Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character is one hint to the reader: "Connie
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someone realises that may take years or decades to occur‚ but when it hits‚ it hits hard. In the seconds where the realisation first occurs‚ one can see what a person’s true character is. It is even easier to tell in the world of literature. In Joyce Carol Oates’ We Were The Mulvaneys‚ she depicts who Judd Mulvaney is through the use of literary techniques such as point of view and syntax. The syntax of the passage in which Judd begins to comprehend death a little bit more shows how this is indeed just
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” many critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story’s antagonist‚ represents biblical Satan himself or a psychopathic stalker. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend could be an allegorical devil figure‚ the protagonist who lures Connie into riding off with him in his car‚ or‚ in the contrary‚ far more a grotesque portrait of a psychopathic killer masquerading as a teenager. However‚ he has all the traditional‚ sinister traits
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The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows the reader the self-created illusion that the main character Connie has created in order to better understand herself. Connie’s reality is altered as she has this dream that has manifested due to her desire for attention from others. Throughout the story there are many occurrences that support the idea that the entire story is a dream that was made up by Connie’s subconscious. Throughout the story‚ Arnold mentions many
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Change is No Modern society has many standards that people follow and accept: shake hands when meeting someone‚ do not pick nose in public‚ and bathe on a regular basis. Norms are just a few of the many different social needs in the world today. Abnormalities throw people through a loophole‚ cause confusion amongst each other‚ and contrast uniformity. Psychopaths lead to the death of individuals that conform to the standard and have no remorse for the action. They disrupt the flow of progress and
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In the story by Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” and in the short story “The Storm” by Kate Chopin the relationships among love‚ age‚ and maturity will be compared. In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” based in the 1960’s‚ is about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who is seduced and finally abducted by a man named Arnold Friend. The Story has underlined tones of love‚ age‚ and evil. Connie‚ the main character of the story‚ is an attractive girl
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In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been Joyce Carol Oates uses compelling themes to convey real life issues to the readers. She also exploits many references to well know fairytales through symbols and motifs. This short story shares the theme of good versus evil to the fairytales Cinderella‚ Rapunzel and Snow White. The theme of evil is first expressed through Connie’s and Cinderella’s afflictions with their sisters that shape the essence of sibling rivalry. Like Cinderella‚ Connie’s sister
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narrative voice instead of telling the story in Connie’s own words‚ however‚ allows Oates to use descriptive language that Connie would presumably not. It is through this language that much of the mood‚ imagery‚ and symbolism of the story emerges. Setting References to popular music and slang date the events in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” to the same period when Oates wrote the story in the mid-1960s. Oates sketches in few details of the town‚ which is meant to be a typical suburban landscape
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United States suffered the Great Depression. H.P. Lovecraft drew from his early influences to create dark tales‚ which he published largely in magazines. After the successful acceptance of "Dragon‚" Weird Science published many of his works. Joyce Carol Oates once wrote that he exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction." Lovecraft’s audience was limited during his life‚
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“[Connie] had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different
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