... callers lined up around the street for you. You are so beautiful, if only you could see it for yourself, and if only we were in different circumstances. ( Laura turns towards the window gripping firmly onto her glass ornament.Amanda comes out of the kitchen with a pitcher full of lemonade, unaware of what just happened between Laura and Jim. ) Amanda: Jim have ... with you, I want to be your first and last gentlemen caller. Laura: ( tears forming in her eyes, lifts Jim off his knees and reaches over and kisses him ) Love means never having to say your sorry. People change and grow, just...

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I walked through the open glass doors like the lonely kid, just like many times before. High school, it's where my mother said I will meet my true life long friends the ones that will ... never had that, those girls you call to go to the mall with or giggle with about guys until I walked through those glass doors, the ones that looked wide open waiting for me to come to change my life in endless ways and to bring sunshine just one more hour longer took a big gasping breathe and had my first night at youth ... group. Walking through those doors I have meet three people who have changed my li...

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... emphasizes red the most. Finally Ethan and Mattie are alone at dinner with the red pickle dish on the table. " his favourite pickles in a dish of gay red glass"(40). The color of the dish and the shape of the pickles are all symbols of passion and sex. Of course, the dish eventually ... as a symbol of their hopeless relationship. "She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser. It seemed to him as if the shattered fragments of their evening lay there"(43). Ethan plans to go coasting with Mattie ... with...

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... Such terminal diseases compound on themselves over time and only get worse until the inevitable occurs: death. As Germaine Greer describes in her book, Love is a disease: In love, as in pain, in shock, in trouble. Thus love is a state, presumably a temporary state, an aberration from The norm. The outward symptoms of ... a simple admiration for such an extraordinary specimen of human beauty. Aschenbach saw Tadzio as a small recreation of the Greek mythological gods. This point in the story represents Aschenbachs initial encounter with the disease. Like a disease, love is contagious. Asc...

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... emphasizes red the most. Finally Ethan and Mattie are alone at dinner with the red pickle dish on the table. " his favourite pickles in a dish of gay red glass"(40). The color of the dish and the shape of the pickles are all symbols of passion and sex. Of course, the dish eventually ... as a symbol of their hopeless relationship. "She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser. It seemed to him as if the shattered fragments of their evening lay there"(43). Ethan plans to go coasting with Mattie ... with...

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... provide them a private place, where they could go to separate and evade the horrible realities of society occurring in and around them. Love is a getaway to happiness. Catherine uses love as an escape from her previous encounters of the horrors of war. She appears to be a broken character still mourning over ... shows affection and tells her that "[He] really love[s] her crazy about her " (88). She becomes happy because she uses Frederic as an escape from the truth of her fiancé's death. The affectionate words portray comfort and love. This encounter with war has shaped Catherine into ...

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... Through his description of the deep and complex relationship between Henry and Catherine, Hemingway is able to comment on the power of love and relationships to escape the pain that accompanies war. However, through Catherine's untimely death, Hemingway additionally shows that although love during war can be powerful and passionate, it ... to one another. Henry and Catherine's love is used as means of escape from the cruel reality that surrounds them. Hemmingway also uses Catherine's hair as a symbol for escape, especially when they are together and Henry puts her hair in his face its as...

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... succeed." With this thought, Eric Thomas, an influential speaker, demonstrates that even though the journey of life may lead you to bumps in the road and bruise you along the way, those who are willing to persevere through hardships are able to reach life goals. When ... how tough and dangerous the path to the pyramids is, Santiago gives up and comes in contact with a glass merchant. The glass merchant's personal legend is to travel to Mecca and create a pilgrimage. In order to achieve this goal, he opens a shop to gather enough money to take ... him there. At the same time, he develops...

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... female influences. She benefited from having many female mentors, whether they were strong and independent widows in her family or the nuns of her school. Her father died only four years after her birth, putting her in a matriarchal household. Chopin grew up surrounded with tragedy. When she was eleven, her beloved ... credit". It starts with Edna meeting Madame Adele Ratignolle and Robert Lebrun. She quickly falls in love with Robert. She eventually moves to New Orleans, and begins an affair with Alcee Arobin. She moves in by herself and continues to profess her love for Lebrun. The lac...

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... her abusive husband is so sturdy. She gets frustrated whenever she learns that Ruth is being abused by her husband, "Listen, You mealy-mouthed, mole faced, glass-eyed son of a bitching bastard! If you ever hit Ruth again, I"ll kill you! You Bastard! I"ll swear I"ll cut your damn heart out! You ... my friends. If anyone gave me a candy, I would consider him or her as my friend. As time goes on, I realized that I had been living in an imperfect world. There is another type of person that I deem and call them my enemy. Regardless of what they had done to me, I should thank ... is me who do...

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... , manipulated him until he was completely crazed. Not only did interaction with his loved ones become distant, however it becomes lost, as his monster in which Victor's image was to be perfect, became that of a murderer. Feeling faulted for many deaths of his family, Victor mourned, " ... . From this moment, Victor's mind became corrupted, for he could not escape his fashion through anything but dreams. "Sometimes indeed, I dreamt that I wandered in flowery meadows and pleasant vales with the friends of my youth; but awoke, and found myself in a dungeon" (147). Only visions of peace enter...

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... , "Like Water for Chocolate". The protagonist of the novel, Tita De La Garza, is the youngest daughter of Mama Elena. As the black sheep, Tita spends most of her time in the kitchen. Due to tradition, she is prohibited from marrying because she is obligated to take care of her mother. After reaching a breaking point, Tita shows a dynamic change of character ... , Tita and Pedro are alone and free to make love. The passion and vibrancy overpowers them, killing Pedro and Tita and uniting them forever. Although Tita's change in emotion may seem more harmful than beneficial, in the long run, ...

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... his wife realized the baby is her husband's, his wife went into a jealous rage; she declared that Nanny would receive a hundred lashes in the morning and watch her baby sold off when it is a month old, but he didn't do anything for Nanny and his own child, and ... Nanny had to escape with her baby eventually. This painful heartbreaking experience has taught Nanny a harsh lesson that love cannot always be trusted; more than that, love cannot play a only part in marriage. Unlike her young granddaughter Janie who is youthful and only sees ... sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes...

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... roses until he is sick. So consumed is Florentino by his love affair, that he develops symptoms strongly resembling those of cholera. Three days in leg irons for being out after the curfew is not long enough for Florentino who wants a longer confinement so he can call himself a ... martyr to true love. His love for Fermina becomes nearly unreal in it's intensity, as is evidenced in a certain instance when he buys a mirror from a restaurant-owner simply because he had spent an hour watching Fermina reflected in the glass.   Florentino's obsessive love for Fermina does not however stop hi...

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... in a tragedy, unlike many others with makes it distinguishable and why it is also so well known, this isn't a love story, but a story of violence and tragedy.Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray Romeo and Juliet's fate which helps the reader understand the plot points that are to appear. They were not able to escape ... their destiny, but by using foreshadowing shakespeare helped us understand why. In the lines "I fear, too early: for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall fearfully begin his fearful date with this night's revels ... them, but death will ...

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... 's "The Rocking-Horse Winner" also causes readers to evaluate their own lives. Lawrence may have wanted his viewers to realize the blessings placed in their lives. Like Jackson, Lawrence used tragedy to convey this message. The mother was blessed with beauty, love, children, and other "advantages" ... informal time of joyous tradition, until the lottery actually starts. Everyone becomes eager and anxious and nervous. The readers feel the suspense that the towns people in the story experience. As the story progresses, a sense of concern begins to appear, and by the end, many readers p...

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... reveal an uglier side of human relations. The social ideology in "Desiree's Baby" is powerful and dangerous and holds no escape for any character. Armand, Desiree, and their child hold a degree of power based on race, and family background (Esposito 1). Armand, in particular, is confronted with a family secret that has been hidden ... would envy; this is what caught his attention. He was considered the blue blood-with a "name", "that was one of the oldest and proudest in the whole of Louisiana" and Desiree was the adopted child with "obscure origins"(Esposito 1). "He was reminded that s...

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... passionate English youth, and Conway, the main character and WWI veteran who is unattached and somewhat passionless. All of the characters except Mallinson enjoy life in Shangri-la. Conway especially finds himself at home there and eventually the High Lama of the lamasery unveils all its mysteries of to him. Conway learns ... to an extreme old age. They devote the length of their lives to the pursuits of knowledge and do everything in moderation. They believe that their hidden society will escape the destruction toward which the outside world is heading. He also learns that the lamas of...

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... he did not even know he was alive anymore. But when Harold meets Anna Pascal, everything changes. At first he thinks he is crazy, hearing this British woman narrator's voice in his head steadily confirming for him the repetition that is his life, but when Harold meets Anna Pascal, it seems to shake him awake. Then, when he hears the narrator ... and with some help from an English professor named Prof. Hilbert; he realizes she could be the decision that influences whether his story will become a comedy or a tragedy. He falls in love with her and by doing so he takes the biggest risk of h...

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... , resolved to avoid a struggle against three underlings: he seized the poker, smashed the lock from the inner door, and made his escape as they tramped in" (321). Enraged Edgar tells Catherine that she must choose either him or Heathcliff. She refused to speak to Edgar and locks herself up ... doesn't forgive Catherine for what she did to herself. She killed herself and he cannot forgive the person who killed his loved one. Another way in which Heathcliff and Catherine love for each other influences the actions they make is seen when Heathcliff finds out that Catherine has passed away. Af...

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... a specific statement about relationship between love and society, religion, rules, family; rather, it represents the chaos of being and passion of being in love, combining images of love, violence, death, religion and family. Much of Romeo and Juliet involve the lovers" struggle against the public ... in same way present obstacles for Romeo and Juliet. It is possible to see Romeo and Juliet as a sort of battle between the responsibilities and actions demanded by social institutions and those demanded by the private desires. Things such as Romeo and Juliet looking for privacy, renunciatio...

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... of separation from his close companions. It also reveals Patrick's thoughts and characteristic qualities. Patrick Lewis is a lost soul and a searcher on a constant journey. In chapter three, ironically titled, "[T]he Searcher", Patrick is searching for Ambrose Small but that is merely a metaphor for his vocation. "He searched out things, he ... stars and a moon." Patrick is the moon; he can only reflect a star's light. When reflecting light from the six stars, the main characters in the novel, Patrick is able to gain a temporary identity. This is what Patrick is searching for " his true ...

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... Earnest" although she never saw him before, and Gwendolen is also stuck on Jack at once without deeper understanding of him. For example, Cecily writes in her dairy that: "Worn out by your entire ignorance of my existence, I determined to end the matter one way or the other, and after ... to persuade Gwendolen and Celily to stay with them. It distinctively contrasts with their attitude before, and conveys that it is important to be earnest in marriage. Moreover, when Lady Bracknell knows that her daughter is going to marry with Jack, she requires to examine every aspect of him, includes...

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... However, Hemingway's portrayal of Paris is one of a saddened, feeble, disillusioned postwar city and therefore, the characters deal with a somewhat saddening, feeble, postwar, love. In his novel, Ernest Hemingway describes a couple of characters, Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley, who seem to share a very strange and distant kind of love for each ... prevent them from truly being together as a couple. Like most of the characters in this novel, Brett is not content with her life or her surroundings, and she longs to escape. It just so happens that she escapes and seeks refuge in the arm...

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... painting. We explore various places and times and meet compelling and all too human characters. There is a Jewish family struggling to stay alive during WWII. In another story a couple must sell the painting to feed an abandoned child recovered during a debilitating flood. As our journey nears the end, we're actually ... a Jewish family owns the painting during World War II. The painting is purchased for Hannah on her 11th birthday from her father. Hannah sees the girl in the blue dress as a model of pensive contemplation amid the rising of anti-Semitism. During Passover, Hannah kills the...

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