There are symbols that can have a different meaning. In the book‚ The Pearl by John Steinbeck in the beginning of the story uses symbolism supposedly expressing hope and happiness brought by the pearl but its true meaning behind it is greed and becomes evil. Because of the pearl‚ Kino ends up doing terrible things that he would have never done like killing four men by the end of the parable. In the beginning of the story‚ the pearl is used to express hope and happiness. When something so beautiful
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Our first impression of Curley’s wife is that she is a very sexual character. This is suggested through Steinbeck’s description “her fingernails were red”. Red is associated with danger but also with love and passion. Red lipstick was used by prostitutes at the time to represent sexual arousal. Steinbeck also uses similes to give an image of Curley’s wife. For example “her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages”. However‚ the primary message is that she is dangerous and not to be trusted
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contrast with the main character and another so it highlights and sharpens their own characteristics. In the story “Astronomers Wife” we see a strong foil between two of the characters because of the protagonist‚ Mrs. Ames‚ who describes both men in very different views through their attitudes towards people‚ work ethics and their different intelligentsia. Another way that Mrs. Ames differs the plumber and Mrs. Ames husband is how they treat her. Mr. Ames is a person who seems to treat people
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In The Pearl‚ John Steinbeck describes pearl diving consisting of two ropes tied one to a stone and the other to a basket. The basket remained in the canoe while the rock went down under and lead him to the bottom of the water. "Kino had two ropes‚ one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe. The water was oily smooth. He took his rock in one hand and his basket in the other‚ and he slipped feet first over the
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where nobody knows why he done that except George his only friend .Lennie Small is huge and lumbering and‚ in many ways‚ the opposite of George Milton. Where George has sharp features and definite lines‚ Lennie is "shapeless." Often he is described in terms of animals. He lumbers like a bear and has the strength of a bear‚ but his actions are often described like those of a dog. Lennie ’s personality is like that of a child. He is innocent and mentally handicapped with no ability to understand abstract
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Kevin De Ornellas The Country Wife ENG302C2 1. William Wycherley A Shropshire lad‚ born 1641‚ died 1715. Educated in France and at Oxford. First play‚ Love in a Wood‚ 1671‚ was set in St. James’s Park Was favoured by the King’s mistress‚ the Duchess of Cleveland. Annoyed Charles II by secretly marrying in 1679. His most famous work is The Country Wife‚ probably performed first in 1675; the play’s first edition was published in 1675. 2. Critical reputation. Wycherly’s
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Explore the ways in which Macbeth and Banquo are presented in this scene and elsewhere in Shakespeare’s play‚ and in the performed version(s) In Act 1 Scene 3 and elsewhere in the play‚ Macbeth is presented as being; smart‚ greedy‚ evil‚ mysterious‚ and overly ambitious. Banquo is also presented as; under-appreciated‚ reliable‚ calm‚ and brave. However after Macbeth’s predictions he starts getting curious and jealous. In the paragraphs that follow I have shown examples of both characters Macbeth
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The Drover’s Wife‚ by Henry Lawson The Drover’s wife‚ by Hanry Lawson‚ expresses about a poor drover family‚ which the wife with four children lived apart from her husband. One night there was a snake in the partition of her house. To deal with this situation‚ she let her children sleep in the kitchen‚ but she stayed awake with Alligator‚ a dog‚ to look after her children from the snake. While she stayed awake‚ she thought of the unpleasant situations that she’d faced and how sorrow life she
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One of the ways Steinbeck shows Curley’s Wife as a villain is by portraying her as a tart. In chapter two‚ Candy quotes “Well‚ I think Curley’s married . . . . A tart.” In this chapter she is presented negatively‚ he uses his context to show she is a trouble maker and an attention seeker. The fact candy has labeled her a tart so soon makes us assume she is the villain in this novel. In the same chapter it is written ‘She had full rouged lips and wide spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails
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Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated from talking to anyone but Curley‚ because as a women in the 1930’s you wouldn’t have the right to do things or talk
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