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The Characteristics Of Nature In The Scarlet Letter

... and to explain the actions of his characters. Throughout The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne personifies nature to describe Hester and Pearl. Hawthorne states, “Her sin, her ignominy, were the roots which she had struck into the soil.”(Hawthorne, 83) Hawthorne describes Pearl as he states, “But, the child unaccustomed to the touch or familiarity of any but her mother, escaped through the open window, and stood on the upper step, looking like a wild tropical bird of rich plumage ready to take flight into the upper air.”(Hawthorne, 111) I ...

Number of words: 393 | Number of pages: 2

"The Doll's House" Essay

... As the two older children admire the red carpet, red plush chairs, and gold frames of this highly ornamented house, Kezia, the youngest of the girls, takes an interest in the rather simple lamp. In fact, "what she liked more than anything, what she liked frightfully, was the lamp." This infatuation symbolizes her impeccability in comparison to the others as she is drawn to the unadorned lamp. Kezia proceeds to find fault with the state and proportions of the doll's house and perfection with the lamp in its simplicity. As others take i ...

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Marigolds By Eugenia Collier

... you the most, whether it is good or bad. Many of life's lessons are taught by experiencing something bad. To a child, everything seems to be okay until they must deal with the consequences. That is when they learn the difference between right and wrong. Throughout childhood many emotions pass through your body. Joy and rage and wild animal gladness and shame become tangled together. You are faced with decisions that in the end will determine yourself in the future. In , the young Lizabeth is faced with the challenges of becoming a wom ...

Number of words: 616 | Number of pages: 3

Billy Budd - Individualism

... as well as his looks. He was the peacemaker on the ship. He was the individual everyone looked up and turned to. When Billy was going to be taken from his ship Captain Graveling was not happy about it, "Lieutenant, you are going to take away my best man from me, the jewel of 'em" (Melville 46). Billy was then removed from the ship. His goodbye was thought of as rather odd though. He left the Rights-of-Man waving a "genial goodbye". (Melville 49) Many would be devastated if they were forced to serve their country but Billy looked at it as an ...

Number of words: 801 | Number of pages: 3

The Many Faces Of Love In Arth

... the power to refine or to condemn. Wolfram von Eschenbach’s concept of love strays even further from sexual gratification and physical pleasure. In his epic poem, Parzival, Wolfram lauds the recognition and embracing of a divine love that transcends the earthly realm altogether. He, like Hartmann, acknowledges that earthly love can be a detrimental “padlock on our reason” (Wolfram, 153). Love in Parzival thus entails many of the same characteristics that it does in Hartmann’s works as far as love among human beings is concerned. B ...

Number of words: 5113 | Number of pages: 19

The Awakening: Triumph Over Tragedy

... unwinds. However powerful a story Kate Chopins' The Awakening may be, it is by no means a tragedy. The Awakening does not posses the necessary components of a tragedy. There is no tragic figure, there is no tragic plot or theme, and the ending is far from tragic. First, tragic figures must captivate the audience. They must create an atmosphere that is shrouded in irony, suspense and mystery. These figures must also make the audience love them, feel for them and experience the anguish and pain they will undergo. King Lear is a great ex ...

Number of words: 1243 | Number of pages: 5

Social Criticism In Animal Farm And A Tale Of Two Cities

... which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Bo ...

Number of words: 1492 | Number of pages: 6

In The Skin Of A Lion Essay

... and then to the novel as a whole. In “The Skating Scene” many metaphors are used throughout, making is very poetic. One very powerful metaphor seen in this passage is: “This was against the night” (page 22). This emphasizes the light and dark imagery found in this passage. Ondaatje points out that for Patrick day is work and night is rest, however, he sees the loggers skating and having fun at night. They are going against what Patrick has been taught. In a way they are showing him a new side to life and he is tran ...

Number of words: 1080 | Number of pages: 4

The Trial By Kafka And The Stranger By Camus: Flaws And Failures Of The Judicial System

... each man is going through and how their situations affect them. This helps the authors show their views on the judicial systems failures much more clearly. If the reader is able to feel what the main character is going through because of the judicial system they are much more likely to agree with the authors views. The plot of the two novels is very similar. Both men are on trial and are sentenced to death because of flaws in the judicial systems. The specifics about each trial and the different flaws are entirely different, however. Th ...

Number of words: 1578 | Number of pages: 6

The American Dream, And All It

... criticises the American Dream by describing its negative characteristics: class struggles between the rich and the poor, the carelessness of the rich, and the false relationship between money and happiness. “The Great Gatsby ... describes the failure of the American dream, from the point of view that American political ideals conflict with the actual social conditions that exist. For whereas American democracy is based on the idea of equality among people, the truth is that social discrimination still exists and the divisions amon ...

Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4

Compare And Contrast Of The Me

... their endings are similar in that they both support the basics of existentialism. The biggest difference between the two characters: Gregor and Mersault is their physical form. One has changed physically into a giant insect while the other remains a normal human being. Another difference is the situation between the characters and their mothers. Gregor wants to have a relationship with his mother but cannot because of his physical form. Mersault’s mother is alive and well for part of the novel, but he does not want to take care of h ...

Number of words: 487 | Number of pages: 2

The Webb Story And The Efforts To Rebut It

... Ross, the black, ended up with a life sentence. Meneses was eventually convicted for trafficking, but in Nicaragua, never in the United States.) These allegations have been challenged vigorously by the "responsible" U.S. press: those papers, above all the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, who respond most swiftly to the needs and requests of their CIA sources. For those who follow such matters, the special connection between these papers and the CIA is no secret. Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein once wrote ...

Number of words: 2286 | Number of pages: 9

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