She realizes that she has never truly been intimate with another person. The idea of it seems exhilarating and necessary for her “awakening” which is her becoming her true self. She feels since she’s been married, she has been sleeping and in order for her to wake up, she must take control of her life and do what she wants. It is around this time when she realizes that she feels some intimacy between her and Robert. Hearing Mademoiselle Reiszs music and swimming for the first time also aid in her awakening.
2008 AP LIT FREE RESPONSE: Section II, Question One In both poems “When I Have Fears” by John Keats, and “Mezzo Cammin” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both narrators expose their unfulfilled aspirations with the underlying fear that death will soon approach. Keats explains how his career as a famous, credited author has not yet been fulfilled, and fears that he will not live long enough to do so. Conversely, Longfellow looks back on his past slightly disappointed, but assured that he has the latter half of his life to accomplish his objectives and goals. Longfellow is dismal and terrified of death, while Keats comes to realize that his dreams are infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things, and any life lived is a gift that will eventually succumb to death. Keats’ poem is one extensive run-on sentence that truly “runs” across the page.
Jeff controls everything she does and tells her what she can and cannot do. “Because I said she should. She’ll do anything I tell her.”(Sache, 103) Jeff was so proud that he can dictate her future. He knew that she would do whatever he says that his opinion was what she needed to be perfect. Jeff was so content with what he has created.
The effect of the long stanzas on responders reflects the passing of time and the flooding memories. Memories triggered by the meeting a childhood friend and the realisation that the person can transcend death because of memories, love, family and friendship. Love and friendships enshrined in memory will protect the persona against time and mortality. No change has occurred in the persona’s stubborn and determined nature — “I could walk on water” to “in airy defiance of nature”. However, she now realises that “no hand will save her”, but the poem ends in peace and acceptance, as death will be followed by eternity - “waters that bear me away forever”.
In order for him to succeed and fulfill his personal legend, he must remove doubt and fear from his mind and replace it with strength and persistence. Santiago’s journey is a lesson, reminding us that anything worth having requires great determination and perseverance and that one does not succeed
Odysseus: A man of twist and turns Imagine having the people you love and cherish so much being miles and miles away from you and the place where you’re the ruler of is beyond the horizon. This is the feeling of Odysseus during his journey home from the Trojan War. His journey home from the war was not an easy one. This journey puts him through multiple trials and tribulations. Though the journey is tough, it is not tougher than Odysseus.
Also, the use of visual and auditory imagery allows the reader to depict vividly the surrounds of the slave times and the seriousness of the struggles they are faced with. The sound is shown in the phrase “voice high-sounding o’er the storm” and the visuals are shown in the line “Saw, salient, at the cross of devious ways”. The poet concludes with the use of pathetic fallacy in the phrase “lonely dark”. This is used to evict emotion onto the reader with the depiction of the state of loneliness. Overall, Dunbar makes clear the message, as well as fulfils the purpose of this poem for readers of all
Do you understand?” This event serves a warning to Elie not to lose his sense of compassion towards his father so that they can remain close and continue supporting each other because without each other neither of them will survive. Therefore, through many actions, Elie and his father easily distinguish the connection a home and its owner may have. And though a homes purpose is to secure the soul of a family, it could also perhaps solidify the relationship between family
Although she loved Gatsby, the brutal reality flashed upon her eyes and forced her to stay together with Tom until the very end of the novel and possibly, beyond. Unfortunately, even if an individual manage to buy “love”, that person (and his/her partner) will forever be empty in their
Through the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott. Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby finds himself chasing love. In doing this, he is really chasing his heart and following his dreams subconsciously. This is what most people want in their lives, a sense of need, and the desire to want something. Without this need, life is just floating on by, riding the currents that flow past, never truly achieving happiness or great compassion.