Everyone is susceptible to expectations especially when it comes to love. Expectations can be good‚ but can also bring negative outcomes‚ as evident in many literary works. For instance‚ authors such as Kate Chopin and Anton Chekhov delve into this theme of stubborn expectations. In “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin and “The Bear” by Chekhov‚ both short stories underscore the idea that impractical beliefs created by love can blind an individual’s perception. However‚ they consider two different routes
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How is Curley’s Wife presented in’ Of mice and men’? On the ranch there is only one woman who is referred to as Curley’s wife throughout the book and her lack of identity implies she is a possession of Curley’s and the fact she is never given a name suggests she’s seen more as a possession than a person. The first time she is seen the reader can instantly see she doesn’t fit in as she is wearing ‘red mules with ostrich feathers’ which is incongruous in the setting of the ranch. The colour red
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The poem is highly symbolic and very common placed in it’s subject matter. The poet was impressed by the temple of Kandoba at Jajori and the poem is thus against this setting. "An Old Woman" is a graphic picture of a beggar woman. Having lost the promises of her past‚ she is reduced to her present state. As the speaker views her squarely‚ he‚ in a sort of ’revelation’‚ becomes aware of the decay which has set in her person and which is extended to the decaying tradition symbolized by the hills and
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harryMcArthur 5A The poem First Love by John Clare is written about the poet’s feelings of unrequited love for a wealthy farmer’s daughter‚ Mary Joyce. The poet uses various unusual effects in the poem to convey this sense of loss‚ providing deep insights into his mind in a seemingly simple and brief piece. Combined with words which reflect the mood in each verse‚ these make it a very powerful poem. An unusual form of contrast is used in First Love to create a powerful effect. The use of limited
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AFRICAN BEGGAR Sprawled in the dust outside the Syrian store‚ A target for small children‚ dogs‚ and flies‚ A heap of verminous rags and matted hair‚ He watched us with cunning‚ reptile eyes‚ His nose less‚ smallpoxed face creased in a sneer Sometimes he shows his yellow stumps of teeth And whines for alms‚ perceiving we bear The curse of pity; a grotesque mask of death‚ With hands like claws about his begging bowl But often he is lying all alone Within the shadow of a crumbling wall‚ Lost in
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How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image
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How are the themes of appearance and reality presented in Macbeth? William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23 1564. Shakespeare‚ according fto the church register‚ was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household – three of whom died in childhood. Shakespeare attended the free grammar school in Stratford‚ which as the time had a reputation to rival that of Eton‚ which explains his great work. Between 1585 and 1592 he became a successful writer. Shakespeare used his
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Compare how feelings are presented in two of the poems Harmonium and Brothers Everyone experiences feelings; they cannot be ignored as we have no control over them. In ‘Harmonium’‚ Simon Armitage explores the feelings of the relationship between himself and his father‚ using the extended metaphor he presents the instrument ‘harmonium’ to test his feelings that exists between the father and son. The name itself ‘harmonium’ immediately highlights the connection or ‘harmony’ between them. Armitage
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An old woman clutches a tourist’s sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a ’fifty paise coin’. For this she offers to show him ’the horseshoe shrine’. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba‚ the presiding deity at Jejuri‚ who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman ’tightens
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Lennie Small has a very symbolic importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George Milton and Lennie Small both migrant workers pursue their dream of someday owning their own ranch by travelling around working as ranch hands to earn a living. The dream they share is to be able to "live off the fat of the land‚". Lennie Small is a very complex character‚ although he may not appear to be at first glance. Lennie is the most interesting character in the novel because he differs from the
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