The Secret Rapture is the story of sisters Isobel and Marion and of their widowed stepmother, their father's young and unstable wife, Katherine. The sisters are forced to end their estrangement when their father dies, leaving Katherine in their care. Along with their significant others they attempt to merge their lives for mutual support, but the process is unsuccessful and messy. Isobel is killed by her dependent, homicidal boyfriend and the family's attempt at union dissolves.
In New England during the 19th century gender roles were clearly defined and marriage simply meant the shifting of power from one male figure to another In this era women were expected to be willingly subordinate and subject firstly to their father and then to their husband This was the period that served as a backdrop for Nathaniel Hawthornes allegorical short story The Birthmark In his story Hawthorne draws attention to the gender issues of his time and the dangers of perpetuating mens superi
What makes Clarissa retire to her bedroom in the middle of the day is the shock 22 of not being invited to Lady Brutons lunch party with Richard Also Clarissas vulgar jealousy 23 of time but not of Lady Bruton contributes Clarissa is hurt by Richard insomuch that he accepted the invitation from a woman whom she sees as having lost the beauty of youthful years 23 More than that Clarissas pride is hurt and the dwindling of life cut in impassive stone 23 upon Lady Brutons face only adds to Clariss
Macbeth coursework Macbeth written in 1606 by William Shakespeare is a historical thriller and a fast moving action packed story Its about the portrayal of the fall of a great man because of a fatal flow in his character It is a play of illusions emphasizing the effects on human beings of mysterious and supernatural forces Shakespeare was born in Stratford England in the 16th century Shakespeare went to a grammar school but did not continue on to going to university He married Anne Hathaway in
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad tells the story of Marlow a Brit of a Belgian company which is imperializing the African Congo area and in search of the successful infamous Kurtz The excerpt Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong from Things They Carried by Tim OBrian is about a young woman Mary Anne who comes to stay with a troop in Vietnam during the war Although these stories manifest on separate continents the structures and themes are strikingly similar Both Heart of Darkness and Sweetheart of
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein a romantic novel at a time when the world was amid the turmoil of change and progress During this time man was experiencing a series of industrial breakthroughs that in a sense threatened a fragile way of life people had become accustomed to Through the use of Victor Frankenstein Mary Shelley reflects the fear and anxiety of the scientific revolution and symbolizes many aspects of the revolutionary spirit of the era During Victors youth his need to gain knowledge
James Joyces Development of a Young Artist As an account of the formative years of ambitious author Stephen Dedalus James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man suggests by the title that the focus covers events in Stephens life relevant to his development as an artist On a moral spectrum Stephens development ranges from devout Catholicism to the depths of sin and as the driving forces behind this moral ambiguity shift him between the two Stephen eventually puts himself in the center of
CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi
Between tragedy and comedy the transition is often but slightly marked Thus Romeo and Juliet differs but little from most of Shakespeares comedies in its ingredients and treatment it is simply the direction of the whole that gives it the stamp of tragedy Romeo and Juliet is a picture of love and its pitiable fate in a world whose atmosphere is too sharp for this the tenderest blossom of human life Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance every consideration disappe