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An Analysis Of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"

... a tragic rape by her mother's boyfriend, Maya is scared for life and is led to believe that the very sound of her voice is lethal, consequently, she conceives a six year silence that, not knowing then, could limit her opportunities and convert her fate. After returning from St. Louis and entering Stamps, Maya entered her six year "cocoon." This haven extricated her metamorphic spurt into reality and womanhood. As with every cocoon, there is always a time when one must leave and bravely enter the unknown world behind the shell. Mrs. Flow ...

Number of words: 812 | Number of pages: 3

A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: Themes Developed Through Allusions To Classical Mythology

... Greek myth, Daedalus was an architect, inventor, and artisan. By request of King Minos, Daedalus built a labyrinth on Crete to contain a monster called the Minotaur, half bull and half man. Later, for displeasing the king, Daedalus and his son Icarus were both confined in this labyrinth, which was so complex that even its creator could not find his way out. Instead, Daedalus fashioned wings of wax and feathers so that he and his son could escape. When Icarus flew too high -- too near the sun -- in spite of his father's warnings, his wings ...

Number of words: 2836 | Number of pages: 11

The Scarlet Letter: Arthur - Tragic Hero Or Merely Tragic?

... and, as a result, becomes a slave to the public opinion. His sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight. He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and they will not forgive him. He is too weak to admit his sins openly and in their entirety. Instead, he allows his parishioners to lift him in their esteem by confessing, in all humility, that he is a sinner: "The minister well knew--subtle but r ...

Number of words: 1300 | Number of pages: 5

Willy Loman Is Often Described As A Tragic Hero. To What Extent Is "Death Of A Salesman" A Tragedy?

... is a tragedy or not is debatable on all four sections, while others think the play meets all these criteria. When Arthur Miller began reading plays in college, Greek tragedies made a profound impression on him. He says that he was drawn to the Greeks "for their magnificent form, the symmetry." "That form has never left me; I suppose it just got burned in." However Arthur Miller argued that times have changed- "we no longer live in an era dominated by kings and queens- and so maybe our definition of tragedy should change, too." Cha ...

Number of words: 855 | Number of pages: 4

Crime And Punishment: The Importance Of The Funeral Dinner

... morals and values of Katerina. It seems as if Katerina organizes the dinner, not out of respect for her late husband, but out of “poor man’s pride” to spend her last savings on a “traditional social ceremony” to show others that she was “not to be looked down upon” (Dostoevsky 308). Her motivation to plan and give the dinner was a way of dealing with her poverty level by proving to others she could entertain others, being from an “aristocratic” family. Katerina’s idea of a perfect dinner was spoiled when she saw the g ...

Number of words: 585 | Number of pages: 3

Intertextuality Of To Kill A Mockingbird And A Blow, A Kiss

... Lee and contrasting this with the short story "A Blow, A Kiss" written by Tim Winton The most pronounced section at the start of any story is character development. The story "A blow, A kiss" opens with Albie and his father travelling home from a fishing expedition in the front of a truck, Albie refers to his fathers warmth and smell as being "enough" to subdue their earlier bad luck, Immediately a strong bond is realised between Father and son. Other than this the only other clues to the identities of this pair is the references to Albie’s ...

Number of words: 1615 | Number of pages: 6

Crime And Punishment Value Sys

... Dostoevsky gives the reader the character, Raskolnokov. He is the main character, whom Fyodor uses to show two sides of people their admirable side and their disgusting side. He loves Raskolnokov, which is why Fyodor uses Raskolnokov’s point of view throughout the whole novel. Personally, Fyodor dislikes some of his qualities but understands that all people are plagued with some bad traits, and that Raskolnokv is trying to make emends for some of his wrong doings, i.e. the murder of the pawnbroker and her sister. He knows that what ...

Number of words: 1281 | Number of pages: 5

Old Man And The Sea: Themes

... he must conquer. Earlier in the story, the first part of nature is himself, for which he must fight off his hunger. This is a harsh part of the story. He manages though to get a few bites in the form of flying fish and dolphin of which he would like to have salt on. This part of the story tells of a cold and harsh sea, that is, one that has value and mystery as well as death and danger. It has commercial value as well as the population of life in it. It is dark and treacherous though, and every day there is a challenge. A similar story tells a ...

Number of words: 1458 | Number of pages: 6

Things Fall Apart: An Analysis

... occurs throughout the novel. A persons "chi" is their destiny, his inner self, "you wouldn't challenge your "chi" to a wrestling match," as did Okonkwo when he assisted in the killing of Ikemefuna, whom he loved and who called him father. Okonkwo sins not only against the earth goddess, protector of family relations, but also against his inner most feelings or his "chi." Any bad luck that occurs, people of this culture would say that you have a bad "chi." Okonkwo's destiny is marked by bad luck, one reason may be that he is so driven ...

Number of words: 401 | Number of pages: 2

All Quiet On The Western Front: "The Cause Of Death"

... start being killed one-by-one. This novel is a gripping account of how war is most of the time bloody and horrid. The few who came out of this war were not the people they were when they left. They become pale and emotionless, without feeling or thought. Some killed themselves, they had experienced ultimate horror, the horror of war. The novel starts two years after Paul and his friends first reached the front and then goes back and forth between present and past. The main topics throughout the book is the change from idealism to d ...

Number of words: 950 | Number of pages: 4

Huck Finn And Racism

... in his day. Huck was a good person despite what the ending of the book may have appeared him to be. Huck is a walking contradiction to the belief of environmentalism. The definition for an environmentalist taken from Oxford states: “A person who considers that environment has the primary influence on the development if a person or group,”. Huck was taught that blacks were lower then whites, and should not be treated as equals, so according to this belief he should have hated blacks, but he didn’t. Huck was too smart and ...

Number of words: 884 | Number of pages: 4

Hamlet, The Social And Psychol

... all the aspects of death itself. Once Hamlet has learned of his father’s death, he is faced with a difficult question: should he succumb to the social influence of avenging his father’s death? The Ghost tells Hamlet to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1.5.31) upon which Hamlet swears to “remember” (1.5.118). Hamlet’s immediate response to this command of avenging his father’s death is reluctance. Hamlet displays his reluctance by deciding to test the validity of what the Ghost ...

Number of words: 772 | Number of pages: 3

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