Essays Tagged: "she thinks"

Lady Macbeth Redemption

Lady MacBethLady MacBeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest and most intriguing femalecharacters. She is evil, seductive, and witch-like all at the same time. However, during theplay we see her in t ... time. However, during theplay we see her in two different ways. At the time when we first meet her, she is a brutallyviolent, power wanting witch, and later on she turns to a shameful suicidal grievin ...

(2 pages) 39 0 4.4 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold

cliffs at the beautiful ocean, the moon is full and bright, and the night-air is calm and peaceful. She thinks that she is going to this romantic place to be wooed by this man. Instead he turns to her ... s romantic place to be wooed by this man. Instead he turns to her and talks to her about Sophocles. She, not understanding what exactly is going on, later realizes that he was getting to the point of ...

(2 pages) 186 1 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"The Scarlet Letter"

apter II (pg. 59, 60, 64)The Unavoidable TruthThe isolation and courage that Hester Pryne felt when she walked to the scaffold to face reality brought out my deepest sympathy and respect for her. Hest ... 'unkindly visaged women,' and 'curious school boys,' begins the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seems to be proud and dignified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for she was scorned ...

(2 pages) 39 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Why Eveline Chose Dust in "Eveline" by James Joyce

n the short story, "Eveline," James Joyce introduces us to the life of a young woman named Eveline. She has the opportunity to escape with Frank, the man she thinks she loves, to a faraway country in ... pe with Frank, the man she thinks she loves, to a faraway country in search of a new life. Instead, she decides to stay in the dreary and gloomy life she already knows. To understand Eveline's final d ...

(3 pages) 206 1 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Heroes, An essay on the epic, The Odyssey

A hero does something that effects alarge number of people. A hero thinks more of others than he or she thinks of him or herself.The characters in the poem, 'Women', and The Odyssey are both epic hero ...

(3 pages) 106 0 3.4 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Paranoia in "Hands", by Sherwood Anderson "Eveline", by James Joyce and "Summer Solstice, New York City" by Sharon Olds

story 'Eveline' a young woman is confused about what to do with her life. Whether to go with a man she thinks she loves or stay with her father. In the poem 'Summer Solstice, New York City' This man ... ling with paranoia. 'He could not stand it' 'The officer was putting on a bulletproof vest, a black shell around his own life.' 'They all came a little closer, where they squatted near his death.' All ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Capitol Punishment

y putting the fear of death into would bekillers. A person is less likely to do something, if he or she thinks that harm will cometo him. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that ... ll not be able to kill again.Most supporters of the death penalty feel that offenders should be punished fortheir crimes, and that it does not matter whether it will deter the crime rate. Supportersof ...

(5 pages) 102 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

"The Horse Dealer's Daughter" :Mabel and her need for love.

nts died), the story focuses mainly on the emotional problems Mabel is suffering through now. Since she feels she has no other positive solution to end them, she feels she has to kill her self. Lawren ... to end them, she feels she has to kill her self. Lawrence tells the reader that the main reason why she feels this way is that she thinks she has nobody who loves her at this point of her life. Lawren ...

(3 pages) 106 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Three situations in a social care setting

ased in a mental health ward of an NHS hospital.An elderly patient is in hospital in a public ward, she has a diagnosis of dementia, which causes her to suffer from periods of paranoid delusions. She ... ch causes her to suffer from periods of paranoid delusions. She is in hospital for a brief visit as she has just suffered a bad episode. Her husband is finding it more and more difficult to cope with ...

(2 pages) 109 0 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

"Bridget Jones's Diary"

e is more or less controlled by her body and outer appearance than anything else. A lot of the time she thinks of herself as not being good enough and even being "repulsive," and is continually wantin ... ough and even being "repulsive," and is continually wanting to improve her appearance. For example, she finds herself "constantly scanning [her] face in mirror for wrinkles and frantically reading Hel ...

(5 pages) 70 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The views of love in the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.

re many different types of love. Mistaken love is shown when Malvolio falls in love with Olivia but she thinks that she loves Cesario. Self-Love is expressed through Malvolio and Orsino's conceitednes ... , save I alone." (3.2.147-158) This quote shows that it is obvious that Olivia loves Cesario but he/she cannot love her because Cesario is not who he/she really is and is actually Viola, a woman disgu ...

(3 pages) 83 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The function of the hat in The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield

Laura's feeling towards class distinctions is related to the hat. The hat gives her a status; when she walks towards the dead man's house, she thinks everyone is looking at her big hat with a velvet ... eels more comfortable with the working-class than with her own class, but after putting the hat on, she feels different, as if she has more status. Laura does not feel comfortable with the people she ...

(1 pages) 102 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Uncle Tom's Cabin : inside Harriet Beecher Stowe's Cabin. This essay will reveal herself as a racist.

mmend] the remanding escaped fugitives into slavery, as a duty binding on good citizens, - [...], - she could only think [that] these men and Christians cannot know what slavery is. [...] And from thi ... xhibit it in a living dramatic reality"(440). Knowing the fact that Whites see Blacks as inferiors, she tries to bring out good-natured characteristics of African-American people by creating some ster ...

(3 pages) 114 0 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Write a literary insight essay about Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace".

y, the author immediately tells us Mathilde looks herself as a "pretty and charming girl". However, she is unhappy for her state. She "let herself be married to a little clerk". She thinks she deserve ... for her state. She "let herself be married to a little clerk". She thinks she deserves to be rich. She also feels that she is entitled to have a more luxurious and elegant lifestyle. This is clearly ...

(2 pages) 94 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Stephen King's The Stand: Summary

ild society, until one must destroy the other.Franni Goldsmith comes very close to killing herself. She thinks shecan not deal with her parents' deaths, being unwed and pregnant, and having theonly ot ... who joined them on their journey. Fran is disturbed by herdreams, as all of them are by their own. She dreams of an old lady namedAbigail, in Colorado. This lady is kind and loving and promises to pr ...

(2 pages) 30 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Judith Thomason view on the issue of Abortion

Judith Thomason is a pro-abortionist. . She allows for the sake of argument that fetus a full-fledged from the movement of conception. She a ... fetus a full-fledged from the movement of conception. She agrees to identify fetus as a person, but she tries to disapprove of this conceptShe thinks that a new-born infant is a person, has a full rig ... a fetus who comes into existence as a result of rape does not have a right to life? Or has a diminished right to life? This position seems hard to accept. And Thomason points out many anti-abortionis ...

(2 pages) 69 2 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Understanding Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"

e easiest character to understand is Frank Lubey, due mostly to his limited role. Frank is a haberdasher and astrologer and as a haberdasher, he considers himself a success, not in the sense of his oc ... upation, but that he provides for the needs of his family. When Ann asks him if he's still a haberdasher, he answers with a defensive "Why not?" as if to ask her whether or not she thinks there is som ...

(5 pages) 58 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

this essay is about amanda's failures in the book "The Glass Menagerie"

the play has his or her own world. Amanda the mother of Tom and Laura lives in a fantasy world and she avoids reality. Amanda fails as a mother because she avoids reality, she is annoying and she lik ... g and she likes to control her children as if they are little kids.Amanda always avoids reality and she lives in a dream world. For example, Amanda avoids reality by talking constantly about her past. ...

(4 pages) 52 1 4.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

cribe the yard and likens it to a living room. Also described in great detail is Maggie's demeanor. She is depicted as "nervous", "homely" and "ashamed"(88). Great weight is place on her burn scars, w ... r arms and legs. The mother, also the narrator, sees herself as being more masculine than feminine. She thinks of herself as being tough and impervious to inclement weather. However, admits that she c ...

(3 pages) 219 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Abortion 2.5 pages Title to live or kill

eople find it difficult to be neutral on this subject. Everyone has an opinion.A woman is pregnant. She is faced with the biggest decision of her life. She thinks about abortion. Her thoughts on this ... he biggest decision of her life. She thinks about abortion. Her thoughts on this matter are simple. She is eighteen years old and feels she has no choice. Her parents would deny her financial and emot ...

(3 pages) 64 4 3.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights