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  • Symbolism - Lord of the Flies

    Symbolism - Lord of the Flies

    Symbolism, Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of children are stranded on an island when their plane crashes. Golding tells the story by using a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. The boys are in a world of freedom of having no parents while living in

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Killa
  • William’s Work as a Doctor and the Symbolic Images of “spring and All”

    William’s Work as a Doctor and the Symbolic Images of “spring and All”

    William’s work as a doctor and the symbolic images of “Spring and All” William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey. He was a poet, novelist and a doctor, and worked hard throughout his life. He was one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement. He had his own techniques and I just finished reading “Spring and All” by William Carlos Williams. I realized that Williams also used dashes

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    Essay Length: 366 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Setting and Symbols in the Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Setting and Symbols in the Mayor of Casterbridge

    Keywords: setting atmosphere mood symbol character coincidences Abstract: Modern critics consider Hardy a great writer and they consider The Mayor of Casterbridge one of HardyЎЇs two great novels. Of all the WessexЎЇs novels, however, this is the least typical. Although it makes much less use of the physical environment than do the others, we still cannot ignore the frequently use of symbols and setting in the novel. In my essay, IЎ®ll analyze the function of

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    Essay Length: 1,393 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption, murder and mostly of the life in the 1920’s. In this well-crafted tale, Fitzgerald presents a fast moving, exciting story, and to any typical reader it can be enjoyed. However, if the reader takes the time to analyze his words and truly understand the symbolism used, it can transform this account into a completely different experience. In The

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: regina
  • Symbolize in the Awakening

    Symbolize in the Awakening

    In all novels the use of symbols are what make the story feel so real to the reader. A symbol as simple as a bird can mean so much more then what you see. Whereas a symbol as complicated as the sea, can mean so much less then what you thought. It is a person perception that brings them to the true meaning of a specific symbol. Symbols are message within a word that must

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Symbolism of the Bowl in Janus

    Symbolism of the Bowl in Janus

    "The Hunger Artist," which is Kafka’s masterpiece, suggests that humans can never satisfy their desires. “The Hunger Artist,” which is a story about a man who professionally fasts in a cage, is limited only 40 days of fasting by his manager, even though the artist believes he can last much longer. The Hunger Artist still remains unsatisfied even after his very pleased crowd leaves. The artist eventually hires himself out to the circus. However, the

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    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Bred
  • Symbolisms of Oppression in Gilman's “the Yellow Wallpaper”

    Symbolisms of Oppression in Gilman's “the Yellow Wallpaper”

    Symbolisms of oppression in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” During the Victorian period women were viewed as objects. Upper middle class women were not allowed to be intellectual or work. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an oppressed woman who wrote about the hardships of being a woman in a male dominate world. The symbolism in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” depicts the feelings of oppression of a Victorian woman. The narrator in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is infatuated

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Light in August and Symbolism

    Light in August and Symbolism

    Light in August, a novel written by the well-known author, William Faulkner, can definitely be interpreted in many ways. However, one fairly obvious prospective is through a religious standpoint. It is difficult, nearly impossible, to construe Light in August without noting the Christian parallels. Faulkner gives us proof that a Christian symbolic interpretation is valid. Certain facts of these parallels are inescapable and there are many guideposts to this idea. For instance, there is

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: July
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism Essay

    To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism Essay

    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Question; Describe an important symbol or symbols in the text you have studied and analyse how the symbol helped to develop ideas in the text. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story of racial prejudice and social class set in a time when such narrow-mindedness was considered acceptable and apart of every day life in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Narrated and based around Scout (Jean

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    Essay Length: 1,174 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown

    The Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown

    The short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne narrates a character’s religious journey over the course of a night and how it reflects on his life later. Goodman Brown, a good and kind man, navigates a plethora of situations on his quest for a small taste of ungodliness. The story takes a deeper meaning with the symbols used. Symbolism in “Young Goodman Brown” is shown through the characters, the setting, and the individual

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ use of symbolism in “The Glass Menagerie” Tennessee Williams’ memory play “The Glass Menagerie describes three separate characters, their dreams and the realities they face in a changing world. The play is set in an apartment in st Louis during the American depression. The Glass Menagerie exposes the lost dreams of a southern family and their desperate struggle to escape reality. The play “The glass menagerie” itself is a symbol Williams uses

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Symbolism of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter

    Pearl is a very intriguing character in The Scarlet Letter; she is Hester’s and Dimmesdale’s child and the embodiment of their sin. Pearl is used in contrast to puritan society and as human form of the scarlet letter. Pearl is a great contrast to the strictness of puritan society; she is a very wild and disobedient child and this comes from being raised in the forest. She is raised in the forest instead of in

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism in “The Scarlet Letter” “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is full of many different themes, symbols, ironies, and conflicts. All of these aspects are crucial to the construction and dramatization of the plot. In literature, symbolism is the deepness and hidden meaning behind the story. Symbolism plays a major role in developing the themes of Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”; symbols such as the rosebush at the prison, Hester’s daughter Pearl, and the Scarlet

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Symbol of the Church in Joyce’s Araby

    The Symbol of the Church in Joyce’s Araby

    Joyce's short story "Araby" is filled with symbolic images of a church. It opens and closes with strong symbols, and in the body of the story, the images are shaped by the young), Irish narrator's impres-sions of the effect the Church of Ireland has upon the people of Ire-land. The boy is fiercely determined to invest in someone within this Church the holiness he feels should be the natural state of all withinit, but a

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Hills like White Elephants - Symbolism

    Hills like White Elephants - Symbolism

    1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue, the story does not use “I.” Instead, it uses his name, or refers to the character as “him” or “he.” 2. The story starts off as third person objective. It’s first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions, such as in the first paragraph of part one, “It did not appear to be the duty

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Steve
  • True Human Nature - Symbols (in Lord of the Flies)

    True Human Nature - Symbols (in Lord of the Flies)

    The central theme in the novel Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, is that all mankind is inherently savage and the only aspect suppressing man’s primitive behavior is the moral influences of civilization. It is society that holds everyone together, and when rules, values, and consensus of right and wrong are absent, a moral surrounding no longer influences one’s actions. Thus, values, reason, and the basic understanding of morality are lost, and the true

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    Essay Length: 933 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Islamic Symbols Report

    Islamic Symbols Report

    Islamic Symbols Report--Throughout the years, people have used symbols to represent their spiritual beliefs. We will look at several of these symbols in the Islamic religion. First we will look at one of the most important symbols to Muslims. It is the Koran, also spelled Qur’an. This is Islam’s holy book. It contains Allah’s final revelation and how each Muslim should live their life. The original language of the Koran is Arabic and has been

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Monika
  • Lord of the Flies Symbolism

    Lord of the Flies Symbolism

    Symbolism is the author's sneaky way of tying the story's action to its theme. Cleverly placed throughout the story, these symbols can be found if the reader takes a closer look. In William Goldings The Lord of the Flies, a school of boys plane-crash onto a deserted island and become stranded there. The boys slowly begin to lose their minds and start turning into animal-like savages. Golding uses symbols throughout his story, most of them

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    Essay Length: 584 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Yan
  • Symbolism in the Writings

    Symbolism in the Writings

    Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” are strong writings that grasp symbolism as their main point of explanation and interpretation. Gilman’s short story expresses a young woman that is in peaceful captivity by her husband and uses her surroundings to create an imaginary world. Hawthorne’s story uses the birthmark of a woman, a scientist’s wife, which drives the scientist to extreme measures of dealing with the mark. While both writings use symbolism as

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Cater in the Rye

    Cater in the Rye

    I got on the bus today. That goddam bus annoys the hell outta me. All the little kids just sitting there and talking their loud asses off. I hate those goddam kids with a passion. I normally sit with Paige in the morning but that sonuvabitch wasn’t there. Her dad said she didn’t feel like coming to school today, and that she didn’t get enough sleep last night. Whata load of crap. Since Paige wasn’t

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451

    Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451

    Symbolism” When I read Fahrenheit 451, the most prevalent literacy style that jumped out at me was Ray Bradbury’s use of symbolism. Symbolism is prevalent throughout the entire novel. Some of it jumps right out at you, but most of it a minute of pondering thought, and even more time of analytical judgment. I absolutely love symbolism. It has to be my absolute favorite literacy style. Symbolism creates a much easier device by which interpret

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Developing Managers: The Functional, The Symbolic, The Sacred and The Profane

    Developing Managers: The Functional, The Symbolic, The Sacred and The Profane

    Developing Managers: The Functional, the Symbolic, the Sacred and the Profane [*]. This paper offers a new perspective on international al management by examining the role of culture and management development in creating international al expertise, a sense of identity and realizing organizational control. A critical analysis of the culture transmission and management development philosophy and practice of a UK-based transnational reveals how the transmission of culture accomplishes management development objectives, while management development itself

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    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Symbolism in the Mayor of Casterbridge

    Symbolism in the Mayor of Casterbridge

    Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Importance of Character As a "Story of a Man of Character," The Mayor of Casterbridge focuses on how its protagonist's qualities enable him to endure. One tends to think of character, especially in terms of a "Man of Character," as the product of such values as honor and moral righteousness. Certainly Michael Henchard does not fit neatly into such categories.

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    Submitted: April 18, 2011 By: labelotte
  • The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism of Light and Darkness in the Scaffold Scenes

    The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism of Light and Darkness in the Scaffold Scenes

    Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlett Letter is a novel that is overflowing with powerful imagery. Two of these symbols are light and dark, but the importance of these symbols is often overlooked. During the scaffold scenes the images of light and dark are used often. Hawthorne uses the three scaffold scenes and the symbols of light and darkness to signify hidden truths and dark secrets. The first scaffold scene takes place in broad daylight with

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    Submitted: April 18, 2011 By: h2o2
  • Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Nick Carraway takes us back to a time when booze was illegal, a quick buck was easily made and being wealthy gives you the right to be careless. Who is this Jay Gatsby? Everyone seems to have a story about him. How did he get all of his riches? Many think Gatsby gets his money by illegal means, but turn the other cheek because he throws a mean party every weekend. However the real Jay

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    Submitted: May 2, 2011 By: jbj123

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