After she "retired to rest", after "the witching hour had gone by", she explains she saw "successive images" that led to the creation of the novel, this adds to the conventional view of the genre by using the "witching hour". ... Shelley presents Frankenstein in this way to show his ardent "thirst for knowledge", he has taken his time to discover the thoughts of those before him but now he had been subjected to a modern world which has increased Frankenstein's intrigue in his unwarranted aspiration. ... Before he gives life to the monster, Frankenstein shuns the creature because of his ap...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lorenzo had spent time on this beautiful sun-bleached island before he met Lucí, yet, for an unknown reason he had always refused to take her there. ... His writings reveal the tale of a one-night stand years earlier with Elena, who runs the boarding house Lucí stays at and who furthermore gave birth to a daughter, Luna, after her sexual encounter with Lorenzo. ... He interestingly wrote the screenplay before he wrote the novel, ending up writing the final screenplay from the novel. ... The closing scene of the film suggests that even after tremendous failure and misery, some hap...

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The bond that they share is much like an old couples love, after 50 years of marriage. ... His character may seem insignificant but he offers wise advise to Bernis, before his death at the end of the novel. ... After school, he attempted to join the Navy, but was unable to enter the Naval Academy. ... After Exupery finished his role in the war and the French began to invade, he moved to America. ... After two months, no one has changed, and nothing has been done. ...

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Soon after returning from the trip, Michael and Katherine have sex for the first time. ... She delivers the baby right before her high school graduation, and thus, has to miss an important milestone in a teenager's life. ... After a summer one night stand on the beach, he contracts a sexually transmitted disease (Blume, 90). ... She worries about washing her hair before Michael comes over and about which outfit she will wear on their date Friday night. ... We were experiencing something that no one had ever felt before. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Faulkner. ... Addie has the ability to control her family even after her presence leaving the physical world. ... His influences consisted of previous authors that lived before, people surrounding him, and southern culture in the twentieth century. ... Even after he left, he was awarded a $10 prize for the best poem written in the school year (Gordon). William Faulkner received many awards for his literature works before his death in 1962. ...

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The husband, Maxim, is still troubled by the death of his last wife Rebecca, which happened almost a year before. ... After that point the story becomes increasingly suspenseful as evidence leads closer and closer to the truth. ... I wondered why it had seemed so hard for me before" (Dumaurier 289). ... After the inquisition of Maxim it seems that the conflict is finally resolved and the story will end. ... Instead of living happily ever after, the characters are shown many years later still being haunted by their experiences at Manderley. ...

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L"Amour left school and Jamestown at fifteen, after completing the tenth grade. ... L"Amour left his odorous job, after three months sleeping on the ground and staying downwind from passerby. ... A sentimentalist, L"Amour adopted a white dove before his first novel sold. The dove had taken up residence in the novelist's garage and was brought into the house and named Rama-Cita, after two deities of East Indian mythology. ... L"Amour ignored criticism and decided to do what hardly anyone had ever done before: make a living as a Western writer. ...

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After graduating from high school Frank attended the University of Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida Frank had many jobs before he decided to become a writer. ... Adam is a novel about the after effects of a nuclear explosion in a bomb factory in Mississippi. ... For instance, before the war Randy was single and sluggish. But, after the war he was married and made tough but the struggles he tolerated. ...

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For Dona Gloria, these are the days before her husband passes away. ... Unlike Dona Gloria, Bayardo's memorable days are the ones before he marries his wife, Angela Vicario. ... Dona Gloria is known for only wearing her "eternal dark dress and black shawl- after being widowed. The color black shows that she has little hope left in her world after the death of her husband. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, even though sex before marriage is assumed in most social circles and prevalent in current film, Cher herself steps out of social expectations and admits to remaining a virgin despite friends whom "say it like it's a bad thing-. ... Additionally, Mr Woodhouse is distressed by Emma marrying Mr Knightley while Mel knows about the attraction between Josh and Cher even before they admit to it. ... These details help pinpoint where Austen's perspective does not relate to a modern perspective and thus the viewer is able to see this after reading the novel, understanding the influe...

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McEwan wants us to believe in a future for his characters after the story is over. ... It is appropriate that the issues which are resolved in this chapter, are resolved at a picnic "much the same as before". ... A reader who thinks like this would be right, of course McEwan is not going to let his readers off with a "happily ever after ending". ... It uses objective scientific language, which after an emotionally charged novel, such as "Enduring Love" is a shock. After the reader has adjusted to the scientific language I think appendix one is quite a satisfying conclusion to the novel. ...

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Women readers, I think, finish the book feeling disappointed because as I have stated before, he never showed the good side that we hoped he had. ... Before we think any less of Cathy we should remember that Heathcliff did the same exact thing with Isabelle. ... After overhearing such stuff, Heathcliff left Wuthering Heights without saying anything to anybody and left no traces of himself. ... After six months, Heathcliff came back and had an affair with Catherine. She died shortly after and Heathcliff struggled. ...

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Before the murders, Jamie Walsh and Grace made daisy necklaces in the orchard on her birthday. ... After that his family had to leave the property, and he didn't come back into Grace's life until she was released many years later. ... And though it may have been insignificant to the trial, Jeremiah the peddler loved Grace enough to pose as a doctor and hypnotize her before the murders. After telling her he was worried of her situation, he offered to take her away. ... Even after her death, the picket fence around Nancy's grave was painted in black, while Mr. ...

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He is incredibly selfish, has no sense of responsibility, does not care for consequences, puts himself before others, does not care about how his actions will negatively affects others, cannot own up to the things he does, and blames people for his wrongdoings. ... Frankenstein's need of recognition is what drives the madness that occurs after his creation of the monster. ... Instead of owning up to the role he played in all of the madness that occurred after he left the monster isolated, and with no one to protect him from the cruelty of the people he would encounter in his life after ...

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After studying at Cambridge he launched his literary career in Berlin and Paris. After he moved to the United States in the 1940s he achieved an acclaimed named and extraordinary relationship as not just an author but poet, critic, and translator. ... Nabokov died in Switzerland during 1977, 22 years after Lolita was published. ... It needs to be taken in to account she published her critique at a much more open minded time when the book is printed in full and Nabokov is a renowned author of the past rather than at the time of initial reception when it was unlike anything anyone had ever rea...

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The plot of the novel is basically about isolation and the struggle to survive the after effects of a nuclear war. ... She longs for companionship but she's also a very cautious individual: "I want to see who it is before I show myself." ... In the end Ann befriends Loomis after overcoming her initial fears. ... He displays a tender delight of simple pleasures especially after Ann plays the piano for him: "This is the best evening I have spent." ... Ann believes that Loomis is "insane" as his mood swings and his domineering behaviour forces Ann to finally leave the valley, as fo...

• Word Count: 1361
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• Grade Level: High School

The plot of the novel is basically about isolation and the struggle to survive the after effects of a nuclear war. ... She longs for companionship but she's also a very cautious individual: "I want to see who it is before I show myself." ... In the end Ann befriends Loomis after overcoming her initial fears. ... He displays a tender delight of simple pleasures especially after Ann plays the piano for him: "This is the best evening I have spent." ... Ann believes that Loomis is "insane" as his mood swings and his domineering behaviour forces Ann to finally leave the valley, as fo...

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For example, "Needful Things" starts and ends by us, the readers being addressed by an elderly man, "You've been her before. ... First, it immediately intrigues the reader and stimulates our interest (where have we been before? ... but it is also an acknowledgment by King of his fans, because we have been there before. For some, we have been on page one of a Stephen King book almost countless times before (the man is a prodigious author), and in a comforting way we know what to expect. ... For most of the 1980s, he was an alcoholic and claims not to remember writing many of his books from...

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A pirate captain is also involved after capturing Crusoe and making him a slave. ... After many trips to the shipwreck, Crusoe finally had the tools of survival. He survived on the island for almost fifteen years as he developed his craftsmanship and hunting abilities before discovering the footprint of another man. ... Shipwreck after shipwreck threw him into adventure after adventure. ... Then after time he renews his faith and even starts to read the bible. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The novel follows an idolized monk, Ambrosio, who struggles between maintaining his monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions after he is tempted by a young woman. ... Lorenzo's assessment of Antonia becomes frighteningly accurate when Antonia remains unaware of how Ambrosio lusts after her and this ignorance ultimately leads to her demise. ... Her superstitious father has her entire life planned and Agnes blindly follows even though, "she look[s] with disgust upon the prospect[s] before her: however, no alternative[s] are offered to her" so she unwillingly follows her pa...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She lives in a house at 124 Bluestone with a woman referred to as Baby Suggs who actually dies shortly after the book begins. ... Her youngest daughter, Denver, was grabbed by Stamp Paid, an old friend of Sethe, before Sethe could kill her by another violent and gruesome act. ... There was one case in particular that stated that it gave her son nightmares after reading it and she didn't want this to happen to any other kids. This novel was a little odd at parts and hard to understand but it all came together after a bit of thinking. ... After reading Beloved, a frequently banned book, o...

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Brod enjoyed hearing the stories and Yankel would tell them to her every night before bed. ... Safran tells the Gypsy girl this right before he informs her that his parents have arranged a wedding for him. ...

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After the manufacturing and widespread existence of mirror, human have became obsessed with the reflections of themselves. ... Somer, an American woman who adopts Usha (they call her Asha) after the discovering that she can never have children of her own.  ... Whether she was drowned, suffocated, or simply left to starve, Kavita hoped only that death came quickly, mercifully Like so many baby girls, her firstborn would be returned to the earth long before her time" (7). ... In China, it is socially acceptable that before people get married, the suitor visits their potential mother-in &...

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• Grade Level: High School

After helping Sally Oates heart problem Silas then refuses to give herbal medicines to other villagers, he drove one after another away with growing irritation. ... In his distress, Silas is crazed by the loss of his gold and this changes the attitudes of the villagers as they react with caring concern demonstrated by the sentence The slight suspicion of the weaver gradually melted away before the convincing simplicity of his distress. ... In an attempt to cheer him up the villagers speak to Silas in his cottage which is in contrast to before when he, allowed no comer across his doorsill. ....

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But before I endeavor to answer these questions I ask of you to look at our society and question whether power or having the upper hand gives anyone the right to take away life. ... Indeed, before her rape Emma is bathed and the performance is plainly characterized as an act of healing, a reasonable act of duty. ... Noah will never see Mrs Noyes: she is, after all, only a woman, a wife, a servant, an object. ... Before I end this, and we all walk out this door I would like to leave you with one final thought, whether it be a nuclear war or the Flood it is no longer the destruction of indiv...

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