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The Most Dangerous Game Literary Analysis
Have you ever thought about the symbolism, normal literacy skill? and using these such literacy skills wisely could sublimate the whole story. In both “A Rose for Emily” (ARFE) by William Faulkner and “The Most Dangerous Game ” (TMDG) by Richard Connell the authors use symbolism unclearly by adding multiple meanings of word in order to create mood, but the life philosophy revealed in these stories is different. In “A Rose for Emily”, the life philosophy uncovers the love between humans, and in TMDG, it uncovers human nature.
In both stories, the author uses unclear symbols in order to make the reader think deeper. In “A Rose for Emily,” the rose is an unclear symbol. A rose appears in the title “A Rose for Emily” (Faulkner 1) and also
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Quote #1: For example, in “A Rose for Emily,” the author uses an unclear symbol to create the mood of sadness, discomfort and oppression. About human love, he remarks, “The violence of breaking down the door seemed to fill this room with pervading dust. A thin, acrid pall as of the tomb seemed to lie everywhere upon this room decked and furnished as for a bridal: upon the valance curtains of faded rose color, upon the rose-shaded lights, upon the dressing table, (...) Upon a chair hung the suit, carefully folded; beneath it the two mute shoes and the discarded socks.” (Faulkner 7). Explanation: This quote describes Ms. Emily’s room “rose color, upon the rose-shaded lights” her valance curtain was rose and her room “acrid pall as of the tomb seemed to lie everywhere” meaning that her room is like a tomb, the rose creates the mood of sadness and the tomb creates the mood of oppression, since the room is filled with dead air and mixed with a smell of love that is not fresh anymore, like withered flowers. Transition Sentence: When the author of TMDG uses unclear symbolism he wants to make people think deeper and at the same time create the mood for the stories. Quote #2: In “In the Most Dangerous Game” the author uses the “New Animal” as an unclear symbol, first creating a mood of danger, but then he soon changes to a friendly mood. ”The general smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced …show more content…
In the same way ARFE creates sadness from “The violence of breaking down the door seemed to fill this room with pervading dust. A thin, acrid pall as of the tomb seemed to lie everywhere upon this room decked and furnished as for a bridal: upon the valance curtains of faded rose color, upon the rose-shaded lights, upon the dressing table, (...) Upon a chair hung the suit, carefully folded; beneath it the two mute shoes and the discarded socks.” (Faulkner 7) the author remarks “valance curtains of faded rose color, upon the rose-shaded lights” “A thin, acrid pall as of the tomb seemed to lie everywhere” rose and tomb more likely seems puzzling. Because these two things don’t have any connections, but the unclear symbolism makes reader go deeper, if the rose(n. color) symbolizes love and love is like valence curtain which resist sunshine (person’s viewing), won’t let any of it get in, in order to keep the secret of love, then love is like a tomb, or a dead person, like a marriage that never happened. Miss Emily is compared to a rose (n. flower) as in no one can approach her just like it is difficult to pick a rose because of the thorns. Even though in ARFE the same unclear symbols were used, overall they served a different purpose, namely showing the consequences of the absence of adult love in Emily’s life. In TMDG, the author near the end of story ”Then he ran for his life. The

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