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cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not mere...

theme of pride that runs in Lyman and his ancestor, as well as other characters. In the work the author notes many instances, su...

hopefully connect with the real world enough so that he is not mired in the dysfunctional and fantasy world that his mother and li...

freedom and lack of subornation to men that was facilitated by her position as a courtesan (Adler, 1988). The symbols are both d...

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

choked with it, so that they die and fall early. This of course is an extended metaphor for the men themselves, who will also die ...

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen...

from founder Bob Wolff, Winning Ways employees are part of an organizational culture that thrives on verbal cues. The Winning Ways...

has grown deep like rivers" (line 4). Setting the line off by itself emphasizes its significance, as it ties the narrator directly...

This essay focuses on the symbolic meaning of the journey as it pertains to "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty and "I Used to Live Her...

example, include architectural features that are symbolic of the "holy mountain, the sacred cave and the cosmic axis" (Moffett, Fa...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "A Subaltern's Love Song" by Betjeman. Symbols of post-colonial significance are de...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at use of symbolism in Great Expectations. The use of London itself as a symbol of corr...

luster that made her, herself, shine so" (Capote 14-15). In this one can see how despite the group of people she hung out with, ...

the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...

Introduction The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story filled with many images and many forms of symbolism. It is a ri...

the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...

poor state of the realm, it is suggested that some deep essential cause rather than mere circumstance is to blame for the decay of...

Although various cultures and religions have practiced veiling at various points in history, the contemporary practice of veiling ...

This is the function of a shawabti, but does it really describe the way in which one was lovingly carved, placed, or the perspecti...

is typically associated with the imagery of male strength and the dove, that of female purity. According to the metaphysical belie...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

a whole has revolted against. The primary perpetrator of this situation in Mary Shellys "Frankenstein" could be identified as Dr....

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

would be important to the scheme of things and the fact that she does make the transition herself--no one is dragging her nor does...