...contribute to the theme of the short story “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love” by Raymond Carver are plot and character. The main character of the story plays a big role in creating the theme and the symbols that are prominent also contribute to the theme. This author used these key components to help the readers understand the main point of the story. The main character Mel and the symbols love and gin are all important to identify the theme in this short story. The theme in the story is the complicated meaning of love. The character Mel is a round character in the story. His character is sometimes hard to understand and figure out and also is shown to have more than one side. He is a very confused character...
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...othello Alicia White Enter Cassio, Lieutenant to Othello, in Love with Desdemona (Wife of Othello) who has a liking for the demon Drink and the difficulties that occur when it is mixed with the truth. Included in this paper are the characters: Desdemona, Iago, Delgado and Brabantio Father to Desdemona). othel Othello Truth or consequences I HAVE CHOSEN TO WRITE MY TERM PAPER ON THE Play “Othello”, written by William Shakespeare. I want to discuss honesty and the problem of drink that run through this play and have a direct effect on the outcome of this tragedy. Fact: Othello seems unable to see the fact that Cassio has a drinking problem. Fact: Cassio at first does not want to admit to his need for drink. Cassio protests over and over again that he is not drunk in Act II. Scene 3, by saying “I am not drunk now. I can stand well enough, and I speak well enough.” The gentlemen he is with reply “Excellent well!” to which Cassio replies “Why, very well then, you must not think then that I am drunk. Then later in this same scene you find Iago and Montano discussing Cassio, and Othello’s belief in Cassio, seeming that Othello is oblivious to Cassio’s problem with drink, Iago is worried about the fact that he fears the trust Othello places in Cassio, seemingly oblivious to his infirmity (drink). One can see how Iago is encouraging Cassio to have one more drink, that it is a night to revel, that the gallants desire it. At first Cassio says no to...
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...with as well as always drunk with. He plays tennis with one of his closest friend Robert Cohn. He finds his life empty after World War I, in which he was injured in the state of losing his genitals. Lady Brett, a woman he met during the war, is the love of his life though...
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...views and attitudes toward a subject of the story. By sharing these views, it helps someone distinguish or open up to new ways of thinking and feeling. To demonstrate, the theme in Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk When We Talk About Love" portrays multiple themes, which are love, language and communication, marriage, drugs and alcohol, and violence. Although themes are not directly presented, you can derive an idea or the evidence of what the theme may be from the characters, actions, and settings that formulate the story. For example, based on the what the characters of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love are trying to define as love, you can formulate that one of the themes are the elusive nature of love. For instance, Mel says, " I was going to tell you something. I mean, I was going to prove a point. You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk about love like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love" (p. 729). He is saying that even though they speak on the meaning of love like they really know what it is, he is pretty sure none of the couples actually know what they are trying to say. He tries to precisely define love by telling a story about an elderly couple that almost died in a car accident. The ending result of his story ended up being that the old man was depressed because he was wrapped in...
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...dominant examples to prove he’s a bad parent. He doesn’t support his children in their dreams, he’s never shown that he loves his children, he’s an alcoholic, and when he’s drunk Troy gets aggressive towards Cory. One way Troy demonstrates he’s a bad parent is by not supporting his children in their dreams. “Papa done went up to the school and told coach Zellman I can’t play football no more. Wouldn’t let me play the game told him to tell the recruiter not to come.” (Wilson, 57). In the play Troy and his youngest son Cory fight many times about football. Cory is a talented athlete who enjoys football and wants to play for his high school team. Troy on the other hand doesn’t approve, he believes that black people don’t get the same opportunities as whites. While he may be talented he will never make it as an athlete out in the world. It still doesn’t justify why Troy can’t support Cory and let him play football....
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... A Midsummer Night's Dream. Love can be known to be crazy and complicated. love has many different aspects to it and it can be understood to be magical and a beautiful thing, as well as vise versa. love is known to have many powers and Shakespeare is very interested in both magic itself and love. These two things in A Midsummer Night's Dream are greatly connected. This is why I think that the magical and surreal world Shakespeare creates in his play, reflects the almost supernatural power of love. The things that he creates within his text to embody this are the love potion, the "dreams", the double worlds, and the forests. the love potion and magic itself that are woven within the play makes some characters feel love drunk, confused, or under the influence. the first example of this is when Demetrius thinks he's in love with Helena while under the potions powers, when you can tell from the beginning of the play he really is not. "O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what my love shall I compare thine eyne." (3.2.137-138) This piece of text evidence shows exactly the powers of this plant. The potion on Demetrius makes him think that he is in love with Helena, but he doesn't realize that he is under the influence of this potion, leaving him confused and not sure of his real feelings for Hermia. Another thing that involves the love potion and reflects the actions of being drunk is when Oberon orders puck to put the love potion onto Tatania's eyes. "Ill watch...
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...Do You Believe in Miracles? Drinking is a thing that is very common in today’s society but there are many people that form drinking problems. I want to share with you a story that changed the life of many people just because of one little five year old boy. My grandfather was a drunk that would beat on his wife and neglect his family until his grandson that said just a few words that opened his eyes to a better life. First of all, my papaw had a real bad drinking habit. He would stumble one foot after another in to the house late at night. When he was drunk he would beat my grandmother black and blue. There were many occasions that it was so bad that my grandmother wouldn’t be able to stand the very next morning. She dreaded hearing him walk up the steps then turning that gold key to unlock the back door. She would never report him because her love grew so deep for him that she couldn’t see right past what was in front of her. Second, as time went on he was given to chance to raise two daughters. He would stay out late almost every night drinking until he couldn’t any more. He would call my grandmother to pick him up in a bar on the outskirts of town. His daughters would sit in the old beat up car frightened as could be watching their mom drag their father out of the bar. He would holler and slam into things as he tried to make his way through his raging path. My grandmother didn’t have anyone to watch her girls so she was forced to leave them in the car to watch him...
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... F Everything inside of me is leaving in your heartbeat C G Even when all the lights are fading Even then if your hope was shaking Am F Im here holding on [Chorus:] C Am Dm I will always be yours for ever and more F G For the push and the pull C Am I still drown in your love Dm And drink till Im drunk F And all that Ive done is it ever enough C F VERSE 2 C G Im hanging on a line here baby I need more than ifs and maybes Am Well come down from the highest heights F Still searching for the reason why C G And now I know what its like, ...
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...a mature review of her life from her present self. Koren had always been one for overdoing it since early childhood with alcohol or relationships. These trends ultimately following Koren throughout her life and plague her mind as something she used to depreciate herself. As life progressed further her trusting of extremes had brought her to an impasse, in which she must choose her excess or a more moderate lifestyle for someone of her age. These alcoholic and relationship fails were brought with her love for the excess and the absolute trust that...
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...driving has become a big issue. Many people drink and drive every weekend. People have to know that it is wrong, so why do people do it? There are many ways that accidents can be prevented from drinking and driving. We just need to think of ways that will stop people from drinking and driving and have an alternative for them to turn to. Caroline county is a small town with nothing to do. People have to drive thirty minutes at least out of their way just to keep themselves entertained. One option that we can do to stop people from drinking and driving would be to build a movie theater, everyone loves the movies. The movie theater would be a place for families, kids and teenagers to go, even a place for couples to go on dates. This would stop people from going to parties more and from drinking and driving. Another option could be a shopping outlet. It is something fun to do and everyone loves new clothes. The outlets could be open until eleven o’clock so then it would be too late for people to go out and drink. In the outlets there could be restaurants, nail places, clay bakers and an arcade so everything that a person needed would be right there in one spot. If we had a bowling alley in our community than people could get a group of friends together and be able to go midnight bowling. This would keep people from drinking and going to parties later. They could make just a teens night at the bowling alley and just an adults night. That way teenagers parents couldn’t show up and...
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...Daily in the United States we lose people to fatal car crashes caused from reckless driving, drunk driving, and speeding. Car wrecks are the number one leading cause of death in the United States today to make the percentage of death by car wrecks go down we need to have have harder consequences on people that break those laws. What is more important to you, driving safely and saving someone’s life or driving how you want to and taking someone’s life or possibly even your own? People lose friends and family daily from car crashes and never get justice for their death, car wrecks affect everyone around people in the crashes, and tickets and license points do not stop people from driving how they want to so we need stronger consequences to stop them from that. I think the in the United States today people get away with driving recklessly, speeding, and drunk driving and we need to create a stronger law and consequence to stop people from causing these deadly crashes. I along with many other people want to stop people from being so careless with their driving decisions. Most people will eventually have a license and a car and...
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...I was born in Russia but six years ago I moved to United States. I moved to United States to live better life. I was dreaming to go to United States since my childhood. I saw American movies and was inspiring by them. It showed totally different life in movies. Everything was showing in bright colors; people were friendly and happy. I was dreaming to see this wonderful world. When I finished first semester in college where we had an exchange program for student. I participated in this program and won a trip to United States. It was a first time for me to leave my hometown. But I was very happy about my dream that comes true. Arnold and me have sacred places. Where we spend time with family and friends. But sometimes these sacred places it is not enough to become whom you want in your life. Arnold left Reservation to get better education. As an Arnold I left my country to live independent life. Novorossiysk situated in the south of Russia on the Black Sea. It is the country’s main port on the Black Sea and leading Russian port for importing grain. Novorossiysk is not very big; there are only 300000 citizens in it. The Caucasian mountains surround my city. Novorossiysk is a historical, cultural and health center. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. During the Great Patriotic War Novorossiysk became the arena of very severe combats. Due to courage and firmness of soviet warriors the enemy, who was heading for the Caucuses was stopped here by the...
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...Bullfights in The Sun Also Rises Do some research into Hemingway’s life and you will find he had a great love for Spain, including bullfighting, wine, and fiestas. He shows his love of the fight in his writings such as The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. In The Sun Also Rises he not only talks about the bulls, but his characters can be compared to bulls or steers. It is a deep symbolism that shows Hemingway’s views on gender roles and androgyny in the 1920’s. Jake Barnes, the main character, is a WWI veteran who was rendered impotent during the war. This is the main reason he cannot be with the woman he loves, Lady Brett Ashley. Hemingway portrays him as a man with masculine interests like fishing, bullfighting, and drinking. Though he is shown this way, rather than being like a bull, Jake is considered a steer. Jake is calm, a peacekeeper between his friends just as a steers in bullfighting rings are used to calm the bulls. Jake considers himself an outcast, just as steers are not the main part of bullfights. Lady Brett Ashley would be considered a steer at first glance, but as the story progresses it is clear that she is a symbol of a bull. She is quite possibly the most masculine character in the book. When Hemingway first describes Brett, he describes that “she wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy’s” (Hemingway 22). This gives off a very masculine image, especially considering they lived in a time where...
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...Influence On My LIfe One Tree Hill. It has had a major impact on my life. It has showed me different aspects of life. It´s showed me the beautiful things in life that we overlook daily. The bad stuff and the good, that we should appreciate because it's shaped us and our world. It was a Television Show that ran for nine years. One Tree Hill has some amazing quotes that mean something to me. ¨I think we waste our words and our moments and we don´t take the time to say the things that are in our hearts when we have the chance.¨ This quote has changed my life and made me think about what I say does it have a true meaning, and that our time is limited we should take advantage of that. ¨Love means giving chances when there are no more...
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...Charles Bukowski was a drunk. A literate and amazingly brilliant drunk. Bukowski faced countless hardships in life that affected how he lived and acted towards the world. He had a tenacious childhood, which shaped him into the man he became. Bukowski had an subject world of drinking, sex, gambling, and music in his literate world (Poetryfoundation.org). One of the finest quotes of his work is “Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.”. This quote is from his book What Matter Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire. Bukowski composed over forty volumes of poetry, six novels, and several short-story collections along with his screenplay of the film Barfly (Columbia...
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