... them. David Bleich, founder of "subjective criticism (Bressler, Literary Criticism An Introduction To Theory and Practice, page 68), explains that a reader's personal response to the text is not the same as an interpretation. The meaning of the test, or reader's interpretation must be developed in a classroom setting, or communally. The reader's personal response comes from previous experiences in life or from other literature. The interpretation is something to be discussed and ... agreed upon by a group. The reading process is generally the reader's personal response to a text, and ho...

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... knew him, trusted by those who came to understand his heart. Today is our chance to thank him for the way he brightened our lives. For I love my father I gladly will announce this speech on behalf of everyone. He was a wonderful man who lived his life upright and honest. Even though he ... committed lechery, it doesn't mean he wasn't a respectable and honourable man. He stood firm and strong in the witch court, while the judge went against him and accused him with ... false implications. And the others were lying by going against God and accused my father and sentenced him to be hanged....

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... The Sun Also Rises In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes a couple who share a very strange and distant kind of love for each other. This story takes place immediately after World War I, a time of great hardship. This hardship results in a digression of values both morally and socially. The love that Brett and Jake share is symbolic of the general decline in values in that they tolerate behaviors in ... She is kind and sweet but extremely vulnerable to the charm that various men in her life seem to smother her with. Brett is not happy with her life or her surrounding...

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... further despair. Through his love he has betrayed her and led her even more deeply into sin. And so her love turns to hatred of the betrayer. Love has little chance of surviving against the intensity of her concern for her own purity and clarity of conscience. For her there can be none of ... that she was led into it, that it was not really her fault. If Bertrande wants to cleanse herself of sin, she must cease to accept the role of wife. At first she tries to deal with this by begging her "husband" to leave her, but when he refuses, saying that it would confirm ... her in what he claim...

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... or lust for someone, all those sentiments are honest feelings that are born from you soul and should be honored as such. There is nothing "wrong- in having any particular feeling. Unfortunately, our society, our parents, or whatnot have foisted on us false values about these issues. Yes, it is lovely that a man marries a woman and they have a baby. Obviously, it is ... the divine plan of "God,"" the universe, whoever, that this is the way the majority of people behave, and this is the way we reproduce. However, as a result of human weakness, all the big religions and the lawmakers assum...

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... would die. But there was still something missing; humans, to populate the earth because the heavens were already booming with civilization. The spirit of Onyx came to heaven with a message to the gods, "Angelique and Erectorious make a man and a woman out of this, sand and water. In seven days the sun will harden the sand and the humans will come to life. Angelique you must entrust them with happiness ... , health, and prosperity and you, Erectorious, must make the woman fertile so she can give birth to more humans. If you ... don't do this, the abyss of darkness will shallow the earth ...

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... Pedro so nave to show that none of the other characters from the Lost Generation are. They know that Pedro is just another fling to Brett, just as all of the other men are. Although Pedro was nave to love and Brett, he was brave in the ring. Pedro shows the most amount of courage out of all the characters in "The Sun Also Rises."" Pedro while quiet and shy ... when not fighting stands out in the bullring. He takes more chances then any of the other bullfighters, and he was a true matador ... . "This was the real one. There had not been real one for a long ... ...

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... . This is since our minds and hearts are changing along with the times. Because people's concepts of what love is and ideas of what lovers do are greatly degrading over the years, the downfall of love is roughly at hand. Most people back then believe that love is the only thing that is significant in a boy-girl relationship. Now, people deem that love is not ... the only thing that matters. Several other things come into mind of most people when ... take place. It is only now that a person tries to manipulate someone he/she likes to make her/him fall in love with him/her. The individual...

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... what he wanted and how he got it. Then along with that you have to look at his new life, the one he created for himself, his dream world where money can buy him everything and anything he wants. In Gatsby true life he could never be content with what he had. Gatsby always wanted more even when he became ... very rich and had everything he was not content. He needed Daisy. Gatsby did love Daisy but the whole reason why he wants her so much now than before is because everything he has done up to the day he met Nick was to get Daisy. His parties were to attract Daisy, his wealth and stature...

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... , her soft white neck with a little dark mole on it, and the kind, nave smile, which came into her face when she listened to anything pleasant - This name bears irony: Olenka is "darling- to everyone and becomes indulged like a favorite pet. Directly presented to the reader is the trait of Olenka only finding happiness in reflecting the beliefs of her husbands. This causes Olenka to embody ... female disempowerment- she subordinates her will to male intellect. A foolish but affectionate wife, Olenka does gain happiness when married to her first two husbands- theater owner Kukin, and timb...

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The main themes in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are the pursuit of love and luck. Both of the main characters in "The Rocking-Horse Winner," the mother and Paul, are in pursuit of love. First the mother marries for love, and the love fades. She gains children from her marriage, but she can not love them. Nowhere in her life can she find love. She rejects the closest thing to love, her young son ... Paul. Her feelings toward her children, especially Paul, are exemplified when her children are around. She feels the centre of her heart go hard. Everyone thought of her as a great mother who ... lu...

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... obvious that Logan does not live up to Janie's expectations. Janie is looking for a pear tree; not a stump in the woods. Janie is still with Logan when she meets Joe. Janie decides not to leave with Joe right away "because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon" (pg29.) Janie eventually learns to trust ... openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be"(pg 72.) After Joe's death Janie stops searching for love. She turns down suitors and stays in her community. It almost seems that Jani...

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... accepted, contemporary usage is formally defined by the Webster's Dictionary as " a medieval literary form, initially old French or Provencal, dealing with deeds of chivalry or with historical or mythological events seen in the perspective or a medieval court." There are many traditions associated with romance, such as Medieval Troubadors, Courtly Love, and Grail Legend, and F. Scott Fitzerald's novel The Great Gatsby reflects many of these. Medieval ... her to marry George, and then Catherine says, " She really ought to get away from him, They've been living over a garage for eleven ye...

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... life is challenging for other people. Describe how one character faced a challenge or found something difficult, and explain what you thought about this." In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. Literature can often explore how life is challenging to other people. And for Romeo, that challenge ... saw true beauty till this night" Romeo thinks Juliet is beautiful and compares her to the most pretty and precious things in the world such as angel, sun, moon and stars "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun", "oh speak again bright angel". But not long after their first ...

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... his death rather than some external impersonal force. Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Forcefulness of Love Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play's dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet ... instances of this motif is Romeo's lengthy meditation on the sun and the moon during the balcony scene, in which Juliet, metap...

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... be together peacefully in the afterlife. In the streets of Verona, a brawl breaks out between the servants of the two feuding noble families, The Montagues and the Capulets. Benvolio, a Capulet, tries to stop the fighting, but he ends up also getting into a predicament with another Capulet, Tybalt, who arrives on the scene. The people of the city become outraged by the constant violence between the two families, causing the ruler of Verona, ... shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss". "Good pilgrim, you d...

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... they generally regret. It could be from pushing your little sister to stealing a sucker from a candy store. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor has great remorse about a feat he committed in the past. He learns that former actions come back and effect him later in ways he would never imagine. Jealousy and hate could be produced by regretful actions. John Proctor's past actions ... wife must suffer for his doings. This also caused him to hate Abbie for what she has done. John then takes his own actions for the situation by threatening Abbie to tell the truth. She never gives ...

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... by Romeo and Juliet's use of language? Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. Shakespeare has focused on romanticism, specifically the intense love and passion that flourishes between the two characters after their first sighting of each other. Love in this play has many guises; it is violent, ecstatic, and an ... to create a dramatic irony at the start of this scene. It also helps the audience to understand that much more is to follow in the play. Although this scene takes place late ...

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... herself, more faithful to her Spouse, ordained two noble princes to assist her on either side, each serving as a guide."" (Canto XI, lines 28-36) Dante and Beatrice are now in the Realm of the Blest, where the souls of the Wise are circling and singing. Cantos XI and XII introduce Dante to the two monastic orders of St. Francis and St. Dominic, as related to them ... XI, line 37), as the seraphim are the highest order of angels and symbolic of the greatest love for God. He is portrayed with pastoral images of love and court chivalry, with many references to "lord,"" "lady,"" "court,"" "...

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... Heron- by Sarah Orne Jewett, is a short story about a young girl's conflict between her love for nature and her desire to be liked by a handsome hunter. Sylvia, who grew up in town, goes to live with her grandmother in the woods. There she meets a young hunter, who is also an ornithologist, whom she soon begins to greatly admire, but is troubled by ... for Sylvia to grow up: -as for Sylvia herself, it seemed as if she had never been alive at all before she came to live at the farm- (326). Sylvia feels as though she belongs in the woods. She loves and respects nature as she wanders about...

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... not make any trouble to anyone. It is about 2 people loving each other and want to be together.The law do not say that you can not have sex before marriage.The couples may think that they are mature enough and have responsibility. Live-in relationship is the good way to get to know each other.I think when people love each other,they have ... to get divorced.However,if they have good relation while livin together,they can ensure that their lover is the right person to marry. Live-in relationship can also prevent some social problems for an example, divorce that can lead to many problems....

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... . For example Hoke is not obsequious. He is very wise. His strategy is to express verbal agreement in such a way that actual agreement is witheld. If Miss Daisy does not want to be driven to the Piggy Wiggly market, well then Hoke will fallow her in the car. After a while Miss Daisy agrees to be driven and eventually, she and Hoke begin to learn ... not changed so much. An another element, or property of friendship is giving yourself for your friend. When the times are hard and tears in your friends' eyes, you should be able to say, "Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water, I will lay me down"...

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... says, "Your lord does know my mind; I cannot love him. Yet I suppose him virtuous, know him noble, Of great estate, of fresh and stainless youth; In voices well divulged, free, learned, and valiant, And in dimension and the shape of nature A gracious person. But yet I cannot love him. He might have took his answer long ago" (1.5.258-264). Olivia knows that Orsino loves ... with Cesario but what Olivia does not know is that Cesario is really Viola. Olivia has sworn off love until she meets Viola. The love that Olivia has for Viola is doomed from the beginning for Viola is in love with Or...

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... in The Sun Also Rises In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes a set of friends who share a very strange and distant kind of love for each other. The setting takes place immediately after World War I, a time of great hardship. This hardship results in a digression of values both morally and socially. The love that Brett and Jake share is symbolic of the general decline in values, in that they tolerate behaviours in ... approached by Brett set up a meeting between her and the young bullfighter, Pedro, Jake can do nothing but comply due the fact that if he doesn't he wi...

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... Hour" In the short story, "The Story of an Hour," written by Kate Chopin, irony of a situation is emphasized too show meaning to the story. After Louise finds out the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard, Louise's first reaction was to depart in a "storm of grief" with "wild abandonment" (Chopin 3). However instead of being in a state grief, Louise began to sit in her chair alone in her ... room and started to "reach in to her soul" (Chopin 4). Because of the death of her husband, Louise starts to realize the "new spring life"(Chopin 5) and all her surroundings she has ... ...

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