... two plays, many differences are evident. One of the most prevalent of these disparities is how the playwright chooses to develop the father-daughter relationship. Despite the incongruities, both Wilson and Auburn choose to juxtapose opposite emotions throughout their works in order to make these familial bonds ... his letters. Of course, the making of a baby, whether real or imaginary, is a very carnal act. The platonic element of the father-daughter relationship resides more in the character of Jolene. One of the most important of these examples throughout Wilson's play is Jolene's ide...

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... laugh at. Certainly she has endurance and a kind of heroism, and though her foolishness makes her unwittingly cruel at times, there is tenderness in her slight person. Laura Winfield, her daughter. Amanda, having failed to establish contact with reality, continues to live vitally in her illusions, but Laura's situation is even graver. A childhood illness has left her crippled, one leg slightly ... any emotional support. The situation of the Wingfields in the first scene is only temporarily stable, and this stability changed into quarrels, reproach and desperation in the following scenes...

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... what was to come of this garden and all the poisons in it. Imagery and irony are shown throughout this story. In "Rappaccini's Daughter" Hawthorne portrays the theme that when human beings tamper with nature, the results are disastrous. In this short story there is a imagery shown ... through Beatrice and the poisonous flowers in her fathers garden. In Rappaccini's garden everything is poisonous including his daughter. "Beatrice was gazing at the insect with childish delight, it grew faint and fell to her feet; it's bright wings shiverd, it was dead ... think Rappaccini is only out to g...

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The theme that stands out the most in Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John" is the mother-daughter relationship. Kincaid accurately portrays how adolescence can strain these relationships by explaining and giving insight into mother- daughter relationships. Kincaid expresses this relationship through her main character Annie who is on the journey of finding her own identity. In the beginning of the novel, the ... herself, flirting and conducting herself improperly around those boys. They begin to argue with each other and her mother calls her a "slut". She says, "Like mother like daughter." As sile...

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It was night. A long lasting night, when after having a quarrel with my family members I was told to read Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter. I was very angry and I even thought that no one understood me. I did not take it seriously and I thought that reading that letter wouldn't change anything in me. I thought about many ... , I was full of stupid and irresponsible ideas. Finally I could calm down. I took a breath and sat behind the computer. The first thing which I did was searching Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter, afterwards I started reading it. It is hard to write down...

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... worthy of her time (107). As a mother, Ammu is expected to love and protect her child no matter the circumstance but instead Ammu breaks the love law between mother and daughter. These broken love laws affect everyone around the law. Ammu's "Love had been re-appointed" because Ammue loved Rahel less (109). By verbally harming her ... daughter, Ammu prevents the growth of their relationship. Ammu not only breaks love laws, she also forms her own when she discovers that there is more to Velutha than she thought. & ... ...

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... , can be categorized into this group. He is well known for his reoccurring theme that romantic love is mentally redeeming. The Horse Dealer's Daughter starts off having you confused. A lot of present information is given without much background knowledge on anything that happened prior to the first paragraph. Stories that start off that way ... ...

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In "The Horse Dealer's Daughter", Dr. Jack Fergusson risks his life to save a drowning girl named Mabel. He foolishly wades into the deep murky water knowing that logically (head), he cannot swim. Yet out of ... ...

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... feels different emotions and feelings for her mother, which some people would describe plainly as adolescence. Anne Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, the second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank. The Nazis were starting their regime in 1933 so looking for a safer place to live, Anne's mother, father and sister moved to Holland, while Anne ... ...

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... - rash - blind - nave - superficial - foolish - vain - old - arrogant - weak - selfish rash - he divides up his kingdom quote (1.1.39-41) -- he banishes his favorite daughter nave -- he is fooled by Goneril and Regan's speeches of their love towards him -- Goneril and Regan are plotting against him and he doesn't realize ... by giving up his kingdom he will lose everything he has including his power. He shows his rashness again when he banishes his once favorite daughter Cordelia and his loyal man, Kent. When Cordelia had refused to flatter him and express her love with fancy words, King...

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... green with envy. In King Lear, Cordelia serves as the favorite out of his three daughters. King Lear wants to give his favorite daughter Cordelia the kingdom, but Cordelia remains unable to acquire the land with her being the youngest and not the eldest. Lear then devises the ... she loves him, "According to my bond, no more, no less" (I.i.94). Lear flies into a rage upon hearing this because he provides his favorite daughter with a chance to profess her love, and she refuses. This hurts him so he divides the kingdom between Goneril and Regan. Cordelia knows that her ... serves as the L...

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... -42) But more importantly because of his religious beliefs: "How like a fawning publication he looks. I hate him for he is a Christian;" (I, 3,38-39) Because the antagonistic approach Shylock and Antonio have towards each other, both party's are weary when entering into as bond together. After some discussion they come to ... Antonio and the general state, and he must also leave the other half of his wealth, property and possessions to his son Lorenzo and his daughter Jessica. But possibly the hardest and most humiliating action taken was that Shylock was forced to become a Christian. Th...

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... a homogeneous group but, just like their masters, they are temporarily in discord. Shakespeare derived Titania's name from Ovid's metamorphosis in which the goddess Diana is called Titania because she is a daughter of the Titans. Shakespeare's Titania could be called a goddess because she, "has votaresses; [and] she is so much a goddess as to have a cult," (K. M. Briggs, The Anatomy of Puck ... of kings, [] it is for Ulysses that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt island, far away, poor man, from all his friends. [] This daughter of Atlas has got hol...

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... of his lost love, because he expresses contempt for Lily's confession of hatred towards him. "You can hate me all you want, but she's the one who left you." (Kidd 39) Albeit, he had been expressing sardonic humor towards Lily's suggestion of maternal love from Deborah, he had kept Lily with himself rather than give her to an orphanage. As told ... Lily. August Boatwright had the wisdom and patience of a mother that Lily had desired, she passed down the process of making honey, a process that is passed down from mother to daughter and maintained a relationship which benefitted Lily by gi...

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... Devil-Bug! She used to say she loved me cause I did'nt deceive my looks! For one year, me and that gal was man an' wife!"" (188). Mabel is the daughter of Ellen and she is also brought to Monk-Hall. She is brought by Parson Pyne, her "father, who wants to drug her and then take advantage of her. When ... -Bug through the rest of the novel. He does everything to try to protect Mabel from harm by men and to set her up in high society as being Livingstone's daughter. Devil Bug is capable of love and caring for someone. Drawing from these opposing characteristics, Lippard is showing that the...

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... importance of the De La Gaza customs when Tita is offered the hand of Pedro, but must refuse when Mama Elena says, "you know perfectly well that being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me till the day I die" (Esquivel 10). Tita is devastated by this inhumane tradition and becomes extremely saddened. Mama Elena is very strict ... it had been an unbroken tradition, which is made obvious when she says to Tita, "For generations, not a single person in my family has ever questioned this tradition, and no daughter of mine is going to be the one to start" (11). This is a ver...

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... steel-blue water" (16-18). The speaker remembers the "perfect fit" (19) and how "it was not too sexy, just a blue dress for a 14-year-old daughter" finding comfort in the way her dress protected her from the fact that she did not have a father "the way Clark Kent's suit" (21-22) protected him ... worth more than the truth. In fact, she even recalls "wanting in those days to appear to have something whether it was true or a lie, [she] didn't care" (39-40). In the end, throughout Sharon Olds poem The Blue Dress, the speaker had held onto a lie where she thought her father loved and acknow...

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... one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty (page 39). Afterwards, Jane feels a magnificent sense of accomplishment. She knows that that had been the most difficult battle she had ever fought, but it is her first victory. What she said ... self-respect and has faith that there is something more for her out there. Another window of opportunity opens to Jane when she is hired as a governess for Mr. Rochester's daughter at Thornfield. This is when Jane's second major challenge to find ...

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... five days after their first meeting. She never pretended to be in love with him. Instead she thought that "anything, anyone at all would be better than returning to Ayemenem" (P.39 Arundhati Roy) Even though she wrote to her parents about her decision they never cared to respond to the letter. Ammu and her husband moved to Assam. She was beautiful ... that an Englishman would covet another man's wife. As for Ammu, her world was confined to the front and back of verandha of Ayemenem house. Baby kochamma believed that a married daughter has no position in her parents home. She did not fee...

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... of the instruction of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead; compelling him to do so as hard as any other lad on the farm (39). Now that he is in charge of Wuthering Heights, he declared that Heathcliff would no longer be allowed an education. Instead will spend his days working in the fields like ... more than any other character in the novel. Worried that Linton will not outlive Edgar, Heathcliff hurries to secure his claim on Thrushcross Grange by uniting his son with Edgar's daughter. I was timid about attempting to establish an uncommon thread between ...

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... others for their own gain. Jason used Medea in the past and began to manipulate the royal family of Corinth for his own interests. Creon made a gainful match between his daughter and Jason, hoping to take advantage of Jason's fame as the hero of the Golden Fleece. Among them however, Medea is the most cunning, or natural manipulator. She plays on ... than exile. This form of pride may seem commendable in this case; however it is this same pride that will drive Medea to extremes of horrifying acts. (Fraden. Davis 2001, p.39) Jason owes much to his wife and this arrogance on his part is i...

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... put before him through a planned scheme by Iago, Othello is angry and feels used, "I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing passion without some instruction"(IV, i, 39-41). Othello then confronts Desdermona with these lies, "If you bethink yourself of any crime unreconcil's as yet to haven and grace solicit for it straight" (IV, ii, 26-28 ... Anita Shreve. Although it shows a different type of deceit than Othello the theme also revolves around lies, betrayal and deceit. Kathryn and Jack were wed for 20 years. They have a daughter and Kathryn believes that she a...

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... love for Nola pushes Nola emotionally further away. Nola goes to a private school in Maine. Because of this distance, Mrs. Dietrich only sees her daughter on vacations. After a month of first being at school, Nola calls home to express how much she loves school and that, "she adored her suite ... without their help she matured into a girl of considerable beauty" (173) from this "plain, rather chunky, unhappy child" (177). Mrs. Dietrich sees her daughter's enthusiasm, a smile, as Nola tries on different clothes. Mrs. Dietrich takes this as Nola being happy with her mother. This is false ...

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... Luke and Offred. Her mother is now only a "shadow of a shadow" in the back of her mind. Offred had a very loving relationship with her daughter and a very strong motherly bond. This is contrasted to the surrogate role of the Handmaids. If Offred becomes pregnant during her time as a Handmaid, she ... refrigerator and she was bought new clothes "striped overalls and a blue T-shirt". This shows how Offred and Luke gave attention and love to their daughter. The daughter's dolls were "mangy, with age and love" suggesting that the child was happy as she played with and loved her toys. Perhaps...

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... Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. Wells takes her readers through a journey of joy, sorrow, pain, and happiness between a woman and her mother. The mother-daughter relationship in the novel is a typical one in which there are obstacles, but love always prevails and they are overcome. These obstacles may take hours, days, ... suggesting that Rebecca Wells is too. Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood tells a story of the struggle to overcome a feud between a mother and her daughter. Because she is a successful playwright in New York, a writer for the New York Times interviews Sidda. Th...

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