Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
594 Irving, John Brack’s reference to her pregnancy. Her extreme sense of vulnerability and aggression that arises out of her se ...
The World According to Garp 595 ing the reader the unusual insight of exploring the somewhat causal, always tenuous relationship ...
596 Irving, John “more lust,” he presents only the most straightfor- ward of Irving’s male complexities and inversions. At first ...
The World According to Garp 597 Milton feels no guilt for his dalliance with a married woman: It is a conquest and a desire that ...
598 Irving, Washington children from a terrible emotional scene when Garp discovers Helen’s infidelity, Garp takes his chil- dre ...
The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon 599 to her husband’s “tall, manly person.” At first, the husband of the piece refuses to share ...
600 Irving, Washington in the morning,” which makes him appear “selfish and uninteresting,” something the narrator blames solely ...
The Remains of the Day 601 references the Revolution and the Puritans and uses these allusions to create a sense of place and hi ...
602 Ishiguro, Kazuo England in 1956. Stevens recounts various strands of stories during the six days: unreliable memories of his ...
The Remains of the Day 603 proposal although he was deeply in love with her. (His love for her was so deep that even after 20 ye ...
604 Ishiguro, Kazuo the readers are informed that the purpose of his motor trip is partly business: He wants to recruit Miss Ken ...
“The Lottery” 605 dates with Mr. Benn. When Stevens asked her about these dates, instead of getting angry for invading her priva ...
606 Jackson, shirley should have been changed long ago. Our sympathy for Tessie as the victim is furthered by the fact that she ...
“The Lottery” 607 say that the box symbolizes tradition: It is based on a story, is passed down from generation to genera- tion, ...
608 Jacobs, Harriet Indeed, the weather is pleasant, everyone is chit- chatting, and even the subtle foreshadowing of events to ...
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself 609 ily write false letters to Dr. Flint in order to make him think th ...
610 Jacobs, Harriet masculinity. After Linda gives birth to her daughter, she feels great pain because she believes that, though ...
Daisy Miller 611 slave and hatches a plan to build a small, secluded house for her. While he tells her that moving into the hous ...
612 James, Henry liberties offend the wealthy expatriates’ European sensibilities and result in Daisy’s downfall. In Vevey, the ...
Daisy Miller 613 in some cases, chooses not to follow) social conven- tions, finding them too constricting. Given her igno- ranc ...
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