... a souvenir to show off to her friends, she really does not know the meaning behind it. While Maggie has always known the meaning, she values them for what they mean to her as an individual. This becomes clear when she says, "I can 'member Grandma Dee without the quilts," (698). This implies that her connection with the quilts is personal and emotional rather than materialistic. Dee has always been ashamed of her family; she told her mother that she would manage to come to see them but wouldn't bring her friends. Just by saying that you can tell right off that she was ashamed to bring her friends over to the house. She never valued anything; everything to her was ...
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... representations (Marks, Jay Lester. p.121). Caleb and Charles Trask are obviously the more malignant brothers. They are also the more loving towards their father. Steinbeck’s purpose in this is to illustrate the need of the Cain character in the story. Abel, Adam and Aron, is the opposite of his brother and naturally good and pure. The purpose of Adam and Aron in East of Eden is to clarify the belief that purity must know wickedness (Marks, Jay Lester. p.122). Steinbeck illustrates the need for both good and bad with the actions and beliefs of these supposed “good” characters. The representations of Abel, Adam and Aron are both described as ...
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... imaginings" (Shakespeare 137). Lady Macbeth falls in with Macbeth's plot with greater energy than Macbeth himself. She vows adamantly that, "He that's coming / Must be provided for" (Shakespeare 62-63), implying that Duncan must be killed. Driven by fear of suspicion by day, and terrible dreams by night, Macbeth becomes completely paranoid with everyone, including Banquo, his right hand man. At this time Macbeth takes control and realizes that he must kill Banquo. He decides that Banquo must die tonight, and says, " Banquo, thy soul's flight, / If it find heaven, must find it out tonight" (Shakespeare 141-142). When Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about his plan, she is ...
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... “Like a knight of the Round Table, Marlow sets off in search of strange adventures. He only gradually acquires a grail, as he picks up more and more hints about Kurtz. Like a knight he is frequently tested by signs he must confront, question and interpret. Among these signs we can count the title of the novel, the contrasts made by the narrator throughout the story, the jungle, the ivory trade, the shadows of the jungle, pilgrims, Kurtz, the painting of Kurtz and the last words of Kurtz, and the lies of Marlow when he returns home. On the other hand, since for us all these signs were applied by Conrad for one thing; that is to uncover the evil side hidden in ...
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... it himself. Frodo’s decision was to be the ring-bearer and travel to Mt. Doom with his companions. Frodo’s companions are: Gandalf the wizard, Aragorn "Strider" (the true king who was exiled from his own kingdom) a ranger, Legloas the elf, Gimli the dwarf, son of Gl¢in, Boromir, Pippin, Merry, and of course Sam who would follow his master Frodo anywhere. Who are the main characters and what are their roles: The main characters of this book are: Gandalf, Aragorn, Legloas, Gimli, Boromir, Pippin, Merry, and Sam. First is Gandalf. In this Book (The Fellowship of the ring) Gandalf is the is the leader and guide until the part in the caves of Moria. In Moria The c ...
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... Huck believes in these probably because he grew up with them and they were always taught to him and he is so ignorant he does not know better. One morning Huck turned over the salt-cellar at breakfast. He went to throw the salt- cellar over his left shoulder to cancel the bad luck, but Miss Watson stopped him. All day he wondered when something would fall on him and what it would be. This all implies that Huck thinks something is going to fall on him, because of his accident. I have heard about bad luck from spilling salt so I think this Superstition started in the North or maybe it was just popular and spread quickly. I do not believe there is h ...
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... can not confess. This deterioration in health affects not only his body but his mind and morality. On his return trip from the forest, Dimmesdale finds himself feelings evil and sinful impulses. He feels tempted to stop and teach the little ones "wicked words", he has an impure thought about a young female member of his congregation, and he has to restrain himself from saying things about the "vile communion supper." Dimmesdale's acceptance of Hester's advice demonstrates his natural tendency to sin. His sin of adultery, although evil in nature, becomes compounded by his deceit and attempts to escape punishment for his actions. By attempting to hide hi ...
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... if he could have a piece of wood, because that morning he had an impulse to make a puppet. The lumberjack agreeing and relieved to find a way of getting rid of the piece of wood and handed it over immediately, but just as the two hands transferred the wood the piece of wood cried out "Pollendina"! Geppetto outraged at being ca lled this scr eamed at the Cherry for he did not know that the wood had said it, so Ô úú‰ú?ú€% úÔ Cherry then said that ÃúÃÃ ÃÄ ÄÄúÄthe wood had said that, Geppetto furious struck Cherry for thinking he was a imbecile and a huge fight occurred. After the fight the two men got up and shook hands and promised to be friends forever. ...
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... by her dreams, as all of them are by their own. She dreams of an old lady named Abigail, in Colorado. This lady is kind and loving and promises to protect them from the evil. In the dreams there is also a "Dark Man". He is always there lurking, waiting to attack. Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes crazy when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it means murder. Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, but his dreams are different from theirs. In his dreams the "Dark Man" offers Harold power a ...
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... by everyone. The sin she has committed has made her think that death would be an easy way out and that she deserves little, for she says, "I have thought of death, have wished for it, would have even prayed for it, were it fit that such as I should pray for anything." Throughout the next years, the sin Hester committed changes her personality and identity. Once a beautiful woman, Hester now looks plain and drab. Once passionate, she is now somber and serious. She had contained a precious quality of womanhood that has now faded away. Her plain gray clothes symbolize her temperament and disposition. There are also good effects that the sin has on her. She b ...
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