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… chronicles the rise and fall of the Buendia family in the fabled town of Macondo. Over the span of a century, Macondo and the Buendias, faced many triumphs and tragedies that lead to their downfall. The patriarch, Jose Arcadio Buendia, founded…

… Alfred Tennyson's brilliant usage of verbal illusion. The Lady is depicted as a magical being who lives alone on the island of Shalott near the town of Camelot, where she is trapped inside a tower. She is forbidden from leaving the tower or looking…

… gradually losses their intellectual capacity and personality integration. In "The Yellow Wall-Paper," Gilman captures the essence of the journey to madness via her use of first person narration. The relationship between Jane, the narrator of…

… is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted.? Existing under a socially oppressive government, Bernard Marx constantly endures mental distress as a consequence of his unorthodox views. In Brave New World by Adolf Huxley, the…

… 12 - 2 "Do they matter? -those dreams from the pit? ... You can drink and forget and be glad, And people won't say that you're mad..." Siegfried Sassoon, "Does it matter?" August 1914, Britain declares war on Germany and the First World War…

… often chosen to focus on characters that intentionally harm others and create damaging situations for their own benefit. Despite popular morals, characters that display an utter disregard for the well being of others and themselves are characters that…

… to Boston by her husband who planned to join her but was persumed lost at sea. She looked to Arthur Dimmesdale for comfort and spiritual guidance. Their solace became passion and resulted in the sin of adultery and the birth of their daughter, Pearl.…

… destined for greatness. He thought that he "might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die"(Text 414). For this reason he thought that his life was very important to himself and to others. …

… do and later started to doubt weather or not you did? Well for young 16 yr. Old Steven Harmon it's a long ride of confusion, not only for him but his attorney too. Kathy O'Brien is Stevens attorney and refused a hug from Steven when he won his…

…         The isolation and courage that Hester Pryne felt when she walked to the scaffold to face reality brought out my deepest sympathy and respect for her. Hester, followed by a crowd of 'stern-browed men,' 'unkindly visaged women,' and 'curious…