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King Lear Edmund

... Edgar, who represents all that is good in the play. “Nature art my goddess” reveals that Edmund does not believe in God. “The prince of darkness is a gentleman” is a remark which ties himself to the devil. Conspiracies to have his brother banished, and his fathers eyes removed are all evil actions for which Edmund can be held accountable. The evil Edmund displays in the play leads the audience to hate him for his remorselessness and his pursuit of power at any cost. The evil that Edmund represents walks hand in hand with the moral ...

Number of words: 432 | Number of pages: 2

One Hundred Years Of Solitude

... action with Colonel Aureliano facing the firing squad. With his thoughts we are taken several years back in time when Macao was a village of twenty adobe houses. This, the beginning of the town, could in a different light be seen as representing the begining of mankind , "clear water that ran along a bed of polished stones, which were white and enormous, like prehistoric eggs.". As the story goes on the town moves from utter igorance " the world was so recent that many things lacked names" and developes until we are in t ...

Number of words: 545 | Number of pages: 2

1984, The Book Vs. The Movie

... watched and hardly have any free will to do anything they desire. Many scenes in the movie capture this message, or slogan, of the Party. One is when Winston got a "home" for him and Julia on top of Charrington's store. Another one is when Winston and O'Brien meet in "the place where there is no darkness," in the Ministry of Love. The final scene is when the couple, Winston and Julia, meet at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. These scenes portray that "freedom is slavery," and how corrupt the society was. The government of Oceania, where citiz ...

Number of words: 934 | Number of pages: 4

The Awakening Symbolism

... through the main character’s newly acquired ability to swim, through the birds, through sleep, and through images of the moon. Edna Pontellier, the main character of the novel, struggles all summer at Grand Isle to learn to swim. She has been assisted by many people but was always too afraid to swim on her own. One Saturday night, after attending an evening in the hall, Edna swims out for the first time by herself into the inviting ocean. Realizing how easy it is and due to her "excited fancy," (Chopin, 30) she accidentally swims out ...

Number of words: 1092 | Number of pages: 4

Lady Macbeth An Essay On Macbe

... to Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, concerned that her husband was too weak and/or kind to seize this opportunity that had been apportioned to him, began to devise a plan of her own which she would make Macbeth, the newly appointed Thane of Cawdor, carry out. I would think that a regular human being, male or female, would be more concerned about how the event in question would come into play. However, Lady Macbeth (and Macbeth) seems quite impatient and instead starts to think of ways that she could bring this event out herself. At about this ti ...

Number of words: 1037 | Number of pages: 4

Writing About Literature

... beauty is explored. This Poem breaks the traditional mold of the blue-eyed, blonde-hair beauty. Here is the poem in its entirety: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks: And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak , yet well I kn ...

Number of words: 1233 | Number of pages: 5

Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 1

... With the use of this information, it is simple to see how Shakespeare manages to create stories with such everlasting appeal. In Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1 proves to be a vital element to understanding the play. One important task it serves is to determine the mood of the play. From the beginning of the scene, the reader is aware of the atmosphere of mistrust and uncertainty lingering in the air. When the reader is first introduced to the main characters outside the castle, they are suspiciously asking each other to identify themselves. E ...

Number of words: 1039 | Number of pages: 4

Witchcraft And Arthur Millers

... afflicted in fasting and prayer. The result of which was the delivery of one of the family from the power of the witch. A niece and daughter of the parish minister at Danvers were first afflicted. Their actions frightened other young people, who soon showed the same symptoms, such as loss of appetite and sickness. A belief quickly spread over Salem and throughout the state that evil spirits are being seen in Salem. Terror took possession of the minds of nearly all the people, and the dread made the affliction spread widely. "The afflicted, ...

Number of words: 579 | Number of pages: 3

Sigmund Freud

... psyche. showed signs of independence and brilliance well before entering the University of Vienna in 1873. He had a prodigious memory and loved reading to the point of running himself into debt at various bookstores. Among his favorite authors were Goethe, Shakespeare, Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche. To avoid disruption of his studies, he often ate in his room. After medical school, Freud began a private practice, specializing in nervous disorders. He was soon faced with patients whose disorders made no neurological sense. For example, a pat ...

Number of words: 4792 | Number of pages: 18

Invisible Man

... Jacques Lacan wrote, "If psycho-analysis is to be constituted as the science of the unconscious, one must set out from the notion that the unconscious is structured like a language,"(1) thus directly relating literature – the art of language - and psychoanalysis. Searching the database of the Modern Language Association for articles about the use of psychoanalysis for understanding Ralph Ellison’s yields one article by Caffilene Allen, of Georgia State University, in Literature and Psychology in 1995. Thus, further study of this subject s ...

Number of words: 5440 | Number of pages: 20

Huck Finn 2

... they run from civilization and are on the river, they ponder the social injustices forced upon them when they are on land. These social injustices are even more evident when Huck and Jim have to make landfall, and this provides Twain with the chance to satirize the socially correct injustices that Huck and Jim encounter on land. The satire that Twain uses to expose the hypocrisy, racism, greed and injustice of society develops along with the adventures that Huck and Jim have. The ugly reflection of society we see should make us question the w ...

Number of words: 1338 | Number of pages: 5

Ethan Frome

... social restrictions binding them to a life that represses love and happiness. Clearly Wharton, through her portrayal of their relationship, wants readers to put aside their preconceived notions of fidelity and adultery to recognize that the two were denied their chance of happiness. lives trapped by the social expectations, which are placed upon him seemingly since the time of his birth. Wharton openly implores us to admire Ethan's endurance of his unfortunate life, as she paints a compassionate picture of him with a "look in his face th ...

Number of words: 1048 | Number of pages: 4

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