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    Chapter 1 and 2: symbolism Intro: Symbolism is a major technique within Hawthorne’s novel. The symbols portrays sufficient information about the themes of society‚ sin and the individual which informs us about the effects of Puritan law. Society: In chapter 1 Puritan society is immediately depicted as harsh through the subtle symbolism of the prison door which was ’studded with iron spikes’. Also the ’bearded men’ in ’sad coloured garments’ illustrates a morbid aura. The mention of ’cemetery’

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    Red Cross

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    | Context The British Red Cross helps people in crisis‚ whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network‚ responding to conflicts‚ natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over‚ we help them to recover and move on with their lives. Within the UK‚ the British Red Cross operates through about 3000 staff and over

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    Red Clydeside

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    categories of Capital versus labour‚ ownership of work and the rights and roles of workers and management. This essay will demonstrate these themes are related‚ the working class of the Clyde were suppressed and exploited by the establishment and Red Clydeside provided them a revolutionary voice. These were not people who would turn to anarchy to achieve their ends‚ but they would test the limits of the boundaries of their revolutionary credentials. From the outset this revolutionary movement

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    1932 poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" is the most famous poem that the doctor/poet William Carlos Williams wrote. It’s in many anthologies‚ where it is often the shortest poem‚ unless the anthology also contains haiku. It consists of one sentence‚ broken up into two-line stanzas. Everything except for the first stanza depicts a concrete image: "a red wheel / barrow / glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens." What stands out the most‚ on first reading‚ are the colors - the red wheelbarrow

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    9/15/12 Period 3 The Red Pyramid By Rick Riordan The Red Pyramid is about two kids who have the powers of ancient Egyptian gods‚ and have to stop an evil god from destroying the world. Carter Kane travels around the world with his father‚ while Sadie‚ Carter’s

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    SYMBOLISM IN THE SCARLET LETTER Symbolism can be defined as using objects‚ characters‚ figures‚ or colors to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The Scarlet Letter is a story that describes the life of an adulterer‚ Hester Prynne. She had sexual relations with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ while married‚ that resulted in the birth of her daughter‚ Pearl. However‚ she doesn’t let it get to her and shows great bravery by living on through her hard time. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Red Meat

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    Meat plays an important role in the human diet and nutrition‚ but it doesn’t mean every meat is good for you. Red meat is containing potential disease more than the others meat‚ so we should eat less it. In my persuasion speech‚ I talk about the problems‚ causes if we eat too much red meat and the solutions to reduce red meat. Nowadays‚ most people not only want the beautiful life‚ delicious meal but also have to have the healthy meal‚ so the topic wasn’t hard‚ having lots of material on the website;

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    Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” and John Cheever’s “Reunion”‚ both use symbolism to reveal the growing distance between the main characters. However‚ this fictional technique is used and appears uniquely in both works. In the “Red Convertible” the car is one solitary symbol that represents the brothers’ relationship but in “Reunion” the places the father and son visit resembles their growing distance. Even though the symbols function differently the symbolism leads to a severing of relationships

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    Red Scare

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    mass paranoia had caused‚ among many other things‚ what would be known as the Red Scare (****). The Red Scare was the label given to the actions of legislation‚ the race riots‚ and the hatred and persecution of "subversives" and conscientious objectors during that period of time. The purpose of this research is to explore the threat that plagued the United States in its’ time of great panic and anxiety‚ during the “first” Red Scare which lasted between 1919 to 1921. This powerful threat turned out to

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    Book Thief‚ the reader gets an understanding of how certain conflicts create attributes in the characters and how it can symbolise an individual. The author manipulates symbolism‚ and conflicts to develop Liesel from a young powerless child to a woman who represents strength‚ Hans Hubermann into a father figure‚ and the narrator‚ Death. The protagonist‚ Liesel‚ develops into a mature and powerful woman who is represented by her relationship and love with books. Before Liesel was known as “The Book

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