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Bill Budd
483 Words - 2 Pages

.... he the champion, afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost.” John Claggart, a man “in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not engendered by vicious training or corrupting books or licentious living but born with him and innate, in short ‘a depravity according to nature.’” These two people who are clearly on opposite sides of the spectrum contrast one another in a plethora of ways. Where Billy is sweet, John is bitter. Where Billy is naïve, John is knowledgeable. Where Billy is content, John is jealous. Lastly, where Billy is good, John is bad. The ugliness that results in the death of both men portrays the triumph ....


The Scarlet Letter Literary An
1276 Words - 5 Pages

.... also received a mark. Dimmesdale’s mark is not visible to the world, but burns deep within his chest. Both Hester and Dimmesdale’s marks burn as a daily reminder of sin and unholiness. It is only fitting that Roger Chillingworth, a learned scholar and a makeshift physician be the Black Man of the forest, and represent an evil force in the novel. Hawthorne uses Chillingworth as a symbol of science, which is a common theme in many of his works. Hawthorne’s dislike of men of science is also evident in many of his texts, like “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”. In both these stories a man of science, eit ....


Candide By Voltaire
1495 Words - 6 Pages

.... that all is well" (Voltaire, p. 31). Pangloss, the philosopher, tries to defend his theories by determining the positive from the negative situations and by showing that misfortunes bring some privileges. As Candide grows up, whenever something unfortunate happens, Pangloss would turn the situation around, bringing out the good in it. Candide learns that optimism is "The passion for maintaining that all is right when all goes wrong " (Voltaire, p.86). According to Rene Pomeau, "Voltaire-Candide...have made him [Candide] acquainted with the bad and the good side of human existence. The moral of Candide is born out of its style; it is the art of extracting happiness from th ....


Running A Thousand Miles From Freedom: The Victimization Of Women In Slavery
870 Words - 4 Pages

.... a plan for their escape(Craft 27). While most slaves escaped through swamps and forests, the Crafts escaped publicly by train. Ellen posed as an old white man traveling with his slave. She wore this disguise because women could not travel alone with slaves. To pull this off, they covered her face with a handkerchief. They felt that her smooth skin wouldn’t look very convincing. She also had her arm in a cast, so that they could use the alibi that the master (Ellen) was traveling to Philadelphia for medical reasons. They traveled through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland before they reached Philadelphia on Christmas day. At one point while ....


A Worn Path: Phoenix Jackson
698 Words - 3 Pages

.... Jackson being a pathetic character is illustrated throughout the work with many different examples and situations. The first character trait shown to suggest her idea of being a pathetic figure is her disillusions and her senile view of the world around her. Shortly after Phoenix begins her journey, she sits down for rest. She begins to gaze at her surroundings when suddenly a little boy appears out of nowhere. The little boy is bringing her and a slice of cake. As Phoenix begins to reach for the slice of cake, the boy vanishes. The young boy is merely a figment of her imagination Confused and disoriented, she continues her journey. This particular incidents sugg ....


To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice In Maycomb
646 Words - 3 Pages

.... house, while Tom Robinson is stereotyped by Maycomb because of his skin color. Rumors are spread about these men because most of Maycomb is guilty of prejudice. Boo Radley is generally gossiped about by Miss Stephanie Crawford. Miss Stephanie recounts to Jem about rumors spread about Boo Radley. “So Jem received much of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford...”( Lee, TKAM 11 ). Miss Stephanie explains a erroneous rumor about Boo. “As Mr. Radley passes by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg...” ( 11 ). Tom Robinson is prejudged by many people, some include: Scout, Mr. Gilmer, and Bob Ewell. For example, when Scout says, “Well, Dill, after all he's ju ....


Demian
974 Words - 4 Pages

.... are moving in. Hesse's use of dreams help develop Emil from innocent child to educated man. The first significant dream occurs on page nineteen. Emil dreams that he is on a boat, "surrounded by absolute peace and the glow of a holiday." He dreams of how his sisters' "white summer dresses shimmer in the sun." As Emil awakes he describes himself having fallen "out of paradise back into reality, again face to face with the enemy, with his evil eye." This dream is very sinificant in that it shows Emil's departure from the absolute "good" world into one of "evil." Emil has had first experience with lying, which he did to Kromer, that opened the door to more evil. Emil now ....


Great Gatsby Failure Of The Am
1768 Words - 7 Pages

.... lived like one of the East Eggers, whom he despised. Like the idle rich of East Egg he too accomplished nothing. His evolution as a man amounted to nothing more than a faded dream, because he never did accomplish what he had set out to do, which was to win back the heart of his one true love, Daisy. The prize for his success is similar to one who has made a deal with the devil in the sense that the reward is not worth the sacrifices made to attain it. Gatsby is a man whose delusions of achieving the American Dream is corrupted by the basis on which he strives for it. American Dream consists of becoming rich through hard work and determination through legal means. Gatsby& ....



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