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All quiet on the western front
... of pancakes and manages to get to the dug-out without losing a single one. The meal lasts four hours. Afterwards, they smoke cigars ... sadder. Before he returns to the front, Paul's sister and father visit him. They cannot find anything to talk about except ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Pride and Prejudice
... a father. While if judged purely by his actions the character may be seen as somewhat of a submissive coward, his words show him to be a ... of a submissive coward, his words show him to be a man of great ability placed in a losing position. Austen has a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Fences
... loses a little of pride I think it eventually boosts her self-worth. She finds other ways to make herself a better person. She raises a ... that both of them have. It also causes Cory to lose pride in his father and thus attack him. Through his attempts to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
The Theme That Will Last Forever
... Luke is going to marry Alison so that the child has a father, therefore, Sophie will never be with Luke as he had ... father. She also commits suicide because of Hamlet's madness. After he yells at her for quite some time, she feels as though she is losing ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Families portraid in Roddy Doyles books. A comparrison of the snapper, "The Commitments", "The Snapper and The Van"
... a role model and as a source of family strength. As soon as the father shows a little bit of unhappiness the rest of the family start to lose ... a greasy old van that would never pass an inspection. The father's role can't be left unmentioned. Jimmy Sr. has a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Hamlet and Ophelia.
... a father and a brother to take care of her. She relies upon them solely. So we can understand when she obeys her father and repels Hamlet - her father ... hours together Here in the lobby. ... At such a time I'll lose my daughter to him" Consequently, the lines ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
In what ways does this dialogue develop your response to Othello in the play as a whole?
... and subdue my father Eternity to her love, but if she lost it Or made a gift of it, my fathers eye Should ... the play. By losing the handkerchief Desdemona symbolically loses Othello's love. Thus the handkerchief becomes more than a cog in the machinery ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
"Hamlet"- A Tragedy.
... father's death, and finally he exchanges forgiveness with Laertes by their own death. Two men, two royal people end up losing ... remember, as thoughts, and usually their occasion, is a continuous and tremendous experience of pain and suffering. (Kirsch,. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Blind as a bat: "King Lear" - William Shakespeare
... to the beginning of the play when she refuses to flatter her father for a piece of land, and says "nothing", and he responds with " ... learns to see things, as they are when he loses his physical sight. Lear loses all of his kingdom and respect, as well as ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
How are the characters empowered or disempowered in 'Brilliant Lies' and 'Othello'?
... on men such as her father and in her past relationships, which has caused her to lose respect and a sense of self worth ... of personal power at the start, in which they either lose or lose a degree throughout the plot. The main characters in 'Brilliant lies ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare