... of the children she bares him. When Macduff defies this masculine expectation, his very own wife questions his intentions. She complains to her cousin about her husband's sins and says, "From whence himself does fly? He loves us not; He wants the natural touch. For the poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, ... since she is a woman who has to be obedient to her husband's authority. She takes this as her consequence for all her savage deeds from the past. Lady Macbeth had stepped out of line, to be more man like in a patriarchal society and took this opportunity to realize where her pla...

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... She has a tendency to do strange and disturbing things when one of her emotional spells is upon her. The ghosts and memories of persons long past dead frequently haunt her and only the occasional doses of lithium keeps her intact. She has the capacity for disaffection, which is necessary for the ... he can only explain his conduct by bringing up the actions of his forefathers. Through his writings, he aims to confess and achieve penance for his sins and the misdeeds of his ancestors. Margie, George's wife, is similarly viewed as unstable. She is frequently doing strange things like shopl...

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... his love for Amir by asking for the Taheri's for Soraya. Rahim supports Amir in a way that is imperceptible to him. He offers Amir the opportunity to atone for his past sins and find closure to put his mind to rest, even if he is oblivious to it. "And why you? I think we both know why it has to be you ... , don't we?" (221). Rahim recognizes what Amir requires and gives him the support to carry out the dangerous task of rescuing Sohrab. He draws on Amir's past sins as a reason for him to comply with his request. Another example of Rahim giving Amir the necessary support is when he tells ...

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... sits in silence, undisturbed to keep herself together. Ma's Philosophy on "holdin" on" Is that all The Joad's have a tendancy to hold things inside them, holding on to old memories, past tragedies, and implys that perhaps it is not a good thing to do so, for then you end up like granma, sitting still and "looking straight ahead" (Steinbeck, 188) into space ... much so that he turns himself in when the deputies come looking for Al, "I knocked out your man there" (Steinbeck, 362). Uncle John is upset because he feels he has sins that he cannot live with anymore. When he wishes to get it o...

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... novels to undergo. This process causes them to think about who they are and what they are, as they no longer can relate to their past identities or former selves. The notion of identity reconstruction must occur for them to progress in life and for them to feel like they are who ... . The protagonist, a man who threw up at the first signs of violence, now experiences the urge to avenge his family's pride by washing their perpetrators sins with blood. The character is aware that he is no longer who he once was, before he had faced such devastating circumstances; thus, he can no ... disposi...

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... and feels a pang of guilt, but in the end, he makes peace with his decision. Years later when retelling the story, Sarty is so distanced from his tragic past, he refers to himself in the third person. His father's actions did not corrupt him, but he was left without a family and without fond childhood memories. "A ... Rose for Emily- is the tale of a mysterious, hermit-like woman, her troubled past, and her shocking secrets. Emily Grierson is looked on by the members of the community as a "tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town- ... 't die and refuse...

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... little, all I can remember is him doing my hair and telling me that everything was going to be all right. I have learned from him how to move forward from the past, and focus on the future that God has planned out for me. My aunt also fills in as a motherly figure. She is a really huge influence in my life. I think of ... that surround us. My family and I all believe in Christianity, and believe that God created the heavens and the Earth and died on the cross to wash all of our sins away. Everyone has their different opinions about everything, and religion is one of the biggest topics. ...

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... views this as hypocrisy on the part of her grandmother, however we the readers are left to wonder if nonna's hypocrisy is a way of making up for her past sins, and a way of easing the pain of her failed marriage and the problems that have occurred in her family as a result. Josie comes to realise that many family situations tend ... ...

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... Derek, who in trying to remember and honor his father began to repeat and portray characteristics that his father had. In turn, Danny is now being affected by the "sins of the father" so to say, since he is now idolizing Derek. While Derek is in prison he comes to realize how his actions have changed the course of ... kid in school a week prior to Derek getting out. It just so happened that the boy was African American and had ties to others that Derek had angered in the past. A few days after Derek gets out, and the morning after their big talk, Danny is killed at school by the other t...

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... to death. Michael O"Sullivan works as a hit man for his surrogate father and boss John Rooney. Rooney has taken in Sullivan and his family acting as Sullivan's father for the past several years. The worlds both Sullivan and Rooney lead; work and family are about to collide separating the good from the bad. Michael O"Sullivan leads a private family life; his two ... get his son in so deep in he owned it. Both fathers were in situations of unbearable pain. Individually Sullivan and Rooney spared their son's from the costs of their sins but unfortunately Rooney's son, Conner was so caught ...

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... ). After this Maggie is blamed and forced to end her friendship with Philip. Second Maggie' is clearly a girl with a deeply troubled past. She changes however into a spiritual and religious young woman. She believes that if she repents from her sins that she will be saved. Maggie goes and tries to start a new life next to her cousin Lucy. She is for the ... ...

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