The play is called Antigone not because Antigone suffers the most, but because she suffers at all. The tragedy is befallen by both Antigone and Creon, yet the circumstances upon which they arrive there is where their similarities end. Antigone’s character is built on such a morally strong basis of fraternal love and reverence to the gods that she ends up choosing to die to protect the principles she stands for, evident in passages such as: “I/Will bury him. I...
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Antigone is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles, that centers around a young female, Antigone, after the deaths of her two brothers. Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, were battling for the throne of Thebes. As the brothers were dueling against each other, they ended up defeating one another. Since Eteocles was the King of Thebes and was seen as defending his land, he was treated like a hero and given a proper burial. While Eteocles was treated like a hero,...
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Allegory: The story Animal Farm is an allegory. To begin with, The eminent windmill symbolizes the pigs’ control of different creatures for their benefit. Regardless of the promptness of the need for nourishment and warmth, the pigs abuse Boxer and the contrary typical creatures by causing them to attempt backbreaking work to build the windmill, which will, at last, again the pigs more cash and along these lines blast their capacity. The pigs’ attestation that Snowball is chargeable for the...
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In life, many encounter signs and symbols which have deeper meanings that may be evident or sometimes, not clear. According to the Oxford Dictionary, symbols are things conventionally regarded as typifying or representing something. Symbols are not only an important part of life but a significant representation of appearance versus reality. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme of symbolism is explored by the author to encourage readers to read between the lines and to create meaning...
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The role of human behavior and motivations within the human experience has been a fundamental part of many texts which explore the depths of humans and their personal experiences. Arthur Miller’s dramatic allegory ‘The Crucible’ represents cold-war McCarthyistic America through the eyes of the village of Salem Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials of 1692. The play strongly represents the author’s own personal experience dealing with McCarthyism and issues such as fear, accusation without proof, jealousy, revenge, and power acquisition...
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The play the “ Crucible” is written by Authur Miller and was published in 1953 as a response to what is known as the “communist scares” in America in the 1950s. The definition of a crucible can be defined as a severe test. Although it also can be defined as a container that can withstand high temperatures, it is often used to melt and change the shape of metals. In the play, the definition of a crucible is used as...
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Chris McCandless’ literary heroes were not opposite from each other but they were not the same either. Tolstoy, London, and Thoreau were all considered great minds of their times, just reading their works gives me an understanding of why he would be influenced by these great minds. ~These authors influenced Chris in his moral principles and his aspirations to embark on this journey which inspired Krakauer to write this very book.~ I think Jack London inspired McCandless the most out...
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In Geoffry Chaucer’s literary piece, The Canterbury Tales, various details the various characteristics and opinions of characters as they make a pilgrimage to Canterbury one spring. Chaucer gives each character the task to recite their own tale which the audience may learn from various morals that are depicted. One particularly interesting character that Chaucer calls upon happens to be “The Wife of Bath,” a five- almost six-time married wife whose opinions on marriage, feminism, and sex are just as progressive...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once declared that “Life is a journey, not a destination”. This recurring idea can be found throughout numerous works of literature. These pieces are conveying the message that one should focus on what they gain from their experiences, rather than living for the goal. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the author presents a comparable idea through the use of Personal Legends and a treasure that one can find at the destination of their journey. The most...
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The Great Gatsby is a story set in the 1920s and written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to convey a warning about the state of society. The title character’s goal is to overcome the social class barriers that prevent him and his lover, Daisy, from being together. He is trying to live out what many would refer to as the “American Dream”. However, Fitzgerald’s overarching point is that the American Dream and its promises are lies. Throughout the book, Fitzgerald includes...
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Bigotry in ‘The Prioress Tales’ and ‘General Prologue’ The description in The Prioress’ Tales is full of bigotry and depicts Prioress as a woman of dual character. In the General Prologue, Chaucer describes her as a polite, aristocratic, and godly nun but realistically, she is a bigot whose stories are full of anti-Semitic attitudes. The Prioress’ tales portray her as shallow, non-Christian, and childish. The attitude of the Prioress described in the General Prologue contrasts the description of her in...
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Theme: Family Family is a big part of life, the individuals you call “family” are going to be the ones to pick you up when you are down, comfort you, and be there for you anytime. The correct definition of family is “a group of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption. In the two books, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, the two main characters Starr Carter and Meg Murphy...
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Monsters are a metaphor for fate and the destructive forces of nature. “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster . . . when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good, and Evil, 1886 Subsequent to the publication of J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Monsters and the Critics” scholars have found it easier to view Beowulf predominantly as a work of art rather than,...
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Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a frightening illustration of a society that has only two classes, specifically a working class and an oppressive wealthy class. Looking at the text through a Marxist lens makes the distinction between classes even more apparent. The bourgeoisie, or the wealthy upper class, are those who hold power over the lower class using oppression. This lower class, also known as the proletariat, is composed of downtrodden workers who are not allowed to think for sheer...
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Literature has impacted the world in numerous ways. It has formed our beliefs into different things and has made us look at the world differently. Author Connie Willis said ‘That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!’ Many authors have told us stories since long ago and have taught us many of valuable lessons and messages....
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“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.” The Cambridge Dictionary defines prejudice as, an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge. In a world where prejudice is seen on a daily basis, it is not uncommon for children’s books and movies to address this concept indistinctly. In both stories that I will be focusing on, there is an overhanging theme of prejudice, racism, and...
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Both Schumacher and Wilde have uniquely crafted their texts, portraying the overwhelming obsession that the respective eponymous protagonists, The Phantom of the Opera and Dorian Gray, face throughout the film and novel. Both texts delve deep into the wild and unruly minds of the protagonists through the use of camera angles, character interaction, imagery, symbolism, costuming, setting, soundtrack, and narrative structure. These stylistic features are important for both the film and novel, where they provide an insight into the minds...
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By masquerading as an autobiography, Robinson Crusoe attempts to blur the lines between fact and fiction. Although written by Daniel Defoe, the novel’s first edition credits the fictitious and titular Robinson Crusoe as the story’s true author. In order to add validity to the claim of Crusoe acting as the work’s author, Defoe crafts an entire preface featuring a fake letter from an editor praising “Crusoe’s” narrative as absolute fact. “The Story is told with Modesty, with Seriousness, and with...
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Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel that tells a story about a group of English school boys who find themselves stranded on an island without any adult supervision. From the start, it is quite evident that there are some distinct personality differences between the boys on the island. Because of this, the batch of boys experience different challenges whilst they are stranded on the island which results in numerous conflicts betwixt the boys. Eventually, there...
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A New York article published in 2006, attempts to persuade readers that all immigrants, no matter their origins, should be accepted by Americans. “Angels in America,” written by John Tierney, goes on to say, although most U.S. citizens’ ancestors were at one-point immigrants, today they fail to give any concern for new migrants. Tierney makes the point that Mexican immigrants are no different from other immigrants. He questions why it is so difficult for someone with Hispanic, Latin, or Chicano...
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Did u ever read a classic book or seen a classic movie/television, well, the Great Gatsby is a classic book written by one of the greatest writers in American literature F. Scott Fitzgerald. This classic was written almost one hundred years ago, and people still classify this book as The Great American Novel. The Great Gatsby is the ultimate rags-to-riches story. This story represents the jazz age in the 1920 and the American dream. Something rich, poor, and middle-class people...
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A human experience is a situation that occurs to people individually by themselves or collectively by a group of people like a community or a society. These experiences are seen in the text the Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is a tragedy based on a group of girls in Salem, Massachusetts, who claimed that they were getting possessed by the devil and later on accused several other local women of witchcraft. When mass hysteria spread throughout Salem, a special...
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Antigone by Sophocles Antigone is convinced that she will be obeying the law of the gods by burying her brother, Polyneices, in honor, although against the command of King Creon. Antigone decides to disobey the King’s decree of leaving her brother’s body to rot, after he is killed by his own brother, Eteocles. Antigone argues that doing so would be dishonoring the gods. On the other hand, King Creon is irresolute as to whether he should follow the law and...
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Gregor’s metamorphosis accomplishes several of his aims: First, it frees him from his hated job with an odious company by using disabling him from working; second, it relieves him of the requirement to make an agonizing desire between his filial duty to his parents—particularly his father—and his desperate yearning to emancipate himself from such responsibilities and dependence. It as a consequence allows him to “bug out” of his loathsome constraints yet do so on a degree of aware innocence, with...
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Social reformer, Dickens, utilizes the theme of social responsibility to criticize the capitalist, yet supposedly ‘Christian’ Victorian society he lived in. He wanted to “haunt” his readers with the social message of the importance of expressing the allegory within Dickins’ novella: lower classes can no longer be ignored. In the extract, from Stave 3, Dickens is presenting “Ignorance” and “want”, two “youth” who show the despair of poverty. The Ghost of Christmas Present begins by showing the children “from the...
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Introduction: The crucible, By Arthur Miller, has been relevant to many different groups across the world, throughout history. The conception of corruption prevailing and the truth being disregarded are the main focuses of the text. They relate to the major human experience that shapes our responses and reactions to heavy-weight world conflicts. That in the face of conflict true human motivations are unveiled for the world to see. This is seen in both The crucible and to kill a mockingbird...
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One national authoritative source demonstrated that American people are all living with fear and extended intimidation in their life, reflecting on the declining participation rate in public safety construction. Arthur Miller, the admirable and passionate writer, offers a convincing argument that accusation on people’s identification not only has been considered a violation of personal rights, but also has immensely destructive effects, socially, politically, and even economically. Throughout this fictionalized story, some characters accuse witchcraft of one another for their own...
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In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of young women in Salem, Massachusetts falsely accuse other villagers of witchcraft. The trials and accusations put the village into a frenzy that results in the death of nineteen individuals and the arrest of two hundred others. Arthur Miller wrote this play to create an allegory between McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the play, there are many characters who play key roles that lead up to the deaths...
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Writing about this topic I have to first focus on two things so my explanation of allegories that are present in “Lord of the Flies” can be received clearly. Firstly, the book was written in a way that establishes the ground for an enormous amount of allegories, and I will go into the depth of their meaning to explain them. Secondly, we have to understand what exactly is an allegory. I’ve chosen this topic because it is my favorite literary...
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Introduction Introduction: Frankenstein, published in 1818 was written in the peak era of Romanticism and the gothic genre. This statement leaves one curious about the category that the novel fits into. Thesis: After examining the romantic and gothic genres, it is clear that Frankenstein respects the ideals of Romanticism and the gothic genre because of the novel’s elements such as the characters, the setting, and, conventions. Paragraph 1: To begin with, Frankenstein fits the characteristics of romantic settings due to...
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