The Significance of White: Doran Gray Historically‚ the color white has been used as a motif of both life and death. For instance‚ white is the traditional color of wedding dresses in both western and Japanese cultures. White is used to symbolize purity in western culture weddings. On the other hand‚ white is used to signify the death of the old family and introduce the new family. In the novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ one of the most vital motifs is the color white. The meaning of this color
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Snow White‚ a beautiful lady was the one and only daughter of a queen who died after giving birth to her. Another woman was married to the king and became the queen‚ she herself was very pretty indeed‚ but she was nowhere near the face of snow white. Since whenever the queen asked the magic mirror‚ it answered her that snow white was the most beautiful woman in the world‚ the new queen became very jeolous of her‚ so she sent a hunter to hunt snow white down. The hunter almost succeeded‚ but in
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The significance of the Darkness and the Light in the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The contrast between the Darkness and the Light is often mentioned in this book. The darkness is described as the poor and miserable areas of the rural India‚ while the light is the opposite. In the light there are often flourishing cities crawling with entrepreneurs and hard workers. In The White Tiger one gets to follow Balram Halwai’s journey from the darkness to the light. Needless to say‚ India
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Neda Tavana Professor Llimcolioc 20 April 2008 Nature that Brings Happiness …When the great world for the first time puts out a hand to her‚ must she thrust it aside for a bird ’s sake? Within the short story A White Heron‚ by Sarah Orne Jewett‚ she uses repetition and symbolic terms as she conveys a young girl’s coming of age while she encounters a decision between her grace and prosperity. Evidence of this binary begins in the opening of the short story when the author represents the young
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Religion is a common theme throughout The White Tiger and most of the time it is viewed in a negative light. The narrator‚ Belram‚ does not necessarily reject religion but rather views it in a hypocritical manner. Belram question the legitimacy of God(s) which is obvious with the way he jokes that another God is just another arse to kiss‚ displaying his view in the hypocrisy that God(s) are something we worship so piously yet they continue to be inactive or don’t actually do anything to improve one’s
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eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was a baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was also very cruel. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror‚ “Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of them all?” And the magic mirror would say‚ “You are‚ Your Majesty!” But one day‚ the mirror replied‚ “Snow White is the fairest of them all!” The wicked queen
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Situation Analysis of White Castle Systems Inc. Introduction White Castle is known as the original fast-food hamburger chain. The first White Castle opened it ’s doors in Witchita‚ Kansas‚ in 1921. White Castle (WC) has since grown to 393 restaurants in 11 states (White Castle hamburger...‚ 2004) and is now expanding internationally. By analysing White Castle ’s internal strengths‚ internal weaknesses‚ external opportunities‚ and external threats‚ otherwise known as a SWOT analysis (Kerin‚ 2005)
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Examining Christian Symbolism in “A White Heron” Symbolism is a very prominent attribute contained within Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story‚ “A White Heron”. The short story takes its reader through the short exploration that the main character‚ Sylvia‚ goes through when she is faced with making a decision that may lead to the end of a beautiful bird’s life. Many critics have analyzed and debated the many symbols contained within the story. Victoria Freivogel‚ an English teacher from Louisiana
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“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga is a piece of literature that talks about India left and right. A book that can be half fiction half true. It talks about the fortunate and the unfortunate‚ the rich and the poor. The irony shown in this book about corruption‚ oppression of the poor‚ reality of India vs. the images foreigners have of India help portray our understanding of this novel. The irony in “The White Tiger” shows the corruption in India. Balram Halwai is a student in a school with a teacher
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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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