Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
974 shaw, George Bernard of Pygmalion, which was premiered in German in Vienna in 1913. The play is a modern interpretation of a ...
Pygmalion 975 is impeccable, because of the “genteel poverty” of his family, Freddy Eynsford Hill’s schooling was very limited: ...
976 shaw, George Bernard corner of Tottenham Court Road,” meaning that she was more independent as a flower girl than as a lady. ...
Frankenstein 977 social standing. Thus, although the class structure described in Pygmalion is shown to be based on arbitrary cr ...
978 shelley, Mary Victor recounts a more auspiciously begun edu- cation, one over which his father—at least ini- tially—has cons ...
Frankenstein 979 reSponSIbILIty in Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein explores what it means to be responsible ...
980 shelley, Mary Victor can no longer act of his own free will. What is more, he cannot be recognized as the agent of his own w ...
poems 981 scientifical.” Even after he has been warned by his university professors that his favorite authors are obsolete, he “ ...
982 shelley, Percy Bysshe peers, or spies” (ll. 28–29) and led by Anarchy, “On [whose] brow this mark I saw— / “I AM GOD, AND KI ...
poems 983 While Urania attempts to bargain with Death, her eloquent pleas on behalf of Adonais fail to reverse the natural order ...
984 silko, Leslie Marmon lyric). The West Wind’s “Wild Spirit” (l. 13) embod- ies the powerful dualities of nature, as it can be ...
Almanac of the Dead 985 teners to practice social relations that are conducive to the well-being of the individual and community ...
986 silko, Leslie Marmon through a dark, satiric lens. The novel is told from the point of view of at least 33 main characters, ...
Almanac of the Dead 987 Sex and SexuaLIty in Almanac of the Dead Excessive or aberrant sexuality is a hallmark of cautionary tri ...
988 silko, Leslie Marmon SiLko, LESLiE marmoN Ceremony (1977) Ceremony is one of the earliest American Indian novels to be widel ...
Ceremony 989 ing or being abandoned by one’s own culture but also the possibility of restoring the broken familial and cultural ...
990 silko, Leslie Marmon ScIence and tecHnoLoGy in Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony presents the conflict between W ...
The Jungle 991 Silko’s novel is not an authoritative record of the beliefs of all Native Americans or even a spiritual manifesto ...
992 sinclair, Upton choosing for dancing with the bride, a tradition that provides a nest egg for the couple. But in America, pe ...
The Jungle 993 planks that serve as sidewalks during the spring rains. Their poor living conditions contribute to the family’s c ...
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