For instance Reverend Hale represents the publishers who refused to put Millers play put to the public even though they believed in what he was saying‚ they feared being accused themselves and they feared criticism. Marry Warren represents all the people who followed McCartney’s accusations blindly. Abigail represents McCartney himself. The Salem Witch Trials were a good metaphorical
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Through detailed descriptions and his character’s’ decisions‚ Fitzgerald asserts that this focus on wealth has left the upper class dry‚ heartless‚ and unable to confront their own fears or doubts. As Fitzgerald himself came from this lost generation‚ he does not criticize the rich for being afraid or astray‚ but for using their wealth as a shield from their problems. His final quarrel lies in that if the shield were to be removed‚ Fitzgerald believed only a shell of a man would
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One of the most unique literary techniques used in this novel is the setting. Twain takes the reader on a detailed journey through the small town of St. Petersburg‚ Missouri‚ and the reader can view this small town effortlessly. This small town is based on the town Twain grew up in which was Hannibal‚ Missouri. Despite this‚ St. Petersburg is a small and poor town along the Mississippi River which includes a church‚ a cemetery‚ a Temperance Tavern‚ a schoolhouse‚ a courthouse‚ and an island right
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Jane Eyre has become a feminist text because of Jane’s relationship with Mr Rochester. Jane Eyre focuses largely on the gothic‚ mysterious relationship between Jane and Rochester‚ the man who owns the estate where Jane is a governess and through her journey. Jane becomes the saviour/knight in shining armour for Mr Rochester. Brontë demonstrates this through the use of symbolism. she uses fire and ice to symbolise Jane and Rochester’s emotions throughout their journey. Fire is a metaphor for Jane
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Glaspell’s play Trifles that really stands out to me is the bird cage. The drama Trifles is about Mrs. Wright who kills her husband and an investigation conducted by the sheriff‚ county attorney‚ and their wives Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Pete. The bird cage symbolizes her marriage which is like a cell or a jail that Mr. Wright is keeping her in. We see Mrs. Wright as a happy person who: “. . . used to wear pretty clothes and be lively‚ when she was Minnie Foster‚ one of the town girls singing in the choir” (988)
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Throughout the mid 1600’s‚ there was a short time when the Puritan religion ruled over the recently founded New England. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a strict anti-transcendentalist‚ expresses different themes in his book‚ The Scarlet Letter. In his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the scarlet letter‚ the scaffold‚ and Pearl to contribute to the overall theme of sin. Firstly‚ the sin that traps Dimmesdale‚ shows as a habit of a hand covering his chest‚ later revealing
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No matter what‚ if people are placed in the right circumstances their inner self will come out. In the book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the concept follows a group of British boys who are stranded on a deserted island. The plot of the book is how the boys survive on this deserted island. The author‚ Golding‚ uses the inner beast as the main symbol that at some point overcomes all of the boys as they live on the island. He even uses war paint through the novel as something that covers their inner beast
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to never remove the black veil. It conveys this feeling of secret sin and is only confirmed when at his deathbed‚ he says that everyone has a secret sin that is hidden from all others. There are several settings in this story that show what the black veil symbolizes. The first setting of the story begins at the church where Hooper wears the black veil symbolizing sin. It is evident during Hooper’s Sermon that he is
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Symbols that show up more than once in a novel are often very important. These symbols help the reader uncover hidden details in the book’s plot. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the billboard of the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg plays a very significant role. The billboard contributes to the overall meaning of the work by symbolizing such motifs as: religion‚ materialism‚ and unjust morals. In The Great Gatsby‚ the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg watch over the city and everything that happens within
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TKAM Final Essay Paper Authors use symbolism in their novels to get across a message in an entertaining way. Harper lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ uses the ordinary‚ everyday mockingbird to symbolise innocence. By the end of the novel‚ both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley become mockingbird symbols. A mockingbird literally is a good bird. Mockingbirds are considered a good animal because they do not disturb or annoy anyone. They just mind their own business and are harmless. “Mockingbirds don’t do
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