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Scarlet Letter Essay +
Number of Words: 1725 / Number of Pages: 7
... to it instantly for some reason. Pearl notices the letter as an infant as her “eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery about the letter, and, putting up her hand, she grasped at it…”(98) and Hester feels the “torture inflicted by the intelligent touch of Pearl’s baby hand.” (98). This seems to suggest that truth was once again revealed to Hester whenever Pearl noticed the scarlet letter and it shows how Pearl seemed to know the significance of the letter as an infant.
While Hawthorne shows how truth revealed itself to Hester he shows a di ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry
Number of Words: 661 / Number of Pages: 3
... and life’s down are well represented in the river.
The point of view of this book was also one of the very best aspects of this book. Huck Finn was written in the first person point of view with Huckleberry Finn telling the story. Even in the beginning, Huckleberry reminds the reader of what happens at the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. "You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter." (page 3) Huckleberry exclaims himself. Mark Twain writes with such flavor and detail that you feel like you’ ...
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Hamlet Analyzed In Terms Of Ar
Number of Words: 908 / Number of Pages: 4
... in a sensible, believable manner. Hamlet
is able to avenge his father’s death by killing his
uncle. Shakespeare also follows Aristotle’s idea of the
tragedy being of a certain magnitude. The characters
are supposed to be the most perfect people whom the
audience can still relate to. Hamlet is a wealthy
prince, however he deals with the same problems as the
common man. He is confused, paranoid, and angered about
the circumstances surrounding his father’s death. He is
also unsure of himself and how he should handle the
situation. The audience can relate to this uncertain
feeling and they ...
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Ghosts 2
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... a pipe in his youth. Young Oswald smoked until he became sick. This is a foreshadowing of his illness, another sickness caused by careless actions. Another example of fire is seen when the orphanage, built in honor of Alving, is burned (287). The fire creates a symbolism that represents the truth, rising quickly and devouring all illusions. However, when the fire is extinguished, the fantasy world is up in smoke and all that remains are the painful ashes of the past.
The orphanage is used as a subtle symbol for the illusion created by Mrs. Alving. The brothel, Captain Alving’s Home, symboli ...
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Global Tales - Stories From Many Cultures
Number of Words: 1631 / Number of Pages: 6
... the dialogues used. I especially admire the way he brings the story to a close, not too dramatic, yet satisfactory. Some writers often leave an unfinished ending where it is up to the reader to decide, treating this as their style and adding a sense of mystery to the story. However, these are sometimes the most horrible kind of ending, not only irritating, but also annoying. The ending is the element that wraps up the whole story, yet the writer left it out, like a jigsaw piece went missing. It is not a complete piece of writing. Lastly, I find R.K. Narayan to be naughty at times, from the way he phras ...
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Personal Identity
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... that is they both make up a person and are responsible for the
qualities associated with being an individual (height, weight, character, belief,
etc.). Perry also comes back to challenge this using the analogy of a river.
If one goes to a river, and then the next day goes back to the same river, the
person will not say that it is a different river, although almost all of the
properties of the river have changed (water molecules, pollution level,
temperature, etc.). This is the same with a person, for we say that a person at
adolescence is still the same person at adulthood, even though the the per ...
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The Ideals Of Knighthood In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Number of Words: 744 / Number of Pages: 3
... the king.
The poet reveals that Gawain is not only loyal, but also courageous, and worthy to have his attributes put to the test. This is done in the description of the shield that Gawain arms himself with to undertake his journey to the Green Chapel. The shield is adorned "with pentangle portrayed in purest gold.” This pentangle represents Gawain’s "faith in the five wounds of Christ and the five joys of the Virgin, and his possession of the five knightly virtues..." This display of Gawain’s purity reinforces his worthiness to undergo the test of his chivalry.
Honor is another virtue that a knigh ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
Number of Words: 895 / Number of Pages: 4
... flee Jem’s pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clumsily mended them where the fence tore them.
When school begins again, Scout and Jem find more trinkets in the tree. They write a thank you note to whomever is leaving the things for them, but Mr. Radley cements up the knot hole. During the
winter it snows and Jem builds a snow man by making a form out of mud and then covering the mud with snow. The house of Miss Maudie, a friendly neighbor, burns down that night. While the children
watch the fire from the street in front of the Radle ...
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In Cold Blood
Number of Words: 1663 / Number of Pages: 7
... of the plot.
The novel begins on the day that the murders take place. The Clutter family is going about their daily chores. Nancy, the town sweetheart, is contemplating about how she is to get all of her chores finished. Her father, brother, and mother are carrying on as they usually would on a Saturday morning. They are an extremely happy family that holds grudges with no one. Capote introduces the audience to the family on a personal level.
Just outside of the small town of Holcomb, Kansas awaits a man named Dick. He is waiting for a friend of his named Perry. Perry likes to travel. One of h ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Weaves Dreams Into Reality In Much Of His 19th Century Prose
Number of Words: 1419 / Number of Pages: 6
... the human soul.
An examination of Hawthorne's own narrative in his short story, The
Birthmark, published in 1850 during the latter part of the period of
Puritanism expands his observations of mankind with keen insight.
Truth often finds its way to the mind close-muffled
in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising
directness of matters in regard to which we practice
an unconscious self-deception, during our waking
moments. (par.15)
The prophetic statement was made by Hawthorne to open the reader's mind ...
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