... is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies slighted by other men." From Darcy’s reaction, we can only imagine what he really thinks of Elizabeth, but we are given a very good idea. This is not love at first sight, there is no attraction between the two, there is nothing at all. Elizabeth has an equal reaction to Darcy. When she overhears the comments he has made about her, she is anything but drawn to the man. "Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him.(pg.12)&qu ...

... describing the sea as a person. "Down the length and breadth of the swamp others were fighting to save what little they could, maybe even their lives." (Pg. 357) The author bonds the nature with the woman. Her house is built to ride with the flow of the flood. The only things around her are nature. Another images that runs through the story are the trees. The planks of the trees sounds like they are crying in the dark. "Planks creaked and she could distinguish the sounds of object being knocked over." (Pg. 358) The planks sounds like they are scratching on the wall as if it's going to tear its way in. ...

... it; a low room with cellar smells and river smells about it, and with gutter smells and drain smells and with unclassified smells of years settled and settling in its walls and ceiling."(Phelps, 534) Sip is poor; this home was all she could afford. She had to work and take care of her deaf sister Catty. Perley experienced first hand the conditions in which Sip lived. She also visited the home of Bub Mell. Perley noticed that like Sip Garth's home, Bub Mell's home had a strong and unpleasant odor. There were holes in the steps and the walls were crumbling. There were six children, Bub's sick mother and his father li ...

... Sergeant described Macbeth’s honor and bravery to king Duncan in act I, scene 2. "For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name— Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour’s minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave;…" Macbeth defended his king’s honor as well as his own, as Shakespeare showed a good man never backed down from a foe. In the later acts of the play, Shakespeare furthered the definition of a good man by portraying what a bad one was not. In Macbeth’s darkest hours, he showed no sign of prude ...

... as one of the world's best expressions of fury over man's cruelty to other men. Upton Junior began his writing career as a college student. Before he was graduated from the City College of New York in 1897, he had already sold many jokes and stories to newspapers and magazines. By the time he left graduate study at Columbia University in 1900, he had published ninety stories for magazines like Army and Navy Weekly. What turned Sinclair to more serious literature was an traumatic religious experience. From his friendship with a young minister, Sinclair got a devotion to moral and social justice. The Reverend, W. W. ...

... first love and her first kiss. “Two months, and a few amatory stages later, he dropped” her for a girl who was performing opposite him in a school play. Watching him with the other girl was more than she could bear and the night she went to see the play was “the beginning of months of real, if more or less self-inflicted, misery” for her. While baby-sitting one night, she made the fatal mistake of getting drunk. She then calls her best friend, who shows up with another girl and several boys, to help her with her situation. Before she was able to cover up the ill-fated events, the couple ...

... dealership. The owner of this dealership was aware that Petros was a rich man and knew about his successful business. He asked Petros what he wanted to buy, and Petros left the dealership with a new Cadillac. Over the years, Petros came to buy many different cars from the dealership. Many years later, when Petros was an old man, and his daughter had taken over the produce store, he put on his old hat and decided to go back to the Cadillac dealership. When he arrived at the dealership, a new salesman came out to help him. Petros asked him the price of one of the new models in the showroom. The salesman loo ...

... spot. Stars shined far brighter here then they did in town, and Jim always felt like he could stay forever. He sighed, and pulled his arms behind his head and stretched out his legs. For some reason this night he was especially relaxed. Either school letting out last week or just one of those giddy days, he didn’t know. It is a wonderful day to be alive. After looking into the sky for a few minutes he saw a falling star. It shimmered for merely a moment and went out. Then another came, and another, and after a dozen or so he sat up and beamed, awed by the glowing sky. It seemed that just above him there was a ...

... and compounding image which is continued throughout. "I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long and lank, and brown As is the ribbed sea-sand" This terrifying portrayal of the Mariner, adds to the highly-charged emotional intensity of the poem by adding colour to the mental picture, whilst at the same time stressing the unnatural and mysteries nature of the ballad. "With throats unslacked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail" The disturbing physical image the Mariner presents is a result of the severe and unrelenting punishment he has sustained due to the ...

... (Death of a Salesman 30). This comment illustrates how Willy shows off in front of his sons. He says he can park his car in any street in New England, and the cops will protect it like their own. Willy believes that he is a “number one” man but at the same time he knows and says that he is not what he dreams about, but he just does not want to admit it. “You know, the trouble is, Linda, people don’t seem to take me… They seem to laugh at me… they just pass me by. I’m not noticed” (36) says Willy. He knows the fact that he is a total failure and he never admits it. Then ...