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The Functions Of Setting In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
<view this essay>.... leaves much to the readers imagination, but takes care to design the setting with enough detail that one can create a precise description of the locale on their own.
Hemingway writes, "It was late and everyone had left the café except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference” (141). He quickly establishes the fact that it late at night and most people have either fallen asleep or have at least .....
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Millennium: Winners And Losers In The Coming World Order
<view this essay>.... counter-point to our general euphoria about technology. In “Nomadic Man” he depicts humans in the “hyperindustrial” age, equipped with technological tools that enable them to be productive and mobile. They become privileged nomads, roaming the globe attached to cellular phones, portable fax machines, and waistband computers. Many people work all the time because they can’t get away from all the high tech paraphernalia, which he refers to as “Nomadic Objects.” “Microchip-based technologies, such as the transistor and the computer, have already opened the way for the unprecedented industrialization of service-from communication to education to health care .....
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Antigone 4
<view this essay>.... what has happened in the past and always seems to be loyal towards her brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, as well as her sister Ismene. Antigone feels as though abiding by the laws of the gods, is a valuable merit to follow. This theory gradually affects her actions and behavior towards Creon. The tragic flaw of Antigone leads to many lamenting events in the play. The manner she poses her characteristics in such as being stubborn and raggedness portrays her flaw in the play. Antigone attempts to challenge Creon's love for power and accepts the punishment given to her. She bows to death because she is aware that she has done a good deed and she will inhal .....
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The Great Gatsby: American Dream
<view this essay>.... it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who ag .....
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Chaucerian Moral And Social Commentary In The Canterbury Tales
<view this essay>.... society.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century existence created atmosphere, experience and opportunity that allowed Chaucer to delve into the character of the individual and examine the relationship between human ideals and human realities. Chaucer lived in a unique position through out his life that allowed him to bridge the wide canyon between the remote aristocracy and the sometimes volatile lower class. Chaucer was born into the upper middle class, a social strata that was mostly unacknowledged. The Medieval middle class was neither aristocracy nor Plebian; however, the middle class was increasingly important to medieval society and culture. As the son of a .....
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"Master Harold ...And The Boys"
<view this essay>.... We can see the ignorance on page seven(7) in the play book. With Willie's mother gone, his father was the only one he had left. Since Willie grew up without experiencing a true loving father son relationship he went on to be the same type man as his father.
On page (9) we learn that Willie has an illegitimate son that he neglects. His girlfriend has to threaten him to get him to pay for something as little as milk. Willie believes he has the right to treat his son the way he was treated, coldly, without love and attention. His son was actually the lucky one compared to the way Willie treated his girlfriend.
Although Willie's son was neglected, the baby' .....
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Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
<view this essay>.... the story and understands the
meaning of Thomas Sutpen's life. In the novel Absalom, Absalom!, a multiple
consciousness technique is used to reassess the process of historical
reconstruction by the narrators.
Chapter one is the scene in which Miss Rosa tells Quentin about the
early days in Sutpen's life. It's here that Rosa explains to Quentin why she
wanted to visit old mansion on this day. She is the one narrator that is unable
to view Sutpen objectively. The first chapter serves as merely an introduction
to the history of Sutpen based on what Miss Rosa heard as a child and her brief
personal experiences.
The narration of Absalom, Absalom!, can b .....
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Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises
<view this essay>.... Brett is not happy with her life or her
surroundings and seeks escape and refuge in the arms of these men. But her
actions seem always to end up hurting her, and she runs back to Jake. Jake
knows that he will never be able to have her for his own, and he accepts
this as fact. This is clear when the Count asks them ³why don¹t you get
married, you two? (68)² To this question, they give a lame half hearted
awnser which implies that it will never happen. He is tolerant of her
behavior because he loves her unconditionally and is willing to overlook
everything she does. Jake’s willingness to endure and forgive Brett¹s
promiscuity and infidelity is an indication o .....
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