.... and Herman Melville two great writers who also base most of their works on the use of symbolism and imagery praised his work. In Young Goodman Brown (1864), Brown a young Puritan, leaves Faith, his wife for a nighttime journey in the woods. Meeting an older man with a twistered staff, he learns that others have traveled the path before him. Sick at heart, he observes a witches' Sabbath and discovers the presence of his own wife. The next morning Goodman Brown returns to Salem a changed man, stern, sad and gloomy, he believes that all are cursed. It is difficult for the reader to determine if the events in this story actually took plac .....

.... 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 opportunity to gain new experiences (Ellis), "He rather liked this adventurous turn in affairs, which promised an opening into novel scenes and martial excitements" (Melville 49). A final way he shows individualism is when the chaplain approached him at the end of the story trying to explain to him how to gain salvation before his death, but Billy stayed true to his beliefs about God (Wood),"…o .....

.... decides to ask the young lady to stay with him at Manderley and later proposes to her. After they arrive at Manderley, the newly Mrs. De Winter is unwelcome by the servants and is especially disliked by Mrs. Danvers. While spending much time at the house, Mrs. De Winter discovers information about the former Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca. All along, the young lady understands that everything she does is compared to Rebecca. She becomes furious and fed up with all the reactions she receives and is convinced by Mrs. Danvers to kill herself. Close to suicide, Mrs. De Winters confronts her husband. After a long conversation about Rebecca, he .....

.... was her move to Europe with Hester and her father, Reverend Dimmesdale. In Europe, Hester pretty much left Pearl alone. Pearl, then got married and started a new life. In the book, Pearl was always the smartest character portrayed by Hawthorne. Had Hester been put to death because of her sin, Pearl might not have been as successful as she became. Hester was a very admirable person. After committing her awful sin (awful as seen by the townspeople), and losing the respect of most of the townspeople, Hester was able to turn her life around for the better. Her turn around, however, happened slowly. It took Hester and Pearl a while t .....

.... adoption by Widow Douglas. But it is so much more. Into this book the world called his masterpiece, Mark Twain put his prime purpose, one that branched in all his writing: a plea for humanity, for the end of caste, and of its cruelties (Allen 260). Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. During his childhood he lived in Hannibal, Missouri, a Mississippi river port that was to become a large influence on his future writing. It was Twain’s nature to write about where he lived, and his nature to criticize it if he felt it necessary. As far his structure, Kaplan said, In plotting .....

.... He decides to hide in his study upstairs and tells his servants that he is really sick and contagious and tells them to stay away from the study where hopefully nobody will see him. The only source of communication is the notes he writes to his servants. One day Mr. Utterson and the servant break down the door of the study to find out if it really is Dr. Jekyll in that room. To their surprise it is Mr. Hyde with a bottle of poison. He had committed suicide before they had a chance to break down the door to the study. The book ends when Mr. Utterson reads a letter which says "only to be read when Dr. Jekyll is deceased" When he open .....

.... to tolerate an ill, demanding wife and live in a town where gossip was the mainstay of conversation and the façade of proper behavior was maintained at all costs. His tragic family situation, coupled with his desire for a woman he could not pursue, created severe internal and moral conflict. Salinger’s Franny was faced with the expectation of others that she succeed to the level of her genius brothers as well as to fit in with society. She strove to feel normal and integrated in the abnormal world in which she was raised. All four characters were confronted with internal conflicts of the self and external pressures of the out .....

.... that racism doesn’t allow the oppressed to control their lives can be demonstrated through the symbolism of the rat, the poster outside of Bigger’s apartment, and Bigger’s encounter with the “nut� in jail. To Bigger’s chagrin he is not in control of his life. His life is dictated by a large group of white people’s false belief of superiority. With every cause there is an effect, and the effect that this burden has on Bigger turns him into an animal, living for only one thing, survival. “There he is again, Bigger!� the woman screamed, and the tiny, one-room apartment galvanized into violent action. A chair toppled a .....

.... known as having a reputation for learning and esthetic taste. He was well versed in Homer and the Greek lyric poets, and because of his industriousness he was known as the “Attic Bee” (Rexine 132). “Do to his youthful beauty, he was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgiving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC.” (Rexine 132) In Sophocles’ long life he several times held public office, partly do to his fame as a dramatist and his gentle qualities as a man. “In 440 BC he was appointed one of the generals in the war which Pericles led against Samos, and in 413 BC.” (Magill, K .....

.... In our society, love and sexual desire are the causes of murder, suicide, and rape. “Everyone belongs to everyone else�(pg.35). This is one of the many hypnopaedic messages that are repeated to the Fordians. It prevents them from feeling passion, desire, lust, jealousy, and true love. In absence of these feelings, they are free from emotional ties and have no reason to rape or murder someone because of inner desires. They are able to express their sexuality with others, and release sexual tension. Hurt and pain is eliminated from their minds, and these people can live the rest of their lives with child-like bliss. John Sava .....