.... because she fills in so many of the gaps left open in the play. She gives us new and different perspectives� (Holstad 1). King Lear is a most unusual play in that it only deals with the present and neglects the past and the future. The reader is not informed about an earlier time period in the play. The play opens up with Lear immediately choosing to, “express our darker purpose� (I, i, 35). There is no mention of any of the three daughters’ childhood. In contrast, Smiley makes a point of adding description to her novel. She constantly describes the three girls’ childhood, their ancestors, and other memories from .....

.... Puritans are sinners themselves in the way they act because they are stubborn and believe that their way is the only way. There are many examples in the book that show these views that he has. The first sign of these views came in the second chapter. Here she is ridiculed by the entire Puritan society because of the adultery that she has committed, but they don’t let her get off easy. They put her on the scaffold in front of the whole town to be made an example of, and the whole village just starts talking about her and the scarlet letter on her bosom. Why do they do this? Probably because they are afraid to become just like her. So what .....

.... notes. At that time, not much connection is shown between the notes and the convict on the marshes, but later discoveries indicate that it was the convict that had sent the man with the notes. Suddenly, there’s a twist of fate. Pip’s invited to play at Miss Havisham’s. Miss Havisham is a wealthy old lady who lives uptown in a large, gloomy house. Next to the house is an old, decrepit brewery and a garden overrun with weeds, both remnants of better times. The interior of the house isn’t much looked after either. The drapes are closed as to block as much sunlight as possible; the only light inside is that of candles, and cobwebs decorate .....

.... than that. Is there a woman's way so to say of thinking, speaking, and acting that makes it difficult for us to communicate? Cixous describes the main problem for women's writing as one of false myths created by men such as Freudian. Cixous suggests that we as women need to question these faulty impressions of us created by men. If women did/do question these myths, if we would "look at the Medusa straight on," we would find out "she's not deadly. She's beautiful and she's laughing." Cixous characterizes women as "black and beautiful", "we're stormy, and that which is ours breaks loose from us without our fearing any debilitation. Our glances, ou .....

.... was a symbol of strength and courage, the narrator recalled her grandmother always saying she was about to die, she did not think it would actually ever happen. The narrator wanted to empress her grandmother by bringing her own daughter and dressed her up, this went to show that she really cared allot about what her grandmother thought about her. I thought that the grandmother influenced the characters in a positive way, because she made the people she influenced always want to do the best in life, as the people seemed to really care about and want her approval. The second chosen story, God is Not a Fish Inspector by W.D. Valgardson was .....

.... had killed his only / Brother, slain his father's son / With an angry sword. God drove him off, / outlawed him…" (, 1261 - 1264). Grendel envies the fellowship and happiness he sees in Herot. He hates not having anyone and being excluded from the company of men. He is jealous of the pleasures that men have. That is why Grendel kills the people of Herot for twelve years. Eventually, the news that Grendel is attacking Herot reaches King Hygleac in Geatland. tells King Hygleac that he will sail to Hrothgar's kingdom to offer help. is received by Herot's coastal guard who then takes him with King Hrothagar. As soon as he gets to the Danish s .....

.... a casket lined with black cloth. He leaves the scene quickly. This first bout with sexuality was certainly a grotesque one, and one which, perhaps, helped fortify his resolve not to experiment with sex for years to come. Haze reacted to the incident on different levels. Before watching the "show," he was filled with curiosity. So badly he wanted to view this "EXclusive" show. After glancing at the body, he first thought that it was a skinned animal. When he realized what it was, he at once left the tent, ashamed, and perhaps frightened of the object before his eyes. Hazel’s reaction was not unnatural. The sight with which he was confronte .....

.... In the bible it says those who denounce the name of Christ shall never be saved. Selling your soul to the devil shows you have no concept of God or his goodness. Faustus’s definitely deserved what he got. Faustus’s definitely had few values. Anyone who will just openly sell their soul to the devil probably doesn’t have any concept of values. First of all Faustus refused to believe any religion. If a person has nothing to believe in for guidance how can they have values. Secondly , when he does get his magic from the devil he torments the Pope. Anyone with values would not do that. The presence of values had nothing to do with Faustus’s pu .....

.... set in his head what's to be done, Macbeth on his way to Duncan's chamber, sees a bloody dagger floating in the air before him. Do his eyes deceive him? Is it real? He is unnerved but it does not take away his resolve to kill the king. His desire for the crown is stronger than knowing what is right. Macbeth kills Duncan and is wracked with regret, fear, guilt, sorrow. This time he hears voices saying he has murdered sleep. He comes into his own chamber to his wife, bloodied and wailing and falling apart. He cannot believe what he has done. He obviously is not truly evil at heart but this 'milk of human kindness' he is able to push away to achieve .....

.... is why many emigre Russians will speak Russian with American accents or with English intonation. In this project, I wanted to test emigre Russians in America on their spelling and test the interference of English phonetic rules on Russian spelling. Preliminary Work This phenomenon captured my attention three years ago, while I was living with a Russian emigre student. I would ask her to correct my Russian homework each night, but she often corrected my homework rather poorly, as her spelling was less than stellar. She claimed that since leaving the Soviet Union 6 years earlier, she had only spoken Russian and having almost no reason to .....