Sanctuary is the story of Horace Benbow, a lawyer who returns to his ancestral home in Mississippi after becoming fed up with married life. Benbow becomes embroiled in his capacity as an attorney in the crimes of a gang of bootleggers led by Goodwin, a short-tempered alcoholic who is wrongly accused of the murder of his associate, the simple-minded Tommy. Goodwin is hanged after a farcical trial. The guilty party, a vicious sociopath named Popeye, escapes only to be later hanged for an unrelated crime. Benbow returns home, defeated.
The many essays and critiques of Henry Jamess Turn of the Screw presents us with several different approaches of how we can interpret and what we should make of this unusual ghost story James creates a sanctuary that allows the readers imagination to run wild bringing up the questions of whether there exists a crazy or sane Governess heterosexual or homosexual boy and ghosts or just terribly hidden guests Upon a first reading of such a story one might overlook all of these details Each individu
Throughout the short story The Chrysanthemums author John Steinbeck paints a vivid picture of a woman struggling to find her way in the transient era prior to the major feminist movement of the 1960s The central character of the story Elisa Allen draws strength from a sense of being strong This sense represents everything that was at that time period working against women She was proud almost to the point of arrogance physically as well off as the toughest steed and mentally acute beyond expect
The characters in Of Mice and Men show that everyone needs a dream to survive something to live for Something that they can strive for so that they know every time they lift a bail of hay or change a horses hoofs they are working and getting closer to that beloved dream The characters in Of Mice and Men are hobos Most of them dont have a home or family and are nomadic they travel and move from one place of work to another and are quite lonely people the reader know this because George says Guys
This essay is a character study of Ralph who is one of the main characters in William Goldings Lord of the Flies I have chosen to analyse Ralphs character as it is the character with which I feel that I can relate most closely Ralph is probably the novels main character This essay will include my identification of the major aspects of Ralphs character and how he symbolises different themes which are portrayed in the novel I will cover in this what Ralph contributes to the plot of the novel a de
A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner This is because the way Emilys character is portrayed the mysterious death of Homer Barron and the way Faulkner uses the narrator to tell the story Emily is portrayed as a woman who kept to herself throughout her whole life In her younger years her father had driven all her suitors away No man was good enough for Emily Emilys solitude was especially evident after her father died and when her boyfriend Home
Blanche Dubois is a wealthy upper class old style American woman from Mississippi who has come to a rough part of New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella Before we even get to know anything about Blanche from her first appearance we get a good impression of her vulnerability and implied innocence Williams proposes that Blanche wears clothes that suggest delicateness such as a white suit with a fluffy bodice and Blanche is described as being uncertain like a moth Williams also mentions that B
The opening of Act 2 Scene 1 of William Shakespeares Julius Caesar is a pivotal moment of the play and consequently seals the fate of Brutus and the other conspirators The scene takes place after Cassius persuasive speech to Brutus during which he emphasises the need to remove Caesar from power for the good of Rome yet before the conspirators make the fatal error of failing to silence Mark Antony Prior to the scene Cassius uses powerful orator a device commonly used by many Roman leaders at the
In the Odyssey much of the story features Pallas Athena the daughter of Zeus As the goddess appears throughout the poem many questions arise regarding her seemingly androgynous nature Such questions include whether or not Athena possesses a clearly defined gender and what her ideology on Greek propriety actually is Furthermore what role or relevance do these characteristics have within the plot This paper will discuss these questions through the following thesis Athena is the only figure in the
I have always heard about and read of women in Africa being treated unfairly and not being able to express their opinions This is the first time though that I have read a which book that really gave me an insight into what could be the innermost feelings of a woman in Africa who goes through what every woman must dread going through abandonment by her husband for another woman This is what the female protagonist Ramatoulaye goes through and more in Mariama Bs novel So Long A Letter In this essa