YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Literary Uses of Symbolism and Imagery
Essays 571 - 600
the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...
the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...
great deal of information about the Birlings, even before they speak. It is a family dinner, but the setting is extremely formal a...
and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...
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, ...
natural fears and perplexities and institutionalize social views (Malinowski 11). These stories and the use of language, then, de...
Color One author suggests that "It was to be expected that as primitive man developed the weaving art, the introduction of ...
are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...
We can see that he is panicking because he has killed a man and there is blood on him that he cannot wash off. Even though his wif...
closer to home, meaning that the consequences of the war are more far-reaching than they are to Nick, his counterpart. "In Another...
2005). Her life is so awful that she retreats into her weight, into madness, and eventually into an attempt at suicide (Miserandi...
an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not mere...
and one from their devoted black servant Dilsey Gibson and read like the gospels of the Bible in that observations of actual event...
day it was...Thought my old man was out back stacking wood...She dried her hands on her apron" (Jackson). Clearly this town is sym...
theme of pride that runs in Lyman and his ancestor, as well as other characters. In the work the author notes many instances, su...
soul to the devil for what he desires. This relates well to Paul for he is a man who will do anything to live, if even only for a ...
he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
is a sense of familiarity. In some way, this author does not want to reveal the prejudices or insights of the narrator too early o...
no face, instead, the eyes are behind an enormous pair of glasses which are sitting on a non-existent nose (Fitzgerald). Nick, who...
women--and how they react when that legal system is about to destroy one of their own. Women did not make homicide law as it exist...
so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
(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...
about Aguilars work, one author notes the following in relationship to intertextuality: "The concept of intertexuality thus dramat...
cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...
the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...
have to know whos in charge. Max Weber, the German sociologist, "defined power as the ability to get things done your way in spite...