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    Piggy's Symbols

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    Lord of the Flies               Military theorist Carl von Clausewitz once said: “Savage peoples are ruled by passion‚ civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization‚ but in the attendant circumstances‚ institutions‚ and so forth... even the most civilized peoples… can be fired with passionate hatred for each other.” In Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ the boys on the island slowly lose sight of their humanity‚ becoming more and

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    love symbol

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    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study Most people say love is a gift something beautiful from God. Love is a symbol about the feeling each individual. Deal with their couple‚ deal with their family‚ their children‚ and their friend. In the most stories‚ a man who falls in love with a woman will sacrifice everything he can‚ also with a woman‚ when a woman falls in love with a man will sacrifice everything she can. Not only about relationship between woman and man need sacrifice for

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    Manivone Sayasone Professor Nicoll-Johnson English 6B 1922 15 March 2013 Social Issue‚ Symbols‚ and Themes of Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” Poems During the seventeenth century‚ people in England substituted burning wood with coal to use their fireplaces to avoiding paying hearth taxes. The burning of coal left soot on the interior walls of the fireplaces that needed to be removed to keep the fireplaces clean. Homes would be polluted with fumes of the coal residue if the fireplaces weren’t cleaned

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    Catcher In the Rye Motif

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    York City after being kicked out of school for the third time after his brother’s death. Drinking‚ smoking‚ and other self-destructive behaviors largely constitute most of Holden’s time spent over the course of these three days. Salinger uses the motif of avoidance to illustrate that teenagers hide from their problems in order to attempt an escape from the pain of reality. Holden tries to run away from the sources of his problems‚ thinking that this esape will allow them to be solved by themselves

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    Symbols in The Sound and The Fury The Sound and the Fury‚ a novel written by William Faulkner in 1929‚ is the story of a large‚ well-established family in the South and their downfall. The family is comprised of many disorganized and very complicated characters‚ all with their own flaws that all lead up collectively to the deterioration of the Compson name. One of the major aspects of the novel that Faulkner really emphasizes on is the use of symbols and motifs. Through the use of these two literary

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    Symbols & Ironi

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    Symbols and Ironies The authors use irony in their writings because it creates a great closeness to a text and a feeling of satisfaction when the irony is recognized and understood‚ “- a little like a shared understanding between the writer and the reader - a kind of knowing wink!” (Englishbiz 1). On the other hand the symbols in the literature are used by the writers to improve their writing. Also‚ the symbols give more color‚ make it more rich writing and enhance the meaning to doing it deeper

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    Motif Of Power In Macbeth

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    acknowledging the consequences until later. In William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan tragedy Macbeth‚ the corruptive quality of power influences the individual to go against their nature in order to obtain power by any means necessary. Shakespeare utilizes the motif of blood to show that the steps taken to obtain power will not always yield favorable results and the consequences will stay with the individual. In order to possess power‚ an individual may decide to commit an act that goes entirely against their

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    Women: What role do women characters play in Homer’s The Odyessey and Chauncer’s Canterbury Tales? Men and women are both stereotyped to behave a certain way that fits into roles that society has created for them. Men are seen as being the forefront of the family‚ while the women are behind the scenes and inside the household taking care of petty things. Men are always portrayed as being mentally and physically tough and mighty with the ability to forge a life outside of the household‚ while

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    The Birthmark as a Symbol

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    The Birthmark as a Symbol In Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s‚ The Birthmark‚ the symbolism is quite evident of the birthmarks upon Georgiana ’s face. It represents Aylmer ’s struggles with nature and science‚ through his repeated attempts of the removal of it. This clash between science and nature illustrates the concept of man versus woman‚ through the femininity of nature and the masculine traits of the world of science. Throughout the story‚ nature is portrayed as feminine and is even present through

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    symbolism was valued throughout the film‚ depicting the emotions and thoughts of each character it gives a hint of the reality that the characters face and the history behind it. Native American storytelling displays the lessons with symbols to be learned in life. Sherman Alexie displays this in the movie Smoke Signals‚ when Thomas has a natural gift of storytelling. Storytelling is a part of the Native American tradition that Thomas has really taken to heart. He takes every opportunity

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