XYZ Affair

England to live with Sarah O’Rourke because the O’Rourke’s are the only people Little Bee knows from England. Sarah is the wife of Andrew and the mother of Charlie. She runs a magazine and has an affair with Lawrence. Andrew, Sarah’s late husband, was a newspaper columnist. After discovering his wife’s affair with Lawrence and living with the guilt of not being able to save a life of Little Bee’s sister by cutting off his finger, he falls into a depression and eventually hangs himself. Lawrence is Sarah’s

has committed adultery, and has a child. The townspeople believe that her punishment should be to wear the letter "A" on her clothing so she and the town can remember her sin. Her daughter name is Pearl. Hester will not reveal with whom she had the affair with. The reverend named Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl, but he hides the truth from the town, and lets Hester face the discrimination from the town alone. Hester and Pearl become the outliers in the town, but they find themselves comfortable with

Major Crampas. This duel took place over the issue of an affair in which the wife of Baron von Instetten, Effi Briest, had with Major Crampas. Baron von Instetten was “a man of character, position and sound morality.” (Effi Briest, Chapter 2). He was an ambitious civil servant who was highly respected by the people around him. Major Crampas, on the other hand, was the total contrast of Baron von Instetten. He was “a man who has had many affairs, a ladies’ man.” (Effi Briest, Chapter 13). He disregarded

going smoothly; he even headed a small financial-management club of a few students at the school. However, sometime down the road, he heard a rumor. As any notable rumor, it spread by word of mouth. There was a story floating around about him having affairs with one of his club students, Ms. Jennifer Peyla. Of course this rumor was nothing more than that-- a rumor. There was found to be no

what it contains. The husband, a judge must finally inform his wife, Binny about the contents of the will because he had suffered his second heart attack. Binny is told by her husband that he has been having an affair with another woman. Binny tells their son about his father having an affair for all the years. Their son, Yasi was a brilliant student at the university, but had a breakdown and an onset of dark moods. The judge had the woman, Phul come the next day. Phul came every day to the judge’s

to tune out your surroundings when things take a toll. It can be an illusion from reality to protect what one desires to be true feel rather than what is actual. In Wendy Cope’s poem “Reading Scheme,” Cope writes about the child’s viewpoint of an affair by using the villanelle form to illustrate the inability of children to make connections and ultimately argue that innocence is simply an illusion. In order to understand the illusion of innocence in Wendy Cope’s poem we must first familiarize ourselves

Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a play written in 1949 by Arthur Miller. Miller received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for the Best Play, and today many people still enjoy reading it. Death of a Salesman took place in the 1940’s and is about a man named Willy Loman and his family. The play discusses the hardships the family goes through and how the family tries to get through them. Willy Loman is a salesman who lives in New York City. He lives with his wife, Linda, and has

discuss time; Anna stating that she has spent “about five days” while Dmitri is “already dragging through [his] second week.” (362) Dmitri having spent more time in Yalta shows him to be more experienced than Anna, as he is older and had several affairs and relationships where she has not. It also makes it clear that Dmitri is not happy with spending time in Yalta, and is looking for something to make his time there more bearable. This desire for something more is then mirrored by Anna when she states

shocked, “And I wrote it. Yes; I wrote it! But I was the girl he was engaged to. Did you happen to remember that”(1211). Towards the end of the story it was revealed that Delphin and Ansley actually when to the Coliseum and had an affair, so Slade really made the affair happen. Slade and Ansely are on a

Michelle faced the jury and began to read. “To Whom It May Concern: Writing this letter breaks my heart. Although, I felt it was necessary to do so, in the event of an unexplainable accident. Recently, I learned my daughter, was having an extramarital affair, and approached her, before talking to her husband. At first, she denied it, then threatened me if I told anyone about it because she needed both men to complete her life ─ Jerry for financial and Frank for physical and emotional needs. Boasting,