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Contrasting Marlow And Kurtz And The Theme Of Evil In "Heart Of Darkness"

... we gain the power to defeat our inner darkness, and all of its elements. Just as everyone has the potential for evil within themselves, we too have the potential for true goodness. In many literary works the author attempts to exemplify the evil which lies within by showing many characters which have been, or are being overcome by their inner darkness. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad we see how Marlow's journey into his ultimate evil, into his inner self, can be a positive experience. By contrasting Marlow with Kurtz, who ...

Number of words: 2608 | Number of pages: 10

Fifth Business: Search For Self Identity

... one's small town origins, must be discarded before one can become significant in the world. Firstly, Paul Dempster grows up as an outcast in Deptford, his mother's 'simpleness' leading the tight social world of the town to cast out his whole family and force's Paul to leave the town and create a new image for himself. Paul runs away to the circus in his early teens because of the mental abuse he took from the town because of his mothers incident with the tramp. Dunstable comment's, "Paul was not a village favorite, and the dislik ...

Number of words: 844 | Number of pages: 4

The Hobbit: Bilbo's Journey

... that block Bilbo from completing his journey: Goblins, a creature named Gollum, wolves, and dragons (smaug). The first obstacle Bilbo and his friends run into are the goblins, wicked and savage creatures, who pillage all who tend to be in their destructive range. They come upon a crowd of scrawnier individuals (the dwarves and Bilbo), in great numbers. They steal food as well as destroy all things that intervene with their plundering. Bilbo escapes the goblins' terrible onslaught of rage and destruction through a big cav ...

Number of words: 751 | Number of pages: 3

Dollshouse

... It wasn’t expected that women with a little business know-how could derive ways to earn or borrow money. Torvald treats Nora like a doll. He calls her by all manner of names: squirrel, silly child, lark, songbird. The names he uses directly relates to how Torvald feels about her at the time. He tends to treat her views and opinions as less than important or trifling. Torvald doesn’t want Nora spending too much money at Christmas. Nora wants to borrow against his upcoming promotion and subsequent raise in salary. Torvald st ...

Number of words: 574 | Number of pages: 3

Of Mice And Men: George And Lennie's Lonesomeness

... lonely. At the beginning they get a job working on a farm together. Lennie is mildly retarded and has great physical strength. As they work from ranch to ranch, Lennie relies on George for guidance and help. Rather than them both wasting their earnings, they both try to save what they make in the hope of buying a small farm of their own someday. While working at one ranch they meet a co-worker named Candy whom tries to help them financially. Before this dream can happen, Lennie kills the wife of the boss's son. As the novel concludes, Geor ...

Number of words: 1378 | Number of pages: 6

Thomas More's Utopia

... and the forming war plans. In addition, the Kings displayed difficulty in changing tradition and old ways of governing. It would be mentioned by the Kings when questioned on policies, "‘This was good enough for our ancestors, and who are we to question their wisdom?.'" Difficulty arises when the evolution of a society is held back due to fear of change. Bribery was common because greed was a problem within the upper class. These are problems on which the Utopian society wished to focus on improving. Economically the problems were ...

Number of words: 986 | Number of pages: 4

The Stranger Meursualt And Soc

... novel opens with Meursault having just learned that his mother has died. His reaction to her death is far from typical, and he simply says, “Maman died today, or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.” As he prepares to leave town to attend the funeral, he expresses a sort of general discomfort. This discomfort can be seen in his extremely uncomfortable conversation with his boss, in which Meursault simply tells his boss, “it’s not my fault.” Meursault also wishes that the funeral were already over so that, ...

Number of words: 684 | Number of pages: 3

Dracula

... beliefs of the protection towards evil, and to compare and contrast the powers of God with those of . It is a theme that is used throughout the entire book, as Stoker uses more and more beliefs from Christianity as the novel lengthens. There are many ways that Bram Stoker's character can be considered the Anti-Christ, mostly because of the showing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to Castle he is met by several people. When he meets these people ...

Number of words: 1104 | Number of pages: 5

Frankenstein: Victor

... father telling him his youngest brother, William, had been murdered. He began his miserable trip back home. On the way home he saw a giant beast running from a barn. He realized this was his creation and he was the murderer. An innocent woman (framed by the Monster) and a great friend of Elizabeth (Victor's cousin and future wife), was executed for the murder. This devastated the family (especially Victor, who accused himself). He set of to put an end to this creation. Victor finally met up with his monster in the mountains near a ...

Number of words: 665 | Number of pages: 3

Psychoanalyzing Hamlet: Freud

... reasons for acting, many assume that Hamlet himself is fully aware of his own motives. This assumption in itself produces the very matter in question. Take for example Hamlet’s hesitation to kill the king. Hamlet believes that his desire to kill King Claudius is driven by his fathers’ demand for revenge. If this were true, Hamlet would kill Claudius the moment he has the chance, if not the moment he knows for sure that Claudius is guilty of murdering his father. Why does Hamlet hesitate? One must call into question what Hamlet hol ...

Number of words: 2577 | Number of pages: 10

A Homicide For Emily

... a black manservant throughout her whole life that went to the market, cooked and gardened for her. During the end of her life the manservant’s visits were the only way that the townspeople knew that she was still alive. After her father died Emily kept his body in her house. A few days after Emily’s father’s death a couple of ladies came to give their condolences. But Emily came to the door dressed in casual clothes and showed no signs of grief. The townspeople were about to resort to law enforcement when she finally ...

Number of words: 784 | Number of pages: 3

Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado: Themes

... a hundred years ago ( it was first published in 1846 ) during Italian Carnival festivities. The main character, a man called Montressor, feels terribly ofended, even insulted by a friend named Fortunato, and firmly decides to take this friend's life. In order to achieve his aim, Montressor elaborates a plan which consists basicaly of two steps: first, to take Fortunato to the catacombs of the Montressors, and second, to arrest Fortunato down there forever. Irony first appears in Fortunato's name, once we are made aware, in the second par ...

Number of words: 666 | Number of pages: 3

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