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The Scarlet Letter: Who Is The Greatest Sinner?
Words: 948 / Pages: 4 .... by Hester was present through out the novel. The scene in the brook with Arthur Dimmesdale is the perfect example of her lack of repentance. In the Brook, Hester and Dimmesdale, her partner in adultery, made plans to flee to Europe to escape the punishments they had to face. It had seven years that Hester had to wear the scarlet letter. The letter was her punishment, and she was to wear it for life. However, on that day in the brook, “she undid the clasp that fastened the scarlet letter, and, taking it from her bosom, threw it to a distance among the withered leaves (p.198).” In doing this, Hester violated her punishment. How can a pers .....
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Kafka's The Trial: Guilt
Words: 986 / Pages: 4 .... with his own anxiety.
K and his trial are used to represent the eternal guilt of human beings in
the eyes of a bureaucracy, and in this sense, K is guilty. However, the
question of K's guilt is not important to Kafka's intention to show his
idea that "the innocent and the guilty [are] both executed without
distinction in the end."
In Kafka's beliefs, the courts treat all men as if they were guilty.
Joseph K is a prime example of this treatment. He is never told about his
crime, nor of how the trial is going. He merely waits until he is summoned,
and if he is not, he is still forced to live his life according to the
courts. This is what Kafka .....
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Literary Techniques Used In The Invisible Man
Words: 563 / Pages: 3 .... man is the one that is usually made to look ridiculous and forced to tolerate embarrassment. But here the Invisible Man is declaring that he will not put up with this kind of treatment. Who would expect the Invisible Man of all people to make a statement such as this one?
The second literary technique Ellison uses is antagonism. The narrator's reaction to an advertisement sign stating that whiter skin is better shows the black man moving towards a feeling of importance. Using the sign as an opposing force, Ellison shows his passion for the negative attitude towards blacks by giving the Invisible Man a sense of hostility towards the advertisement. .....
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Madame Bovary 2
Words: 2087 / Pages: 8 .... which stimulated his talent for writing.
In 1844, Flaubert was struck with a then strange illness, that was later assumed to be related to epilepsy, which was a much feared, mysterious illness considered to be a connected to a divine curse.(1)
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For health reasons, he gladly retired to his family's home in Le
Croisset, France. He happily took the opportunity to give up law and dedicate most of his time to his writing.(2)
Flaubert was frequently characterized by his sullen attitude and pessimism, which had been caused by his illness. He possessed deep hatred and contempt for middle-class society, feelings that originated from hi .....
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Summary Of To Kill A Mockingbird
Words: 248 / Pages: 1 .... story
takes place over the span of four years. There are many conflicts in the
story. First, a young girl is raped and a black man is accused of the
crime. The people of the town immediately assume the black man is guilty.
Atticus, Scouts father, is a lawyer and takes the case. Because of the is
he would have been lynched if it weren't for the innocence of his children.
Atticus proves the defendant's innocence but given the time period the man
is found guilty anyway.
Also, there is a neighbor boy who is supposed to be a severely
disturbed. However, it turns out that this bad apple is truly good. He is
always leaving little trinkets in a tree .....
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A Worn Path: A Tale Of Unstoppable Love
Words: 869 / Pages: 4 .... small
cane made from an umbrella."
The description of Phoenix Jackson at the beginning of this story
gives the reader a glimpse of how difficult this trip is going to be for an
elderly woman such as her. The description "Her eyes were blue with age.
Her skin has a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles" are
indications of Phoenix Jackson's old age. She supports herself with a cane,
striving not to fall with every step she takes. She wears a "dress reaching
down to her shoe tops" along with "an equally long apron of bleached sugar
sacks, with a full pocket." This just adds to her difficulties. As she
begins her journey, she talks to h .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman
Words: 764 / Pages: 3 .... and everyone did as the old man said. When the old
salesman, Dave Singleman dies, all the buyers came to his funeral. All the
people Dave ever knew came. There were thousands mourning his death. From
that point, Willy Loman found an awesome dream which he followed the rest
of his life. Willy became a salesman. Willy is the most unqualified
salesman ever! He never sold a thing. Willy stops seeing the truth at one
point of his life and he relies on his own lies to numb his pain. The pain
of knowing he cannot and wont be able to become Dave Singleman. He is
Willy Loman, who is good at fixing the house. He is not cut out for
travelling from .....
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One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Words: 561 / Pages: 3 .... The town believed itself to be cut off from the rest of the world. In addition, Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula are looking for solitude. The founding of Macondo was a result of escaping Jose Arcadio Buendia's murder of Prudencio Aguilar. Aguilar's ghost haunted them, eventually forcing them to retreat.
The family seems to remain very involved within itself. Much of this is Spanish culture. In Spanish-speaking countries, it is not uncommon to find many generations of the same family living in one house. The Buendia house always has various relatives within it. Yet, this is not the only explanation. The incest of the family is a t .....
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Lord Of The Flies 3
Words: 553 / Pages: 3 .... me?’ Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air. Ralph counted ‘I’m chief then’ ” (Golding 23).
Ralph is chosen as leader because in the story Lord of the Flies, he symbolizes every good quality necessary to return home. The qualities are leadership, kindness, benevolence, and most of all, friendship.
The second youth is known to the other boys as Piggy. Piggy is not like the other boys, in the fact that his sense of fun and adventure was replaced with that of worrisome and caution. He is a portly child, which brought on the n .....
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Young Goodman Brown: Everyone Is Capable Of Sin
Words: 470 / Pages: 2 .... a conversation. Instantly, Goody recognizes him as
the devil. Then Satan says, ‘“Then Goody Cloyse knows her old friend?”'1
The conversation later reveals Goody is a witch and is on her way to the
Black Sabbath. Shortly afterwards, as Goodman was resting, Deacon Gookin,
Goodman's other spiritual advisor, walks by with a minister. He and the
minister are talking about missing a church ordination dinner to attend the
satanic gathering. The deacon says,'”Besides several of the Indian powwows,
who, after their fashion know almost as much deviltry as the best of us,'”
(311). The whole time Goodman is on the trail, he is committing sin.
E .....
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