The preface to Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Custom House”‚ serves to introduce the society and times in which the story is set; also‚ this essay provides the background story for the finding of the scarlet letter. The Custom House also provides a definition of what a romance is. Excerpts from “The Custom House” essay closely link to The Scarlet Letter’s text. Two notable examples of these parallels can be found in the descriptions given of the townspeople in Salem who live by ancient moral
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Richard Rodriguez wrote the essay Late Victorians to inform readers of the complexities and tragedy in the San Franciscan gay community‚ while exploring his own place in it. He is most personal and appealing to the reader’s pathos when he describes the death from AIDS of his friend Cesar‚ near the end of the essay. In order to make the reader empathize more readily‚ he first spends a paragraph making Cesar relatable. Rodriguez begins with straight-forward sentence structure (in paragraph 95)‚ writing:
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sense and discretion. Prefers to keep her troubles secret‚ as she is always trying to make sure that her mother and sisters are untroubled by her private woes. She knew very well what the chances were of Robert and Lucy getting married and from the reading it felt like she had come to terms with it. Although when it confirmed the readers see a different side of Elinor. 3. This is a very interesting segment of this paragraph. She told herself this was going to happen and so did her mind. This is
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The Yellow Wallpaper Close Reading The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman discovers that the woman trapped in the yellow wallpaper is really herself and reflects that there are countless other women trapped and oppressed by society just as she is. Through her descent into madness‚ the narrator is able to finally free herself‚ but not without losing her sanity in the process. When the narrator states: “I pulled and she shook‚ I shook and she pulled” (Gilman 517)‚ this
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Barn Burning Close Reading In “Barn Burning”‚ William Faulkner creates the ultimate story of choosing between right and wrong. Colonel Sartoris Snopes‚ a young boy nicknamed Sarty‚ lives torn between two different worlds. One is the life he actually lives‚ an ever-changing life of farm work and moving‚ where his father‚ Abner Snopes‚ burns down barns of anyone he feels has wronged him. Filled with despair‚ Sarty lives in constant fear of his father’s destructive and violent nature. The other world
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within the relationship between Jane and Rochester; particularly the spiritual equality that Jane establishes between them in her frank confession‚ thus transcending from his subordinate. While focussing on the this confrontation of Rochester‚ this essay shall consider the extracts place within a chapter whereby nature heavily symbolises Jane ’s true feelings and eventually undercuts the otherwise positive outlook by the chapters end. Issues of class and physical inferiority are consistently areas
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Huckleberry Finn: The Master of Disguise Further descriptions of characters previously mentioned are also provided‚ introduced or expanded upon in greater detail within the text as well. It’s no surprise when the temperament of Huck’s father is again described as a troublesome drunk with a tendency to have bad happenings follow where ever he goes. It’s quite obvious when he reunites with Huck he is out for his money and has no real affection for his son. Introduced in this section is the character
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The Bloody Chamber pages 11 to top of 15 In this extract the unnamed narrator and the Marquis consummate their marriage. We see this build up to their consummation where the Marquis teases her‚ enjoying her discomfort. Left about the in the ‘library’ she discovers a ‘Rops’ picture which is symbolic of their own relationship. Delighted to have found the narrator entranced with what she had seen. the Marquis relishes in her naivety and finally takes her virginity. Leaving her feeling exposed he announces
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Paper 1: Evaluation of Faustus’s internal conflict Faust. My heart’s so hard’ned I cannot repent. | 20 | Scarce can I name salvation‚ faith‚ or heaven‚ | | But fearful echoes thunder in mine ears | | “Faustus‚ thou art damn’d!” Then swords and knives‚ | | Poison‚ gun‚ halters‚ and envenom’d steel | | Are laid before me to despatch myself‚ | 25 | And long ere this I should have slain myself‚ | | Had not sweet pleasure conquer’d deep despair. | | Have I not
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this verion of the poem contains 298 stanzas. It gives a detailed‚ though not necessarily historically accurate account of the betrayal of Roland‚ a knight of King Charles‚ by his stepfather Ganelon as the Frankish campaign in Islamic Spain came to a close. King Marsile of Saragossa‚ the only city yet to be conquered by King Charles‚ strikes a deal with Ganelon to save his land from Frankish control by eliminating Ganelon ’s rival‚ Roland. As Charles and his army return to France‚ Marsile attacks the
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