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- 971: Symbolism in Silas Marner
- Symbolism in Silas Marner Silas Marner, written by George Eliot, contains symbolism to represent both good and evil. Some of the symbolism can be related back to God or other religious beliefs. There are many incidents in the book that contain symbolism. Silas has elliptic ... evil to enter and leave as it wishes. During one of his trances a child, who is called Eppie, enters and changes his life for the better. Eppie is also to be considered as Silas’s replacement for the gold stolen by Dunstan Cass. When Dunstan is found dead in the stone-pit with Silas’s gold it can be considered symbolism due to the fact that the gold took him to a lower level. Knoepflmacher states in his critical essay of Silas Marner that “Godfrey Cass is ironically named. ...
- 972: Bleeding Ireland and Black America
- ... European countries, I feel truly threatened. The tension carries itself into a nearby pub where an old man asks “Are you jus daft? Or do ya have relatives here?” His words hinted at my grandfather's blunt, yet kindly, expression concerning his birthplace in N. Ireland, “If you haven't been there yet, don't go there.” I can remember the lyrics of a Naughty by Nature song blaring over my car radio, “If you have never been to the ghetto, don't ever come to the ghetto,” as ...
- 973: Compare And Contrast Dystopian
- ... of the characters all have connotations for the time in which the book was written, (1932) Ford, Marx, Lenina, Benito Hoover. Ford is in reference to Henry Ford who pioneered mass production of the Model T car. Marx is an obvious reference to Karl Marx the German socialist. Lenina is a variation on Lenin who led the Russian, Bolshevik Revolution and Benito Hoover, a minor character is a combination of Benito ... in a debate - lecture format. In Brave New World the debate - lecture technique is most prominent in the confrontation between Mond and the savage. Huxley took this technique from public lectures between his paternal grandfather T.H. Huxley defending the theory of evolution against the clergies biblical based views. The Lecture technique is more formal and tightly organised than casual speech. Mustapha Mond's words are closer to those of formal lecture. Lengthy, carefully organised set pieces one after another to his audience occasionally drawing upon literary quotations to round off his points. Presented in balanced rhetorical periods " ...
- 974: Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie
- Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie Who doesn't know of John Steinbeck's classic novel "Of Mice and Men"? It is a novel that almost everyone educated in the United States has either read it or pretended to read it. But how many have seen the 1992 film ... that it was poorly done. Just the contrary is true, it is one of the best film adaptations of a novel that I have seen. The novel and the film are very similar. The Steinbeck's novel could be though of as the screenplay's first draft. There were some small changes, but they were instituted for the good of the film. I liked the film better than Steinbeck's ...
- 975: Escaping the Fog of Pride and Prejudice
- Escaping the Fog of Pride and Prejudice The words of the title of Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, shroud the main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy in a fog. The plot of the novel focuses on how Elizabeth and Darcy escape the fog and find each other. Both characters must ... When Darcy asks Elizabeth she is so surprised and confused that she says yes to a man who she is determined to hate. At the Meryton ball she had quickly made a sketch of Darcy's character. Compared to Jane who "never [sees] a fault in any body" (11), she doesn't believe only the best in everyone. She is usually right about people. From simply hearing Mr. Collins' letter, she asks if he is a sensible man, which he proves not to be. She is ...
- 976: Roger Chillingworth
- Roger Chillingworth: a mad man, or a man driven to madness? This is a question that many readers of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" have decided by the time they reach the final chapter, really without thinking about it. Yet, if the story is reviewed, and one looks at the events that either happen directly because ... cause of pain. Throughout the work, it is clearly shown that he, like so many others over the time of history, is a product of earlier events and situations. And in these situations, he didn't make the right choice in how to handle the problem. He did not choose the rational path of problem solving. Even from the very beginning when he is faced with the fact that his wife ... sinner and asked personally, of whom committed the sin with her, but again, she would not tell. Taking into account all the event that have just happened, Chillingworth, still having it be given that he's a bit strange, is acting quite normal for a husband whom just came home to such news. He did not cause more guilt or pain to his wife, but wanted the name of the ...
- 977: To Kill A Mockingbird
- Early Life Born in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926, Nelle Harper Lee is the youngest of three children of Amassa Coleman Lee and Francis Lee. Before his death, Miss Lee's father and her older sister, Alice, practiced law together in Monroeville. When one considers the theme of honor that runs throughout Miss Lee's novel, it is perhaps significant to note that her family is related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a man especially noted for his devotion to that virtue. Miss Lee received her early education in ... golf, crime, and music." She is a Whig in political thought and believes in "Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the corn laws." Sources Of To Kill A Mockingbird Among the sources for Miss Lee's novel are the following: (1) National events: This novel focuses on the role of the Negro in Southern life, a life with which Miss Lee has been intimately associated. Although it does not deal ...
- 978: Creative Writing: The Chase
- ... for some time. The two high school seniors spent most weekends together. It was, however, a small town that they lived in, leaving them with nothing to do on a Friday night when there wasn't a party or sporting event. Saturday's were even worse and usually reserved for tracking down a girl or two. This Saturday night was no exception. It had rained for hours on a cool March afternoon that was now giving way to the darkness of night. The friends were determined to find something to occupy their evening. Dan arrived at Alan's home around nine o'clock. After honking the horn a number of times, Alan came running out the front door and jumped into Dan's small blue Honda. The car was born in the ...
- 979: Death Of A Salesman - Symbols
- ... ingenious ability to control what he wants his readers to picture or feel. As one of his critics states, "Miller writes ingeniously, conveying the message that ‘if the proper study of mankind is man, man’s inescapable problem is himself (Brown, 306).’" Miller accurately puts into words what every person thinks, feels, or worries about, but often has trouble expressing. By the use of symbolism, Arthur Miller portrays Willy’s (along with the other Lowmans’) problems with family life, the society, and himself in Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller is an interesting author in the sense that many of his plays reflect or are ... life. He was born in 1915 in New York City and was the son of a successful businessman, up until the Great Depression when his father lost most of his wealth. This greatly impacts Miller’s life, and influences the themes for many of his future writings. To make ends meet at home, Miller worked as a truck driver, a warehouse clerk, and a cargo-mover; consequently, these odd jobs ...
- 980: Beyond The Horizon and Diff'rent by Eugene O'Neill
- ... love them. Rob and Andy unknowingly allowed Ruth to lead them down a path, they were not meant to travel. Emma is the same as Rob and Andrew in this respect, because she let Caleb's actions control her ability to follow her dream. Rob is a dreamer. His only wish is to go `beyond the horizon' and discover the mystery of life. Andy, however, is Rob's opposite. Andrew is practical and down-to-earth. His deepest desire is to spend his life farming. "One constructs the world out of fact, the other out of pure imagination." Rob's quest is strange to Andy; it goes beyond anything he can comprehend. Andrew, who is "A Mayo through and through." does not think in the imaginative terms Rob does. "It's just beauty that' ...
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