In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birth-Mark‚ Aylmer‚ a scientist tries to use science in order to make his wife perfect. She has a birthmark on her left cheek that to him causes him to believe is the only thing that causes her to not be perfect. Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to stress how people have this cultural necessity for perfection. That perfection is something people must succeed in achieving be it in a passion or even more visually. And that this sort of idealism can never lead to anything well
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The Color of Literature Color symbolism can be used to set the tone of a story and aspects within that story. Colors can invoke an emotional response as well as paint a picture of a character or scene within the story. In exploring the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Damrosch‚ Pike 1200-59) along with Christopher Columbus’ letter The Green and Beautiful Land (Columbus 1-7) there are three main colors that stand out. The first color‚ as shown in both titles‚ is green. Green plays a significant
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Symbolism is defined as the representation; treatment or interpretation of things as symbolic. In society and in particular‚ literature‚ symbolism is a prominent component that helps to illustrate a deeper meaning then perceived by the reader. Symbolism can be anything‚ a person‚ place or thing‚ used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to represent or foreshadow the conclusion of the story. In William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies symbolism of the main characters Ralph‚ Jack and
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It is possible to conclude that the whole story is based on allusions and specific representations of Christian traditions and concepts. The critics‚ who claim that the author creates wrong representations of religious beliefs and sacral ideas‚ do not analyze the novel deeply. In this way‚ the unfair
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In The Emigrants‚ author W. G. Sebald uses many returning themes as a way to represent the struggles that emigrants repeatedly experience. Going through a traumatic event‚ such as being forced to leave one’s home‚ leads to the need for repetition as a coping mechanism. This repetition is an outlet for the emigrants‚ because they long to feel as if they have control in their lives. All of the emigrants that Sebald introduces throughout the novel have the same obsession with looking out a window‚ or
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of symbolism is an important and effective method of storytelling in The Piano Lesson. Symbolism is a technique used by writers to associate one object or idea with another. This technique is essential in The Piano Lesson due to the small-scale‚ rural environment in which the story is told. Important thoughts and ideas that Wilson is trying to portray about African-American society could never be expressed without symbolism‚ due to this small setting. There are many examples of symbolism in The
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The 60s‚ for some‚ can be remembered as a wonderful time‚ symbolizing a decade of love and harmony‚ where music brought one another together. Others remember this time as a decade of America’s moral decrease‚ with the dawn of rock and roll and the "sinful"‚ inappropriate culture that it generated. In 1969 somewhere between 40‚000 and 50‚000 people gathered at Woodstock to celebrate their music‚ their love‚ and their freedom in the concert that has remained one of the most influential events of the
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Why Zoos Are Necessary for the Cognitive Expansion of Humanity I. Introduction Since their inception in Ancient Egypt‚ (Rose‚ 2009) zoos have a place in our society‚ and always will. They are living museums of the saga of all natural life; bearing witness to a countless parade of evolutional history. The public has an unalienable right to experience these ecological wonders in a safe‚ welcoming environment. II. Argument A. Education of the Masses Zoos provide an invaluable service
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“The Cask of the Amontillado” is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. It is about a most likely deranged man who exacts revenge on his old friend for an unknown insult. The sotry’s tone is very dark and serious and has an equally dismal atmosphere. The plot contains many literary elements such as symbolism and foreshadow. An element of symbolism is expressed when the story turns its attention to Fortunato’s and Montresor’s clothes. “He [Fortunato] had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress‚ and
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It is a fact that zoos exist in major cities of the world. Nowadays‚ while many people are in favour of zoos‚ others claim that zoos should not exist and the animals should live in their natural habitat. I would like to put some pros and cons of zoos and let each person decide on their own what they believe. Here are some arguments against zoos. First of all‚ animals should not be held in captivity in big cages because they are living creatures and they need to be free. According to a recent research
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