Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"
.... of it, he creates an extremely interesting and
tremendously strong character.
The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain and
self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he is as much
at fault for Hester˙s torment as any common villager, if not even more so.
Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the punishment for both
of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to believe that he also
condemned her. During those long seven years he made no move to lessen her load
or his own. Now Dimmesdale has had all that he can bear and lets out a yell
that draws the atte .....
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"The Yellow Wallpaper": The Main Character And Cry For Freedom
.... choice but to follow. "He knows there is no reason
to suffer and that satisfies him."(508) This quote illustrates that the men are
in control. If they strongly believe nothing is wrong, then nothing must be
wrong. It is a feeling of self satisfaction the men feel when they are superior
to the woman.
The main character knows John loves her, but it is the oppression she
feels that bothers her so. Her husband expresses his love for her but at the
same time imposes his will on her. He hinders her from having her own thoughts.
"…He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special
direction…"(507) The last few .....
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Chaucer's "The House Of Fame": The Cultural Nature Of Fame
.... praising the written
nor the oral, reveals how essentially the written word is far more likely to
become eternal as opposed to the oral. The relative "fame" of any work is
dependent on many factors. Many traditional and classical ideas result in the
formation of the English canon, yet as Chaucer indicates, the "fame" of these
works can easily become annihilated. The arrival of new readers with different
ideals and thereby changing tradition, can reject classical or "canonical" work
and their "fame" will melt into nothingness.
Most stories, histories and legends that emerge from oral heroic poetry are
to herald the achievem .....
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Juanita Platero's "Chee's Daughter": Character's Environment Reveals A Great Deal About Personality
.... back Little One from Old Man Fat. Chee treats the land as an
equal. "he felt so strongly that just now this was something between himself
and the land."(82) Chee treats the land as an equal, respects it and it
respects him by giving him the food he needs. Where he lives is pure and real,
like the earth.
The setting Old Man Fat chooses to live in reflects his personality and
values. Old Man Fat owns a small store one the side of the highway that
disregards some Navaho customs and beliefs. He does this by flaunting
"...pseudo-Navajo designs on the roof."(78) This is very disrespectful to his
tribe. He does not even try to find some .....
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Christianity In Dostoyevsky's Crime And Punishment: An Overview
.... book he was allowed). However, it was not until
his compulsory army service that Dostoyevsky's faith began to blossom. In the
army, Dostoyevsky met a fellow officer and devout Christian named Baron von
Vrangel, who befriended the still young Dostoevesky and helped him re-discover
the Christian faith (Frank 4).
Although a professing Christian for the rest of his life, Dostoyevsky
was not a “plaster saint.” (Until he died, he was plagued by doubts and a
passion for gambling.) Instead, Dostoyevsky understood, perhaps better than any
other great Christian author, that his faith was created and sustained by one
thing only: t .....
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Classic Tales Of Tom Sawyer
.... with his introduction of the characters and their
surroundings. From here, the familiarity of the characters and setting
continues to grow. The depictions of the characters, both in mannerisms and
dialogue, are so picturesque that Tom's superstitions and fantasies soon cause
no great surprises, Aunt Polly's religious sayings and hidden affection for her “
mischeevous” Tom come to be expected, and Sid's sly attacks on Tom appear
deserving of Tom's revenge.
The unique setting of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi River provides a
suitable background for all of the characters' adventures. With McDougal's
Cave's “vast labyrinth of .....
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The Theme Of Coming Of Age In Literature
.... of age is
an event which is often celebrated in many different cultures, through rituals
or ceremonies. The rituals, also known as passage rites, mark the passing of a
person from one stage of life to the next: birth, infancy, childhood, adulthood,
old age, and death. The coming of age is celebrated along with birth, and death
because it is known as a universal life crises. Evoking anxiety, these crises
often elicit passage rites. Arnold Van Gennep stated that "Passage rituals have
three steps: separation from society; inculcation-transformation; and return to
society in the new status." (1995, Grolier Encyclopedia)
All pa .....
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Common Human Experiences In To Kill A Mockingbird
.... their own ideas of what he was like and made
him out to be some sort of monster. They pre-judged him because he was
different than they were. Scout later met Boo and discovered that there
judgements of him were false.
The second common human experience is courage. Atticus displays two different
types of courage in the novel. the first is a mental courage when he defends
Tom Robinson even though the chances of winning are almost hopeless. This act
is also couragous because he knows by defending Tom he will shunned by his
peers and people will see him as a traitor. The second type of courage is a
more physical act of courage .....
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Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes Of George Orwell
.... the revolts, wars, and revolutions going on in Europe and Russia at the time
of his writings.
George Orwell was a Socialist2 himself, and he despised Russian
Communism3, and what it stood for. Orwell shows this hatred towards Communist
Russia in a letter he wrote to Victor Gollancz saying, "For quite fifteen years
I have regarded that regime with plain horror."4 Orwell wrote this letter in
1947, ten years after announcing his dislike of Communism. However, he had
thought a great deal about Communism and what he disliked about if for a long
time before he announced it to the public. Orwell "did not expect anything good
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Compare And Contrast On Characters Rayona And Pearl
.... accept them. Rayona and Pearl were also similar in another way. Through
the tough times of their mothers they stood by their side and endured the same
hardships.
Rayona and Pearl also have many differences. Rayona was of American
Indian and Black decent while Pearl was of American decent. While Pearl had to
live with her mother's troubles, Rayona lived away from them. There is a time
when Pearl finds out her history and the things her mother went through. Rayona
however never found out about her past or what her mother went through. Another
difference between the two is that Rayona had a brother to grow up with and play
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Comparing "The Adventures Of Huck Finn" And "The Catcher In The Rye"
.... period and any situation.
The Call to Adventure is the first of the Cosmogonic Cycle. It is the
actual "call to adventure" that one receives to begin the cycle. There are many
ways that this is found in literature including going by desire, by chance, by
abduction, and by being lured by an outside force. In The Adventures of Huck
Finn, Huck is forced with the dilemma of whether to stay with his father and
continue to be abused or to leave. Huck goes because he desires to begin his
journey. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden mentally is torn between experience
and innocence, it would seem to him that an outside force is l .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Brave Jem Finch
.... sir." "Why'd you do it?"
Jem said softly, "She said you lawed for niggers and trash."
Jems bravery was also evident in other character traits;emotions were a large
part of his life. Because Atticus was a lawyer, Jem often went to the court
room and noticed the variety ofstrong emotions that are invoked by the pressure
and atmosphere ofthe courtroom. Jems bravery makes him conscious of his
emotionsand he doesn't always want others to know how he feels. Scoutknows that
he always waits until he thinks it is the right time toreveal his emotions.
"I can get the janitor to let you in...Scout?" "Hm?" "Nothing." Jem hadn't
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