... as well as his heroes, asking us to explore what drives someone to action. We are invited to determine culpability for characters' deeds and to decide how fitting are their punishments. Shakespeare tests our sensibilities in letting us meet his villains intimately through their soliloquies. In Act ... his brother, in which Edmund has detailed Edgar's supposed greed and impatience in acquiring Gloucester's inheritance. After Gloucester reads the letter, Edmund appeases him with promises to seek out Edgar and confront him about his intentions. Gloucester exits and we are brought into the h...

• Word Count: 2076
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... combined with the meaning of wood, the mood it creates is even more depressing, because we usually associate with it loneliness, absence of light, danger and even evil powers. And so Jane's life at Lowood is quite sorrowful without much joy, especially in the beginning when she has no friends. Later on, however, she ... . So it is terrible news for her when she hears in the chapel that Mr Rochester is already married. Her dreams of becoming happy vanish and it seems that everything has collapsed around her. This must have caused her such heartache which was much stronger than the mental ...

• Word Count: 1877
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... berates Janie for being unappreciative of Logan's wealth. "Heah you is wid de onliest organ in town, amongst colored folks, in yo" parlor. Got a house bough and paid for and sixty acres uh land right on de big road - (Hurston 23). Although Logan pampers Janie for a year, he begins to complain that she is spoiled. He ... not want Janie to take care of him. It seems he wants to die alone. Janie feels she can no longer hide the way she feels and goes into Jody's room to tell him how she feels about their marriage. Jody looks away from her as, "his eyes stared unwillingly ... together" (H...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School