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Essays 511 - 540
die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery...
death in The Great War. Unlike classical protagonists, Jacob exists not in the center of the action but always on the periphery (...
of life in our worldly form, of the power of the many mystical forces of our universe, and the concepts of reincarnation and life ...
Marion Zimmer Bradley viewed the legend with a historians eye. The time period of King Arthur supposedly took place at the time wh...
is referring to the banter that Beatrice and Benedick engage in every time they meet. This type of banter is prevalent throughout ...
symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...
seem to represent the mocking bird are the threats of hatred, prejudice and ignorance. Innocent people such as Tom Robinson and Bo...
powerful and perhaps confusing mentor, Luke is angered and frustrated as he feels he is learning nothing at all. He struggles on t...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
it is as much a story about the Earth as it is a story about the human characters that strive to seek resolution to the very real ...
thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...
that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...
on her symptoms she has cancer. Soon, Hagar will be an angel. But, since she is such a tough old bird, difficult to those trying t...
can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...
Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...
respectively. He did perhaps change his ideology over time and student writing on this subject might say that he had softened his ...
Finn" but also in many others of Twains tales. This importance is made apparent even by the chosen pen name of the author. Samue...
to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...
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 ...
his prowess as a warrior that has drawn Desdemona to him. When his loss of battles to fight on the actual battlefield come to an e...
to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...
speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....
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...
between what is real and what is a mere reflection is indicated in the line that says, "Under the October twilight the water/Mirro...
Aziz is a doctor who is living in India as the novel opens. His wife has died and he is raising his three children. Dr. Aziz makes...
eros, or cupid, in that the dust from her makes a person fly. Pixie dust coupled with happy thoughts send one skyward...just as fi...
that the whole land is "diseased" and "poisoned." Later in that same scene. Antonio predicts that Bosolas "foul melancholy" will "...
the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...
This is the function of a shawabti, but does it really describe the way in which one was lovingly carved, placed, or the perspecti...
forest, having lost his way from the "true path." One night, when half my life behind me lay, I wandered from the straight lost ...