.... seen another soul except for high school kids who came to smoke dope. The car was a big black Lincoln Town car and it immediately caught Marks attention. Even more disturbing was when a heavy set man came out of the car and set a water hose in his exhaust pipe, Mark knew at that point the mans purpose was suicide. Mark took it upon himself not to let this man kill himself because he felt it was his obligation. After Mark freed the hose from the cars exhaust pipe several times he was caught by the man and dragged into the car to die with him. In the car Mark learned the mans story. He was a Mafia layer who represented the biggest and meanest Mafia man in th .....

.... novel, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, by Thomas Hardy, another literary couple is portrayed. Tess Durbeyfield and Angel Clare appear to be in such an invincible love. The audience believes that they could have a happy life together as a unified couple, but, here too, fate intervenes and Tess is killed. However, the question remains in readers' minds: Would Tess and Angel’s relationship reached the level of perfection in these examples had Tess remained alive? Would their relationship have been successful? There are several factors that can define a successful relationship. In order for a relationship to be worthwhile, the relationship must possess mutual lo .....

.... the Prologue, humbled by his life experiences, the Knight dresses plainly. Garbed in a stained coarse cotton tunic, the knight sits upon his horse. Seen in a different setting, the Knight's attire would say little about his life as an honorable man. By humbling oneself, a true hero lends credence to the fact that flash is not always needed. His armor left dark smudges on his tunic. Humbling experiences cause humans to step back and analyze the fortune they have; they learn that they do not have to wear their achievements. Sometimes people boast their success through fine clothing. Unlike the flamboyant Yeomen, the distinguished knight wears old garments. T .....

.... decided to try and break the school swim record. He just went and did it. It was unofficial, but he did it. Gene tried to talk him into doing it again so it could be official. Finney wanted no part of it. He knew he broke the record. That's all that mattered. He proved his accomplishment. What an insane way to act. I would want the world to know of my great accomplishment. I believe this made Gene crazy. That is was so easy for Finney to decide to break the swim record and not really care. Personally this was hard for me to understand. I think this concept requires and older persons maturity to understand. Jumping off a tree into the river once is an adventur .....

.... are sufficiently adequate to qualify him as an individual with a tragic flaw. He also seems to be a rather arrogant individual, another characteristic capable of being a tragic flaw. This can be derived from the way Oedipus speaks. Oedipus also goes through a reversal of fortune, another characteristic of a tragic hero. It look as if he has a solution to the problem Thebes faces, when in fact he is the problem. This is hidden from him, when he is made aware of this, and the atrocities he has committed, he endures great suffering. His wife and mother commits suicide, and due to the emense emotional burden this situation puts upon him, he gouges his eyes .....

.... (l. 43) and, indeed, his sketch of the knight is highly complimentary. The knight, Chaucer tells us, "possessed/Fine horses, but he was not gaily dressed" (ll. 69-70). Indeed, the knight is dressed in a common shirt which is stained "where his armor had left mark" (l. 72). That is, the knight is "just home from service" (l. 73) and is in such a hurry to go on his pilgrimage that he has not even paused before beginning it to change his clothes. The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asi .....

.... are basically as follows: First, he examines the settings and/or conditions that the men dealt with. Second, he looks at how they went about coping with the reality of the warfare, dealing with the strategy as well as dealing with the death involved in the trenches. Third, he discusses how those in charge went about sustaining the men and keeping their morale up. Finally, he ends his book talking about the attitude of the men on the front lines. “Eye Deep in Hell” is a very descriptive and informative book. Ellis does a nice job giving in-depth insight as to what these men actually incurred in the muddied trenches and otherwise abyss known as the “Wes .....

.... 62). He has earned "Pearl of the World," (Steinbeck 27) a legendary item of considerable wealth. "Kino, on the other hand sees the great pearl as providing the opportunity to pay for a church wedding, new clothes, a rifle, and schooling for his son…" (Warren 28). From these wants and needs, Kino symbolizes "clearly good and innocent" (McCarthy 108), but Kino changes in his desperate attempt to bring about wealthy reforms. Even his conscience, which is symbolized by the music in Kino's head, tries to warn him about his greed. This ‘music' symbolizes ones own conscience in the real world. By the end of this relentless parable, the reader sees the ir .....