Bell Guy de Maupassant I. Setting: The story happened some time in December at a rural community or village where most of the people are peasants. The villages are the Varville‚ Saint-Hilaire‚ and Billettes. II. Characters and Characterization: 1. Bell (Nicholas Toussaint) – a handicapped vagabond who suffered cruelness from the merciless people around him. 2. Baroness d’Avary – an old lady who helped Bell by giving him a place to sleep and food. 3. M. Chiquet – a ruthless‚ brutal
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Plot Summary (The Kugelmass Episode) "The Kugelmass Episode" opens with Kugelmass‚ a middle-aged‚ unhappily married humanities professor seeking the advice of his analyst‚ Dr. Mandel. He is bored with his life‚ and he needs to have an affair. His analyst disagrees‚ however‚ telling him "there is no overnight cure" for his troubles‚ adding that he is "an analyst‚ not a magician." Kugelmass then seeks out a magician to help him solve his problem. A few weeks later‚ he gets a call from The Great
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Guy de Maupassant‚ born into nobility‚ wrote “The Necklace‚” along with many other literary works‚ some inspired by his nobility. “The Necklace” is rittled with themes of wealth‚ and status‚ all issues Maupassant would have dealt with. The main character‚ Mathilde deals with these issues as well. When Mathilde deals with these themes her character is revealed‚ some good‚ but mostly bad. In “The Necklace” Maupassant represents Mathilde’s character by revealing her greediness‚ her lies‚ and her love
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Unlike other famed ski resort communities‚ Whistler is a joy throughout the year. Visitors are served up a plethora of appealing diversions no matter if they are here to take advantage of manicured slopes or warm season offerings. Two million annual visitors cannot be wrong‚ and countless single male travelers have come to realize there is a certain sort of area enticement in the form of enchanting Whistler escorts. With several ways in Whistler to secure female companionship‚ we hope to outline
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What would you do if you lost an item that was worth a lot of value? In the story The Necklace Monsieur Loisel worked enough to get his wife an invitation to a party for the fancy which is mainly a lot of high class or important people. Monsieur’s wife Madame Loisel had always wanted to enjoy the life of the high class because she thought she deserved to live like them which led to some troubles in the story as Madame Loisel gathered enough money to buy a dress and had her friend buy her a fancy
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The Necklace and Interlopers are two very well written short stories. In the Necklace‚ Mathilde desires more in her life. In Interlopers‚ Georg and Ulrich desire a piece of land and more importantly revenge. Both of these short stories characters are unhappy about their life‚ but when they try to fix it they cause even bigger problems. If you were never happy for what you had‚ and always wanted more‚ you would live your life like Mathilde. In the Necklace‚ Mathilde was a young woman whose life was
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The Queen of Spades by Pushkin and how Hermann’s condition progresses in the story I think that Hermann becomes mentally ill in the story The Queen of spades. How I mean that he is mentally ill is that he sees things that other people don’t and does irrational things. I’ll discuss what could be some of the causes of this. To summarize the story‚ Hermann is a German engineering officer who rarely gambles but enjoys watching other people gamble. One day‚ while a group of army officers play cards
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proprietor‚ keeping a close watchful eye on the singer‚ Nifty’ Doyle‚ as Murphy‚ the dealer‚ puts down the losing card; a Queen of Spades. Mining stocks and life savings go to the lucky dealer in the black fedora. "A fine game!" said the players‚" (Pushkin 182). Again‚ never losing a beat‚ the dealer collects bets. Faro was undoubtedly one of the most popular card games during the eighteenth century. The rules of the game were simple. The dealer held a complete fifty-two card deck‚ from which he drew
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Analyzing Pushkin ’s portrayal of Peter the Great in “Bronze Horseman” Pushkin’s The Bronze Horseman opens up as an ambiguous poem at first sight. In the Prologue Pushkin sets up positive perspective toward Peter the Great and the poem in general‚ however his tone starts to change by the end of the Prologue foreshadowing a change. Throughout part one and part two‚ the poem continues to spiral downward. The dark imagery throughout the poem emphasizes Pushkin’s negative view and the sullen nature
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analyze I hope I revealed the main idea of these poems‚ enjoy. 1. A. Pushkin. Autumn. Autumn for Pushkin is the time to rebirth while everything around is dying(природы пышной увяданье) and saying its goodbyes. The main associations are the golden-red leafs on the trees falling to the earth. Also in this verse Pushkin is comparing autumn with the others times of year and here I consider one another advantage for of autumn for Pushkin. It leads to the winter which will be always eternal love for Russian
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