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    year can be seen entering the church. Those who get over their illness come out again after a while." However in The Call Meg describes the female who calls them for help as an old lady who is lonely and frightened. "an old lady who's living in the past. Some old lady who's muddled and lonely and frightened." As we read on in the story we find out that the female calling Meg and Geoff for help is actually the sprit of Agnes Todd. She was a lame wife living with Reg Todd

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    early death by 14% (Winch). Given this statement, it’s understandable of how the characters Of Mice and Men had reacted to being lonely. In his novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of a California ranch life in the 1930s. I agree with how he illustrates that people are driven to find companionship in their lives. Most characters are lonely and searching for a companion or just someone to serve as an audience.

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    omer was found dead at Emily’s house, in addition to solve the case two suspects were found. The possible suspects were Emily and Tobe. Our group was responsible to defend our client Tobe, Emily’s servant; he is believed to be innocent. Evidence was brought to the trial: A half empty bottle of arsenic, and an iron-gray strand of hair that was found in Emily’s house. We believed that Emily has suffered from an isolated life; as a result she became ill of a mental disorder known as Necrophilia. Emily

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    thing, which is loneliness. The characters get very lonely and realize they don’t have someone there to care for them, with the exception of George and Lennie who have each other. In the novella Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays the loneliness of a ranch hand’s life during the 1930’s time frame. In the novella Steinbeck clearly demonstrates how Crooks is lonely, but his loneliness is different than that of the others in the way that he is lonely

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    The painting, “The Lady of Shalott,” was painted by John William Waterhouse in 1888. The poem “The Lady of Shalott,” was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson in 1842. The poem sets the scene of a young women trapped in a tower, forced to weave. She sees the outside world from her loom’s mirror. She is only able to look outside the tower from a mirror. There is a curse on the young lady, she can not look down on Camelot. She does not know what the consequence of the curse, but she does known there is

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    Throughout the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, Lady Macbeth has moments where her avarice to become Queen of Scotland took over her mind and made her lose control of herself. The greed led Lady Macbeth into developing issues in her marriage, sleeping, and sanity. Because of her belief in special powers, paranoid thoughts, and feelings of unreality, it is clear that she suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The illness Lady Macbeth is troubled with is known as paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia

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    quiet household. They fail to realize that loneliness can push someone over the edge. Mrs. Wright lives further away from everyone and her house can’t be seen if you are just passing by. This not only kept Mrs. Wright isolated, but it also made the ladies of her town not want to visit her. Mrs. Hale admitted, “I could've come. I stayed away because it wasn't cheerful—and that's why I ought to have come. I—I've never liked this place.

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    the interior life. (Wilkins) One may argue that Mansfield works never romances the tragedies of modern women, but rather sympathizes with the women she portrays as she suspends the happy ending. The women at the store, describes the emotion of a lonely lower-class woman with a young bratty child and a mangy dog running the store. Two men named Jo and Jim ride up on the store expressing their first impressions as the women being “ugly.” The men question her husband’s whereabouts, she is confused

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    one of melancholic acceptance, to one of realisation and happiness, revealing that unexpected discoveries can lead an individual to new perceptions of the world. This is comparably explored though the short film Paperman as the persona too is a lonely bored man living a momentous existence until his unexpected encounter with a mysterious woman, reveals to him that life can be filled with new experiences and wonder. Discoveries that are serendipitous can result in the most profound moments in your

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    Discuss whether or not you feel sympathy for Lady Macbeth There are certain aspects of Lady Macbeth’s character that suggests she is good and therefore her downfall increases my sympathy for her by the end of act 5. But I would also argue that she entailed evil to fuel her sleeping ambition that would make her nemesis, her mental collapse, fully justified. Lady Macbeth’s role as a supporting wife at the start of the play exceeds the duties of a ‘normal’ wife. She is the ‘Eve’ to Macbeth’s ‘Adam’

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