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Underlying themes in the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
... a father to be a provider the family surely would have crumbled after Tom abandoned them. The Glass Menagerie was a big example of the necessity of a father ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The play shows us a telling example of man's inhumanity to man. Discuss this statement
... as he represents a business link between his firm and that of Gerald's father - a business rival. He is a magistrate and an ... reason, this affects Eva mentally as well as making her lose her only source of income. This highlights Sheila's personality ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Major themes in the novel Hard Times
... Gradgrind faces hardship when his philosophy falls apart; Sissy Jupe loses her father, but never gives up on him; James Harthouse is ... dangerous machinery in the factories is mentioned continually as a way to describe settings, and as an underlying criticism ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Prisoners of War - Chapter 26
... father asked sarcastically. "Not really." She paused, sighing. "Dad...how did I get home last night?" She saw his eyes from the mirror lose a ... sniffed and made a face smelling vomit. She jumped as a bang came from the door. "Lets go!" her father yelled. Now ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
"The Lottery"- A comparison of the short story by Shirley Jones and The made for TV movie.
... : he finds a dead body; he witnesses the death of his father in a mental hospital and comes home to being dumped by a girlfriend that ... And if we choose to be sucked in to a lottery type syndrome then we are losing our lives and the part of ourselves that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee shows, through the use of irony and characterization, that ignorance is present in the town of Maycomb and how determination can combat prejudice.
... Maycomb are like this. Atticus, Scout's father, is not a racist and tries to see things ... though he knows that he will most likely lose. "You know what's going to happen ... in trouble for learning more from her father then what she learns in school. Scout' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
A compare/contrast essay on the poems "My Papa's Waltz"/"Grape Sherbet"
... poems and show the universal experiences of losing someone close. Both poems show an attachment to the father after the loss of him. ... by Theodore Roethke, and Grape Sherbet by Rita Dove, share a similar idea along with the tone. However the poems are ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Finding A Way Into A New World
... . Losing innocence is inevitable, it is a part of growing up. "It does not destroy," (31). According to Antonio's father, ... Experiencing life is a part of the inevitable loss of innocence. "Understanding comes with life," (248). Antonio's father speaks the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Theme Of Loss
... and the baby within her had a huge effect on how he lived the rest of his life. Losing a person can be devastating in ... is flung from his hand as his father runs towards his mother dragging Benjy behind. The father has spotted the mother talking to another ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Tragic Hero - "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller and "Hamlet" by Shakespeare
... fathers without hesitation. The audience witness Hamlet's procrastination fears greatly that it will cause his downfall, especially as they watch Claudius plotting and Ophelia losing ... hero as an honourable protagonist with a fatal flaw or "harmartia" which ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
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