.... of view and to evoke some sympathy for her. In the author's time, much of the literature was devoted to validating the frailties of women. However, in this story, the Wife is a woman who has outlived four of five husbands for “of five housbodes scoleying” (P50) is she. She holds not her tongue, and says exactly what she thinks, even if she contradicts others, even Jesus. For in the Bible it states that Jesus “ Spak in repreve of the Samaritan:/‘Thou hast yhad five housbondes,' quod he,/‘And that ilke man that now hath thee/Is nat thyn housbonde'” (P16). Despite this quote from the holy writ, the Wife states that ther are no other arguments “Eek wel I woot h .....

.... as an aspect of their life. The girl “glid[ing] gracefully down the path” (1) and the boy “rid[ing] eagerly down the road” (9) have their enjoyable realities striped by the harshness of war. Likewise, war enters women’s lives creating turmoil. The woman who works “deftly in the fields” ( ) no longer is able to experience the offerings of life. The “wire cuts,” ( ) pushing her away from the normal flow of life. In addition, man undergoes tragic obstacles as a result of war. “A man walks nobly and alone” ( ) before the horrible effects of war set in on his life causing disruptions. War enters the life of man destroying the bond man shares with his beloved env .....

.... man. By hardening her heart and suppressing her naturally affectionate nature, she committed a crime against herself. Miss Havershams love for Compeyson is of a compassionate kind, this blinded her to his true nature, as Herbert remarked, "too haughty and too much in love to be advised by anyone." At Compeysons desertion her anger and sorrow became extreme and she threw herself and Satis House into perpetual mourning and a monument to her broken heart, shutting the world out and herself from the world. Her only concession is in her adoption of Estella. Miss Haversham has ulterior motives in adopting Estella, this is not a loving action on her part, but a ca .....

.... him emotionally unstable. The surroundings of the school would set off guilt within him. Devon brought back memories of Finny, and Gene just had to get away from there. Therefore, Gene escaped, and joined the navy. It was there, in the navy, where Gene tried to forget about his past, tried to rid himself of all the feelings of pain and guilt, but failed. “I never talked about Phineas and neither did anyone else; he was, however present in every moment of everyday…” However after many years Gene stabilized and was able to realize that although these feelings of guilt might stay with him forever, he must learn how to live them. Although, Gene lived a hard l .....

.... and ultimately achieving happiness as a result of this connection. Throughout Works and Days, Hesiod discusses the proper approach to many aspects of farming. At the same time however, he makes constant references to various gods and goddesses, explaining their relation to whatever aspect of farming he is currently discussing, and continuing by illustrating the proper method of paying homage to these gods. The overall frame of mind held by Hesiod can be seen in lines 456 through 481. This passage begins with the work ethic held in such high esteem by Hesiod when he writes, "When ploughing-time arrives, make haste to plough."(pg. 73 l. 456) Constan .....

.... son of Adam and Eve. In the Book of Genesis, it says, "Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. In the course of time … Cain was very angry, and … Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let's go out to the field.' And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him" (Genesis 4:2-3,5,8). This image of Abel as the helpless victim can be applied to Momaday's character as well. First, it is interesting to note the altercation between Cain and Abel in comparison to Abel's killing of the white man. While the Bible portrays Abel as the sympathetic victim of a vicious crime of jealousy, in Momaday's story, Abel seems at first to have taken .....

.... origin of anti-Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism is the term linked to the Emersonian-Thoreauvian set of beliefs which incorporated the existence of an Oversoul and the benevolent disposition of man as the default one. Such writers as Melville of this time period were opposed to the Transcendental views. The natural opposition to a theory of man’s general benevolence is one of his malevolence toward everything around him; the primary idea behind anti-Transcendentalism was that all human people have a capacity for evil and that, given the proper circumstances, the evil in anyone would come forth in their actions. The plot and characters of Moby Dic .....

.... In the novel, Hemingway writes about a character named Lieutenant Frederick Henry. The experiences Henry faces are very similar to those that Hemingway faced himself as an ambulance driver in the war. Frederick Henry's character was an ideal illustration of the loss of innocence in this novel. As an innocent young man who goes to war for apparently no other reason than merely to search for excitement, ultimately the experience of the war transforms him into a pessimist who has tasted the glory yet found it bitter in the end. Many critics have strong feelings about Henry as an individual because of his outlook on life in response to the many experiences t .....