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Illness, Madness, and Confinement Theme in Dracula LitCharts

WebDracula contains a study of the meaning of "sanity" and "insanity," of "wellness" and "illness." The treatment for both "insanity" and "illness" in the novel is confinement, which recurs throughout. Practically every character in the group questions his or her wellness or sanity at some point. Jonathan Harker, on his trip to Dracula's castle

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Summary

WebThe Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down is a work of literary nonfiction that chronicles the life and medical troubles of a young girl named Lia Lee.In the 1980s, Lia is a young member of Merced, California’s Hmong population, a group of immigrants and refugees who had previously lived in the highlands of Laos.

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The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide Literature Guide LitCharts

WebFull Title: The Catcher in the Rye. When Published: 1951. Literary Period: Modern American. Genre: Bildungsroman. Setting: Agerstown, Pennsylvania and Manhattan, New York in 1950. Climax: After he wakes up to find Mr. Antolini stroking his forehead, Holden jumps up and hastily leaves Mr. Antolini’s apartment.

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Hamlet Act 1, Scene 4 Translation Shakescleare, by LitCharts

WebHAMLET. Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, 45 Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou comest in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. I’ll call thee “Hamlet,” “King,” “Father,” “royal Dane.”.

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Trauma, Abuse, and Mental Health Theme Analysis

WebLitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. As a child, the novel’s protagonist Charlie was molested by his favorite aunt. Following this trauma, for much of his childhood and adolescence, Charlie repressed his traumatic memories, as he lacked

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What the Eyes Don’t See Study Guide

WebWhat the Eyes Don’t See is a chronicle of the Flint water crisis, which began unfolding in Flint, Michigan in 2014. That year, state-imposed austerity measures stripped power from the mayor of Flint (a poor, majority-Black city) and placed that power in the hands of an emergency manager who decided to cut costs by switching the source of the …

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Blindness by José Saramago Plot Summary LitCharts

WebBlindness Summary. At an intersection in front of a traffic light, a driver remains stopped after the light turns green, which annoys the other drivers. The man yells out that he has suddenly gone blind: his entire field of vision is a sea of whiteness. After another driver helps the blind man back to his apartment, the blind man knocks over a

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Girl, Interrupted Study Guide Literature Guide LitCharts

WebGirl, Interrupted owes much to—and shares many common themes and even a common setting with—Sylvia Plath’s seminal 1963 novel, The Bell Jar, about a bright and promising young woman’s struggle with mental illness. The Bell Jar was based closely on Plath’s own experiences inside the McLean hospital in Massachusetts. Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 1994 …

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American Psycho Concert Summary & Analysis LitCharts

WebAnalysis. Luis Carruthers has “dragged” a group of the gang out to New Jersey to see a concert of an “Irish band called U2.”. The group includes Luis and Courtney, Paul Owen and his girlfriend, and Bateman and Evelyn – though Bateman mentions trying to bring along Marcus Halberstam ’s girlfriend just for Owen’s sake.

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Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 1 Translation

WebFarewell. Thou canst not teach me to forget. I'll pay that doctrine or else die in debt. I'll teach you how to forget, or else I'll die owing you the lesson. They exit. Actually understand Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 1. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

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Hamlet Act 1, Scene 2 Translation Shakescleare, by LitCharts

WebMy lord, he has won my permission by asking me over and over again so that, finally, I reluctantly gave my approval. I ask you to please give him permission to go. CLAUDIUS. Take thy fair hour, Laertes. Time be thine, 65 And thy best graces spend it at thy will.—. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son—.

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“The Story of an Hour” Summary & Analysis LitCharts

WebAfter her initial sobs of grief subside, Louise escapes into her bedroom and locks the door. She refuses to let Josephine or Richards follow her. Alone, she falls into a chair placed before an open window. Absolutely drained by her own anguish and haunted by exhaustion, she rests in the chair and looks out the window.

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Macbeth Act 3, Scene 1 Translation Shakescleare, by LitCharts

WebMACBETH. We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed In England and in Ireland, not confessing 35 Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers With strange invention. But of that tomorrow, When therewithal we shall have cause of state Craving us jointly. Hie you to horse. Adieu, Till your return at night.

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Macbeth Act 3, Scene 4 Translation Shakescleare, by LitCharts

WebSafe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenchèd gashes on his head, 30 The least a death to nature. FIRST MURDERER. Yes, my good lord. He’s lying in a ditch, with twenty deep gashes in his head—the least of which would have been enough to kill him. MACBETH. Thanks for that. There the grown serpent lies.

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Julius Caesar Act 2, Scene 1 Translation

Web35 The taper burneth in your closet, sir. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up, and I am sure It did not lie there when I went to bed. [gives him a letter] The candle is lit in your study, sir. While I was searching on the window sill for a flint, I found this paper, sealed up like this.

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Just Mercy Chapter 10: Mitigation Summary & Analysis LitCharts

WebBefore his family could get him medical help, George left town on a bus. He was kicked off for making strange noises, and he entered strangers’ homes until police were called. An officer pulled his gun, and in the ensuing scuffle George shot him. The state psychiatrist, Dr. Seger, reported that George was “faking” psychosis.

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Othello Act 2, Scene 3 Translation Shakescleare, by LitCharts

WebIAGO. If I can fasten but one cup upon him, With that which he hath drunk tonight already, He’ll be as full of quarrel and offense As my young mistress' dog. Now my sick fool Roderigo, 50 Whom love hath turned almost the wrong side out, To Desdemona hath tonight caroused Potations pottle-deep, and he’s to watch.

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