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Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 1880 / Number of Pages: 7
... imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" (Fitzgerald 9). This house, as Fitzgerald fabulously enlightens to, is an immaculate symbol of Gatsby's incalculable income. "The house he feels he needs in order to win happiness" (Bewley 24), is an elegant mansion; that of which an excellent symbol of carelessness is displayed and is part of Gatsby's own persona. Every Monday after a party, this house is kept by eight servants. It has its own entrance gate, a ...
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The Scarlet Letter - Pearl Bel
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... she does not like Dimmesdale enough to not wipe off his kiss? Yet another example that Pearl is not a believable child is when she is walking in the woods alone, she says, “Why art thou so sad? Pluck up a spirit, and do not be all the time sighing and murmuring!". If a young girl believes that a brook can be sad, that shows some serious mental problems. Most children would think of a brook as a brook, not a sad brook, and tell it to pluck up its spirit. Also in the forest when Pearl is talking to Hester, Pearl says, “And so it is! And, mother, he has his hand over his heart! Is it because, when the mi ...
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Allegory
Number of Words: 314 / Number of Pages: 2
... Other
allegories include the parables of Jesus, and The Faerie Queene, written by
the English poet Edmund Spenser in the late 1500's.
Allegories lost popularity in Europe after about 1600, but some, such as
Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684) gained recognition in later times.
Allegory also exists in other ways. Many novels include allegorical
suggestions of an additional level of meaning. Examples include Moby-Dick
(1851), a whaling adventure that raises issues of human struggle and fate
in a mysterious universe, and Lord of the Flies (1954), a story about
shipwrecked boys that examines the persis ...
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... something the grandmother has said or done. At the very beginning of the story, she starts off by stating that she does not want to go to Florida. She would rather go to east Tennessee and tried anything she could to change Bailey’s mind (Page 426). Later in the story, as they began the trip to Florida, the grandmother talked the entire time. She would tell stories of her youth to the grandchildren and lecture them about being more respectful to their native state, and to their parents. Although the grandmother is the protagonist, it is her fault that the trip ended in the devastating wa ...
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Diversity Of Hawthorne's Writings In "Young Goodman Brown", "Ethan Brand", And "The Birthmark"
Number of Words: 1505 / Number of Pages: 6
... characters or illusional
characters. It is soon learned that Goodman Brown is not such a good man and
later Faith shows us just as much false character. Goodman and Faith are not
the only characters that are not all they seem to be. We come to meet more
characters in the short story that are superficial as is the village itself.
Goodman Brown leaves the bright, warm, goodness of his village to make a journey
in the woods to meet a stranger. A good place to meet a stranger would be
these surrounding woods of Salem for it is here that described by Nathaniel
Hawthorne that "He had taken a dreary road, ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 1188 / Number of Pages: 5
... that Joseph had while at sea. Another unique aspect of Conrad’s writing, would be the lack of simple romance within all of his novels. This lack of emotional passion is most likely due to a drastic love affair when he was 17 that ended with an attempt to end his own life. Of Conrad’s many works some include Nostromo, Typhoon, The Secret Agent, and perhaps his most famous work Chance, which made him an instant celebrity within literary circles. From his world-renowned success, Conrad became very rich, and paraded himself as the typical aristocratic high-hat, and for the most part was allowed ...
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Lord Of The Flies- Civilizatio
Number of Words: 932 / Number of Pages: 4
... peace. But then, how could we have peace without war? We just wouldn't know what it is. So, civilization can’t maintain maximum control over us.
Civilization does maintain control, but only to an extent. It can only partly control you. One does what he/she wants depending on his/her beliefs, values, and morals. Of course, civilization does have regulations and consequences for those who break them, and this is why it maintains control. One would be afraid to commit a crime because he knows he/she might get caught and he’ll/she’ll go to jail or worse. But everyday or so on the news, in news ...
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On The Waterfront
Number of Words: 1112 / Number of Pages: 5
... serve basis. Friends of the mob was given good easy jobs while the other work tokens were thrown on the ground and the men would fight for them.
Characters – The main character is Terry an ex semi-professional boxer who became friendly with the mob during his career. He is a common unintelligent man (typical of his town) that unlike his brother quit school. He was the man that helped the mob kill a good man in the opening scene by distracting him to come onto the roof and check out his pigeons (Symbolic). His brother keeps the mobs papers.
The Antagonist is the mob boss named Johnny who blames p ...
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Shakespeare 2
Number of Words: 918 / Number of Pages: 4
... a maiden to substitute the unrequited love of Rosaline. Romeo happens to gaze upon Juliet, who charms Romeo. Romeo proclaims, " Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For ne’er saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since Romeo declares his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They believe that they are in love and must marry. However, it is a genuine coincidence that Romeo and Juliet were at the same place, at the same time.
Some days after the ball, Benvolio and Mercutio are conversing, in regard to the quarrelsome weather. Benvolio declares, "The day is hot, th ...
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... alliterative poetry, an important part of the Gawain-Poet's cultural and moral heritage. Both in the poet's use of alliterative verse and in his characterization of Gawain, it is apparent that Gawain has much in common with the Anglo-Saxon hero, such as Beowulf. The strange, hostile world he encounters upon leaving Camelot, the many tests he endures, the crafty machinations of the Green Knight, and the sexual temptations that can so easily overcome a man - impress us with the realization that Gawain is an honorable fellow, subject to weakness and ambiguity. The thematic lines between the poems are of ...
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