… the writer of "The Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was raised by his father following the death of his mother; the two lived off her small inheritance. Fitzgerald wrote a series of novels taking place in the "roaring twenties." In…

… Charles Dickens inserts a theme of love into the novel. Not always intimate love, and some times the complete lack of love, is used. Joe, Mrs. Havisham, and Magwitch are all themselves capable of different types of love. Dickens examines three kinds…

… 2004 "The Chain Motif" <Tab/>In Chapter sixteen of Great Expectations Charles Dickens uses the chain motif. In Great Expectations Dickens uses many different motifs. Dickens uses the chain motif to help develop characters and to drive…

… of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio , a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt , arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the…

… so good. Everytime that bottle of Jack Daniel's touched his mouth he got a little more numb, and his thoughts of her drifted further away. At 19, Dave didn't really consider himself a teenager anymore. But tonight, he was using every excuse he could.…

… that he was lonely and in need of comfort, he began to believe in a higher power. That higher power evolved into a god, or perhaps even many gods, but for the most part, that higher power became a force that could shape a man's destiny, his thoughts,…

… messenger from France arrives in the English court, demanding that King John abdicate his throne in favor of his nephew Arthur. The messenger speaks for King Philip of France, who supports Arthur's claim as the rightful heir to the throne; when John…

… 1: afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" [ant: sane] 2: very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"…

… in Scandinavia before the premiere of A Doll's House , it was that work that catapulted him to international fame. The earliest of Ibsen's social-problem plays, this drama must be read in its historical context to understand its impact not only…

… the economic historian Karl Polanyi in his major work, The Great Transformation, regarding the integration of money into a self-regulating market system in the United States. Polanyi argued that money was only included in the self-regulating market syste…