That the jury convicts Tom in the end signals that Atticus loses his battle against racism. Works Cited Lee‚ Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: J. B. Lippincott‚ 1960. Source Citation Champion‚ Laurie. "Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird." Explicator 61.4 (Summer 2003): 234-236. Rpt. In Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 194. Detroit: Gale‚ 2005. Literature Resource Center. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. Document
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1. Memory‚ symbol and pattern affect the reading of literature by separating the professional reader from the rest of the crowd. Memory of what happened allows you to enjoy later scenes of a book of a movie‚ yet this does not necessarily improve the experience of popular entertainment. When reading you have to assume everything is a symbol until proven otherwise. Its good to think of things as existing as themselves while simultaneously also representing something else. Patterns are everywhere. While
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Cited: O’Connor‚ Flannery. Flannery O’Connor: The Complete Stories. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux‚ 1972 Blythe‚ Hal‚ and Sweet‚ Charlie. “O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find.’ (Flannery O’Connor).” The Explicator 55.1(1996):49+.General OneFile White‚ Terry. “Allegorical evil‚ existential choice in O’Connor‚ Oates and Styron. “The Midwest Quarterly 34.4 (1993):383+ Desmond‚ John. “Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit and the Mystery of Evil.” Renaissance: Essay
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Tom Lovecchio Professor Core 161: Intro to Literature A Formalist Approach to Fences In 1985‚ August Wilson published Fences‚ which was one of his ten plays that explained the experiences African Americans had in the United States at the time (Meyer 1516). The play focuses on the main character Troy Maxson’s life and the decisions that he has made. With the play focusing on Troy‚ it allows the reader to understand situations that African American men‚ women‚ and teenagers were
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The classical‚ universal dramas written in the classical period of Greek history have withstood the test of time. Well know writers have shared views‚ concerns‚ laughs and tears with audience after audience. Ranging in styles‚ writers have worked to bring light to injustice‚ clarity to the questions of life‚ and humility to the ones who sit enthroned in society. Greek drama was more than just entertaining‚ it was also enlightening. A key component of dramas is the idea of “tragic hero”. A tragic
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Jacob Holthaus Ancillary Essay 2 Professor Wales Desire and Duty In the world we live in today‚ beliefs and influences are what impact us the most. Some people are born into their beliefs and really have no opportunity to decide for them selves what they want to believe in. Your beliefs and your religious views create your outlook on life and make you live a certain way. The novel Jasmine opens with the phrase‚ "Lifetimes ago...” (Mukherjee‚ 3) in which an astrologer predicts Jasmine ’s
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Donaldson‚ Scott. "Possession in The Great Gatsby" The Southern Review Baton Rouge: Spring 2001.Vol.37‚ Iss.2; Pg. 1-13 Fitzgerald‚ F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner ’s Sons‚ 1953 Gibb‚ Thomas. "Fitzgerald ’s The Great Gatsby" The Explicator Washington: Winter 2005. Vol. 63‚ Iss.3; Pg. 1-3 Sorvino‚ Mira and Stephens‚ Toby. "Nothing Great About This Gatsby". The Washington Post. Washington‚ D.C.: Jan 13‚2001. Pg. 1-2
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Cited: Wilde‚ Oscar. “The Importance of Being Earnest”. Garland‚ Tony. “The Contest of Naming Between Ladies in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”. Explicator 70.4 (2012): 272-274. Print. Parker‚ David.” OSCAR WILDE ’S GREAT FARCE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”. Modern Language Quarterly 35.2 (1974): 173-186. Print. Poznar‚ Walter. “Life and Play in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest”. Midwest
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Analysis of “King of the Bingo Game” Ideas of slavery‚ identity‚ and what is acceptable behavior differ greatly in the past-Civil War North and South. Ralph Ellison’s “King of the Bingo Game” depicts how traditional southern slave mentalities are in conflict even after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of the slaves‚ leading many‚ like the nameless main character to try and find a new identity and giving him a taste of power to control his life and the lives of others. From the beginning
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The Mysterious Banana Included in many literary works are objects‚ which may seem meaningless‚ contributing to the theme of the work. In Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”‚ a dramatic work which falls into the category of Theatre of the Absurd‚ the banana is a discreet object which eludes to the meaning behind why Krapp chose that particular event to listen to while recording his last diary tape. Sigmund Freud’s theory of wish fulfillment suggests that a banana represents repressed sexuality which
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