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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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

In five pages this paper examines how the Green Knight is symbolically portrayed as strong, noble, and just. There are no other s...

young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...

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...

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

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

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

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, ...

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...

saved by a friend and turned to writing which greatly changed her entire perspective, giving her "some measure of power" (Gilman [...

were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...

in form and lessened in abstraction. Yeatss once short, rhyming poems transformed into more lengthy poems that were less concerne...

1/3 that is white. Another symbol that involves Gus is the window. Gus is always asking questions and seeking something ne...

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

function as one interfused mass of automatism" (Williams 3). This is a setting that exists perhaps in every large city in the na...

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

from the Garden of Eden. The novel is "structured in two parts, each beginning with an air battle followed by an exploration of th...

"color meaning" website lists exactly these same colors: red, blue, green, orange and purple, plus black and white, as the ones it...

retinas are one yard high" (Fitzgerald 15). The student researching this topic will note that there are divergences from the stu...

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