Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature

174 Aristophanes lusty desires of men and women, both young and old, should not be taken as low-brow humor incor- porated for me ...

The Handmaid ’s Tale 175 that when sex is taken away. By weaving bawdy references throughout the text, Aristophanes man- dates s ...

176 Atwood, Margaret [the owner’s] will” becomes shameful. However, the passive reproductive body is sanctified. It is a sacred ...

The Handmaid ’s Tale 177 Even Offred, once in contact with Mayday, starts playing a spy game. Her relationship with the Com- man ...

178 Atwood, Margaret women within that system have no power at all: the Marthas are the housekeepers who are in charge of the Co ...

Surfacing 179 ductive freedom; initially, she refers to her former lover as her “husband” and tells the audience that their chil ...

180 Atwood, Margaret narrative, the protagonist is forced to examine her self-proclaimed victimization by both the American tech ...

The Confessions of St. Augustine 181 ing, the insidious and environmentally destructive attributes of “the south,” particularly ...

182 Augustine, Saint gious and philosophical movements, most of which carry him further from God. Much of Confessions’s narrativ ...

The Confessions of St. Augustine 183 The only way he can communicate the joy he feels over his conversion is through crying, jus ...

184 Augustine, Saint God’s accomplishments in Augustine’s life and how ardently he now desires God. All of the lesser loves Augu ...

Emma 185 Augustine’s conversion becomes formal in book 9 when he, his friends, and his son are baptized in a joyous ceremony. At ...

186 Austen, Jane or welfare, Emma decides to find him a wife, deem- ing that he should fall in love with Harriet Smith, a pretty ...

Emma 187 journey to maturity and self-knowledge, rather than having come of age at last. Sally Palmer cOmmunity in Emma In Jane ...

188 Austen, Jane In an England faced with political threats from abroad and internal upheavals caused by incipient industrializa ...

Pride and Prejudice 189 Emma by calling them by familiar names, proposing social gatherings with them, and otherwise ignoring th ...

190 Austen, Jane Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia—focusing mainly on the experiences of the two eldest as they learn to cope wi ...

Pride and Prejudice 191 hand, begins the novel lacking nearly all of these qualities. His behavior at the ball where Jane and Bi ...

192 Austen, Jane whose friends and family very much abhor a con- nection with the Bennet family. On the other hand, Austen seems ...

Sense and Sensibility 193 ously considers Darcy’s accusations against Wick- ham and finds support for them within her own memory ...