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    others. The time period where “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” takes place‚ women did not have much for them. They could grow up to be a wife/mother but that’s about it. Not much else for women to do with themselves. The story‚ Beloved‚ takes place right after slavery‚ where people were very cautious around people’s past. It was not talked about‚ due to the horrific event‚ which causes a big problem in the story. Both‚ Mabel Pervin‚ from “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence‚ and Sethe‚ from

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    Title: "The Horse Dealer’s Daughter" By: D. H. Lawrence Characters: Joe: He is the oldest brother. He is broad and handsome in a hot‚ flushed way. He had a black moustache and a red face. He had a sensual way of uncovering his teeth when he laughed. He felt he was down now. The horses were his life. They were almost like his own body. He felt his life was over now. Fred Henry: This was Mabel’s other brother. He was master of any horse‚ and he carried himself with a well-tempered

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    In The Horse Dealer’s Daughter‚ by D.H. Lawrence‚ romance plays a critical part in the development of the story. It is the result of an accidental rendezvous of the two main characters. It creates a sense of redeeming power – love. Love‚ in a way‚ can solve or complicate dilemmas. In this story‚ love is not as simple as boy meets girl; boy falls in love with girl; boy marries girl. The psychological operations of the characters defy the readers’ anticipation of how such a story would work. In fact

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    In D.H.Lawrence’s story "The Horse Dealer’s daughter" the author uses symbolism to represent the characters and the dramatic changes throughout the story. In the story‚ the three sons and daughter of the horse dealer are compared to animals (mainly dogs and horses); the older brother‚ Joe‚ is described as a "subject animal" that is about to "marry and go into harness‚" on the other hand‚ Fred Henry thinks of himself as an "animal which controls‚" Mabel is named " bull-dog" by her brothers and

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    In the work Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the creation Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates is alienated and enriched in knowledge from his isolation. From this alienation‚ the “Creation” brings out the major themes of isolation and seclusion. Mary Shelley uses the creature’s unfortunate upbringing as a way to bring a sense of automatic isolation to the creature in their modern society. In the creatures journey he finds a place to hide and watch the cottagers where he learns

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    after he marries the steward’s daughter. Fred Henry Pervin is the second oldest brother and Malcolm the youngest. Another character in this story is Jack Ferguson‚ he is the antagonist in this story‚ he is a doctor‚ he enters in the story and he and the brothers talk about his cold and about the moving of the brothers. The father was Joseph Pervin‚ he was not an educated man however he had became a fairly large horse dealer. Back then the stables had been full of horses‚ and business was good. Now

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    about being real‚ true‚ not being fake with each other’s. They wasn’t worry about the class system very much. She is right about what she says about D.H. Lawrence’s “The Odeur of Chrysanthemums”. If‚ we look at another of his works‚ like “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”. Mabel feelings are very much real in the story. We can feel her as a person. We can all relate to her in some way. We

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    "Ball"‚ "Eveline"‚ and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are three short stories which all share common themes. In all three of these stories one of the juvenile characters is somehow damaged by their parents. In the "Rocking Horse-Winner‚" the main character Paul is hurt by his mother because she talks negatively about his father; this leaves Paul terrified and makes him want to be nothing like his father. At one point‚ Paul’s mother says‚ "…it’s because your father has no luck" (Lawrence 267). (This

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    Who was the Horse Dealers Daughter? My first response after reading this story is that the two is headed for despair. Mabel again does not know what she is going to do. To save a life‚ the noble doctor has hurled himself into a vast disagreement. The conflict in this story is that Mabel does not have anywhere to go after her family loses their housing estate. Mable has been the concierge of the home and now with everything gone and the older siblings going their own way‚ she is left alone. The

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    Alienation by definition is the state of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved. This is a reoccurring theme in the both The Lost World‚ and‚ Into Thin Air. The problem with alienation in each book is that it has a negative effect on the characters and their decision-making. Into Thin Air is the book about the Mt. Everest disaster‚ the main character and narrator John Krakauer gets invited to come with Rob Hall’s expedition team

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