Critical Lens Essay Nicholas Cage once said that‚ “I like flawed characters because somewhere in them I see more of the truth.” This quotes means that characters are much more unrealistic when they are perfect. Characters with flaws give the reader a more accurate view of humanity because all people have flaws. The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and “The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe are two works of literature that support this quote. In both of these works‚ it is
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Critical Lens An anonymous speaker once said‚ " In literature‚ evil often triumphs but never conquers." This means that in literature there is always a clash between a good side and an evil side. The characters on the evil side are usually illustrated as more intelligent figures and will appear to be winning the little battles with the good side however‚ in the end the good will always prevail. I agree with this quote because whatever happens good will always conquer as seen in both Macbeth by
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Critical Lens Essay According to Ernest Hemingway‚ “...all things truly wicked start from innocence.” This quotation means that everything that is evil was once pure. I agree with the quotation because when your are pure of anything contaminated‚ the environment can create evilness in a person. Through the use of symbolism in Lord of the Flies‚ and irony in Oedipus the King‚ William Golding and Sophocles shows the readers that corruption stems from innocence. William Golding uses symbolism in
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Helen Keller was an important influence for the deaf and blind. They also had a woman they could relate to pushing for reform. She wrote numerous magazine articles on the prevention of blindness and the education and special problems of the blind. A group that didn’t receive much benefit from her work may be the less fortunate. With no information provided‚ we don’t know if there were funds provided for the less fortunate people‚ to be able to afford and benefit from the program services. This did
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All My Sons 3/18/13 Critical Lens - Benjamin Aereli Benjamin Aereli once said that “Circumstances are beyond the control of the man‚ but his conduct is in his power.” I agree with this quote. This quote means that unexpected things happen‚ things that one does not have any control over. One does have control over how they handle a situation. Many examples of this idea can be found in literature. The play All My Sons by Arthur Miller illustrates this idea several times. Two characters
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are so little that we can’t even remember how‚ something that for all of us was always part of our lives. Helen Keller with her need of language to give sense to life‚ Frederick Douglass with his ways of learning and Amy Tan with the importance of the “Mother Tongue” language‚ convey to us a totally different view of how language changes‚ develops and gives meaning to our lives. For Helen Keller‚ when she was around seven years old‚ language was a mystery. In a selection of her biography “The Story
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The stages of Intellectual development on Helen Kellers and Malcolm X The stages of Intellectual development were invented by Jean Piaget after the development of children’s thinking for more than a fifty years. There are four stages: imitation‚ separation‚ classify and metaphors. Stages intellectual development is aplicated to every learning process such as Malcolm X a man that learned through a dictionary. Also Helen Keller‚ a woman who was blind and deaf. However‚ learned by touching objects while
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even learning through revelations. Each way of gaining knowledge is unique‚ and every person learns differently. When reading about the old man‚ Helen Keller‚ and Mrs. Hale’s experiences‚ it is easy to see a commonality; Though unique‚ the link in each character’s story occurs in the revelations they experience. The old man in “A Christmas Story‚” Helen Keller‚ and Mrs. Hale in “Trifles” have all had experiences of learning in different ways‚ but ultimately it is a personal revelation that leads to their
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is the way they handle themselves when they are in a problem. The critical lens is valid because this is true in life and literature. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger exemplifies the critical lens statement by Martin Luther King Jr. The literary elements that best support the interpretation is characterization and conflict. John Proctor in The Crucible exemplifies the critical lens statement by
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January 17‚ 2012 Critical Lens John F. Kennedy once stated “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. In other words‚ if we can’t resolve our problems peacefully‚ then violent revolution is bound to happen. This is true because in life when people cannot get what they want peacefully‚ they turn to violence. The pieces of literature which prove the quote true are the book; Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ and the song; “The International” written
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