... of violent "possessive instinct and physical passion" that grow quite destructive because of long suppression.33 Furthermore, O'Neill has had literary adoptions from other writers and philosophers, both classic and the modern ones. Eugene O'Neill reintroduces the grandeur of Greek tragedy and transmutes the Greek myths into the modern insights of man and life. O'Neill embodies his modern plays ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... brings over more chances to meet each other and develop feelings. Many Chinese fictions describe the love affairs between the first cousins. The well known novel in the famous Chinese classic literature, the Dream of Red Mansion, is mainly a story about the tragic romance between a boy and his cousin. In tradition, the senior generation prefers to marry their child to young ... ...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School

... and in the complex reactions of his lively mind to ageless spiritual questions and to the ebullient society of his time. One of the few American books recognized as a world classic, it has overshadowed the considerable achievement of his other work, which is diverse and experimental and, though sometimes flawed, often shows remarkable control. His narratives of adventure in the South ... ...

• Word Count: 2748
• Approx Pages: 11
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... mines to make a fortune. "When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich" (Miller 48). Therefore, Willy views Ben as a classic success story. Willy fails to realize that in order to imitate Ben's success, he has to compromise his family loyalty, just like Ben has cut his family ties. Since part ... ...

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... a lot of good music capably shoulders the burdens of caste and tradition, a double weight that crushes some of her characters and warps others, but leaves none untouched. Roy takes up classic material, but she delights in verbal innovation and stylistic tricks. She runs words together -- "thunderdarkness," "echoing stationsounds" -- and plucks nouns from verbs and verbs from thin air. And she has ... ...

• Word Count: 2899
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... critics agree Lawrence wrote an amazing novel, especially through his use of the human psyche and realistic experience. A characteristic case is that of D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, considered by many a classic example of a novel about the Oedipus complex; Lawrence himself claimed not to have read Freud2, and dismissed the theory of complexes as "vicious half-statements of the Freudians"3, but his ... ...

• Word Count: 4216
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School