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…and the need to fight the darkness of ignorance and conformity. Throughout the story L'Engle does a fabulous job developing her characters and uses wonderful techniques to transport the readers throughout time and space. A Wrinkle in Time is a well-loved classic…

…quoted: If she was so proud of me, I was so proud of her that I carried my head high as I emerged from the dark cedars and shut the Cutters; fate softly behind me. Her warm, sweet face, her kind arms and the true heart in her; she was, oh, she was still…

…that. So from the start we see that she is very adamant and very in love. Before going into Hermia’s inner self I must address her physical appearance. She is Egeus’ daughter and she is a tiny woman with a dark completion. She is often mocked for this like…

…, temptates Macbeth. The witches hail Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor who will be king and hail Banquo, who is a nobleman of Scotland and Macbeth’s friend, as one who will become the father of a line of kings. Macbeth ambition deep in his heart starts…

…spirit, and sad images of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, and breathless darkness, and the narrow house, make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart- Go forth, under the open sky, and list to Nature’s teachings, while from all around- Earth and her…

…down his eyes(1411). Let alone the extreme physical pain Oedipus suffered he also had an "unspeakable, irreistible headwind"(1452) of "darkness ... swirling around [him]"(1451) all atrribitued to his knowledge that he was "cursed at birth, cursed in marrige…

…might want seclusion, but her heart lingers for companionship. Homer is a Forman for a road construction company; Faulkner writes, "a foreman named Homer Barron, a Yankee a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face"(90). Emily…

…heart for the Duchess the setting reveals the true character of the Duke. “Dover Beach” is a poem written by Matthew Arnold and was first published in 1849. The physical setting is described as a moon lit night by a calm sea. In the distant background…

…this harrowing lifestlye is not a conscious choice, but more of an obligation to something other than his mind and heart. Even the bravest warrior fell victim to this unsafe and unpredictable fortress. Beowulf, who is "...-greater/And stronger than anyone…

…hunger wasn’t my main concern at the time. Finally overpowered by exhaustion, I fell into a deep, profound sleep. The next morning I was awoken by a stewardess announcing it was time for breakfast. The thought of food turned my stomach. It was still dark…