Days of Wine and Roses

"Time for tea, Miss." Abigail's frail voice rung out, her voice slightly muffled by her quiet knocking - although she had need not to - I was nearly out the door. "Yes, I'll be on my way." It had seem that this tea time was rather, ineluctable. The fire crackled and hissed, well-fed of slanderous and twisted news from the newspaper. It shall be ashes to ashes, died in it's burden. Carefully, I tighten the pearly white gloves around my wrist. I left my room, and made way down the sleepy…

Scar tried to convince Simba that he was the reason for Mufasa’s death, Scar advised Simba to run away and never return, then orders the hyenas to pursue and kill him. A few days later, Simba went to fine Scar. Hidden as his anger mounts by watching scar strike his mother, Simba runs out of hiding down to her side (Wiki). Scar whispered into Simba ear and told him the he killed Mufasa. Filled with anger, Simba jumped on the…

beer and wine. Loopholes and exemptions allowed home wine production (Indomitable Spirits) There was a lot of poisonous things that went into the home breweries, and not on purpose. Immigrants found abundant of ways to make their own brews and wine (Blumenthal, 77). Another way you could get past the law was doctors could sign you off. Legally a doctor could sign a prescription and then you could drink alcohol (Pietrusza 26). The number of prescriptions that were signed by doctors rose…

The Bible. The foundation for Christianity, the most sold book in history. It is sacred among nations and glorified by people. Kids are taught by their parents from the day they are born about Bible stories and morals. Why in the world would anyone question its legitimacy? Well, I’m here to answer that question. From someone who was taught the Bible and raised in a church, I would like to examine the flaws in the book and explain my belief of why the Bible is no more than a fictitious book…

depicts Bathsheba’s beautiful golden locks neatly styled into a bun, her porcelain skin with rose cheeks, while dressed in a blue and white silk gown with tan slippers. I imagine if she would have rejected King David he might have her beheaded. The gloomy colors in the painting correlates with the emotion expressed on…

In the play, Troy says “When I found you and Cory and a halfway decent job..I was safe..I wasn 't going back to the penitentiary. I wasn 't gonna lay in the streets with a bottle of wine. I was safe. I had a family." (1870) This part of the play, Troy is saying that he finally has his family and is safe with them. He sees that he truly values his family, and that they life of jail and theft are over with. Troy is “safe” from all of…

his time with his father: “He’s ready. I am not. I can’t just say good-bye…” (line 14-15). As the father comes to his last days, he knows there will be something better on the other side. The son has to give up his beliefs to make sure that his father will live a peaceful life in his final days.…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby bursts with vibrant and captivating language, which vividly paints a picture of the dazzling life in the Roaring 20’s. His use of literary devices, ranging from symbolism to metaphors to similes, coordinate into an enchanting tale that on a deeper level deals with the destructiveness of American materialism and greed. Fitzgerald’s language is rich and dense, but once dissected, reveals a criticism of and disillusionment with the American Dream and what it…

quite like each other to being with. Alcohol in the novel acts as a peacemaker, another friend who everyone is more agreeable around. Like a haphazard pendulum, the favor of the group swings back and forth under the influence—Jake muses, “Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people” (Hemingway 34). When Jake is sober, he is quick to get annoyed, particularly by Cohn; he only finds his companions (with the exception of Bill on occasion)…

The perfume industry at Pylos was primarily comprised of a centralized group that was administered by the palace. Tablets found at the site of the palace at Pylos show that the government was providing many supplies for them, such as honey, wool, and wine. The multiple uses of perfume suggest that this is true, as is described further in the…