.... of his obligation to Zenna. Every waking moment he dreams of being with her. He even goes as far as lying to his wife to be alone with Mattie. Zenna is not very fond of Mattie, especially of her house cleaning skills. He does this when he tells his wife that he has to get money from Mr. Hale as an excuse not to give her a ride to the flats when she has to go to Bettsbridge for a doctor. Even though Ethan knows he is married, he still tries to woo Mattie. All of his fallen hopes and dreams, and failures just contribute to the theme of the story, which is that you cannot always have what you desire. When Zenna had returned fr .....

.... reduced him to commission and even his sons reduced him to a failure. All of this greed around him led him to ruin. The next largest flaw in society is a lack of compassion. This could be as a result of overwhelming greed. The main culprit or cause of this flaw is big business. “I’m always in a race with the junkyard! I just finished paying for the car and it’s on it last legs. The refrigerator consumes belts like a goddam maniac. They time those things.” (Act 2, Page __, lines 16-19) It was Willy’s belief in this statement that drew him to believe that big business lacked compassion. It is this flaw that allowed him .....

.... of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne proved to be more honest than Roger Chillingworth in that she revealed her sin rather than concealing it, she faced her problems rather than running away from them, and Hester was an honest companion to Reverend Dimmesdale. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, Hester Prynne was honest enough to herself to reveal the adulterous acts she had committed; whereas, Roger Chillingworth refrained from revealing the wrongs that he secretly performed. The first picture of Hester showed her stepping out of the town prison amid her neighbors and former friends, adorned in a beautiful gown marked with a scarl .....

.... more gruel at dinner one night. After making this simple request, "the master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle."3 The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from memories which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory ( which was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ).4 While working in the blacking factory, Dickens suffered tremendous humiliation. This humiliation is greatly expressed through Oliver's adventures at the orphanage before he is sent away. Throughout his lifetime, Dickens appeared to .....

.... war with the “darkness” and its invisible forces. Finally, the steamer reaches the mouth of the Congo and Marlow disembarks. Here, he boards another steamer, commanded by a Swede, and starts on his first leg of his journey up the river. The captain tells him of the sad fate of another Swede who had apparently hanged himself. Again and again Marlow is struck by the incongruity of the European presence in Africa. Marlow goes ashore at the Company station, which is surrounded by broken machinery, dying slaves, and an aura of useless effort. The company accountant, an oddly out-of-place fellow dressed in a starched shirt, .....

.... were left at the wall by someone who loved one of those names. A few examples of these items, are numerous wedding rings, letters, foods, a royal flush of playing cards, pictures, a six pack of beer, a bottle of whiskey, thousands of flowers, many brass arm bands which were worn by soldiers, and medals of honor. All of these different entities have a different meaning, they all carry different emotions, attitudes, and expressions that only the soldier who is only represented by a name would understand. The Vietnam War Memorial has reduced some of the toughest, proudest, and most disciplined in the world to tears. For when a vet .....

.... clouded by smoke. Take for instance the wall-sized televisions. This became the populace’s way of interacting with others with out physically interacting with them. People on TV were your “family”, who would keep you company and be your “friend”. Still, a place where books were burned and houses were supposedly “fireproof”, you have to admit this world is out of whack. If we look at Montag’s wife for instance, we see how entrenched people have become into just being happy, and not carrying for what happens to the ideas that are in books. I think Bradbury is trying to tell us n .....

.... physically pleasure him at his command. Torvald also does not trust Nora with money, which exemplifies Torvald's treating Nora as a child. On the rare occasion when Torvald gives Nora some money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and pastry; in modern times, this would be comparable to Macauly Culkin being given money, then buying things that "would rot his mind and his body" in the movie Home Alone. Nora's duties, in general, are restricted to caring for the children, doing housework, and working on her needlepoint. A problem with her responsibilities is that her most important obligation is to please Torvald .....

.... are absent. She believes that her relationship can be successful with out these two characteristics. Yet, she is leaving out another important quality of a wonderful relationship: giving. This aspect of a relationship is also evident with the knight and the hag. When they are first wed to each other, neither one is happy. They are living together separately. They are indifferent to each other. A happy relationship will never result from a situation where spouses are not willing to give and become dependent on one another. It is only with the fifth husband and the marriage of the knight and the hag, when the epiphany is rea .....

.... ivory as well as hate him for it. Kurtz is the man who fascinates Marlow. Kurtz can be one with the natives. Kurtz has every grounds for being the main character. Everyone in the novel is in one way or another affected by Kurtz and his concepts. The fact that Marlow's story revolves around Kurtz is basis for Kurtz being the main character. Both Marlow and Kurtz can be defined as main characters. The book is based on Marlow's journey, but Marlow's journey is based on Kurtz. Kurtz rules the ivory and blends with the natives. Marlow rules the Congo and blends with Kurtz. There can only be one true main character. However .....