Alienation As The Reason For Berenger 's Resistance

25In both works of literature, authors Milosz and Ionesco were influenced by the historical devastation known as the Holocaust. War and Nazism destroyed thousands of lives and many times these historical tragedies leaked into famous works. Milosz wrote the thought provoking poem “And Yet the Books.” His poem describes books as a separate world, a place to take an adventure and leave reality while slipping further and further into the pages. The stories become alive. However, soon the authors tell of sorrow as the stories are turned to ashes and left blank of the world they once kept. Although the story won't be lost, the books will live on and grow old keeping their young heart. People shall perish, but books live on. On the other hand Author Ionesco wrote the short tale referred to as 'Rhinoceros.”

Transformation plays a role in stories meant to scare us by playing with our imagination safety and mood of a story. Imagination appears in both Edgar Allan Poe’s, gothic fiction story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Usher’s isolated environment and in Joyce Carol Oates gothic literature story “Where is Here?,” by foreseeing who people are. Transformation also plays a role by it assists knowing our own selves are safe in a scary situation. This is shown in, “ Why do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?,” by Allegra Ringo and in “ House Taken Over,” by Julio Cortazar. Transformation plays with our imagination and our safety it also plays a role in the mood and setting. This appears in , “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The Dream Collector,”

Monsters are challenges that the human race must overcome. In Jeffrey Cohen’s essay “Monster Culture,” Cohen reasserts the presence of the monstrous within society, and its relation to different cultures in a specific time period. All of Cohen’s seven thesis makes sensible arguments that gives the audience a glimpse on what his purpose is. Each thesis are presented differently, but Cohen correlates his ideas to explain the monster’s true existence. The convergence of intellectualism makes a strong connection between Cohen’s appeal to pathos. Cohen utilizes emotion in his writing to mainly appeal to his audience, and give them an idea on what goes on behind the monster’s identity. The final thesis “The Monster Stands at the Threshold of Becoming”

The heroine, Mrs. P, has some carries some characteristics parallel to Louise Mallard in “Hour.” The women of her time are limited by cultural convention. Yet, Mrs. P, (like Louise) begins to experience a new freedom of imagination, a zest for life , in the immediate absence of her husband. She realizes, through interior monologues, that she has been held back, that her station in life cannot and will not afford her the kind of freedom to explore freely and openly the emotions that are as much a part of her as they are not a part of Leonce. Here is a primary irony.

In the beginning of the novel, a group of boys are stranded on an island resulting in the creation and decline of a civilization, and an uprising of savagery. Fear is an essential element of the story illustrated through foreshadowing, symbolism and diction. The young boys are terrified by a beast on the island. With fear rippling through the group, sheer chaos, savagery, a break in civilization, and a loss of innocence ensues.

Henry James presents American literature in The Beast of the Jungle altogether from a different perspective. In other words, the narrative forces the reader to read in between the lines in order to find out how light and darkness contributes to the story. James’s unique and vivid themes of seasonal and light/dark imagery also allows the reader to come up with many different possibilities of what the meaning of the story could be. The theme of light versus dark is prevalent throughout the story. Light is described as knowledge, wisdom and promise and darkness is described as confusion, depression and uncertainty. The Beast of the Jungle suggests two main reasons for the use of light and dark imagery: to create uncertainty on the reader to pinpoint who or what the beast is and to refer to Marcher’s belief that at some point in his life he would experience a traumatic event that would change his life.

While traveling to New York City, Victoria and her sister Tennessee met Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was appreciative of Victoria, so he helped them start the first women-run stock brokerage company. Along with her sister Tennessee, Victoria created a publication called Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly. With the publication, the sisters were able to give their opinions on women’s suffrage, social reforms and other rights that they thought women deserve. She spoke out publically, and even appointed the issues to congress. Although she tried to raise more awareness by running for president, some of her supporters alienated because of her remarks about sexuality and social

Powerful and well-crafted novels spin from archaic yet timeless tales. Thus leaving readers to find their solace between the conflicts and turmoil within the plot. A vast majority of stories contain paradoxical themes and morals that consequently, temporarily confuse the reader, and creating their interpretation of the novel. The Time Traveler’s Wife contains themes of love, fate against free will, time, and more messages written between the lines. Henry DeTamble has a genetic disorder called Chrono-Displacement, which causes him to become temporarily displaced in time against his will. Therefore, it is possible to meet his determined soulmate, Clare Abshire when she is six, and he is thirty-eight- also when she is twenty, and he is twenty-eight. Alternating between childhood and adulthood perspectives, Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife contains a problematic love story that portrays the consequences of isolation due to a predetermined belief in love, evident in Clare’s monotonous life. Moreover, the novel illustrates that living according to destiny oppresses a fulfilling lifetime. Many instances throughout the book that demonstrate this are The List, Alba’s conception, and Henry’s final letter.

The play is centered on an actual small bar in Paris. It was frequented by local artists and a popular spot for the community. The bar was owned and tended by Frederic Gerard, aka Freddy in the play. His girlfriend Germaine Pichot and Pablo Picasso were the subjects of the Au Lapin Agile painting by Picasso that was commissioned by Freddy.

Mathias stated, “Matheson’s protagonist is caught simultaneously in the desert of isolation and the jungle of predation, and the plot and situation in I Am Legend give compelling symbolic form to universal human fears” (Mathias, 314).

Contrasting the strong and healthy male counterparts in the “Story of an Hour and “Desiree's baby”, the man in “The Storm”, “The Kiss” and “The unexpected” have characteristics that make them insufficient to fit the typical and patronized characterization of what a male character should be. Armand, from “Desiree’s Baby”, is described as “dark, [with a] handsome face” with and an “imperious and exacting manner”(2) which attributes to his striking dominance over Desiree’s monetary and emotional state. In contrast, Bratain from “The Story of an Hour”, who is described as “rather insignificant and unattractive” (1) ends up under Natalie's disposition. In the same context, Brently Mallard from the “Story of an Hour” returns home perfectly healthy

There’s a positive correlation between the two characters corrupted morality and the depth of the illness of the fictitious person. Algernon bunburied when he found out about the young lady, Cecily, who is guarded by Jack. He had the responsibility to search for a profound woman who lived in the town and is very social. Ibsen uses a different element to Wilde, since the play is only set in the Helmer’s house, Nora can only wear a mask rather than creating an alter ego for herself. Instead her mask plays the role that is expected from Torvald. “a woman judged herself and was judged by her husband, her neighbours and society could be divided into four cardinal virtues-piety, purity, submissiveness and domesticity. Put them all together and they spelled mother, daughter, sister, wife-woman.”₁. She earned money behind Torvald’s back to pay back the debt. This role is not tolerable to be performed by a woman according the expectations of the Victorian society but it is accepted when a man performs this task; a case of double standards.

Marx’s theory of alienation is concerned primarily with social interaction and production; he believes that we are able to overcome our alienation through human emancipation.

(1) “That monstrous….” is from Thomas Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus, in which the protagonist ventures out into the world to face its uncertain and unforeseen challenges. It is depicted as a biography of Diogenes Teufelsdröckh an imaginary theorist, the book was compiled from snippets of journals, letters and diaries, from some strewn laundry bags.

There are two other major themes in this play, femininity and masculinity. Nora has often been given the title of one of modern drama’s first feminist heroines. She breaks away from a dominating and opressive marriage. Ibsen, denied that he had intentionally written a feminist play and preferred to think of it as humanist. This said though, the traditional roles of women and the price of them breaking tradition is a constant thread throughout the play. The men of this play, in many ways, are just as trapped by gender roles as the women. An example of this is the job that Torvald Helmer holds at the bank, chief. The men must be providers and alone must support the entire household. At the end of this play these traditional ideas are put to the test, when Nora leaves and Torvald must care for the children and be their provider.