A Farewell to Arms Throughout the novel A Farewell to Arms the main characters search for some type of tranquilizer to help them deal with the war Each character is search of something that will make them feel better about the horrors of the war going on around them Hemingway shows how the cruelest realities can permeate and destroy the illusions that the characters construct to alleviate their pains The story takes place during World War I which is a time full of disillusion sadness and loneli
Private Lives by Noel Coward Critical Diary Upon approaching reading Private Lives for the first time one could feel sceptical regarding the subject matter or the intellectual value contained within the play However upon researching Noel Cowards personal life and beliefs it becomes apparent that he had a way of communicating his thoughts and arguments in a way which can come across as wit and satire but at their core these instances could be thought of as reflections of Coward as a person Cowar
Supporting the quote This is a remarkable work of contemporary literature that quickly gets inside the readers head then heart The book starts out as a little boys struggle with abandonment but quickly becomes the readers own struggle with universal themes of loneliness fear rejection bitterness and how to forgive others and ourselves This quote by Dotty Hoots is outstanding She is warning the reader about the book Castaway Kid written by R B Mitchell that consumes the reader causing him to not
Alienation causes the characters in Wuthering Heights to make choices that are not always in their best interest Examples of this behaviour are made by Hindley and Isabella Hareton Linton and Cathy and Heathcliff Edgar and Catherine Loneliness and alienation make Isabella and Hindley desperate people and perhaps their alienation could have been avoided Cathy Linton and Hareton all experience alienation from each other but the most alienation is caused by Heathcliff Lastly Catherine Heathcliff a
PROMPT Excessive pride is the main cause of the tragic outcome in Anouilhs Antigone The play Antigone depicts characters showing strong attitudes and beliefs towards one another The author Jean Anouilh portrays this through the use of two protagonists Antigone and Creon These characters show glimpses of excessive pride thus leading to the deaths of Haemon Eurydice and Antigone herself In addition to excessive pride both fate and love play a role in the causes of the deaths of loved ones These d
Conflict may be experienced by individuals as result of the provocation of others their environment or may be chosen for selfish purposes Such conflict always leaves an impact upon individuals societies or even the larger world This impact may result in significant changes such as political struggles for racial freedom and equality or may yield only severe consequences such as death The latter is true for the Shakespearean play Othello Here Othello blindly allows others to distort his values th
Individuals sometimes choose to belong but only on their own terms To what extent is this true of The Tunnel and two of Emily Dickinsons poems Human social behaviour is a contradiction of desires We want to be distinctive individuals but simultaneously we want to be included in society We constantly yearn for a sense of belonging however once gained we may choose to abandon it This discord is explored in The Tunnel a short story by Doris Lessing as well as in I had been hungry all the years and
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
Character Analysis Medea Medea may be considered one of the world first feminists Her story is a jealous and vengeful one of a woman betrayed by her husband Jason And though she is believed to be truly evil she is the protagonist of the play Medea left her father King Aeetes her country Colchis which is barbarian territory and manipulated the daughters of Pelias to murder their own father Jasons Uncle all out of her love for Jason The play begins as he leaves her and marries the daughter of Cre
How effectively does Charlotte Bronte present the character and conflict of Jane Eyre in Chapter 1 In chapter 1 of Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte presents the characters and conflicts using language to create a dramatic effect Its written in a 1st person narrative and in the style of an autobiography although the character Jane Eyre does not have the same name as the author I think that the book probably reflects on the authors life and childhood The overall feeling coming from the character of Jan