... thought - ah, if only she had money of her own" (22), and trapped by being forced to live where Stanley dictates the family live and at the same time resigned to the fact of this entrapment: " 'One may as well rot here as anywhere else,' she muttered savagely, digging the stiff brass safety-pins " (31). The less explicit theme of identity, or more precisely false identity, is also ... explored. Stanley wishes the world to see him as the successful businessman, the country gentleman and devoted family man. Mansfield portrays him as a narcissistic, over-powering physical being who is so w...

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... Hansberry, each character represents distinct values that help to further the plot and theme of pursuing one's dreams throughout the play. Lena, Walter and Beneatha Younger, George Murchison and Asagai each have individual values but they are united by the intersecting dream of a better tomorrow. Lena Younger, the head of the Younger household, is a strong-willed woman who acts as the family's backbone, values her faith in God and her ... Murchison because he is handsome and rich. Although Beneatha enjoys these qualities in a man, she is in search of a deeper, more meaningful relationship...

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... do. He spends the vast majority of the play trying to "tame" Katherina, changing her into a more stereotypical woman. This act culminates in the final scene where Katherina gives a speech to the reception party after the wedding between Hortensio and the Widow, concerning wives should be like to their husbands. Much is said concerning Shakespeare's views of marriage in here, such as "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life ... , thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign." The "lord" section means that the husband has ultimate power over his wife, as a lord of an area would. "Life" can be interpreted ...

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... be suffering from post-partum depression. While the wife in this story likes the house, she is not at all happy with the large room at the top of the house, which is the one that her husband insists that she use. She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77)." We later discovered ... that the bed is nailed to the floor as well. This room gives the readers the clues they need to ... know that this is not a nursery but a place to confine someone who is suffering from a mental illness. As the story continu...

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... be suffering from post-partum depression. While the wife in this story likes the house, she is not at all happy with the large room at the top of the house, which is the one that her husband insists that she use. She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77)." We later discovered ... that the bed is nailed to the floor as well. This room gives the readers the clues they need to ... know that this is not a nursery but a place to confine someone who is suffering from a mental illness. As the story continu...

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... tale is a tale in praise of Gentilesse highest conception of chivalric honor the keeping of one's word at whatever personal cost, and the contagious influence of a noble deed passion from knight, to squire, to clerk ." The wife's husband leave overseas and she is left alone with a lot to temptation from a lover. The wife stares out into the ocean everyday and wonders about her lord. She sees these black sharp ... rocks in the ocean and asks ... why these are here? She worries about the black rock for ... ...

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... mother's dream comes true when they finally move into the house. His wife, Ruth, is very proud of her husband's bravery and courageousness, and is happy with his decision. Asagai proposed to Beneatha, and asked her to go with him to Africa, to practice there. Theme - The theme of this book is the importance of having a dream; each member of the Younger family is obsessed with their dream. Lena wants ... to move into a nice house in a nice part of town. Beneatha wants to ... make something of herself, and go to medical school and become a doctor. Walter wants to become a business ... ...

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... with having an abortion. Although the rape and abortion was troubling for her, she soon let the pain go. She was then able to have a sense of calm. "I found God in myself and I loved her." Finally, the strongest theme among them all is the importance of family. This theme cold be held on its on. Family is held at the highest regard in most of the plays and movies. In Lorraine ... Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Mama is the rock of the family. She makes sure that whatever she does with ... the insurance money and in her life is for the good of the family. "I spec if it ... ...

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... on Paul and his mother. The money Paul wins in the story has no economic value because the main objective of the money is to make his mother happy and to stop the voices that he keeps hearing. It is between Paul and his mother where the theme of love falls into place. Lawrence describes the mother as hard hearted in the beginning of the story, but in the end she really is a loving ... mother who cares for her family after all. An example of her love is illustrated towards the end of the story the ... reader senses the love of Paul's mother when she has a bad feeling that something is ....

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... a soldier, as he had been years ago. However, in my mind my plans were quite different. I wanted to be a scientist, working in a lab with a white lab coat and looking for the cure of diseases. I remember when my father told me, "You are a very intelligent child with a prodigious memory; you could achieve any goal you wanted." I would simply respond to him, "Sure pop ... , who was waiting for me since I left home almost ten years ago. I think my father felt incomplete and empty. We were so much alike. How exciting was when I gave him the news that his prodigal son now was part of the worl...

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... he and his family are something that they are not. His pursuit of the "American Dream" throughout his life leads him to live completely in the past through flashbacks he has and dreams that are unfulfilled. Throughout the story, time is important to developing the play's theme and characters by showing the downfalls of Willy and how they affect his family and eventually, lead to his ... he would achieve financial success like his brother. Though he was a 60year-old man at the end of the play still didn't discourage him from the fact that his wishes would come true. Throughout the story ...

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... often visits with Mademoiseel Reisz, to whom Robert writes often. When Chopin was forced to deal with the tragedy of losing her husband, she also set out on her own journey and faced the harsh reality of having to raise her 6 young children alone. The main theme of the book undisputedly would be going against society to fulfill self happiness. Chopin carried with her an amazing ability ... to transform the reader into more than just a reader. With the way and style that she wrote, everything that Edna Pontellier ... is experiencing becomes like a reality. Through her descriptive writing...

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... can only have liquids like soup and milk Rose has all the people leave except the father, and she breast-feeds him. Theme: I believe that the theme was Industrialism, from the four main themes. Because of the rise of industry, a lot of things were left unchecked and the Great Depression happened. The Joads are constantly fighting the "Big Machine" and the Great Depression for some jobs. Also, they want freedom from economic strife. Another ... smaller theme would have to be, no matter what, your family will always be there for ... ...

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... relaying a decades long story, and the clock is used well. Mise-en-scene The setting and environment of The Joy Luck Club are some of the most critical aspects of the film; a little less the half of the film takes place in 1920-1940's China. The establishing shots of old China are huge, larger than life "meta-shots". This type of shot allows for the mysticism, the romance, of the mother's memories to sink in. Also ... the shots have a watercolor aspect to ... I realize I have focused mainly on the good points of The Joy Luck Club. The reason I have done this is that most of our class ...

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... had gone for a walk, Yvette showed Duddy a lake, and at first sight Duddy knew he had to buy all of the land on this lake and he would do anything to abtain the money. The setting in "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" helps the ongoing story. At the beginning of the novel Duddy lives in a Jewish ghetto in Montreal where he is raised by his father, Max, and goes to ... own depression. Duddy's strong will keeps him going and allows him to reach his goal of buying the land in Lac St. Pierre. Duddy's father, Max, and his brother Lennie help him also through his tough times. Theme The mai...

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... on to his daughter, Ruth, and her son. The first separation of Milkman from the rest of the town is that he was born in Mercy hospital at the shore end of Not Doctor street: the first Negro to be born in Mercy hospital. Also, the day before, Mr. Smith tried to fly away. This is the first introduction of flying as a theme in the novel as well in Milkman's life. Milkman's name ... accepts his part in the pain of Hagar. By accepting the "box of Hagar's hair" (334) he was accepting his responsibility in her death. Without going to Shalimar and hearing the Song of Solomon, he would have neve...

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... action that Emma carries out is her marriage to Flap. Aurora completely disapproved of him but Emma dated him and married him against her mothers wishes. This is a common theme in a mother daughter relationship. The daughter knows what the mother disapproves of and does it anyway, almost as if it becomes more appealing when mother ... would have been a relief but it was not, it was hard to watch her daughter die. It is extremely hard to deal with the death of a child. It interrupts the natural order of things and no parent should ever have to deal with that. "John Q" John Q is a devoted a...

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... of the last scenes, he is left in the car and the camera pans to him. His face is gently lit up with darkness surrounding. This alludes to the spiritual theme I highlighted earlier. He is well behaved, he doesn't fuss or moan. He understands that they are hurrying, and is safe and comfortable in the car. The advert implies that the car creates the perfect child and family. The shot of the ... baby ends the advert suggesting ... new life, as if owning the car restarts a new perfect life, or the new technology in the car is brand new ... ...

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The theme of entrapment is evident in Margaret Laurence's A Bird in the House; all the characters in the novel are entrapped. These characters deal with the sense of confinement and the need for escape. Vanessa, Ewen and Aunt Edna all reach personal freedom, however only to a small extent because they are left with the pain of their memories and regrets. Vanessa reaches personal freedom to a small extent. The stories in A Bird in the House ... a small extent. These characters at some point had freedom, or they had a way in which they could be free of the things that went on around them. Vanes...

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... the beliefs of the culture. The differences of cultures stems from deep beliefs of the ancestor linage. The Trobrianders are a primitive small tribe of Papua New Guinea, on the Kiriwana Island. Seeing how this tribe interacts and live with one another, and the traditions are studied in many books. The culture of the tribe is especially studied in Annette Weiner ethnography, The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. Some techniques of their culture can be compared to the Bugis. The ... mainly focused on noble kin then other non-consanguine members. A noble kin is based on your ranking. A con...

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... story in which we are shown the aftermath of the tragic epiphany, and the closing lines of the story, encompassing Gabriel's resignation and helplessness, are some of the finest in all of Joyce's writings. Curiously, for a book of stories that have largely succeeded in laying bare the secret thoughts and feelings of a wide variety of people, the principal theme of "The Dead" is the inscrutability of every other person besides oneself, of the impossibility of ever truly knowing anyone. ("We cannot give ... ourselves," as Mr. Duffy thought in "A Painful Case," "We are our own.") The ... ...

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... On A Hot Tin Roof takes place entirely in a large bedroom, currently occupied by the Pollitt's son, Brick, and his wife, Maggie. The plantation is in "the heart of the Mississippi Delta," "twenty-eight thousand acres of th" richest land this side of the valley Nile." It is Big Daddy's 65th birthday. He has just returned from a ... and storming out. A short while later, the end of the play is signaled by a "long drawn cry of agony" from Big Daddy in another part of the house. Before one can compare and contrast the marriages of the Lomans to the Pollitts, we have to be able to understand ...

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... hero or protagonist as well as many deaths including the innocent. It also involves many high ranking characters as well as taking place in an open and public setting. Although this is a short story that is only told verbally to Telemachus, it resonates powerfully to the overall theme of the poem, The Odyssey, about fate, betrayal and loyalty. The moral of the story is also a great contrast to that ... of Odysseus and his own situation with his own wife Penelope. Because the story that is told to Telemachus from Menelaus is very broad and short lasting only a couple lines ... ...

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... with another family. Tom's secret of killing another man is out; Ma goes out into the woods to warn Tom. Tom informs Ma that he decided to work to organize people like Casey did. Ma reminds him that Casey died because of this, but Tom reassures her that he will be out of harm's way. 4. Conflict: Man vs. Society 5.Theme: Free Will vs. Necessity 6. POV ... : Third Person Omnipresent 7. Reaction: The Grapes of Wrath was surprisingly an interesting book. The middle was saddening because Ma Joad wanted the family to stay together, but they ended up splitting up ... or dying. The ending was r...

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... and uttermost importance in the child's upbringing. Fathers are a figure of authority and strength, where the son wishes he could be as powerful and astounding as he sees his father. In the play, "Death of a Salesman" written by Arthur Miller we are shown a typical 50's family and how they react in situations between father and son. In this play, Miller relays a theme that still exists today ... , the reality that fathers have a hard time communicating both their feelings and their opinions to ... sibling, possibly receiving hand-me downs their whole life. The role of the the second son...

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