... reader to believe that Gatsby was indeed a son of God. Some critics would even agree that Jay Gatsby establishes a literary role as a Christ-like figure. He came to West Egg to save Daisy from the emptiness of her marriage and the murder that took place. Even with all the images and parallels ... to Christ, Gatsby is not a Christ-figure. Gatsby's life was created through means that go against God's nature. Just as the Jazz Age was all sparkle and no substance, so is Gatsby as the image of Christ ... 142). The confrontation shows the readers Gatsby's total greed for Daisy's love. Never ...

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... complex she failed to overcome as a child due to the absence of a father figure. Jane's first impression of Rochester is neither romantic nor sentimental. He is the first male figure she meets while at Thornfield and is thrilled by the fact that her help had been "needed and claimed" when he had fallen ... she is as "unsophisticated as Adele: she demands a "cadeau" the moment she sees me" (127). Rochester has automatically assumed the role of a father figure. He treats Jane as a schoolgirl and even questions her knowledge. He quizzes her about books she has read, her family, and her ti...

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... ," as the poet says, is like the silken tent. Since the pronoun "she" is used the speaker is admiring the role of a woman, probably a mother or motherly figure. The poem as a whole seems to be a glorification of the role of a woman. The role that takes the responsibility of keeping a family and its friends together, the willing flexibility to ... it's the more valuable one. For my project, I had decided to use an artistic representation pertaining to "The Silken Tent." In attempt to mimic the beautiful image presented by the poem I have drawn an elaborate silken tent in the mist of an el...

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The Emotion that Makes the World Go "Round People spend their entire life searching for love, while most have no have no clue what love actually is. I have spent 18 years searching for love, and trying to figure out what love is. I have come up with two definite things in my search for love; one is that love does exist and two is ... almost kills you, its not worrying about the future because you know that at least one thing in your life will be definite, and that that person will be there by your side. Love is one of the most intense of all human experiences, and it can be found everywhere. ...

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... waiting for the inevitable to happen, not knowing "when" is something that would surely plague us all. In the story, The Beast in The Jungle, written by Henry James, the main characters, John Marcher and May Bartram, meet one another after 10 years, with May still remembering his very odd secret. Marcher believes that ... bad, something prominent is bound to happen to him in his life. May buys a house in England which Marcher stays in with while they try and figure out both his problem and the complicating relationship they seem to have or not have. For this story the ongoing question is...

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... much silence it is harder to determine what is happening. So my point here is that, we cannot always be right about something or someone and it hurts when things go wrong. The most important thing is to not be ignorant and think as a human being you are always right. I talked to so many people this summer about personal issues, and ... . When you cannot decide between your mind and heart it is a big mix up. People tend to say and do things, basically a person is a mess. Your heart and mind will go through phases. The first phase I think its usually the anger and the hurt. But then again ...

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... name, and the other called L'Abri (French for shelter). The story begins in the warm-weather months and ends in autumn. Characters Desiree: A young woman described by the narrator as "beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere." When she was a very small child of "toddling age." Narrator says, "she was abandoned in ... back to your mother who loves you." Desiree shows her mother's letter to Armand and asks him whether he wants her to go. "Yes,"" he says, "I want you to go." "Because of the injury she had caused him, he no longer loves her. Now it is her time to suffer, ... peignoir:...

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... in his poem, "If You Forget Me." Using beautiful imagery and metaphors throughout the poem, Neruda immediately catches the reader's attention in the first stanza by stating, "I want you to know one thing"." There is one condition to his all-encompassing love; it must be equally reciprocated. He uses a dualistic ... approach to explain both possible outcomes of his love. Neruda artfully addresses the emotional conflict of having to let someone go if the love has gone, but also the importance of seizing and cherishing the love if it is there. Pablo Neruda begins to create a ... "wrinkled...

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... take care of the family. That is a great responsibility to be put into a child's hands. Everyone deserves a chance to be happy, so why did she go along with something that would only continue to make her life miserable? Eveline felt tangled knowing that it was all up to her to keep the family together, ... a weird sort of way. Would she have that same feeling of belonging if she went off to Buenos Aires with Frank? Maybe that is why she did not go, because she just did not know what her future would hold. ""Come! Come!" Along with this clear, but not schematic pattern, Joyce emphasizes a...

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The Reasons She Did Not Go In the story, "Eveline,"" James Joyce introduces the reader to the life of a young woman named Eveline. In the story, the narrator tells the reader that Eveline is about ... of love. He just seems to good to be true. It is not until the final moment of the story when she realizes she really does not want to go with Frank for she does not know him or love him like she thinks she does. The fact that she does realize that she was not looking at the person ... the escape he provided her, allows her to make the decision to stay. Eveline has a strong emotional connection...

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"The Lady, or the Tiger" By Frank R. Stockton In "The lady, or The Tiger" there was a semi-barbaric king who built an arena for his justice system. In the arena was two doors the person on ... the story the king's daughter was madly in love with a man of a lower class. The barbaric king found out and immediately put the man a trial. The princess bribed a woman to figure out which was behind each door. On the trail day the princess casually motions her right hand and without second thoughts the accused man chooses the right door. The story ... for him to be alive. She could have also chosen ...

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... died when she was at an age where she needs his love and attention the most. It can be seen when she saw her father as a strong and holy figure as stated in stanza two, "a bag full of God ". Besides that, she also mentions her father as "marble-heavy ", "ghastly statue with one gray toe ... cruel and brute Nazis were to the Jews, that was how she symbolized her relationship with Otto. But seeing how she actually holds a memory of her father by still keeping a picture of him, it shows that Plath is torn between love and hatred towards her father. Although she tries to run away from him, ...

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... 's eyes, he chooses whose opinions count and who matters. Joe dying is a pivotal moment in Janie's life. After his death Janie learned that "no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you" (89). The horizon represents self-exploration and the fact that there is also something more out there to do, learn, or feel ... ...

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... on a trip to the beach with Robert. She surprises herself when she initially declines Robert's invitation despite the fact that she really wanted to go. It was as if for the first time she discovered that she had a mind of her own, and she could make decisions based on her ... social product is his reaction to Edna's moving out. He is not concerned with the strength of his marriage, nor does he try to figure out what ails his wife. His main concern lies in what the other members of society will think. He even goes as far as unnecessarily ... of their friendship. She is much more worri...

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... unhappiness to her life. Guildeluec's love for Eliduc is not a passionate love, she learned how to love him through out the years, making it easier for her to let him go. Despite all the pain he caused her, she wants to see him happy. Guildeluec's love could be classified as Philia love, they have been together for so long, that their ... for him to get emotionally involved with Gulliardun, his true love; Eros love. In the end of the tale,Eliduc and Guilliadun decided to follow the same path as Guildeluec, by chosing agapé love, among the other types of love. Even though, the three of ...

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... is holding onto the past when it is now time to face the future. In the story she grasps the two white letters which reveals her incompetence to let go of these relationships, despite her father's abusive behavior and her brother's absence. She's attached to the older and more delightful memories and couldn't imagine breaking her ... to marry her and take her to live with him in Buenos Ayres where he had a home waiting for her. Secretly, Eveline agreed to leave with him by the night-boat. Frank could be her lifesaver, he would be her reason to escape and also give her life and love along ...

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... uncomfortable moments then that relationship is more likely to last. Aviva Patz has experience with failed marriages and also successful ones, so her interest in this seminar about marriages, hosted by Ted Huston, seems more personal rather than academic. The way Aviva uses her personal experiences to support the things Ted Huston says in this research paper is as I would say ... , perfect, the way her relationships go along with the things Huston says. When explaining what failed with her first relationship and how it was only intimacy and no real deep connection and the rushing into ma...

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... the money for the gift, and his uncle agreed. Unfortunately, his uncle forgot and came home late from work on the evening of the bazar. By the time the boy arrived at Araby, it was virtually closed down for the night. The story ends with the narrator feeling extremely angry and dejected ... finds himself absolutely infatuated with this girl. His adoration for Mangan's sister resulted in an unrealistic idealization of love. When the bazaar visit does not go as planned, he is crushed because he feels utterly defeated. This is because the way his naive mind made it seem was that this was the...

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... we know this because he says "After it's done, if the weather's good, we tour his garden: heliotrope, evening primrose" (Phillips 51). Going on, Phillips writes, "We go down to the stables to visit the horse that, when they were nothing, just shivering foals still, he once asked me to give names to" (Phillips 52). I looked further ... turn out to be no different from any other song – sing, and be at last released from it" (Phillips 5). Philips started the poem by referring to himself as a carousel horse breaking free, and continued by expressing difficult feelings of love or lust. "Wh...

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... continues saying, "Woman's logic! That's why I never liked to talk to women, and why I dislike doing it now" (1945). He continues with his misogyny by basically saying that women are illogical. He'd rather converse with men than women because women don't make sense. He then speaks about how women love; he angrily says, " ... to be with her. Mrs. Popov realizes the same thing, she realized that she actually liked him as well and she says "Why are you going? Wait-no, go!! Oh, how angry I am! Don't come too near, don't come too near-er-come-no nearer" (2074). She's conflicted, she seems to ...

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In the poem "Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds, the speaker is confused about how people can engage in the act of intercourse without love. Casual sex was something that was just being introduced during this time ... love with the other person but loving the act sex instead. Although, the dancers and ice skaters are flawless during their routine: when the performance is over the performers always go home. Olds implies there is no real love here: "wet as the children at birth whose mothers are going to give them away" (5-7). Mothers willing to give babies ... satisfied with his best time. The...

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... been living on the streets of London alone ever since his mother passed away, and he has fought, stolen, and strived to live. In the book Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone, the main character, Samuel, develops a better personality through his experience of the different events that occur during the adventure. He befriends companions, becomes passionate about learning, and makes ... ...

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... be very contradicting. In the case with Henry James and the way he presented the main character, there are some discrepancies between Daisy Miller's behavior and the perception of her by others. If you looked a little deeper, I think that the author's words are not only truthful, but have a strong base of facts. It is important to show that the characters real ... ...

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"No body, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man's mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time." ~ Lawrence Sterne In Toni Morison's novel Beloved, the character of Denver exemplifies the Sterne quotation ... ...

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Why Does Desdemona go so Gently into That Good Night? In Othello, William Shakespeare's tragic heroine is represented as a keen, battle hungry, adventurous and feisty young woman. Yet, ... is a staple in the tragic orientation of the play; but how can one explain the seemingly ambiguous qualities of Desdemona's character? How can a woman who is seduced by battle stories let herself be murdered (unjustifiably) without putting up a physical fight? This paper aims to analyze her actions in the final scene (5.2) considering situational and societal ... at the time that the play took place. Wom...

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