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Analysis Of Pearl In Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of Words: 1256 / Number of Pages: 5
... lived a very difficult
life. Before the novel begins, Hester Prynne gives birth to Pearl after
having an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister. Pearl's birth
proves that Hester cheated on her husband Roger Chillingworth provoking the
stories action. The novel opens with the people of Boston staring and
laughing at Hester holding Pearl while standing on the town's scaffold. At
this time, Pearl is three months old. Years later Hester gets released from
jail and lives with Pearl in the outskirts of town. Since Hester becomes
alienated from Boston, Pearl turns into "her mother's only ...
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Analysis Of Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow"
Number of Words: 517 / Number of Pages: 2
... that
has been painted in our minds with words.
There is also a structural relationship between the initial
statement and the rest of the poem. The first two lines are highly
contrasting to the rest of the poem. The last six lines, grouped in two,
consist of either an article or a preposition, an adjective, and a noun.
The first two lines are the only ones with a verb.
The poem is lacking in punctuation, however the formality and
structure of the poem makes up for the absence. This choice of arrangement
of the lines and words could be a protest against formality. In any case it
is a search for new ...
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Wuthering Heights: Negativity In Domesticity
Number of Words: 1848 / Number of Pages: 7
... than out of love. Catherine had loved Heathcliff for many years, but the domestic norms forced her to marry Edgar Linton because he was an acceptable suitor. Although she loved Heathcliff, he still remained an unattainable husband because he did not live up to the domestic standards of what a husband should be. He lacked a family background, wealth, and an ideal appearance that led Catherine to realize that “it would degrade [her] to marry Heathcliff” (Bronte 80). She was aware of the domestic norms, but it upset her because her love always remained true to Heathcliff, regardless of what he lacke ...
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War Of The Worlds
Number of Words: 956 / Number of Pages: 4
... imigrants. In
this case the twins want to change the system and the rules wich Indian people
live by. Suki and her sister will not tolerate the rules and live by the normal
traditions. Therefor you can say that the two twins are revulutionary. The twins
want to speak in the Gurudwara, so they can tell the other women and children to
fight for their rights. After normal indian traditions women don't have anything
to say. It is the men who make the decitions and therfor decides over the women
and children. The two sisters want to help other women and children and on a
sunday in the Gurudwara they say tha ...
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Heart Of Darkness: The Symbol Of Ivory
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... on a purely evil connotation as Marlow approaches those hearts of
darkness: the Inner Station and Kurtz. Kurtz's relationship with ivory
seems to have been reiterated by every company member through the course of
the story. Of course Kurtz “harvested” more ivory than all the other
stations combined, and therefore it almost seems appropriate that Conrad
would use extensive ivory imagery in describing Kurtz. Earlier, during his
digression on Kurtz, Marlow says, “The wilderness had patted him on the
head, and, behold, it was like a ball—an ivory ball”. By the time that
Kurtz is carried out on a stretch ...
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Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 709 / Number of Pages: 3
... my nigger.". Then Huck steals Jim from the Phelps farm
(eventhough he was already set free by Miss Watson's will). Huck Finn
changes as we go through the story because Jim is really almost his
slave and he grows to like having Jim wait on him.
In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain depicts Southern life and society
in the 1870's. The main point that Twain makes is that Southern life
is not as glorious as it's made out to be. We can tell this be several
ironies between the way Southern life was depicted and the way Twain
describes them. One of the ironies is that plantation owners were ...
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Comparison Of Huck Finn And To
Number of Words: 245 / Number of Pages: 1
... comical relationship.
Tom and Huck are two adventurous souls but in very opposing ways. Huck’s idea of adventure is to escape from society, their beliefs and all of their conformities, but he does it in a way that is level-headed and sensible. Tom, on the other hand, is more likely to make up an adventure based on something he had read in a book and not really trying to escape anything. All of his ideas and schemes come from books, unlike Huck, who has actually lived the fantasies Tom has imagined.
The two are alike in one way though. They both have a very strong sense of adventure. I think th ...
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Summary Of The Canterbury Tales
Number of Words: 1364 / Number of Pages: 5
... After the Knight's
courtly and philosophical romance about noble love, the Miller interrupts
with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve (an
officer or steward of a manor); the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about
the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the
personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of their tellers.
After the Knight's tale, the Miller, who was so drunk that he could
barely sit on his horse, began screaming," I know a tale that can cap the
Knight's tale off!" "But first, said the Miller, "I admit that I am drunk;
I kn ...
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Lord Of The Flies: The Breakdown Of A Society
Number of Words: 745 / Number of Pages: 3
... of their
society.
The second symbol is Piggy's glasses in connection with the fire
and the boys' eventual rescue. The specs were used to start the first fire.
Without them, they have no chance of rescue.
At one point in the story, Jack and Piggy began to fight and Jack
hit Piggy's glasses off. They hit a rock and shattered one lens. This
symbolizes the loss of one-half of their chance of rescue.
One day, Ralph, Simon and Piggy saw a passing ship in the distance.
Unfortunately, their fire had gone out because nobody had fulfilled their
responsibility of tending to it. They boys are now more ...
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Grapes Of Wrath: Summary
Number of Words: 1947 / Number of Pages: 8
... had settled the land many generations before, the effects of the Dust bowl, and the forced migration were not at all beneficial to the people of this land. The family, which Steinbeck wrote about, although fictional, represented a sample of the thousands of farmers that were forced off their land and into a new part of the country (French 8).
The Joads were a closely-knit family. As the novel opens, Tom Joad, their son, whom was returning from a seven-year jail sentence for manslaughter, rejoins the family. Tom returns home only to discover that home is no longer what he had left four years ea ...
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