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Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism
Words: 1000 - Pages: 4.... on to explain to Montag that her mother, father, and uncle were just sitting around and talking. This was also something that wasn't very commonplace in the city. Fire is an important element of symbolism in Fahrenheit 451. Fire consumes minds, spirits, men, ideas, and books. Fire plays two very different roles in this book. The role of a destructive, devouring, and life ending force, and the role of a nourishing flame. The first role that fire plays in Fahrenheit 451 is apparent from the very beginning of Bradbury's novel. "IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN. It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed" (3). In thes .....
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The Chrysalids
Words: 449 - Pages: 2.... them, but because she was interested in seeing whom this little girl was that had such strong communication skills. She arrived and was very eager to put Petra in the space ship and take her home with her and she was obliged to take Michael, Rosalind and David. When Michael mentioned that his girlfriend was stuck in Waknuk and that he would like to go and fetch her she made no effort. She simply said that there was not enough fuel to fetch her and that they could only leave her behind. When Michael told her about the problem getting home she was disinterested. Michael was forced to stay behind so that he could go to Waknuk and be with his .....
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A Farewell To Arms
Words: 517 - Pages: 2.... that he jumped into was a symbolism of the new, clean life
that he was going to live from now on. At this time, Henry goes off
and finds his wife to be.
The plot in A Farewell to Arms was always active. They were never
staying in one place too long. It had a very good story line, which
was a love story that ended up in a tragedy. The main character's wife
got pregnant and she was off to have her baby when problems started
occurring. They had to have a caesarean, and the baby dies, and when
the mother of the child starts to hemorrhage Henry knows that it was
over for his wife and he was right.
From the beg .....
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Georgians Transformation
Words: 850 - Pages: 4.... “Quite destroy(s) the effect of Georgiana’s beauty . . .” (Hawthorne 11). While her admirers “were won’t to say that some fairy at her birth-hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant’s cheek, and left this impress [the birthmark] there in token of the magic endowments that were to give her such sway over all hearts” (Hawthorne 11). Georgiana’s casual approach towards the birthmark reveals while she answers “No, indeed,” when her husband asks her “has it never occurred to you [Georgiana] that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?” (Hawthorne 10). Aylmer however v .....
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The Tragedy Of Creon In Antigo
Words: 455 - Pages: 2.... opinon in the play, the Chorus comments on proper conduct as viewed by the masses in Ancient Greece. “Zeus hates with a vengeance all bravado, / the mighty boasts of men.” (lines 140 and 141) The notion that men should be reverent to the gods is the antithesis of what Creon initially embraces. “The power is yours, I suppose, to enforce it / with the laws, both for the dead and all of us, / the living.” (lines 238 to 240) Creon’s accepting the supposed power to enforce both the living and the dead reveals him as accepting a false superiority to the gods and thus angers them.
The Chorus, in foreshadowing .....
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The Dying Dreams
Words: 1295 - Pages: 5.... immorality more directly then Death of a Salesman. Joe Keller’s refusal to stop the shipment of cracked cylinder heads causes the deaths of innocent American soldiers. The grim reality is that he allowed the people who were defending him and fighting next to his sons to die, thus committing the ultimate sin of murder. In All My Sons Joe Keller immensely influences the lives of many outside his family while caring only about his own. By contrast, in Death of a Salesman Willy Lowman commits adultery, a rather minor sin when compared with murder. His influence is limited only to the lives of his wife and sons, while he desires to .....
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Les Miserables
Words: 1332 - Pages: 5.... to go back home with an illegitimate child.
Fantine finds a job in Montrueil at M. Madeleine's factory and attains a limited amount of wealth. Unfortunately things get worse for Fantine all of the sudden when she is fired from her job and,at the same time, must meet increasing finances for her daughter from the Thenardiers. Fantine looks for money and does everything possible such as selling her hair, her central incisors, and then turns to prostitution. She is arrested one day but is saved by Madeleine. Fantine moves in with Madeleine and gets very sick. Fantine wants to see her daughter which Madeleine promises her that he wi .....
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Review Of The Odyssey
Words: 1177 - Pages: 5.... part of the final resolution, it al begins with
this, for once the suitors are gone Odysseus is free to reclaim is post in
society. It also gives the reader a great feeling of elation that the
suitors who are terrorizing the house of Odysseus. A quote that really
gives a good idea of the overall impact and resolution that this passage
gives is as follows “You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it home
from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder, twisted my maids to
serve your beds. You dared bid for my wife while I was still alive.
Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven, contempt for
what men say of .....
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Comparison Of "The Devil And Tom Walker" And "The Devil And Daniel Webster"
Words: 544 - Pages: 2.... story doesn't give
much description on what his house looks like or the scenery.
Also, in “The Devil and Daniel Webster” it tells the story at a quicker
pace. Jabez meets the Devil and makes a deal before the story and plot
really develop very much. In the “Devil and Tom Walker” the story goes into
a lot of details about how his house is raggedy, ugly, and trashy looking.
No man traveling ever stops at their house. His wife hides things, is mean,
and a loud-mouth. The story describes how Tom walked through the murky
swamp and how he met “Old Scratch” unlike “The Devil and Daniel Webster”
when all the story talks about is how .....
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Hamlets Tragic Flaw
Words: 339 - Pages: 2.... contemplation, Hamlet is impulsive. An example of this is seen when hears a "rat" listening in on his dialogue with his mother in Act III, iv. Without the necessary thought, Hamlet draws his sword and kills Polonius. Another example to support this premise is in Act I, iv when Hamlet threatens his friends and follows the potentially dangerous ghost into the forest without any contemplation.
The contention that Hamlet's tragic flaw is "external difficulties" can be disproven in Act III, iii when Hamlet has his knife drawn and is only a swift motion away from Claudius' death. Hamlet's tragic flaw is not that he is motivated by ambition. This .....
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