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- 12351: Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- ... most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism. Since he had ancestors of Puritan belief, Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England. His most famous story is the Scarlet Letter. This novel tells of the punishment of a woman, Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and gave birth to Pearl. A minister of Boston, Arthur Dimmesdale, had ... appears during the early stages of Hester's punishment. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the character of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter. Her whole life had many difficulties while living in Puritan New England. Furthermore, Pearl displays much parallelism to the scarlet letter that Hester must wear. Finally, Pearl's birth intensified the conflicts in the novel. Clearly, Pearl becomes the symbol of all the other major characters ... less intense. Therefore, every major conflict has its roots with Pearl's birth. In Hawthorne's novel the Scarlet Letter, Pearl represents the anguish in the lives of the other major characters. Life in Puritan New England presented many difficulties for Hester Prynne's daughter Pearl. Next, Pearl becomes a scarlet letter as the novel progresses. Finally, the most significant part of the Scarlet Letter's plot was the birth ...
- 12352: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... the helpless, raping the defenseless, and robbing the penniless. About half-way through the novel, Alex is caught by the authorities. They attempt to reform him from his life of crime by using a controversial new technique that forces Alex to become physically ill at even the thought of violence. In the last chapter of the book, Alex is able to break free of the mental chains that the reform had ... be seen in other books as well. One critic summed it up rather well by saying "His fiction is peopled with lapsed Catholics, failed poets and musicians, ineffective teachers, linguists who cannot adjust to the world as easily as they do to the word, and other intellectual misfits." (Friedman 1). And so, in this manor, Burgess used the setting in which he lived to create the characters of many of his ...
- 12353: An Analysis of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales": The Wife of Bath's Tale
- ... Ages, it was surely a journey beyond the realms of normalcy, possibly planting the seeds of feminism in the minds of some medieval mistresses. Works Cited Bowden, Muriel. A Reader's Guide to Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. Howard, Edwin J. Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: Twayne Publishers, In., 1964. Justman, Stewart. "Literal and Symbolic in The Canterbury Tales." Modern Critical Views on Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Patterson, Lee. Chaucer and the Subject of History. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991
- 12354: Sympathy For Macbeth
- ... listen to what he had to say. When the old man would look at Manolin he would see himself at a younger age, someone who cared more about the elderly and their heritage than the new ways bestowed on them. Manolin symbolized the disciples of Jesus. The ones who would follow him to his death and then go out and preach his ways. He believes in the old man and takes ... his decreasing strength. For instance, when he needed strength on his long and strenuous voyage he thought of his dreams of the lions, and of them playing on the beach without a care in the world. With this in his mind it seemed to make him stronger and gave him the endurance to continue. The lions could also symbolize pride. Like the lions Santiago had pride. He was proud of his ...
- 12355: A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins
- ... up until that point. A hog can't show emotions, but a man can. There is the epiphany of the story, where Mr. Wiggins realizes that the purpose of life is to help make the world a better place, and at that time he no longer minds visiting Jefferson and begins becoming his friend. Mr. Wiggins' relationship with his Aunt declined in this story, although it was never very strong. His ... for the first time that he was more than a hog, Mr. Wiggins truly cared. Mr. Wiggins developed greatly during the course of this story, along with other characters featured in the story. Vivian met new people and increased the quality of her relationship with Mr. Wiggins, Miss Emma finally got to see someone stand for her, Tante Lou learned that she had a decent nephew after all, and Jefferson got ...
- 12356: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- ... friends or acquaintances, not necessarily neighbor friends. They sent most to people they have met once, or maybe not at all. The thank-you note cards sent in return made them feel connected to the world. After sending the fruitcakes off and spending all of their savings, Sook decides to celebrate with the two inches of whiskey left in the bottle. The thought of drinking straight whiskey somewhat bothered them. Since ... Sook points out to him that the wind is blowing and they should fly their kites together. This was their last Christmas together. Buddy was sent to military school, prisons, and camps. He had a new home, but felt that it was incomplete without his friend. Sook remained in the small town and wrote him regularly. Queenie passed away during one winter and was buried with her favorite bones in Simpson ...
- 12357: A Summary of A Christmas Carol
- ... and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge's love of his life when she is married and they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world of his money. Also it shows the exchange, homeless people under a bridge, and a cemetery. 2). The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge's ... this point on Scrooge begs the ghost to let him change his lifestyle and try to change it for the better. When Scrooge wakes up he realizes that it is Christmas Day. He starts his new life of good will by buying a prize goose for the Cratchits. Then he makes a donation to the men that he shooed away the day before and he jo ins his nephew Fred for ...
- 12358: What Drives A Man
- ... allowed the first Christian missionaries to establish a church, win over people of the tribe, and defy the powers of their gods. Okonkwo's own son was one of the first to convert to the new religion. This infuriated Okonkwo. Unfortunately for Okonkwo, his homecoming wasn't what he thought it would be. He found that the missionaries had established a church there too. "The white man is very clever. He ... the very essence of the Ibo people merited a "reasonable paragraph" in the white man's book, The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1986. 2. Aristotle. Aristotle: The Poetics. "The Longinus: On the Sublime." Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1960. 3. Ravenscroft, A. Chinua Achebe. Great Britain: Longmans, Green & CO LTD, 1969. 4. Serumaga, Robert. "A Mirror of Integration." Protest and Conflict in African Literature (1969) 76 5. Taiwo, Oladele. Culture and the Nigerian Novel. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976.
- 12359: Street Car Named Desire
- Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26, 1911. In 1947 Williams composed the New York Drama Critics Award, and Pulitzer Prize winning A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams' family life was full of tension and despair. His parents often engaged in violent arguments. His father, Cornelius, was a stern ... I am boxed out of my mind! Here's something. Southern Comfort! What is that, I wonder?" Those were the words spoken by Blanche Dubois. Blanche is a lost cause; she lives in a dream world and is afraid of reality. She was quite drunk when she spoke these words; again the theme of alcohol is involved. It is her steps towards insanity, however, that influence this scene. Tennessee uses his ...
- 12360: Hands: Paranoia
- ... the story "Eveline" a young woman is confused about what to do with her life. Whether to go with a man she thinks she loves or stay with her father. In the poem "Summer Solstice, New York City" This man is made crazy and paranoid because of something. That something has driven this man to the point of casting his body over the edge of a building. Straight from the text ... in his pockets." "Tears came to his eyes." "I must be getting home, I can talk no more." (p. 884) Wing was scarred of something . . . He was paranoid of touching someone. The poem "Summer Solstice, New York City"deals with a man threatening society to take his own life. This whole play is dealing with paranoia. "He could not stand it" "The officer was putting on a bulletproof vest, a black ... confession, her paranoia of the situation, and her inability to make a decision. "She prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty." (p. 889) Bibliography "Hands" Sherwood Anderson "Summer Solstice, New York City" Sharon Olds "Eveline" James Joyce
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