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The Scarlet Letter: Where The Blame Falls
Words: 449 - Pages: 2.... letter for the
rest of her life, no matter what she does to redeem herself. Hester, and
Pearl were not the same as the rest of the townspeople. No one ever talks
to her, and she was not allowed to make any clothing for the other Puritans
weddings. Pearl was picked upon by the other children often. Hester was
no longer accepted by the Puritans.
Dimmesdale has had as much punishment as Hester for their sin.
Dimmesdale is putting the blame upon himself. Dimmesdale is the minister,
and he should know better than to commit a sin. Dimmesdale is dying inside
ever since he had committed the sin with Hester, by the guilt and
eventually col .....
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The Glass Menagerie: A Study In Symbolism
Words: 1622 - Pages: 6.... often hurts them. Laura, Tom’s sister, suffers from neuroses. She has trouble separating fantasy from reality. Without the ability to function in the outside world, Laura becomes a liability to both Tom and Amanda. The gentleman caller, Jim O’Connor, is a friend of Tom’s from the warehouse. He is an ambitious young man, who strives for the American Dream through hard work and optimism. Jim offers the Wingfields hope for the future:
Tom: He is the most realistic character in the play,
being an emissary from a world of reality that we were
somehow set apart from. But since I have a poet’s
weakness for symbols, I am using t .....
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Huck Finn Is A Very Troubled Young Boy
Words: 1388 - Pages: 6.... which Huck wriggles himself out of trouble is when he and Jim, the
runaway slave are traveling down river on the raft. Huck while off on a
little excursion in his canoe runs into two men running away from some
angry villagers and their dogs. When they plead and beg for Huck to save
him and he finally accepts they are very gracious. When they arrive on the
raft and notice that Jim is a black slave they inquire about him. They ask
Huck if he's a runaway slave and they seem interested in selling him for a
good price. Huck being the great thinker he is argues, "why would a slave
be going south?". That really stumps the two men and th .....
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Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
Words: 311 - Pages: 2.... absence of good in the monsters life has an affect that could never be reversed and never helped. If a child has no guidance how can he or she grow in love and learn how to live responsibly and adapt to the rapid changes of the world and life. You can not learn life lessons and things you need to know if you have no love or guidancce.
Mary Shelly shows her own fears for life and children and her fear of not having or being a good mother. She wants to express any parents need to make there child life safe and easy to live. Any parent would be worried about there childs well being and how they live and adapt to others. Every one wants .....
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Mansfield Park
Words: 358 - Pages: 2.... novel,
and are contrasted with the squalour of Fanny's own birth family's home at Portsmouth,
and with the decadence of London.
Readers have a wide variety of reactions to Mansfield Park-most of which already
appear in the Opinions of Mansfield Park collected by Jane Austen herself soon after the
novel's publication. Some dislike the character of Fanny as "priggish" (however, it is
Edmund who sets the moral tone here), or have no sympathy for her forced inaction
(doubtless, those are people who have never lacked confidence, or been without a
date on Friday night!). Mansfield Park has also been used to draw connections betwee .....
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An Analysis Of The Jay Gatsby
Words: 1162 - Pages: 5.... shirts . . . It makes me sad because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before" (98). It seems silly to cry over simple shirts, but they symbolize an American Dream which people desire. These shirts represent the opulent manner of
Gatsby's wealth and his ability to try and purchase Daisy's love, this time through the use of extensive clothing.
Fitzgerald wisely shows how Gatsby uses his riches to buy Daisy. In the story, we know that "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things . . . and then returned back into their money" By this, we know that Daisy's main (and maybe only) concern is money. Gatsby realizes .....
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Beat Movement
Words: 677 - Pages: 3.... The poetic
form has been changed to inaugurate a new poetic form, an American form.
"There was less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on the individual
talent. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" One of the most important contributions to
contemporary verse was to take poetry out of the classrooms and into
non-academic setting—coffee houses, jazz clubs, large public auditoriums and
even athletic stadiums. Poetry is more popular and more read than anytime in
history, not only spoken poetry but also sung poetry of a high order. "The
literature, coordinated by pop music, with a way of dressing, with a way of life,
it something that has influenced th .....
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How Is Tension Built Up In “The Monkeys Paw”
Words: 546 - Pages: 2.... a bad omen. For instance, the wish of the original owner was for death. This clearly points out that the other two wishes may have caused unhappiness. Also Sergeant Morris says; “I warn you of the consequences.” Clearly here, however innocent the wish, Morris knows that it will end badly. “Don’t blame me for what happens.”
The major coincidence centres around the two hundred pounds. “How could £200 hurt you?” says Mrs White ironically, she will find out! There are two real climaxes in the story – one is how they get the two hundred pounds (and the fact that Herbert’s death is a shocking mutilated death) and the second .....
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Lord Of The Flies - Good And Evil: Fight To The Finish
Words: 923 - Pages: 4.... the protagonist. Where as the e antagonist has an evil purpose and the protagonist had a good purpose.
A similar concept between the protagonist and the antagonist is that both of them are brave enough to dare to go against each other. They don’t hide from each other, but they both of out and confront each other. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow knew that the manager didn’t want Kurtz back, but he was brave enough to try bringing Kurtz back. the manger knew Marlow was just like Kurtz. That he will not give up so easy. The manager did everything in his power to stop Marlow. Even if they think their opponent is stronger, they don .....
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A Worn Path: Phoenix Jackson
Words: 698 - Pages: 3.... to suggest her idea of being a pathetic figure is her disillusions and her senile view of the world around her.
Shortly after Phoenix begins her journey, she sits down for rest. She begins to gaze at her surroundings when suddenly a little boy appears out of nowhere. The little boy is bringing her and a slice of cake. As Phoenix begins to reach for the slice of cake, the boy vanishes. The young boy is merely a figment of her imagination Confused and disoriented, she continues her journey. This particular incidents suggest that she is senile and instantly gains her pathetic sympathy with the readers.
Another example of her being s .....
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