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… the combination of many motifs to represent Doctorow's view of the early century. The biggest and perhaps most important theme Doctorow applies in the novel is social tension, or the battle of the rich versus the poor. Other important themes include…

… Williams play is a Tennessee Williams film." (Forster Hirsch.) If the words in the play and in the movie of A Streetcar Named Desire are compared, anyone can realize that they are almost one and the same. The plot of the movie almost directly follows…

… essayist Aldous Leonard Huxley was born in July 26, 1894 and died Nov. 22, 1963. He was a member of a very scientific and literary family. He intended to study medicine but was prevented from doing so by an eye ailment that almost blinded him at the…

… focus in relation to the theme. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, marriage is an important role in relation to the different themes. The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth was based on first impressions that were solely not true.…

… change, and was therefore resented by the medieval mind." -William Manchester Medieval Europe was a time when nobles ruled and knights battling to the death were Saturday evening entertainment. This era, which seems so ancient from Europe as…

… so thou art: behold where stands th' usurper's cursed head. The time is free." (Shakespeare 5.8.54 pg. 96) With these words, the reader sees Macbeth's life and all hopes of him ever becoming one of the great rulers of Scotland end in bloody savagery.…

… experienced a sensation...of burning heat; and as if the letter sere not of red cloth, but red-hot iron." These words in the introduction to The Scarlet Letter describe the letter as an object that contains power. The power left in the little red piece…

… of any real greatness. Of these, The Epic of Gilgamesh is by far the oldest. The standard version of the epic, preceded Homer's Iliad and Odyssey by centuries. And the story of Gilgamesh's deeds is much older then that, maybe as old as the cult…

… a Fire the antagonist is said to be Nature and the protagonists is said to be the man; other words nature is conflicting impulses within the protagonist. Or the man is trying to survive nature's natural forces against him which are seventy-five below…

… social value, or values, are lionized. The rank of hero is assigned so freely that most of our idols today are in reality people not to be emulated. Sir Gawain is not one of these people. He balances focus on overcoming both physical challenges and many…