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dissects both the outer meaning of the object and what that object is meant to determine in a deeper sense; and how those objects ...

In five pages this Harlem Renaissance period text is analyzed in terms of symbolism particularly in the title. There are no other...

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

means than prose, being as diverse a means of communication as any medium. Identifying the inherent problems associated with comp...

person aside from being mothers and wives. In the following paper we examine the symbolic nature of the sea in Chopins book, illus...

In seven pages the power of the water symbolism employed by John Cheever in these two literary works is analyzed. There are no ot...

fulfills his part of the social bargain, which is to "give to young and old all that God has given him." Grendel who is describ...

In six pages an analysis of the heroic symbolism in the epics 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' 'Beowulf,' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...

"too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers" (Shelley NA). In this we see the slow develo...

and societies (Counihan, 1997). This is evidenced in both food habits and human behaviors (Counihan, 1997). More specifi...

reminiscent of African culture as a whole is to miss the point of the masks intent. There are a variety of masks and they are mean...

curiosity. Then the wild and distant seas where he rolled his island bulk; the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale; these...

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

be a Bride --/ So late a Dowerless Girl -" (Dickinson 2-3). This indicates that she has nothing to offer, that she is a poor woman...

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

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 ...

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

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

of balance. The Knight carries the potential for both peace and war. They are intimately bound to one another, it should be said, ...

all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...

At the same time, however, it reflects a twinge of sadness with Allens passing and the importance it played in his life year after...

and rainfall again. References to wetness and of being soaked with water seem to refer to the state of the men, that they are abou...

people who dabbled in witchcraft were conspiring with "the Devil" (Fripp 646). According to St. Paul, "And then shall that wicke...

his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...

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...

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

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...

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...