... Montressor confesses at the beginning of the story, "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Lowell 214). Montresor wants to "not only punish, but punish with impunity"(214). The nature of this insult is not made clear; however, the reader is led to believe that the insult changed Montresor’s social status. Montresor says to Fortunato "You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was." This leads the reader to believe that Montresor once had high social status, but that status has changed due to the insult by Fortunato. Fortunato, en ...

... for this ironic interpretation comes from the era in which the poem was written, the belief system of Puritans, metaphors used by Bradstreet, and many lines in the poem. This remarkable poem can be interpreted solely on the surface level, however a deeper understanding may be evident after careful analysis of the hidden meaning. When Bradstreet's poem is interpreted only on the surface level, a very literal meaning of her love comes across. It is inferred that she was writing a sincere love poem to her husband. After reading the poem, the reader will have an initial impression that Bradstreet thinks that the love she shared with her husband was bigger than li ...

... and the colonists. The Oxford English Dictionary defines power as, "the ability to do or effect something or anything, or to act upon a person or thing" (OED 2536). Throughout the ages according to the dictionary the word power has connoted similar meanings. In 1470 the word power meant to have strength and the ability to do something, "With all thair strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred years later in 1785 the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength, and force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it; otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition ...

... of the Church…It is in the books." (P.305) The priest visits Kino's home. He praises and honors him selfishly. These negative characteristics were not only seen in the priest, but were equally shown in the doctor. The doctor represents the greed in society. He too, is a heartless and self-seeking man. He is a villain without any redeeming qualities or traits. As proof, the Doctor says, " Have I nothing to do than cure insect bites for little Indians?…I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing-and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!" (P.294) "He is a client of mine…The doctor looked past his aged patient and saw himself sitting in a r ...

... reader continues on, not thinking that importance lies in the scene. As the play comes to an end, the reason for that scene becomes evident: the most trivial occurrence can be the most meaningful moment. We as humans, however, do not realize the greatness of these little points until it is too late. Near the end of the story, the deceased townspeople are stationed on chairs downstage, to imitate graves. They are still able to talk, yet only in a lackadaisical tone. They provide the audience, at the end, with a sense of guilt or loss. The fact that the people of Grover’s Corners did not realize the importance of life until it was gone, makes the audie ...

... She does not know how to work in order to regain the money she has spent. She finds herself going into debt and not being able to pay the mortgage. These problems grow so severe that she is forced to sell it. Lopahin offers to help Lyuboff and her family to get them out of debt. He suggests several ideas such as tearing down buildings and the house, and renting homes on the land that the cherry orchard now grows. He cares not about the sentimental value the orchard holds, but the money that could be made selling it. When told the personal value of the orchard, Lopahin replies: "The only remarkable thing about this cherry orchard is that it’s very bi ...

... demonstrating that he can take jokes as well as give them. Yet another instance where Bottom furthers his humour – this time through ignorance – when he proclaims “What do you see? You see an ass-head of your own do you?” (III, i, 107 – 108). Here - in his ignorance of the ass-head on him – he insults his friend in a very humorous manner. Bottom is a very humorous character utilised to his full potential in this play. A second, possibly even more humorous character in this play, is the fairy – Puck. One farcical example of Puck’s sense of jocularity is when the fairy and Puck are discussing Puck’s lu ...

... house is gone, the knowledge, contained within the walls, gone, all gone. Montag changed throughout this novel. Evil, futuristic technologies, as well as other events caused him to change. Montag wants a different world, and he sets out to get it. At first Montag was an average fireman. He was an average guy, in an average city, with an average wife. Montag thought: "It…[is]…a pleasure to burn, to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in…[my]…fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in…[my]…head" (3) He thought all there is to life, is ...

... of the beauty that they contain. He has not taken the time to notice how beautiful they are as the snow comes down. The owner of the woods, we’ll call him Bob, lives in the town and is busy living his life in the town. Bob will not notice because he takes for granted the fact that he is able to go look at the woods much like the author. "Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow." The persona is saying that he knows who owns the woods, but he won’t see him looking at the woods because he lives in the town. The author knows that Bob will not vis ...

... with no where to turn. She finally does turn to Aeneas though, which even furthers her conflict, and makes a decision for her. When Virgil wrote this part he was trying to make an image of Roman men and how irresistible they are to women by making Dido forget about her duties just for Aeneas. We can also see a lack of confidence by the people of Carthage. The people of Carthage feel like they don’t have a leader and are being left to fend for themselves. They feel Dido is not paying any attention to her city, only Aeneas. The effect of this is that the reader feels that Dido should stop goofing around and pay attention to her city. It makes the characters ...