adultery to save her husband and their reputation.Later on John Proctor gets accused of witchcraft by Mary warren. Where he first agrees to lying to the townspeople about committing witchcraft so he would not get hanged‚ but later on realizes that he does not get another name and that he will not live with the townspeople of Salem believing that he could do witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor was
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oppression and frustration that women went through in society. Perkins use of symbolism adds to the reality of the wife’s oppression that slowly progresses into insanity. The subordinate position the wife is in because of her overpowering husband is created by the use of symbols such as the yellow wallpaper‚ secret diary‚ and the woman inside the wallpaper. The yellow wallpaper‚ being one of the largest symbols in the story‚ sheds light on how men overpower women. The color yellow on the wallpaper exemplifies
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 Shakespeare uses disguise in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ to cause confusion and internal conflict between his characters and it is this confusion and conflict that appeal to the audience. It keeps them wondering how many more of these situations will arise‚ and in the end‚ how will this confusion and conflict be resolved? The first time that this is evident is in Act I‚ Scene IV‚ where Cesario‚ really Viola is sent by her master‚ Orsino‚ to win the love of Countess Olivia for
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Most people hate normal things‚ such as traffic or cleaning. Other people‚ upon reading The Crucible‚ develop a sense of hatred towards Abigail Williams. Arthur Miller writes Abigail as manipulative‚ selfish‚ and an effective liar. This hatred towards Abigail is inevitable and present throughout the play‚ but Miller suggests that hatred towards an evil person is warranted. In the first act‚ Abigail immediately starts by lying‚ which becomes her first introduction to every reader. Rumors are spreading
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Explore how satire effects the readers attitude toward the content of Alexander Pope’s‚ ‘Rape of the lock’‚ Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s travels’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Satire is defined as a literary genre or form used to ridicule‚ tease‚ torment and ‘poke fun at’‚ satire can employ irony and burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit
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Afghanistan now only know evil‚ but with Amir revisiting and blind to how bad it has actually gotten he is astonished by the destruction. In the overall book there were many times he covered himself out of fear. For example‚ during the rape with Hassan the sense of covering was when he ran away so he didn’t have to see it happen. Here‚ he covered his eyes so he didn’t have to see the stoning. Baseball Parallels: The use of baseball parallels such as baseball pitcher‚ mound‚ teams took the
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flaming burn. ’A wave of nausea...’ exemplifies his fear as there is a queasy‚ unsettling feeling in his stomach because of the situation he is in. He uses emotive language in the lines ’It wasn’t just broken‚ it was ruptured‚ twisted‚ crushed..’‚ Joe piled up powerful adjectives to make us undergo what he is feeling. In this line he also used the power of three to showcase and emphasize the seriousness of his condition. This also paints a graphic image in the readers’
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most war novels‚ Catch-22 shows the irrationality of war and its negative affects felt by soldiers. It is not the usual novel where hero’s are marked by rank and kill counts. Two themes that Heller covers are that of capitalism and free enterprise. He does so by using language‚ style and the character Milo Minderbinder. In the novel‚ Milo assumes the low rank of a mess officer. However he is different from most mess officers. Milo is described as the most incredible mess officer who unlike the other
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Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses his trademark descriptive way of writing his stories to describe the scenery of the island‚ the appearance of the boys and their behavior‚ and the beast that is claimed to share the island with the boys. Golding uses this imagery to create a visual picture for the reader‚ so they can feel as if they’re seeing the events in person‚ and to have a better understanding of the book and Golding himself. The descriptions he uses to describe the boys as the story progresses
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Voltaire‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ and Hard Times by Charles Dickens are very successful in using satire to show the flaws of each era ’s current views. Voltaire‚ Orwell‚ and Dickens use different forms of satire to make their points. Voltaire and Dickens are very extreme with their depiction of satire‚ while Orwell uses a fable to soften his view. These three authors do a great job of using themes‚ characters‚ and style to satirically show the grey areas of their era.
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