Lamott said‚ “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Good literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books‚ Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature‚ characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand the situations
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Critical Lens Essay According to Ernest Hemingway‚ “...all things truly wicked start from innocence.” This quotation means that everything that is evil was once pure. I agree with the quotation because when your are pure of anything contaminated‚ the environment can create evilness in a person. Through the use of symbolism in Lord of the Flies‚ and irony in Oedipus the King‚ William Golding and Sophocles shows the readers that corruption stems from innocence. William Golding uses symbolism in
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Critical Lens An anonymous speaker once said‚ " In literature‚ evil often triumphs but never conquers." This means that in literature there is always a clash between a good side and an evil side. The characters on the evil side are usually illustrated as more intelligent figures and will appear to be winning the little battles with the good side however‚ in the end the good will always prevail. I agree with this quote because whatever happens good will always conquer as seen in both Macbeth by
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3/20/11 In most cases evil wins the battle but never wins the war. The quote “In literature‚ evil often triumphs but never conquers." This has been proven as valid‚ in both books Macbeth and in Black & White. In Macbeth‚ Macbeth kills the king however he gets killed. In Black & White both boys steel to pay their senior dues. They are both punished according to their racial ethnicity. This is proven as valid in Black & White when
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Power in a Character Power and authority can bring out a person’s character. Abraham Lincoln said‚ “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” Anyone can fight against his or her hardships‚ but the way a person uses their authority shows their potential and leadership qualities. The plays Antigone by Sophocles and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare prove this a valid quote. In the play Antigone‚ Creon becomes overly confident with his power
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said‚ “… it is impossible o go through life without trust…” One can interpret this quote as trust being an essential aspect to life and in order to go through it‚ there must be someone or something a person can put his or her faith in. Two works of literature that reflect this quote are The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Trust sometimes helps people strengthen themselves to be able to go through tough times in life. John Greene proves so in his book
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Fate or Fatality David Mamet correctly stated that‚ “…it is the human lot to try and fail…” This quote means that human beings are destined to always attempt to improve their lives although they are seldom successful. The two works of literature that best support this interpretation are the The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. Pecola and Macbeth‚ the protagonists from both works‚ strive to improve their “current” situations but fail miserably. In The Bluest
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return home. Ultimately Odysseus realized that he had to use all is power‚ might‚ and intelligence to over come the hardships and return to Ithaca. A second literary element from The Odyssey by Homer is dynamic character. Throughout the epic poem Odysseus’s biggest struggle was finding that median between hubris and humility. I all started in the very beginning of the poem Odysseus had jus won the Trojan War but with the help of the gods. Odysseus didn’t thank the gods‚ which was disrespectful
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Gandhi confirms this when he says “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind”. This means‚ from revenge you only end up impairing everyone from the resentful wrongs you perform. Some may agree or disagree with this quote. Euripides shows this quote being true in his play Medea. In the play Medea‚ the main character Medea is extreme on seeking revenge on her ex-husband‚ Jason. Jason has left her and their two sons Creon and Creusa for the daughter of the Cornith King. Medea is
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According to Duff Brenna‚ “All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion‚ not reason‚ that motivates characters in literature.” This means characters in literature are instigated to follow their true emotions instead of their own sanity. Characters follow their hearts rather than their minds‚ which is usually the reasons behind their actions. This is true as demonstrated in the two novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Atticus Finch is a lawyer
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