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    Letter The Scarlet Letter is a novel filled with important symbols‚ each with many meanings. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ author of The Scarlet Letter‚ knew how to express these symbolswith a creative tough. He used the “A”‚ the scaffold‚ and the prison to describe the Puritan society. The symbols or The Scarlet Letter help create a theme‚ the conflict‚ and the characters. The scarlet “A” makes its way to be the most important symbol in the novel. The “A” represents adultery‚ which is a violation

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    Ying Yang Symbol

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    The Yin Yang symbol also commonly referred to as the Tai-Chi symbol is easily thought of in today’s popular culture as a reference to the Sun (yang) the moon (yin) and the universe. Allen Tsai’s article provides some insight into the origins of the symbol itself‚ the meaning behind the curvature of the symbol‚ and how the Chinese symbol has found a place in popular culture. Allen Tsai goes into explicit detail on how the Chinese developed a surprising understanding of the stars and how they used

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    help the audience understand the concept of change. There are 3 main characters that Gow portrays change through during the play; Gwen‚ Tom and Coral. In the beginning of the play‚ Gwen‚ wife of Roy‚ mother of Meg‚ is known as a nagging housewife who didn’t have the greatest upbringing and has an obsession with Bex powder. Gwen has an opinion and if she does not agree with something‚ she is not afraid to say so. This shows in the way that she brings up meg. They have a very prosperous lifestyle

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    Gangster Disciple Symbols

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    The major symbol Gangster Disciples make use of is the six-pointed star (similar to the Star of David) The fact that this star is known as the Star of David pays homage to co-founder David Barksdale‚ and the six points are said to represent Life‚ Love‚ Loyalty‚ Wisdom‚ Knowledge and Understanding. They are also represented by the colors Blue and Black.[5][Full citation needed][page needed] The second most well known symbol of the Gangster Disciples is the three pointed pitch fork‚ which is also

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    Literature and Film October 14‚ 2013 One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ nurse Ratched takes away the patients freedom physically‚ mentally and emotionally. Nurse Ratched was known as the “big nurse” and was a former Army nurse who wasn’t treated great. It became her life to get revenge because of how she was treated and is referred to as a rat and readers are reminded

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    Definition of Some Symbols

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    to think that the red cross which is used as a symbol by the American Red Cross and International Red Cross is a Christian symbol - and therefore that these organizations are Christian in character. I don’t know why‚ but these people don’t seem to realize that cross are and have been used as symbols outside of Christianity. Media Matters reports: [A]ccording to the American Red Cross website‚ it was “[i]n honor of the Swiss ... [that] the symbol of a red cross on a white background (the reverse

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    Chopin’s “The Awakening”‚ her most famous novella‚ was written in 1899 and is widely regarded as one of the earliest American works that earnestly focuses on women’s issues and ideals. Chopin’s novel captures the essence of the struggle for freedom‚ equality‚ and independence in which women have been formally engaged for almost 150 years. In Edna Pontellier we find a woman that goes beyond being a symbol for freedom and the pursuit of female independence‚ but a complex individual coming to terms with

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    Fahrenheit 451: Symbols

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    Fahrenheit 451: Symbols Ray Bradbury incorporates many different symbols in his book‚ Fahrenheit 451; they include the Mechanical Hound‚ books‚ the mirror factory‚ Clarisse and a few other characters. A symbol‚ typically an object or an action‚ represents something with a deeper meaning. One of the main symbols in the book‚ fire‚ symbolizes two completely opposite things; in fact‚ one views it as destructive and the other as enlightening. From the firemen’s perspective‚ fire symbolizes destruction

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    Symbols In Mystery Train

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    neighborhood at the former Capitol Theater in 1960. By 1980‚ the neighborhood became one of the poorest and most crime-ridden zip codes in the United States and the property held little to no resale value. To divest itself of this property and to acquire a sizable tax write-off‚ Union Planters sold the Stax building to the South Side Church of God in Christ and its parent organization located a few blocks away in the Mason Temple for ten dollars. However‚

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    The Odyssey Final Assessment: Three Symbols 1. The Curse (page 161) When Cyclops set a curse on Odysseus‚ it set the course for the rest of the story. Cyclops asked his father‚ Poseidon‚ to make Odysseus’s journey home long and torturous‚ because Odysseus put out the Cyclops’s eye. The Cyclops prayed to his father‚ Poseidon‚ “He shall see his roof again among his family in his father land‚ far be that day‚ and dark the years between. Let him lose all companions‚ and return under strange sail

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