... He would rather see millions of women than to see your wife have a toothache. My first impulse was, how pathetic are you? I had to stop and ask myself what the real problem was. Jealousy. A dangerous emotion, but, one I actually felt for a few seconds. Missie Mae was a lucky woman to have a man like Joe. Joe, ... him or her. Joe unknowingly set events into motion he could not possibly imagine. His fascination with the gold gave Missy Mae the false impression that this was what he needed to make him happy. "Ah can't hold no candle to Otis D. Slemmons" Joe told Missie Mae, "Ah ain't never...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... both in body and in mind." (206b) Diotima begins her explanation of how "all human beings are pregnant in body and in mind" (206c) by discussing the concrete, physical pregnancy of the body. Heterosexual relations and the child a woman bears as a result of them are a beautiful end of love because they perpetuate man. This perpetuation is essential because if love wants to possess ... of thought to live after them, and are greatly envied, honored, and even revered for it by other men (209d ­ 209e). The physical children of uncertain virtue a man leaves to carry on his name can hardly ho...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... foreshadow and emphasize events, and develop the characters. Dim colored lighting and symbolic melodies create the unrealistic setting for the memory play. In his opening narration, Tom says, " Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental, it is not realistic." In the last part, due to Tom's neglect to pay the electric bills, the stage is lighted by the candle, giving out a dim light, which ... goes well with the memory play, it's unrealistic. ... Laura's blowing out the candle suggests that she breaks the unrealistic world and gets ready for ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ; (l. 1) She thinks of them as one being and there is nothing more important than her love for him. This poem uses Hyperbole, which according to the Portable Literature textbook is intentional exaggeration which is saying more than is actually meant. (Wadsworth 517) This girl has got it bad, it sounds like she is ... . She uses symbolism and imagery to describe the height of heaven to which she would go for him, and no matter what is going on, her love is strong for him. She says, "I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candle-light." (l.5-6) Browning is saying...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Thorn was conceived during a market fair, when his father mates with an in habitant of Faerie named Niaome. Nine months later, baby Tristran appears at the wall with a name tag stating his identity. He is raised as a normal mortal, but everyone knows that there is something different about him. Tristran ... are all very good in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain."" With the help of a candle, a leaf and a unicorn, Tristran eventually gains his heart's desire - but the star isn't a star, it's a young injuryed woman named "Star-, but he finds ...

• Word Count: 1387
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School