... but in abstract forms of romance' American literature is rich in symbols and codes, whether or not the artist fully realizes what is being attempted. These patterns exist in all literary forms. I will attempt in this summary to propose the suggestion that American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald 91896-1940) projected the American dream in his novels THE GREAT GATSBT and TENDER IS THE NIGHT. We could better understand his writings if ... we place it in the context of the events that took place in America then, what is called the jazz age, the generation in flames or the lost generation, Fitzg...

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... we can derive that she spent the majority of her time warding off admirers (including Trefry) and retaining the purity of her body. Trefry recounts of his attempts that "she disarms me with that modesty and weeping, so tender and so moving that I retire, and thank my stars she overcame me " (33). Finally, Imoinda's heartrending death is enacted by her husband as part of ... his plan to take revenge on the white men who betrayed him. He fears that if he dies in his attempts, Imoinda ... people pay a deity " (54). In this act, therefore, Imoinda embodies the ideal wife and the pinnacle o...

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... at his work, making a lot of jokes, and good company" (541) turns into a grumpy, irritated, difficult man that makes his colleagues uneasy. The woman who is sunbathing on a roof then becomes his target to be harassed. When the weather gets hotter, Stanley's behaviors become more irrational and extreme, as he begins "stamping with his feet, and whistl[ing] and yell[ing] and ... violent language and acts, young Tom diminishes her validity as an independent being by objectifying her sexually, dreaming, "she [has] been tender with him" (540). The young worker imagines how they snuggle togeth...

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... society. In addition, it allows certain aspects of the characters to be revealed to the reader. An important example of the role of the mother in "Frankenstein" is that of Victor Frankenstein's own mother in his early years, who is very much a traditional mother. Frankenstein describes her as being a loving woman, giving him "tender caresses", guiding him throughout the early years of his upbringing and teaching him right ... a relationship with his creator. An example of language used to convey this idea of Frankenstein as a male-mother is visible after the creation of the monster, whe...

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