.... best interest of the woman to display a passive behavior for their personal preservation, which served as Gertrude's mask. Gertrude was brought up to believe that when a woman protests her innocence, in any matter, too much then people will begin to think otherwise. Gertrude revealed the idea of her mask, when responding to Hamlet inquiry of her likes to the play, her response was a bold reply, "The lady doth protest too much methinks" (Gertrude - 3.2.254), while viewing "The Murder of Ganzago." Hamlet's disgust with his mother's lack of strength, in regards to Claudius' sexual temptations .....

.... way. He believed, as most of us would agree, that teach lessons through a positive moral message revealed at the end of each story. Campbell developed a theory that all are linked in that they are cultural manifestations of the universal human need to explain social, cosmological, and spiritual realities. Products of ancient cultures, express and explain such serious concerns as the creation of the universe and of humanity, the evolution of society, and the cycle of agricultural fertility such as Campbell's story of how buffalo came to be instinct. are differentiated from folktales suc .....

.... only to come back in an attempt to take her mother's life. Through her usage of symbolism, Morrison exposes the internal conflicts that encumber her characters. By contrasting those individuals, she shows tragedy in the human condition. Both Sethe and Beloved suffer the devastating emotional effects of that one fateful event: while the guilty mother who lived refuses to passionately love again, the daughter who was betrayed fights heaven and hell- in the name of love- just to live again. Sethe was a woman who knew how to love, and ultimately fell to ruin because of her "too-thick love" (16 .....

.... the Baron and out Candide went. He is picked up by Bulgarian soldiers and made part of their army, but when he goes out for a walk one day, they think is going AWOL. He is then given a choice of taking 12 bullets to the dome or being whipped 4,000 times! Nice choice! By now I’m thinking not much is happening for the good. But not Candide. He just doesn’t understand. He takes the whipping. Over and over again Candide tries to do his best and tragedies happen to him. The way I feel about Candide is that he is undecided and confused about what is going around him and what is h .....

.... as “sheep” twice in the story. Once as he views the customers continuing to push their carts down the aisle only glancing slightly at the girls and continuing to shop. Sammy “bets you could set off dynamite in an A & P and the people would by large keep reaching and checking oatmeal off their lists and muttering…” The second time is when the girls go to the check out lane and Lengel starts to explain the policy. “All this while, the customers had been showing up with their carts but, you know sheep, seeing a scene, they had all bunched up on Stokesie…” Sammy’s narration o .....

.... achieved the contentment he was seeking. Sadly, it could be said that the boy boarding the millionaire, Dan Cody’s yacht was more satisfied in his wistful material goals than the man staring out across the bay towards the green light, reaching towards something he never accomplishes to get. Was Gatsby really a bootlegger? Did he actually deal with dubious stocks? Was he a part of an enormous illicit underground establishment? Of course, there is no doubt. But the spirit of the 1920s, and the author who chose to utilize this spirit, leave the reader blind to this notion. Instead, the .....

.... who will stand up for what he believes is right. When asked by his children why he chose to defend Tom Robinson when he knew he would most likely not win he replied to them that is he hadn’t, he wouldn’t be able to believe in himself anymore. He chose to defend Tom Robinson because to choose not to would be going against all his personal morals and principles. Because of these strong morals and principles, he is greatly respected by those in Maycomb “who count” Miss Maudie remarks upon Atticus “We trust him to do right.” Even those who don’t fully a .....

.... gain self enjoyment from it. Augustine, however realizes that the theft that he committed for the enjoyment of the sin of the crime was indeed unlawful. He thinks of why couldn’t he have received enjoyment by committing a more lawful act. In Augustines Confessions (II,6) He states: “ O rottenness! O monstrous life and deepest death! Could a thing give pleasure which could not be done lawfully, and which was done for no other reason because it was unlawful?” This shows that Augustine is starting to think about his actions. At the time of the act .....

.... insulted by nicknames. I have a friend who became known as “Brute”, because she was tough and always got into fights with boys and girls. She was extremely insulted by the name, because she was just trying to stick up for herself. People who are overweight tend to develop nicknames such as fatty, or chunky, and to have a nickname for something that some people aren’t able to control is insulting and lowers their self-esteem even more. Nicknames that you friends give you such as Pooh, Tiger, and Mandy are meant in a positive way. None of those names are insulting to one’s body or .....

.... and nice.” “She is absolutely beautiful,” threw in Mademoiselle, who had peeped for a moment into the stranger’s room.(Le Fanu 83) This quote is the first description of the attraction a person is vulnerable to when they first look at Carmilla. When Laura encounters Carmilla for the first time, Carmilla is sitting up in her bed by candle light. Once again a reference is made to Carmilla’s beauty when she is described as having a “slender pretty figure enveloped in the soft silk dressing-gown, embroidered with flowers”(Le Fanu 85) As readers we get the idea that Le Fanu .....