Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in The Age of Innocence Long ago in ancient Greece‚ mythology was used to explain our world‚ our lives‚ and most importantly‚ our interpersonal relationships. Still today Greek mythology is infused into the literature of almost every influential and lasting author‚ one of the more effective authors being Edith Wharton‚ author of The Age of Innocence. The relationship between Newland Archer and Madame Ellen Olenska‚ two protagonists in Wharton ’s novel‚ is
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ loss of innocence is seen specifically with the characters of Jem Finch and Boo Radley. For Jem‚ who has watched his father try cases for many years‚ he believes that in court‚ justice prevails. He believes completely that Tom Robinson will be found innocent because Atticus has been able to provide reasonable doubt: Tom could not have beaten Mayella because he has no use of his left arm. However‚ justice is not served in the court trial: prejudice and bigotry
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day she decides to explore the woods as she had done many times with her mother in late autumn while gathering nuts. Myop then leaves the safety and peacefulness of her family’s cabin to search for new and wonderful flowers. The flowers represent innocence‚ life‚ and the beauty of life. This summer morning she makes her own path and finds herself about a mile from home in unfamiliar surroundings. The cove she had come upon was gloomy‚ damp and had a mysterious silence. This description of the cave
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applied to this are that “Young” refers to youthful age and naivety‚ while “Goodman” infers being uncorrupted (Lorcher). This naivety can be seen as a direct reference to his being tempted by Satan on his forthcoming journey and the potential loss of innocence. Goodman Brown informs his newlywed wife that he must take this mysterious journey without deviation. In this manner‚ it is very much like Hawthorne’s own father leaving on the mysterious sea voyage and never returning. This journey happened despite
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Nazi concentration. After being taken from his home town of Sighet‚ Transylvania in a cattle car‚ Wiesel ends up in the infamous Auschwitz. Throughout the novel Wiesel experiences a loss of innocence due to the traumatizing things he is exposed to‚ such as hangings and mass cremations. This loss of innocence results in a loss of faith. In the book‚ Wiesel employs the motif of religion to illustrate the idea that faith is easy to lose when faced with continuous pain and suffering because of feeling
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happening in the text is that Santiago is getting his palm read by a gypsy. He tells the gypsy he didn’t come to get his palm read‚ but she says that he came so he can learn about his dreams‚ and that dreams are the language of God. Santiago then begins to tell her how he had a dream about a little boy that appeared in his field of sheep‚and started playing with his sheep for a while. The little boy then went up to Santiago grabbed his hands and transported Santiago to the Egyptian Pyramids and told
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As soon as people can string a few words together to form a proper sentence as an infant‚ they start asking questions. They ask questions about their surroundings in an attempt to make sense of what goes on around them. A toddler’s question of ‘where’s mommy and daddy?’ when his parents have been out shopping for groceries can be answered without difficulty. But some questions‚ even when asked at such a young age‚ are difficult to answer. Questions like‚ “Why does nobody come? Why was I forgotten
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How does the extreme hardship and conflict of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war
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An initiation story’s plot is typically concerned with a protagonist’s experience that drives character development. More commonly it is concerned with the loss of innocence in a child adolescent. One example of this category of fictional writing is “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro‚ in which a young girl found pride in helping her father breed and slaughter animals in a time and place where a woman’s role was to be married and tend to a family. After watching her father kill Mack‚ a horse the narrator
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Children: A Good Target Market or An Abuse of Innocence? Advertising is a way many businesses attract consumers. Consumers are‚ after all‚ their source of income. Billions of dollars are spent every year by corporations to huge advertising companies to think of the next big commodity. However‚ the most attractive target market today is children‚ which inevitably sparks controversy throughout the country. When discussing advertising to children‚ one should highly consider how the effects the products
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