Ophelia was a modern day good girl gone bad. She obeyed her father‚ Polonius‚ and brother‚ Laertes’ wishes to stay away from Prince Hamlet while trying to fight for her love for Hamlet and being herself. Throughout the entire play Ophelia is used as pawn in a game of revenge between Hamlet‚ Polonius‚ and King Claudius. Polonius and Laertes forbid Ophelia from seeing Hamlet because they believe that he is only using her for sex‚ yet Polonius uses her to seek information from Hamlet as though she were
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we discover a consistent number of tragedies in the majority of relationships. The idea of Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship being inevitably doomed is emphasized with the Gatsby using the abstract noun ‘passion’ showing the obsession he has with Daisy‚ highlighting the idea of a Romeo and Juliet relationship‚ one being so in love that it is bound to end in tragedy. Additionally‚ Fitzgerald illuminates doomed love with symbolism describing the portrait of Dan Cody‚ a
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pool‚ his beach‚ crates of fresh oranges and lemons‚ buffet tents in the gardens overflowing with a feast‚ and a live orchestra playing under the stars. This carefree spending of money is also conveyed through Tom and Daisy‚ this is shown through when Nick describes how Tom and Daisy spent a year in France for no reason‚ they simply had the money and ability to do it. “Why they came East I don’t know. They had spent a year in France for no particular reason‚ and then drifted here and there unrestfully
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father had recently been killed by who she thought was her love‚ Hamlet. She shows her feelings by handing out invisible flowers and describing them as different reasons. “..Rosemary‚ that’s for remembrance. Pansies‚ that’s for thoughts‚ there’s a daisy: I would give you some violets but they all withered when my father died.” (4.5.190-195) She knew exactly what she was doing within her actions‚ while mentioning all the flowers she was giving a reason for what each one was for. The flowers were for
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is indeed a metaphor for the role of women in society. The romantic but tragic manner in which she dies truly reflects the typical women figure of the time as beautiful but at the same time vulnerable and helpless. At the end of Act 4‚ Scene 7; Gertrude informs Laertes of Ophelia’s death: One woe doth tread upon another’s heel/ So fast they follow. Your sister’s drowned‚ Laertes. (line 187-188‚ Act 4‚ Scene 7). A picturesque description follows by: There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds/
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The best advice I ever got about reading came from the critic and scholar Louis Menand. Back in 2005‚ I spent six months in Boston and‚ for the fun of it‚ sat in on a lit seminar he was teaching at Harvard. The week we were to read Gertrude Stein’s notoriously challenging Tender Buttons‚ one student raised her hand and asked—bravely‚ I thought—if Menand had any advice about how best to approach it. In response‚ he offered up the closest thing to a beatific smile I have ever seen on the face of a
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rags-to-riches tale (from poor James Gatz to glamorous Jay Gatsby)‚ appearing to demonstrate the possibility of achieving the American Dream. However‚ the dream is shown to be unattainable; Gatsby’s materialistic achievements are empty; he fails to win Daisy and after his death he is revealed as isolated and his dream as deluded. The style of Gatsby is distinct; romantic and sensual. This dreamy‚ Keatsian prose suggests the enchantment of the
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his work‚ is an example of such persons. He grew up in a lower class black family‚ faced the difficulties of an African American‚ and turned himself into the great writer he is. August Wilson was born Frederick August Kittel on April 27‚ 1945 to Daisy Wilson and Frederick Kittel. His father was a German immigrant‚ who rarely visited his family. His mother had walked up from North Carolina to Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania on foot where she cared for August and his five other siblings‚ while at the same
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his love affair with Daisy to start him on the right track. He was an embodiment of the “New Money”‚ young‚ determined‚ vulgar‚ hardworking‚ and not very tasteful. He had far more heart than the “Old Money” like Jordan and the Buchanans‚ who were tasteful and elegant‚ but also had the lazy boredom of of someone who has everything they want. Even though Gatsby made his money through criminal activity‚ he was loyal‚ sincere‚ and his love for Daisy was genuine- even though Daisy herself is disloyal
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In the 1920s also known as the Roaring 20s‚ reading became more and more popular as people became literate. After World War Ⅰ they had time to read‚ write‚ and enjoy all of their new leisure time. Leisure time was enjoyed mostly by the upper class who were stuck in their materialism and wealth. The obsession with money and power was a popular theme in the literature of the decade. Americans valued only money and reputation which changed the way the nation was viewed. After the war America’s youth
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