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- 1401: The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
- ... As the Puritans hold up Dimmesdale, the Romantics level him as a human. The Scarlet Letter is a myriad of allegorical theories and philosophies. Ranging from Puritanic to Romantic, Nathaniel Hawthorne embodies his ideas to stress his Romantic philosophies through Pearl, Hester, and Dimmesdale throughout all of this.
- 1402: Stereotypes In Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
- ... out of consideration, “letting the water lift it and sink it” like a tide, always bringing it back onto the shore of imagination. This occurrence, Woolf interrupting herself so as to address the reader and stress a principle or fact that she deems important is found throughout the book. A case in point, while describing an elaborate and decadent luncheon - “the wine glasses had flushed yellow and had flushed crimson” only ...
- 1403: Kafka's The Trial
- ... The parallels between Kafka's life and the life of Joseph K. in The Trial support the theory that he is indeed writing about himself and attempting to better understand the chaos, fear and emotional stress that have shaped his life. However, The Trial not only paints a vivid picture of Kafka's view of himself but also presents of broader view of mankind as a whole.
- 1404: Native Son
- ... and then his sister, about getting a job. Confrontations like these happen constantly throughout this novel, but neither Bigger nor the other characters grow from these conflicts. The characters act out in rage due to stress caused by social circumstances. Bigger’s violent temper gets him into various conflicts with his gang, a man on the roof whom he attacks, and the fellow who owns the pool hall. Although these actions ...
- 1405: Eveline by James Joyce
- ... resembles the dust constantly, mentioned in this story. The way objects can constantly build up dust time after time no matter what environment its in resembles her. Eveline is constantly being involved in problems and stress time after time. So who’s to say that if she changes her environment that other problems wont build up again like the dust. A promise is supposed to be something that is sacred. It ...
- 1406: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- ... need to switch from a philosophy of selfishness to a philosophy of caring. No amount of material possessions would have made either of them truly happy. The definition of materialism is “a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things”. While Jay Gatsby and many Americans believe that material wealth and possessions are the way to buy their happiness, it is our hopes and dreams and having ...
- 1407: Stephen King: Telekinesis And It’s Effects On The Innocent
- ... one noticeably underlying, repeated, question. Did Carrietta White ever have control of her own telekinetic abilities? The phenomenon commonly known as telekinesis or psychokinesis has most often been reported as being used in times of stress and crisis situations. Most situations occur under conditions in which the person, or persons, possessing the powers of telekinesis are not aware of their abilities or are not able to control their own actions. Even ...
- 1408: The Boston Massacre
- The Boston Massacre The stress put on the relationship between England and the colonists that was built up over many years was let go of in a small incident that was blown up to huge proportions. An innocent snowball thrown ...
- 1409: The John Scopes Trial
- ... six days of Genesis. The responses given by Bryan were torn apart by Darrow, and Bryan was humiliated before a nation. Oddly, he died just five days after the trial, a possible result of extreme stress. The implications of the trial were numerous and significant. Scopes was found guilty and fined, but the State Supreme Court of Nashville overturned the verdict the next year. Though the Butler Law remained on the ...
- 1410: The Shooting Down of An Iranian Airliner by the USS Vincennes
- ... armed conflict. Again, I must emphasize that if the Vincennes was not embroiled in a gunfight with several Iranian gunboats, this tragic event might never have happened. Without the fog of war created by the stress and information overload caused during battle, it would have been much easier to spot the mistakes in the incoming information. So, it is Captain Rodgers reckless and aggressive actions that ultimately lead to the airliner ...
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