the planned decoration which was never carried out. This quiet and restrained pavilion was built on the edge of a miniature lake, whose stepping-stone...

• Word Count: 5448
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate