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... the physical settings and scenery were terribly dark, dreary and depressing. One good example of this is the scene where Andy was helping the guards with their taxes. There was upbeat and cheerful music but the room and the surroundings were dark and gloomy. This hint of happiness represents how Andy’s hope was unexpectedly surviving inside the prison walls. Andy distracted himself from his life in prison by staying occupied with physical and mental activities. The first distraction for Andy was the rock hammer, which allowed him to keep physically occupied. The rock hammer allowed Andy to stay optimistic about returning to a normal life by reminding him how life was on the outsi ...

... where he saw many disturbing sights which probably had a hand in shaping his character. After extensive injuries from the war, Hemingway returned unhappily to Oak Park. The impression left on him by his participation in the war had greatly changed him. He began living at home again but refused to get a job, even when his mother ordered him to. Soon she kicked him out and he moved to Chicago. Here he made a living writing for the Toronto Star and working as a sparring partner for boxers. While he was in Chicago he met his first wife, the young and innocent Elizabeth Hadley Richardson. Soon the young couple were married and they moved to Paris. It was here where Hemingway encountered ...

... did learn that he was on his own. At Furnand Hall he had received 48 demerits and was almost expelled. Willie then had to push himself to be on top of everything. The 48 demerits were not just going to go away and he couldn't have his mother do something about it. Willie had to be the one to get himself out of the mess he had created. Even when his father came to tell Willie that he could probably get him transferred to the army Willie said, "Will you do me a favor, Dad?….Tell Mom, as nicely as you can, to call off Uncle Lloyd." His Uncle Lloyd was in the army and could have gotten Willie transferred but Willie decided to say with the navy. Little by little he was learning to become ...

... Macbeth "carv'd out his passage" until he and the enemy general were face to face. In the same act, the reader is told that Macbeth is brave because of his "disdaining Fortune." In addition to his quality of courage, Macbeth is also a gentle man. Demonstrating his love and devotion for his wife, Macbeth refers to her as "his dearest partner of greatness" in Act I, Scene V. Lady Macbeth views his kindness as somewhat of a problem for their quest for power. She says that Macbeth is "too full o' the milk of human kindness" to place them on the throne of Scotland as a result of murder. Macbeth realizes that Duncan is, in fact, a good and humble king, and other than ...

... hypocrite that he was!--the light in which his vague confession would be viewed." (127) They love him all the more for his honest and humble character, and this is Arthur's intent. Even as he plans to run away with Hester four days after their meeting in the forest, he comforts himself with the knowledge that he will give his sermon on predestination on the third day, and thus will leave his community with fond memories of his final exhortation. Arthur's flaw can be found in the fact that he chooses to value the public view above those of Hester, his love, and God, his master. Arthur, punishing himself for his ugly secret, which his need for public affirmation will not let him r ...

... is devoted to Edgar and his money, yet was in love with Heathcliff. Nelly explains this situation when Cathy told the maid Edgar proposed to her. “You love Mr. Edgar, because he is handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you.”1 (Pg 80) Catherine later admits her true love for Heathcliff and how Edgar never was a match for her. “That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's han ...

... have been honorable, but it doesn't strike me as particularly bright. Roland had the same type of problem. His honor also got him to into trouble. One perfect example of this was when Roland made his Uncle Ganelon so angry by antagonizing him that Ganelon used Roland's concept of honor to make Roland take the rear guard and be slaughtered. Roland antagonized Ganelon by saying: "Quoth Roland: ‘ Ganelon my step she is the man" (SOR, ln.229) Roland also felt honor bound not to call for reinforcements against the pagan horde until almost every single one of the knights were dead. "Companion Roland, your Olifant now sound! King Charles will hear and turn his armies round; hell succou ...

... each other because they are total opposites and in search of the same goal, Catherine. Edgar is the calm element contrasted by the stormy element of Heathcliff. Edgar represents beauty with his "blue eyes and even forehead", while Heathcliff is the ugliness as "the little black haired thing". Edgar and Heathcliff both show love for Catherine but for different reasons. Heathcliff loves Catherine because she is "wild and a free spirit" and wants to be with her forever, yet Edgar loves Catherine because she is his wife and he wants to protect her from the evil Heathcliff. Heathcliff who is as "rough as a saw-edge and hard as whinestone", is an outsider whose soul is torn between love and h ...

... relationships with the other men whom he lives near and works around. Spending his evenings playing cards and talking with the men introduces Frank to more then just a little relaxation; issues about politics, race relations, and especially the “white man’s union” dominate the colorful conversations. During this time I’m amazed at how Frank refuses to let himself get dragged into blindly believing the popular opinions in which his peers hold. He lives an honest life and pursues in finding the whole story beneath the surface of the current topics. Frank consistently demonstrates that he will not settle with “keeping his place” as is expected of him. It appears as if the people he encounte ...

... us just how strong Dimmesdale actually is, by allowing him to hide his sin and bear the weight of it, he creates an extremely interesting and tremendously strong character. The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain and self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he is as much at fault for Hesterÿs torment as any common villager, if not even more so. Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the punishment for both of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to believe that he also condemned her. During those long seven years he made no move to lessen her load or his own. Now Dimmesdale has had all that he can bear a ...