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Symbloism In The Stone Angel

.... like the angel. Hagar’s strong pride does not allow her to express her true emotions for fear that she will appear to be soft and weak. As a child, when Jason punishes her, she is determined not to cry: I wouldn’t let him see my cry, I was so enraged. He used a foot ruler, and when I jerked my smarting palms back, he made me hold them out again. He looked at my dry eyes in a kind of fury… (9) It was her pride that keeps her from speaking up and fighting for her broth .....

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Symbolic Bovine

.... Flaubert specifically mentions that "the windowpanes were covered with frost each morning (80). Symbolism is used throughout Madame Bovary to subtly enhance the meaning of the written words. Seemingly meaningless objects such as open windows, closed windows, and windowpanes have definite meaning. All these are skillfully used to foreshadow coming events like opportunity, danger, and separation. Flaubert makes use of symbols despite his reputation as a realistic writer. .....

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Symbolism 2

.... his father. "The realistic cause of conflict is the 'color line' the symbolic line that people must cross in order to accept each either as human beings. This is an ideal goal, just as it is also an insurmountable obstacle, in the society that the play depicts. (Jacob's 1553-54). Mr. Norwood will not let blacks use the front door because he thinks it should be used by whites only. Robert tries to cross the color line to try to feel as if he is accepted as a partially white person. Robert also does t .....

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Symbolism In Dreams, From The

.... 120) The wind here is used to represent forces of disturbance caused by nuclear testing taking place south of the town, just as wind kicks up dust and blurs the view. Another element of storms is thunder and lightning. In Tony’s dream he sees, “.....a flash of lightning struck and out of the thunder a dark figure stepped forth. It was Ultima......I sought more answers, but she was gone, evaporated into a loud noise.”(Anaya 71) Lightning can offer glimpses of illumination, but then darkne .....

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The Music School

.... logical in the use of metaphoric language only limits you to boundaries and never lets you show your personal perceptions. The limits of logicality only deprive you of expression--you never grasp the full meaning of what you are trying to say. "The Music School" by John Updike is mainly about a man drawn to tears and fear of rejection by the occurrences around him. Such occurrences include the death of his friend, the computer expert, the music school where his child studies, the Catholic Eucharisti .....

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The Natural Film Vs Novel

.... romantic prospect for Roy throughout the entire story. They grow up together as friends in the film and we know that they are quite in love before Roy leaves on the train to play baseball. This is a contrasting difference from the book where we first see Iris when she is in the stands at one of Roy's games. All of these small differences add up and change Roy and Iris's relationship in the novel and the film. In the film she is romantically linked to Roy which provides him with self-esteem and a reaso .....

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The Night Journey In Heart Of

.... and mental traits by Conrad. The reader is involved with the interaction between the two characters. As I support the thesis that man moves from innocence to experience and becomes acquainted with evil in the novella, I have interpreted the character of Marlow as the embodiment of good, and Kurtz as that of evil, (although not entirely). The events of the night journey of Heart of Darkness are described through the character of Marlow who acts as a mediator as he tells the story. Depth and meaning .....

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The Odyssey

.... will be forced to choose another husband. Penelope worked on it during the day, but secretly at night she would unravel everything she did during the day. Her plan worked, until the Akhaians caught her and forced her to finish it. She was extremely crushed, and disappointed. The Akhaians told Telemakhos that, "He has to dismiss her mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers." The Akhaians tell her that they'll never go anywhere else, until she takes and Akhai .....

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The Odyssey 2

.... preventing her from being a good mother. Because of this, Athena found it necessary for Telemachus to learn this from a man. Because Telemachus was already nineteen, almost a man, it would be easier to hear and listen form another man as well as pay more attention to what he had to say. Another way Athena helped Telemachus was to urge him to call an assembly to inform the suitors to leave Odysseus' premises at once. The suitors, who already have been courting Penelope, were also causing g .....

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The Odyssey By Homer

.... are that Odysseus finds out about the suitors and that Eumaios is a faithful person to him. Odysseus also gains a warrior in the battle against the suitors. Eumaios' reward is that his life is spared by Odysseus. Odysseus also says "I will find wives for both of you, and give you land and well built houses close to myself; and you shall be friends and brothers of my son Telemachos". This is a great honor especially for a swineherd. Finally, even Telemachos is rewarded for his kindness; he is made awar .....

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The Old Man And The Sea

.... me. With this book, you have to read between the lines. If you're familiar with the Bible, the references won't confuse you at all. Some of the metaphors used are simply superfluous, but the themes Hemingway dictates are undeniable. It's a very good and fast read if you want to learn some life lessons in one or two hours. .....

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The Old Man And The Sea -x

.... trips. Santiago is viewed as an outcast in his village because he has not caught any fish for more than eighty-four days and is therefore "unlucky". Nonetheless, Manolin is loyal to Santiago and even when his parents prohibit him. He still wants to help his friend. Their conversations are comfortable, like that of two friends who have known each other for their whole lives. When they speak it is usually about baseball or fishing, the two things they have most in com .....

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The Outsider And The Secret Li

.... by examining them a little closer, is revealed that the characters have many things in common. Meursault and Mitty were trying to escape the realties of their lives; yet, they came face to face with them because of the decisions they made throughout their lives, which led them to their ultimate destruction. Both characters wanted to shy away from society. They disassociated themselves from everybody and interacted with others only when they needed something. Meursault was a peculiar man who kept to himse .....

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The Outsiders

.... intense so the Greasers had to walk in groups so they wouldn’t be jumped by the socs. 18. Johnny didn’t want to spend his life running from the cops just because he defended himself. 19. Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes Ponyboy Curtis and John Cade were brought into hospitals yesterday after making an heroic rescue of several young school children in a burning abandoned church. The police have been looking for these two boys for about a week .....

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The Outsiders 2

.... of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. I hope you would enjoy and learn something about the book from reading this analysis. Plot Development The plot development in the book, "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, was easy to follow. In this part of the book analysis I .....

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