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Coldness and Selfishness of Male Characters in Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm" and Anton Chekhov's "A Misfortune"
... that your father brings his young wife home from Anglebury to-morrow,' the woman observed. 'I shall want to send you for a few ... the end of The Withered Arm is changed to better. After losing his son and his young wife, he becomes depressed and feels " ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
"Fugitive Pieces" by Anne Michaels, "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay and "Empire of the Sun" by J.G. Ballard
... the presence of a father-like mentor. All three main characters were separated from their fathers at a very young age. Having a father figure to ... possibility of being separated from Basie. He was afraid of losing Basie but he was also afraid of dying alone ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo's internal struggle
... like a "father"(p.57) to him. The next morning the high titled men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna outside the village on a ... because Ikemefuna 's father murders a girl from Okonkwo's tribe and this is Ikemefuna 's fathers punishment, to lose his son. Ikemefuna ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Anything in Excess is negative Oedipus The King by Sophocles
... All of this overindulgence led to Oedipuss downfall as a leader, a son, a husband and a father. Had he displayed all of these qualities in moderation ... of doing this he showed that he knew he had to lose his pride in order to set things right; he had to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors
Compare loyalties in "Antigone" and "A Doll's House"
... loses sight in her own welfare and takes a loan out to pay for the trip. She lies to Trovold and tells him that her father ... view on a man's and woman's relationship, Nora went to the bank and took out a loan from Krogstad and forged her father signature ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
"The real interest in Medea is that Euripides can make Medea so appalling without losing our sympathy for her." How far would you agree with this comment?
... fate in helping him battle the King of Colchis, her father. The background legend of Jason and the Golden fleece forms ... civilization with the intense passion of the barbaric warrior. As a foreigner, Medea is considered to be "barbaric" in the "civilised" ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Charles Dickens Biography
... was arrested for a debt of 40 pounds, and on the 21, Charles realizes that he must go gather the money or lose his father to ... gather the money or lose his father to debtors prison. Unfortunately, he couldnt gather up the money, so his father went to the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors
"Sometimes" it's Good to be a Man
... kind of father men inherently want to be. Helmer, being a typical father among his contemporaries, is vastly contrasted to the fathers in today ... Nora's crime, Helmer succumbs to the pressure of possibly losing his job when he says, HELMER: Now you've ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Taboos and Love Laws in "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy .
... Moreover, the twins truly love and respect Velutha as they would a father figure, if given the chance. The most significant and life ... : "What's the worst thing that can happen? I could lose everything. My job. My family. My livelihood. Everything" (Roy 316). ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
"Romulus, My Father" by Raimond Gaita
... in. Without doubt Romulus is a strong character, and his son's narrative explores his father's life and the tragedies that ... the pain of losing two close acquaintances from suicide. These events are truly tragic, with Mitru throwing himself off a tower, and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature