the caretaker The Caretaker was the first of Pinters plays to bring him artistic and commercial success as well as national recognition Opening on April 27 1960 at the Arts Theatre in London The Caretaker was an immediate hit with audiences as well as critics receiving mostly favorable reviews In addition The Caretaker received the Evening Standard Award for best play of 1960 In the many years since its first production the play has continued to be the recipient of critical praise It has been a
In A Farewell to Arms Frederic Henry is characterized initially by a sort of detachment from life though well disciplined and friendly he feels as if he has nothing to do with the war These feelings of detachment are pushed away when Henry falls in love with Catherine and begins to realize the hostile nature of the world In this way Henry serves the function of a character that becomes initiated in Hemingways philosophy of an indifferent universe and mans struggle against it Due to the untimely
In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte God becomes the symbolic father brother and caretaker of Jane This motif or idea first appears when Jane sits on the deathbed of her close friend Helen and asks Where is God what is God Ch IX Helen responds My maker and yours who will never destroy what he created Ch IX At this moment the idea is suggested that a tangible personal relationship with God may be had and it becomes the basis for much of Janes reasoning throughout the novel To Jane God offe
Leslie Marmon Silkhos Ceremony and Ernest Hemingways In Our Time give us two male characters struggling to socially reintegrate after a comparable traumatic events Each of these characters had a hand in a World War and is now rediscovering the rules and constraints governing mainstream society These veterans have seen particularly disturbing scenes and are now coming back to a world that they no longer understand In understanding the differences in the methods that these two use to reintegrate
For some individuals life is seemingly static and unchanging Marilynne Robinsons 1980 novel Housekeeping heartily challenges this belief portraying the fragility and impermanence of each passing moment The books theme of transience is clearly realized in many characters and in some passages that initially do not appear notable The world and its inhabitants are constantly in a state of flux Robinson understands this and imparts the theme to the observant reader At a very simple level the novel i
Everybody has their own aspect of what a perfect world is or a utopian world In John Steinbecks book Cannery Row is illustrated by outcasts in a type of perfect world that are shown as being gods yet at the same time they hold traits that are completely opposite Above each of these outcasts Doc is held up as being the godliest of them all Though at the same time negative aspects can be observed about him Doc is a very brilliant and compassionate man Though his being the only highly intelligent
The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper evolves a woman who id suffering from post partum depression The woman in the story is anxious and nervous Her anxiety and depression worsen as a result of the proposed treatment prescribed by her husband John She and John rent an old colonial mansion so she can rest at ease and become well Ironically the lack of socialization and involvement in her new born childs life causes her to become insane She becomes obsessed with the
Who can you trust In the short story The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe this theory proves to be true The narrator opens the story by telling the reader that he doesnt know why but that he wants to kill the old man that he takes care of The old man didnt have gold that pleased the narrator it was just something deep down that every time he looked at the old man he wanted to kill him Maybe was it because of that eye Yes the narrator describes the old mans eye as being the eye of a vulture a
In The Stranger Albert Camus portrays Meursault the books narrator and main character detached and unemotional He does not think much about events or their consequences or does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times He displays emotionless throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events in the book After his mothers death he sheds no tears he seems to show no emotion He displays limited feelings for his girlfriend Marie Cardona and shows no remorse at a