many different characters who symbolize a mockingbird. These characters have been hurt in some way despite their innocence. Some characters have different enemies and some characters have mutual enemies. The novel emphasizes on the way that each character handles their trials. Jem and Scout are two of the main characters in the story. One day they both get air rifles. Their father‚ Atticus‚ gives them a reminder before they can shoot their guns. He says‚ "I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back
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Daisy symbolizes Gatsby’s ideals‚ while the “green light” represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams. Also Gatsby is in love with Daisy‚ and all he wants is Daisy to be with him so he can be happy. This novel also includes the American Dream. FItzgerald used a lot of symbolism‚ to represent the characters. To begin with‚ Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful woman but she is also very selfish. Also since Jay Gatsby is in love with her‚ she is a very important character. The relationship Gatsby and Daisy have is
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somehow similar to the ones represented in Al-Masabeh Al-Zurq‚ however‚ in the Arabic novel‚ they were against the French. Manec‚ then‚ symbolizes the resistant nature in humans and how they refuse to submit to their oppressors. In addition to that‚ Marie‚ a blind French girl in her teenage years‚ helps the French resistance as well. She does the little things like carrying the bread that has a secret message‚ or by speaking
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The Great Gatsby: Symbolism Symbolism plays a huge role in The Great Gatsby‚ they help add to the understanding that we get from the novel itself. Fitzgerald uses many symbols throughout the novel such as colors to symbolize a character’s inner thoughts and feelings. The symbols are very much tied into the story to make implications more real. Fitzgerald conveys the spectacular lives of the ugly‚ rich‚ poor and the desperate through simple colors and objects. In the middle of the Valley of Ashes
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depicts the town and the strong puritan values vested in its people. When accusations of witchcraft run ravage through the streets‚ such puritan purity is in question. The Crucible is a fitting title for Arthur Miller’s play.The English noun crucible symbolizes Salem‚ the trials and the resulting changes that occur. To start‚ a crucible being defined as a vessel that can withstand high temperatures is symbolic of Salem. Miller describes the unity of Salem under its Theocracy. He says‚ “ a combine of state
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sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. After these few references to honour‚ the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood‚". What she is saying by this‚ is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous symbol‚ and knows it will deflect the guilt from her and
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most important feeling that people can feel. one essential standard for living is being able to be happy. Happiness can be found in many different forms. Positive people are happy people. No matter what type of hardships they have to endure‚ they try to overcome and believe the day they hope. They know what happiness is and try to forget something negative. There are three effects that make me happy which are are having energy‚ having money and having good health The first effect of being happy is
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mothers and homemakers‚ resulting in many hardships. The narrator receives a prescribed cure of ‘home rest’ to overcome her sickness by a high standing doctor‚ her husband. John Bak‚ who studies literature‚ states in his article that “John prescribed what many nineteenth-century physicians
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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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The beast symbolizes the primal savagery that is present in everyone. At first‚ the boys believe that the beast is a physical being that can be hunted and killed. Simon‚ however believes that the boys created the beast and that it is just fear combined with the evil and savagery that’s inside them. The boys killing Simon (an act of savagery and fear) because they think he’s the beast helps support this idea. The beast symbolizes the primal savagery that is present in everyone. At first‚ the boys
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