the Hollywood glamor‚ horror forces us to face very real situations that are not that far from the world we are living in. Vampires represent the fear of human sexuality and desire. Zombies warn us against group think‚ what happens when we become brainless.
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Summary and Response The article Reality Television: Oxymoron by George F. Will describes how television works and how it has changed over the years. He explains how television shows are now mostly imitations‚ they create shows off other shows with a somewhat more interesting twist making viewers more interested in watching. According to George F. Will‚ people are becoming "desensitized". Since people are becoming less easily shocked or amazed‚ television shows now are increasing the amount of degradation
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Everyone sins. How people react to the consequences of those sins differs. Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale have to deal with the scrutiny and criticism from the community and themselves after committing the sin of adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows how differently they are shunned. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the contrasting characters Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to develop both sides of public vs private sin to show how different people deal with guilt
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They are angry at how lenient of a punishment she is getting. They feel that wearing the letter ‘A’ is not enough. They think that Hester should have been branded because what she has done brought shame to everyone in the town. They say‚ “If the hussy stood up for judgement before us five‚ that are now here in a knot together‚would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded? Marry‚ I trow not!” (49) The goodwives view Hester in a negative light. Hester‚ who had
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The Scarlet Letter Study Guide Questions Chapter 1 “The Prison Door” 1. What colony is the setting for the novel? Boston Massachusetts 2. Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place? In the jail 3. For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land? A cemetery and a prison. 4. Who is Anne Hutchinson? How does Hawthorne feel about her? Anne Hutchinson was a religious but freewheeling woman who disagreed with Puritanical teachings‚ and as a result she was imprisoned
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The secrecy behind Dimmesdale and Hester’s tawdry affair emphasizes a sole‚ unique aspect within the three individuals that‚ when combined‚ create the crucial essences contained in each human being: the malicious facet‚ religious loyalty and guilt‚ and the need for redemption. Dimmesdale inhabits the shame brought on by religiosity. After sinning twice‚ first the adultery he commit with Hester and second by lying and hiding the first‚ Dimmesdale wallows in his own guilt. He begins to have visions
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The brainless scarecrow is deemed to represent the Mid Western farmers who exhibited the sense of self-doubt and inferiority as a result of the many years of hardship and the subjection to ridicule. In addition‚ populist leaders such as Sockless Jerry Simpson
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Ways and Reasons for Words’ Semantic Change Words change all the time. This kind of meaning change is reflected in the way that the words are being used. As people use words in new contexts‚ the meaning of words change gradually. The point is that the new meaning is relatively different from the original usage. So how do English words change meaning? What are the reasons of this kind of change? When it comes to the ways of meaning change‚ we will think of its counterpart in linguistics-- semantic
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The fairy tale Snow-white and Rose-red‚ by the Grimm brothers‚ is an excellent example of a conservative‚ adult-centered text. In this text‚ the agency is with the adults and the children are seen as nostalgic images of childhood. Snow-white and Rose-red prove that children are good and follow the direction of adult figures even when the adult may not be present. The conservative nature of this text is overwhelming. The author is not challenging children to do anything; but rather
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