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    Santiago's Loneliness

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    is an example of this. However‚ despite these facts‚ many people continue to mistreat and greatly undermine them. In The Old Man and the Sea‚ a novel by Ernest Hemingway‚ an old fisherman communicates with the sea life around him to appease his loneliness while attempting to reel in an impossibly large Marlin. Hemingway personifies the sea and sea life to reveal Santiago’s kind and respectful character. Throughout his journey‚

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    Isolation in Frankenstein

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    Conrad Kramer Mrs. Mack Brit. Lit. 4-26-13 Isolation is something that everybody experiences at some point in his or her life. There are many different types of alienation and there are many different things that can cause someone to be solitary or lonely. Some people choose to be alone simply because they like to reflect on thoughts and their lives‚ while some people end up alone even if they don’t want to be. Isolation affects individuals in many different ways and can have many different

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    Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope or dreams in your life-which is what Steinbeck achieves by portraying this theme effectively through key fictional characters in Of Mice and Men. By living in the town of ‘Soledad’ (Spanish for loneliness)‚ the audience gets an overwhelming sense of the depressing environment that the migrant farmers are living through by their repetitive lifestyle and the consequences they face through the Great Depression and the Dustbowl. Yet another aspect of

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    Isolation in Hopper

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    Isolation in light and shadow The painting “New York Movie” is an incredible painting with significant use of light and shadow and the contrast of warm and cool colors. It’s not just a painting of a nicely dressed lady in a theater. It’s very intense and strong. Edward Hopper defines the isolation of urbanites by the design of this painting. The arrangements of figures and settings capture the moment of “not belonging”. By the composition‚ contrast of colors and the use of light and shadow‚

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    Danger of Isolation

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    Chanelle Whitfield “Othello: The Danger of Isolation” Othello is a Shakespearean tragedy which depicts the incompatibility of military heroism and love; the danger of isolation. I personally think that Othello conveys the balance of human strengths and weaknesses amidst good and evil in society. In my opinion‚ Othello is a cultural and a racial outsider who is a bold‚ strong‚ courageous‚ naive and foolish. Throughout the play Othello represents the strengths and weaknesses in society

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    Isolation in Frankenstein

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    The Isolation of Victor Frankenstein Isolation and loneliness can do great injustices to the human brain. People are programed to function in cohabitation with others of their kind‚ to form relationships with them. So‚ when these relationships fail or seem to be absent from one’s life‚ the aloneness can ache. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the reader sees the developing isolation of Victor Frankenstein‚ which can be attributed to his personality and upbringing‚ as well as his unwavering obsession

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    The characters Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s Wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation. By creating and describing these characters‚ Steinbeck is showing the reader symbolism in the characteristics of these three characters and how it can alter the story and the characters in it. Candy demonstrates the theme of loneliness throughout the whole novella. By the way he acts towards other characters in the novella. For example‚ he was only close to his dog before he met George and Lennie and he was

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    Loneliness In Siddhartha

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    he received something more then what he bargain for. He meant the women he was able to fancy. He lust over this women enough to clean up his look and do as she wished. He was able to become intoxicated with he lust he felt for her to forget his loneliness. Everything was short lived. He took a job with a business man who was very passionate about his work. This remained Siddhartha of how he had never experiences the joy of doing something or for that matter any joy of being alive. “For a long Siddhartha

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    Mallard's Loneliness

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    Alfred Prufrock is lonely. There is a difference between being lonely and alone‚ Mallard is a good examples of being alone because even though her husband “died” she still had a family. Unlike Mallard‚ J. Alfred Prufrock is an example of loneliness because it states in the poem how he stands in a room full of people‚ nobody is talking to him and no one even recognizes him. In the poem‚ Alfred Prufrock doesn’t want to be lonely anymore and instead be recognized. The author puts in repetition

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    Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the unfortunate reality of loneliness consumes the lives of the majority of the characters. The time period portrayed in this novel‚ the 1920’s‚ had brought about several changes for people. It was highly common for large groups of people to join together for parties with endless drinking‚ dancing and celebrating. However‚ when the night was over and the festivities finished‚ most people were forced right back into their regular everyday lives feeling

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