The main character of the novel "A Room with a View " is Lucy Honeychurch, a young English woman who follows the social convensions of the Victorian middle class which she belongs to. ... They have a short love story in Italy which culminates with a forbidden kiss. ... The main theme of the novel is the comparison between the peculiarity of Italian people and of English people, between two different ways of living. ... Forster sees something deeply wrong in the puritan and merchant society of his time and he underlines that view in his novel: we could find a clear contraposition betwee...

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A Room With A View Romanticism is one of the more popular styles of fine art and literature. ... Edward Morgan Forster's novel A Room with a View is an excellent example of romanticism. ... The themes of Forster's 1908 novel A Room with a View demonstrate his beliefs in romanticism very well. ... A Room with a View is an excellent example of a romantic novel. ... A Room with a View. ...

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Providing a refreshing commentary on many issues present in society today, "A Room With a View"' by E. ... In the society that is portrayed in ˜A Room With a View', there are very strong expectations which dictate how a women should act, how a women should look and who a woman should be. ... Another significant theme included in the book is that of identity. ... The theme of growing up and maturing is integral to the novel, with the reader watching Lucy mature and develop emotionally. ... "A Room With a View" is an important piece of literature due to many different reasons. ...

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One major and obvious theme that is constant throughout the novel is obsession. ... The second theme that is continuous throughout the story is imprisonment. ... Part one ends with a chilling exposition of Lolita's situation "In the middle of the night she came sobbing into my room, and we made it up vert gently. ... One of these is the way he marks down the viewing of Miranda in his diary. ... He is also meticulous in his actions making sure that he never forgot a viewing of her. ...

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In these paintings I would think that the common theme is the love a mother has for her child. ... This painting shows that the mother and child are in a dark room overlooking a picturesque scenery view of a clear blue sky with beautiful mountains and beautiful light blue clouds and it also seems like the sun even though not visible is poring down into the room and lighting up the mother and child like as if they were angels sent from heaven. ... The painting is gracefully filled with harmony as we observe the child nourishing himself with curious eyes that makes us feel like he is wonder...

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Upon A Hill: Reflection of Langston Hughes" "Theme For English B" In "Theme for English B," the speaker is a student in an English class. Langston Hughes attaches the speaker's feelings of his place in society with three different views: the speaker in the class, the college, and where the speaker lives. ... The symbolism of "Theme for English B" is the paper the speaker has to write. ... The speaker lives up on a floor that requires his usage of an elevator to get to his room, and the usage of the elevator represented the speaker being placed above the other black people: "wh...

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English Literature Coursework Examine the settings that the writers have chosen for their stories in "The Signalman", "The Man With The Twisted Lip" and "The Red Room". ... The "Red Room" by H G Wells does not provide the reader with much information about the world beyond the castle where events take place. ... "On either side, a dripping-wet wall of jagged stone, excluding all view but a strip of sky" indicates that the signalman was also deprived of sunshine in that unearthly environment. ... The mystery of the red room is hinted at throughout the story and the narrator finds it "in a s...

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Third, the theme of the story and the film remain the same between both, the theme being the situation of never getting to know someone. ... This theme also portrays to the dead- there is no way of ever getting to know someone who is already dead. ... Last, Huston keeps the point of view the same as the story, as well as the shifts in the point of view. The story begins with a point of view of the party before Gabriel arrives, as does the film. ... This point of view changes yet again at the end of the story while Gabriel and Gretta are in the motel room, as included in the film. ...

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With only one side showing commitment, it will not last. ... Death Cab for Cutie shares their view on the fear of commitment in a relationship through the use of figurative language and diction within the lyrics of a couple of their songs. A peculiar idea on the fear commitment is revealed in Death Cab for Cutie's "Your Heart Is An Empty Room" and "Someday You Will Be Loved" through the band's powerful use of figurative language. ... Distinctly, the speaker is talking to a person who found a girl he liked and ended up getting into a relationship with her, but then the person did not...

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They use characterization, point of view, and theme to convey why it is important to read. ... In passage one, Dillard depicts the adult section of the library and explains the enormous silent room with the marble floors. In this silent room she discovered the wonders of nature. ... Reading magazines, reading Gone with the Wind, and browsing the adult section were only some of the things she did while in the library. ... Both authors use characterization, point of view, and theme that show why it is important to read and visit libraries while still in children. ...

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Although she preferred the downstairs room, the narrator finds herself confined to the dungeon-like nursery on the second floor, appropriately equipped with rings in the walls. This imagery further develops the theme of confinement. ... These views reinforce the theme of confinement and isolationism; they can be seen from the room, but not touched or experienced. ... The exterior of the mansion is described as a series of closed-off sections, while the room she rests in, with its numerous barred windows and immovable bed, was probably formerly used to house an insane inhabitant. ... T...

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The Dreadful Yellow Wallpaper The theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the narrator's sickness towards the yellow patterned wallpaper. ... John (the narrator's physician husband) has diagnosed her with a nervous depression. The narrator tells her story through first person point of view. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the theme is developed through the use of a first person point of view, and by the use of symbolism. ... The narrator states, "The most beautiful place, the rooms are on different floors and have different setups in every room" (705)...

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Juxtaposing the endocentric paradigm of the play with the promiscuous atmosphere in Venetian society, reveals how women become the centre of suspicion and the object of not only male desire, but male obsession with the threat of adultery. ... The characters of Bianca and Emilia give a holistic view of the spaces occupied by women in Venice at this point of time. ... The theme of adultery, which drives the plot progression to tragedy, is expanded upon by the role of Othello's handkerchief. Besides being Iago's manipulative tool, the handkerchief introduces the themes of marriage, fide...

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Mirror on Celluloid: 8 ½ Frederico Fellini's 8 ½: one of the first foreign films I ever viewed. ... Again, the hotel room is darkly lit. ... The 45 degree eyeline is tossed right out of the window at times: the women stare wave, and blow kisses right into the camera: this shot satirizes the role of the director; directing in general, again keeping with the theme that cinema and its subjects are often inextricable. ... She twirls an umbrella in-time with the music. ... It is often said that 8 ½ is a filmmaker's film: as an aspiring filmmaker I have come to agree more and...

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Raymond Carver: A Clearer View The year 1977 was an extraordinary year for Raymond Carver. ... Most of Carvers stories from this period of his life were left without a real ending, leaving the reader to make an assumption, but leaving very little room for an optimistic ending. ... The ending of this story is simply written, "the room went dark" (154). ... The theme of this story, the idea that learning never ends, is very appropriate considering Carver had just then at age forty really learned his lessons and found his strengths and learned to deal with his problems. ... After Carver&...

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Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. ... He also must accept his involvement of risks in correspondence with his fellows. ... Two colors also connected with Jewel; the colors red and green. ... This is all interwoven inside Vardaman's head, with all the conscious and unconscious aspects blended with the realms of life, death, time, and space. ... ("ClassicNotes") William Faulkner used all of these elements to create this novel through the eyes of his southern view, all bas...

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How the narrator views the unnamed man is how he views Sonny. ... The reader never knows him as a young kid, but gains insight through the interaction with this man. ... In Omelas there is a young boy who is kept in a prison cell like room. ... All the characters all seem to have an underlying theme. ... The ones' who walk away, and the boy that is in the isolated room. ...

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Dahl begins his narrative in third person participant, limited omniscient point of view. ... The theme begins to arise with Mary striking Patrick over the head with the leg of lamb. ... This theme of contrast is repeated when Mary is speaking with the detectives. ... After stating the theme to the reader, Dahl is ready to reveal the cover up. ... Mary overheard this from the living room and began to giggle. ...

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Salter's play with quality begins with the title. ... Salter suggests the sonnet is viewed through the eyes of Ben. ... He is now out of the surgery room and in his recovery room in the hospital. ... This signifies the reoccurring theme of double. ... This theme of double is further reinforced. ...

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Mallard's view of her marriage being a miserable one. ... Chopin's choice of characters set up her theme to work with greater effect. ... Mallard's view, screwing up yet again. ... The literary device of irony works perfectly with her theme of marriage as a prison. ... The room would go dark like her soul. ...

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He describes how she uses symbols such as reading, music, and walking to present her characters in accordance with the novel's themes. ... These walks associate her with her art-nature characteristics (Moler 54). ... The first time is at Netherfield in the drawing room, and the second is in the shrubbery at Netherfield (Moler 54). It is also symbolic that Darcy's first proposal to Elizabeth takes place in a sitting room, and the second is on a country walk (Moler 54). ... Moler presents his views on the symbolic motifs in Pride and Prejudice in a very positive and descriptive ma...

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With this philosophy also came a new sense of livelihood and tradition. ... The reoccurring themes of movement, community, nature, and of course freedom are what ultimately develop this sense of heroism. ... With this idea comes the central metaphor of the river. ... The theme of community in this story also plays off of the sense of motion. ... The towns are filled with hostility. ...

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They view her as someone who constantly needs special attention, and they never allows her to be her own person. ... It is if a woman cannot function with out her husband. ... This death caused her to examine herself and to view her life with out her husband. ... This story has many themes. ... When she leaves the confines of her room, "she [carries] herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory- (149). ...

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By truly looking into the underlying themes of religion, society/class, and optimism within this interesting story, we can begin to compare and deconstruct today's society by Voltaire's views. ... God preserve me from judging rashly, but he came into our room twice, and he set out upon his journey long before us," shows the hypocrisy he believes exist in religion. ... In Candide, Voltaire wants us to view religion as malicious and fraudulent. Another major theme throughout the book is the issue of society and class. ... The themes Voltaire presents us with are still very important ...

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One dominant theme in the "Catcher in the Rye" is loneliness. ... The prostitute and her pimp return to Holden's hotel room to collect the money that he owes them. ... The theme of loneliness also is shown by the narrator calling everyone a "phony". ... Another prominent theme in the novel is innocence. ... Many of Holden's views were probably based on the views of the author. ...

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