Moby Dick: Moral Ambiguity
.... the respective fortunes of Ishmael and Ahab that the reader is left with. Herein lies a greater moral ambiguity than is previously suggested. Although Ishmael is the sole survivor of the Pequod, it is notable that in his own way, Ahab fulfills his desire for revenge by ensuring the destruction of the White Whale alongside his own end. Despite the seeming superiority of Ishmael’s destiny, Melville does not explicitly indicate so. On the contrary, he subtly suggests that Ishmael’s survival is lonely and empty upon being rescued: "It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found .....
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Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide
.... rest of the day is spent in useless quarrels...-it's one unending warfare. By having this character take on such a pessimistic tone, he directly contradicts the obviously over-optimistic tone of Candide. In the conclusion (page 1617) an old turk instructs Candide in the futility of needless philosophizing by saying that "...the work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty." In each of these examples, the character chosen by the author comes across as a reasonable and respectable person, making the author's point of view seem just as reasonable and respectable. Another technique Voltaire uses in Candide is that o .....
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The Theme Of Unity In Siddhartha
.... the final chapters, Siddhartha proves that achieving or over-coming obstacles do lead to better Unity. Prior to making a leap forward in reaching his goal, Siddhartha finds himself in despair. He speaks to Vasudeva, the ferryman. The ferryman smiles and says very little, allowing the River to speak for him. Siddhartha listens as the River reveals its first true, complete message.
"Om." Siddhartha hears.
His "wounds" heal, losing the attachment he had for his son. Siddhartha merges into Unity ; he attains his ultimate goal.
The River is essential in helping Siddhartha come to an important realization of Unity. He hears the r .....
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Cue For Treason
.... to repossess their land. During this siege, Peter was tolled to stand on guard. He fell asleep while he stood on guard and awoke only to see Sir Philip and his army approaching the house. He alerted the others that Sir Philip was headed their way. To stall Sir Philip and his army, Peter threw a rock at them. Fortunately when they shoot at Peter, they only nicked his hat. He was not hurt and returned safely home, but he had returned without his hat. That morning at school, Peter came across Sir Philip demanding to see him. He was on his afternoon break and he realized that his name was in the hat. This is how Peter find .....
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The Crucible: Abigail Is Selfish And Evil
.... you had never seen the sun go down." She fell in love with John Proctor after their affair, her morals and her whole life began to fall apart. She started to be overcome with her feelings of love, and her passion for John was enormous. After she was denied these things she could no longer control herself, and her whole reason for living became to get back John. This shows that when a person is given something, which they enjoy, and even love, and they are denied it, they feel distraught and they will many times do almost anything to get it back.
She was very desperate and she felt willing to do anything to get back .....
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Dimmsdale's Redemption
.... Dimmsdale for the first time.
Dimmsdale's second chance for salvation comes from Pearl at the second scaffold scene. While Dimmsdale walks with Pearl, she asks him, "Will you stand with mother and me to-morrow noon-tide?" That sterling moment is disrupted by Dimmsdale's refusal to join Hester and Pearl upon the scaffold. A few minutes later, Pearl berates him. Her omniscient attitude becomes more present, and one can only wonder how a little girl knows so much. It also becomes more apparent that she holds the key to Dimmsdale's salvation.
At the Election Day procession, Dimmsdale gives his sermon to the amassed townsf .....
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Plato's Simile Of The Cave: Artist's Work Is Based On Illusion
.... bad they are adding to the sum of badness in the world; and it is easier to copy a bad man than a good man, because the bad man is various and entertaining and extreme, while the good man is quiet and always the same.
Artists are interested in what is base and complex, not in what is simple and good. They induce the better part of the soul to ‘relax its guard’. Thus images of wickedness and excess may lead even good people to indulge secretly through art feelings which they would be ashamed to entertain in real life. We enjoy cruel jokes and bad taste in the theater, then behave boorishly at home. Art both expresses and .....
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The Crucible
.... caused her to change her mind about starting the witch hunts.
Grace played a key role in the disintegration of Salem Village. Characters’ feelings often changed . For example, Abigail decided that she was going to go ahead with the witch hunt, feeling compelled to after the town was talking witchcraft. Her change of heart started the trials. The character whose feelings did not change was Danforth. He said, "You misunderstand, sir: I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just"(124). Danforth did not experience a miracle; therefore, he would not pardon the others accused of witc .....
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Neighborhood Shock
.... society. One feels trapped in an absurd and indecipherable nightmare" (72). I also think this is a great example of what Barnlund refers to as "interpersonal understanding" (68), the desire of people to associate with others that share the same views as themselves and who express themselves in similar ways. I think the significance of this scene is the way it shows people still feeling isolated and alone in an unfamiliar culture even though there are others right next to them suffering from the same depression. It is the failure to communicate with those around them that keeps people feeling isolated and alone.
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The Bluest Eye
.... that, "Nobody loves the head of a dandelion" (Morrison 47). Pecola soon realizes that she will never be beautiful just how she is. As she looks affectionately at the dandelions, "they do not look at her and do not send love back" (Morrison 51). Pecola realizes that the dandelions are ugly and like them, she is merely an unwanted weed because she cannot be beautiful, like people she saw around her.
Pecola saw many other things around her that she could not be a part of, like the life of the rich white people. Pecola's mother worked for a white family on the other end of town, and occasionally, Pecola went with her. This a .....
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The Sign Of The Moonbow
.... old enemy.
Cormac's first development occurred when he had witnessed a young girl get raped by four very large men. Cormac had never hurt the defenseless before, let alone rape a young woman. He felt a slight tinge of compassion and rescued the girl, slaying her attackers. The next time Cormac felt emotion was after he had followed the girl back to her town and had learned that their leader had knowledge of a crowned woman. When these weaponless people were attacked by the rapists' clan Cormac protected them. When asked of his reasoning he replied, "I did so not to protect you sorry people but to learn of the land ruled by .....
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Brave New World
.... index and stored. It is here that they are "sexed". Thirty percent of the female embryos are allowed to progress normally (to maintain the supply of initial ova). The rest of the female embryos are given a large dose of male hormone that renders them physically female in all ways, but sterile.
It is also here that their caste designation determines how much oxygen they will receive in their bottle. "The lower the caste, the shorter the oxygen." The lower caste Epsilons are oxygen deprived because they don’t need smarts for the work that they do.
The "Bokanovskified", pre-sexed, caste designated embryos are then taken out of .....
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