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- 10701: Symbolism Found in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tale of The Minister’s Black Veil
- ... lead him to be excluded from society, because people were in denial of their own sinful nature. He took his crusade to the grave. Where underneath that veil, “his flesh turned to dust.” Even in death he was faithful to his cause. Hawthorne wrote this tale to exemplify the Puritan battle of sin and evil, and their impossible quest to satisfy the strict rubric of a perfect
- 10702: Morality in Frankenstein
- ... of wickedness; but they confirm me in determination of not creating you a companion in vice."( pg. 163) Frankenstein will not sacrifice his morality because of persuasion from a monster. Although beholding the threat of death and misery Frankenstein held his ground and did not sacrifice his moral. When and if Frankenstein creates another monster he can not feel as if he has done the morally right thing. From creating the ...
- 10703: A Tale of Two Cities: Love or Hate
- ... Defage is a perfect example of hate. She cares for nothing but the killing of aristocrats and innocent people alike. In a few basic words she is a violent murderous madwoman. This hate causes her death for if she hadn’t been involved in a hateful out-of-control revolution she would have never even met Miss Pross. Meanwhile there is another confrontation occurring, one which is taking place on the ...
- 10704: The Crucible: Elizabeth's Strength
- ... the commandments, it is evident that there is still a void between her and John. All commandments could be recited except for adultery. In the puritan culture, adultery is a grievous sin, one punishable by death. She has to live through each day knowing that John was unfaithful, and that he did not fulfill the commitment of marriage. She feels hurt and betrayed, but what Abby tries next is the most ...
- 10705: Jude the Obscure: Summary
- ... and cast out by society and the people he loves the most. The alienation of Jude by the major characters, such as Sue’s not wanting to see Jude again, all lead to the untimely death of Jude himself.
- 10706: Chaplin's, The Kid
- ... the house. But what is so startling about Chaplin's comedy of fathering a lost baby is the fact that he first conceived and immediately began to shoot this film barely two weeks after the death of his own three-day-old, firstborn infant son. Having turned his personal pain to such a creative purpose, he gets us to break bread with him and take communion with his grief and loss ...
- 10707: A Separate Peace
- ... happened to him, he was frightened that he did it to him. Lastly, a good reason that Gene intentionally caused Finny to fall out of the tree was because he felt guilty about Finny’s death at the end because he really did do it. "I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family’s strait ...
- 10708: Comparison: Mary Reilly and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- ... mother passes away leaving Mary in grief. Soon after this personal catastrophe, she encounters Mr. Hyde while looking around out side. In this confrontation Mary is bitten on the shoulder by Hyde and is near death when Hyde abruptly ceases his frenzy. Not long after this the body of Mr. Hyde is found dead in Jekyll's laboratory. Naturally two books related to each other in this way have their similarities ...
- 10709: Hester Prynne: Learning and Changing
- ... the small Puritan village. Henceforth, her daughter is able to venture out (Hawthorne speculates in the novel's conclusion) and enjoys a happy life, yet always "mindful of her mother" (262), who continues to her death to wear the scarlet letter and to continue to feel it's weight and heed whatever constant lessons of truth, life and love it brings, so that she is finally a "comfort[er] and counsel ...
- 10710: Haircut: Irony
- ... cruelty executed by Jim Kendall and the blind following of the townspeople. We also get an insight, without the knowledge of the narrator, into his own unperceptiveness especially when he fails to recognize Jim's death as a deliberate act of murder. The narrator expresses judgments that the author wants us to see through and reject. His constant claims that Jim was "an alright guy" are an obvious hint that the ...
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