.... as many woman have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms” (Chopin 47). It is implied that Mrs. Mallard’s love for her husband has disappeared and she takes the news rather calmly. Mrs. Mallard cries not because of the tragedy, but because it is expected of her. Many responses come from already learned behavior. People react the way they are taught. Mrs. Mallard was a devoted wife; she certainly learned from her mother how married women behave. She sits in her room, “merely letting impressions of the outer and inner worlds wash over her” (Papke 132), try .....

.... her daughter's birth, her adulterous relationship with Leon and her taking the poison, as times when, if she had made a different decision, her life would not have ended as tragically. When we first meet Emma, the future Madame Bovary, we perceive her as being a woman who is refined perhaps a bit more than the average peasant girl living on a farm. We conclude this because she attended a boarding school where she was taught “dancing, geography, needlework and piano.” (p.15) Charles, on the other hand, gives her more credit than she deserves. He regards her as well very educated, sophisticated, sensitive and loving, with the last characteristic being the one sh .....

.... of his peers and elders, the teachings of his education, and his own emerging sense of self. Throughout the years, the language of the story has startled some readers. Salinger's control of Holden's easy, conversational manner makes the introduction of these larger themes appear natural and believable. (Bloom, 1990). At the time of the novel through today, Holden's speech rings true to the colloquial speech of teenagers. Holden, according to many reviews in the Chicago Tribune, the New Yorker, and the New York Times, accurately captures the informal speech of an average intelligent, educated, northeastern American adolescent (Costello, 1990). Such speech includ .....

.... journey. The captain begins to feel insecure about running his ship and questions his ability to lead his ship. During one of the first nights on board the ship, the captain demonstrates his thoughts of insecurity and self-consciousness when he does something that a captain would not normally do: he plans to take part in the night watch. “I felt painfully that I - a stranger - was doing something unusual when I directed him to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch” (941). The captain is so self-conscious and insecure about his actions that he reacts almost painfully to the crew’s judgement of his orders. He also states tha .....

.... society as a whole and also individual roles within the family unit. The family is the basic institution of society, and Gregors predicament as characterized by his transformation, results in the breakdown of the regular flow of this unit. As a provider, Gregor’s social self has immense meaning. Sufficently he nurtures the familie’s economic needs, binding the unit, and in this way is regarded as fruitful and useful. The irony lies in the realization that Gregor’s change is merely external, and despite his obvious inability to further produce, he is disregarded as a social burden, unable to sustain his role in the system. His mind however, his inten .....

.... both grew to accept each other as they were. Tea Cake showed Janie how to love. Most importantly, he taught her how to receive love. When Janie began to reach womanhood her grandmother believed that there was no time to waste with immature love affairs. She arranged Janie’s first marriage with Logan Killicks, “Finally out of Nanny’s talk and her own conjectures she made a sort of comfort for herself. Yes, she would love Logan after they were married. She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so.” (Hurston 20). Janie’s marriage to Logan proved that love can not be arranged. “She knew now that marria .....

.... death. He vows to kill Claudius but then backs out several times. Hamlet’s actions throughout the play support this deceitful nature. His dual personalities are the foundation of his madness. There are many examples that illustrate how Hamlet’s deceitful nature results in a tragedy because of his inability to choose which role to play. In Act One, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and his role. When his mother questions him, Hamlet says, "Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not seems" (1.2.76). By saying this, Hamlet lets Gertrude know that he is what she sees, torn over his father’s death. Later, he makes a clea .....

.... help us know that we are free to think our own thoughts , have our own feelings, and express our own opinions. Emotional boundaries help us express our own emotions and feelings -- not those of others. Spiritual boundaries help us understand what is God's will and what is our own will. The book begins with a look at a day with Sherrie, a woman whose life was boundaryless. Sherrie catered to her children's every whim. She could never say, "No," to her mother who had not adjusted to becoming a widow and wanted to spend endless hours visiting with Sherrie. Sherrie's mother always managed to make her feel like a guilty little girl. Sherrie's girlfrien .....