Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism Of Death In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"
.... of Usher", falls into the Gothic category. "It is usually admired for its
‘atmosphere' and for its exquisitely artificial manipulation of Gothic claptrap
and decor"(Abel, 380).
Bringing forth the symbolism of death is a major part of this writing.
All of the characters in "The Fall of the House of Usher" are linked to death;
by physical objects or by other people. "There are no symbols of absolute good"
(Abel, 382).
The physical aspect of the House of Usher symbolizes death, in the
chain of events, during the story. Even Poe's description of the house has
deadly characteristics. Poe describes the house a .....
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Eliot's Views Of Sexuality As Revealed In The Behavior Of Prufrock And Sweeney
.... to do, instead of
yielding to his own natural feelings. He wrestles with his desires to change
his world and with his fear of their rejection. He imagines how foolish he
would feel if he were to make his proposal only to discover that the woman had
never thought of him as a possible lover; he imagines her brisk, cruel response;
"That is not what I meant, at all."
He imagines that she will want his head on a platter and they did with
the prophet John the Baptist. He also fears the ridicule and snickers of other
men when she rejects him.
Prufrock imagines "And would it have been worth it, after all," and if
she did not reject .....
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White Lilacs
.... to
him being tared and feathered. His family had to find a place for him to hide
so nothing else would happen to him.
- The citizens of the black community (Freedom) had to find a
new place to go to school because the white people had burned the colored school
down. This happened because of the fact that no people were moving out of
Freedom.
- Rose Lee's parents had a harder time getting enough money to survive.
This is after they moved out of Freedom.
- Grandfather Jim had a hard time replanting his ³Garden Of Eden²
after they moved. Not just because of the poor soil conditions but he never
could replace the real .....
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Hemingway's "In Our Time": Lost Generation
.... what age this novel is read at, it could be
discussed as a representation of the "lost generation." What is meant by the
phrase "lost generation?" Possibly it means the loss of a kindlier, friendlier,
period of time. Maybe it means a loss of familiarity, closeness and strength of
relationships; everyday things like the lost art of conversation. But at the
same time, the characters in the stories appear to be part of a "lost
generation" themselves. In "The Three- Day Blow," Nick and Bill spend a
leisurely afternoon talking about baseball and books while enjoying a good
"ole'" bottle of Irish whiskey. They manage to pass the time .....
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Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures In The Sun Also Rises
.... E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man.
F. This is like Jakes demasculation.
G. All releases her from her womanly nature.
H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her
equals. IV. Robert Cohn.
A. Women dominate him.
B. Old fashioned romantic.
C. Lives by what he reads.
D. To feel like a man.
1. Boxes.
a. Helps him to compensate for bad treatment from
classmates.
b. Turns him into an armed romantic.
2. Likes authority of editing and honor of writing, but is
a bad edi .....
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Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls": War's Affect On Man And Importance Of Time
.... me. Stand up." (Pg.462) By saying this Jordan reveals how man
is never an individual but instead is made up of all the influences, experiences,
and memories that we have shared with others.
Furthermore This change came upon Jordan as a consequence of joining the
war. Before the war had started he had no idea what it meant to be an
individual, or to truly fall in love. Jordan says to Maria "I have never loved
someone as thee. Before our cause I never new what it was like to truly live.
Or to love, as I do thee" (P160). This shows how being in the war allowed him to
understand what it really meant to be a man. Before the .....
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Escaping The Fog Of Pride And Prejudice
.... saying that Elizabeth is not handsome enough
to tempt him. Elizabeth's pride is hurt and she characterizes Darcy as
disagreeable and proud. When Elizabeth first meets Wikham, she is blinded by
her prejudice of Darcy as she accepts everything harmful Wikham has to say of
Darcy. The plot of the rest of the book revolves around Elizabeth discovering
the true nature of both Darcy and Wikham. At the Netherfield ball, it seems
this will never happen. From the beginning of the night, when Elizabeth
discovers Wikham didn't attend the ball in order to avoid Darcy she "was
resolved against any sort of conversation with him" (60). Her .....
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All The King's Men: Man As A Slave To Knowledge
.... to hide, a skeleton in the closet.
Stark knows that everyone has some bit of knowledge to hide, and that the
knowledge makes man a slave as he tries to hide the bit of knowledge. Stark
often wields the power of knowledge to enslave others to do his bidding. He
finds the dirt on someone, the secret bit of dark knowledge, and then has them
do his bidding. When a certain Byram B. White tried to get rich, Stark had him
sign an undated resignation form to hold him in his power. Willie said himself, “
Well, I fixed Byram. I fixed him so his unborn great-grandchildren will wet
their pants on this anniversary and not know why (136 .....
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Book Report On Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
.... respect for women, for example; he is a despicable "voluptuary," and
he satisfies his lust at any cost. He drives his wife to madness by bringing
"women of ill-repute" into their house right in front of her. Even more
shockingly, he rapes a mentally retarded woman, who later dies giving birth to
his illegitimate son, Smerdyakov, who grows up as his father's servant.
Fyodor is even more blatantly disrespectful to his three legitimate
children. After his wife's death, he abandons them, for they "would have been
a hindrance to his debaucheries." He is never a true father to any of them.
When his oldest son, Dmitry, be .....
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Essay On Jim In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... saw him. Tom hid
until that night when they planned to break Jim out. But being the one for
excitement that Tom was he derived a plan that would for sure get them caught.
He left a note on the Phelps's porch that something was going to happen. As
Huck and Tom freed Jim Mr. Phelps fired a shot and it hit Tom but Huck and Jim
didn't realize it until they got to the boat and floated to the island. On the
island, they decided to leave to leave Tom while Huck went to get a doctor and
Jim got away. But when the doctor arrived Jim was watching Tom. Jim sacrificed
his freedom to help someone who he really didn't like. Jim symboli .....
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Faulkner's "The Unvanquished"
.... He 'let his conscience be his guide'.
Telling his father about Drusilla's attempt to seduce him and refusing to avenge
his father's death are two good examples of this. In the beginning of the novel,
Bayard is shown to be simple minded, but as time passes on and Bayard grows into
a young man, his mind develops and he ultimately ends the battle between
idealism and pragmatism in one carefully thought out decision.
The battle between the two philosophies is very subtle in the beginning.
But it grows and strengthens, and since there can only be one winner, the
pragmatist is victorious. When Bayard's father is killed, and Bayard de .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol Of The Scarlet Letter
.... and illuminated
upon her bosom." Hester chose red as the color of her brand of shame, to
declare to the rest of the townspeople that she is prepared to acknowledge her
sin, instead of denying it; she could have chosen to wear her "A" in a plain and
nondistinct color, to escape the townspeople's disdain. By displaying her guilt
however, she is granted the opportunity to face her punishment bravely, thus
through her public humiliation, she achieves freedom from the personal guilt of
not suffering enough for her crimes. Furthermore, "the scarlet letter,
forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red-h .....
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