The Scarlet Letter: Description, Narration, And Symbolism
.... label of an outcast or something other than human. Hawthorne’s use of the word “creature” implies that Pearl stands out in her society and shows the obviousness of her label as an outcast. He then calls Pearl a “lovely and immortal flower” which shows her physical beauty, which is ironic because he has already labeled her a “creature”. Hawthorne uses description and symbolism to show how Hester Prynne feels about her daughter. “But she named the infant “Pearl”, as being of great price, -her mother’s only t .....
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Visitors From Oz
.... believed.
One day after Samuel had grown and had become a big time movie producer, he was thinking about his next movie that he was going to produce. He had come to the conclusion that he would base his movie on the book The Emerald City of Oz, since that was his favorite out of all fourteen of the Oz books. Samuel wanted this to be the best movie he had ever produced, so he was trying to think of ways to make the movie the best it could possibly be, and then it came to him. He could try to get a hold .....
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1984: Lack Of Humanity
.... history. In essence, people are unaware of their plight, and they know no better. George Orwell’s 1984 shows how a human being can be stripped of its emotions, its freedom, and its identity if that human being allows a society like Oceania to rule him; therefore, anyone should never allow it to happen.
The Party controls people’s emotions by instilling basic codes of moral. It is insinuated that you should not feel emotions; and, if you do feel them, then you are a criminal. Therefore, t .....
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Symbols In The Lottery
.... most likely the people would try to get new props each year. Since the occasion is not a greatful occasion the people in charge do not care if the box is old and ripped up. When iteams are old and ragged people seem to look down on them. A second characteristic that the box had was its color. The color black always symbolizes darkness or evil happenings. Since the color of the boz is black, it indicates to the readers that the event that is going to take place is evil. If the color of the box were .....
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Jasmine: Taylor's Significance
.... language as her resulted in her English was "deserting" (p 128) her. Moreover, she had soon realized that she was a "prisoner doing unreal time." (p. 132) By meeting Taylor, he gave her the freedom to explore more America life instead just limited in one place. Her first experience with ordinary American family was with Taylor, Wylie and Duff. "I became an American in an apartment on Claremont Avenue across the street from a Barnard College Dormitory¡KDuff was my child; Taylor and Wylie were my parents .....
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Allegory In Young Goodman Brown
.... Devil because of this promise that he made to himself. There is a tremendous irony to this promise because when Goodman Brown comes back at dawn; he can no longer look at his wife with the same faith he had before.
When Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that the reason he was late was because "Faith kept me back awhile." This statement has a double meaning because his wife physically prevented him from being on time for his meeting with the devil, but his faith to God ps .....
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The Color Purple: African-American And Racism
.... had a double edged sword, they had to fight for freedom, but not be to dominate as to effect the men. Alice Walker's The Color Purple is a good example of colored women's plight. Three obstacles black women had to overcome to be able to express themselves were Racism, the lack of education, and the stereo-type that women are inferior.
African-Americans have always experienced racism throughout their habitation in America. Slavery, is what caused most of the hatred towards blacks. African Ameri .....
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The True Devils In Salem
.... have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In The Crucible, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I .....
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A Comparison Of Huckleberry Finn And On The Road
.... of Huck's foibles without Huck being able to laugh at himself because he does not know that some of the things he does are funny (Bloom, p.32). Many times Huck's remarks are two sided- Huck is serious about what he is saying, and Twain is using Huck's character to show the underlying humor. Also, like Kerouac's Sal, Huck is a magnificent observer: Huck notices the details of what everyone around him is doing.
One of the first things that becomes apparent about Huck's character is that he values h .....
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The Legendary King Arthur
.... with him up until the day of the tournament. On the day of the tournament, he is given to Sir Ector and Sir Kay. From that point on, he is referred to as Wart. The first the reader hears of the sword in the anvil is when Ector, Kay, and Arthur hear of Uther's death form King Pellinore. The similarities and differences evident in a variety of tellings of the Arthurian legend combine to prove that, across the centuries, the tale has remained alive and well and continues to prove that, across the centu .....
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Invisible Man: The Voice Of The Dispossessed
.... prominent white men of his town so he can accept his scholarship to the state college for Negroes. However, he first has to fight in a battle royal. This scene is shocking and nightmarish, but serves to set the tone for the surreal delivery of his speech. After the battle royal his mouth is bleeding and his eye is swollen. He's having a hard tInvisible Mane seeing the crowd. We can make symbolic connections to his Invisible Manpaired vision and how he does not see his circumstance very clearly, as we .....
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Invisible Man: Denial Of Education For Blacks
.... Ellison is showing us a sense of blindness, or being invisible to the world. Thus giving the reader the illusion that education is being hidden from the blacks, denying them of a proper education. “I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly in place; whether I am witnessing a revelation or a more efficient blinding” (36).
Another point that shows a denial of education to the blacks is how the college gives the students an “educati .....
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Revenge In The Crucible
.... society was down everyone could break the rules and get feelings out that had originally been kept inside them due to the fact that if they had expressed them earlier they would have been punished by society. With the trials keeping all of the city officials busy,
People took matters into their own hands. This led to even more conflicts between men in the town, which then led to more accusations and victims of the ongoing trials. With so much confusion present the truth became anybody's guess.
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A Thousand Acres: The Monopoly Game
.... for a couple of hours each night, it didn't stop them from playing in spite of all the work that had to be done (81). The tournament is significant to the book in that it illustrates the another aspect of their lives that Smiley left out.
The infamous monopoly tournament between Ginny, Ty, Rose, Pete, and Jess went beyond a mere harmless board game played to pass the time and fill pages of the book. Beneath the seemingly innocent game lays the symbolism and significance Smiley used to describe the c .....
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Candide's Constant Search For Satisfaction
.... who is close to Candide is somehow submitted to turmoil throughout the story. Candide himself was flogged many times, Dr. Pangloss was made a beggar and then hung, the Baron went from a man of great standing to a slave, and Cunégonde was forced into slavery as well. Candide's search for freedom ends up getting him in a great deal of trouble everywhere he goes. From Lisbon to Cadiz to Eldorado to Surinam to Bordeaux to Portsmouth to Venice and many other unknown lands, Candide finds nothing but trouble. .....
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