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Color Symbolism In The Scarlet
579 Words - 3 Pages.... in red clothing, representing the sin. Pearl is also called the names "Ruby," "Coral," or "red Rose," and "a little bird of scarlet plumage," further extending Pearl as a red representation of Hestor's sin. Red is employed by Hawthorne to show passion and sensuality. The sin is also represented by the letter "A" being formed in the sky by meteors, and an "A" appearing on Reverend Dimmesdale's chest. The first encounter with red is the description of a wild red rosebush growing outside the prison where Hestor was imprisoned. This is representing Hestor's pride and passion, growing in a place not fitting, similar to how Hestor's passion did not fit in with the Puritan ....
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A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester
328 Words - 2 Pages.... back memories of Finny, and Gene just had to get away from
there.
Therefore, Gene escaped, and joined the navy. It was there, in the
navy, where Gene tried to forget about his past, tried to rid himself of
all the feelings of pain and guilt, but failed. “I never talked about
Phineas and neither did anyone else; he was, however present in every
moment of everyday…” However after many years Gene stabilized and was able
to realize that although these feelings of guilt might stay with him
forever, he must learn how to live them.
Although, Gene lived a hard life, he still had to go on with it.
Throughout a persons life they undergo many challenges and obstacles, whi ....
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Jay Gatsby And The American Dr
965 Words - 4 Pages.... dream even after it had dissolved.
Jay Gatsby always wanted to become famous and wealthy, so he created an ideal image of himself for Nick and others he wanted to impress, especially Daisy. In this image he claims he is the son of some wealthy people in the Midwest but educated at Oxford; traveled to Paris, Venice, and Rome; collects rubies, hunts big game, and paints; and received many awards and medals for his outstanding effort in World War I. Gatsby created this “ideal image” in order to impress those people who were curious about his background such as Daisy and Nick, and to make sure no one thinks he was “just some nobody”. This “ideal image” was a compl ....
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Summary Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
679 Words - 3 Pages.... Mr.
Endfield which is good friends with Dr. Jekyll's lawyer. On one of their
regular Sunday walks Mr. Endfield was describing his contact with Mr. Hyde.
His story consisted of seeing Hyde trample right over a little girl with
absolutely no remorse whatsoever. This story included Endfield's
description of Hyde which was quite disturbing. "He must be deformed
somewhere, he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't
specify the point"(Stevenson,8-9). There is no pinpoint of what Endfield
saw that was so disturbing but it was something about him that did not seem
to be right.
When Mr. Utterson himself came across meeting Mr. Hyde in person,
he understood what h ....
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
2848 Words - 11 Pages.... into slavery, and its depiction of adolescent life.
The novel resumes Huck’s tale from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which
ended with Huck^Òs adoption by Widow Douglas. But it is so much more.
Into this book the world called his masterpiece, Mark Twain put his prime
purpose, one that branched in all his writing: a plea for humanity, for
the end of caste, and of its cruelties (Allen 260).
Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in Florida,
Missouri, in 1835. During his childhood he lived in Hannibal, Missouri, a
Mississippi river port that was to become a large influence on his future
writing. It was Twain’s nature to write about where ....
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Life In A Medieval Village Summary
1292 Words - 5 Pages.... necessarily face the
street, but might stand at odd angles, with a fence fronting on the street.
Their were two types of houses, the peasant cottage,(which wasn't that big)
and the long house which had more space by far. The village wasn't a very
delightful place to be in. It was a place of bustle, clutter, smells,
disrepair, and dust, or in much of the year mud. It was far from silent!
Every village had a lord, but only rarely was he in residence. A
resident lord was usually a petty knight. The old feudal theory of lordship
as a link in the legal chain of authority running from serf to monarch had
lost much of it's substance. However, as far as the village was concerned ....
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Seeing Futher Through Tears Th
526 Words - 2 Pages.... Romeo after knowing him only a day and she is not even sure herself that Romeo wants to marry her. "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. . . And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay, and follow thee my lord throughout the world" (Lines 142-143, 146-147, Scene 2, Act 2). After he marriage she is told by her nurse she is to marry Paris. In a blind fury she runs to Friar Lawrence with a knife to her body, thinking that her only option was to dye or hear a plan presented by Friar Lawrence to get her out of a second marriage. "If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, do thou but call my resolution wise, and with this knife I'll help ....
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Of Mice And Men: The Feeling Only The Lonely Could Feel
502 Words - 2 Pages.... society in that particular time period. Crooks is not
allowed to be close friends with anyone or participate in the fun stuff
other Ranch workers are able to enjoy. These things combined with others
cause Crooks to feel inferior and lonely. He feels as though there is no
one on the Ranch he can be friends with. Crooks is one of the loneliest
people on the ranch and the saddest because he is unable to do things
normal people could do because of his color.
Candy was a character who felt the despair of loneliness when he
was forced to have his best and only friend killed. His friend was a loyal
and loving sheepdog that grew up with Candy and had stuck with him through
thi ....
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