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  • Love in The Great Gatsby

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    Though The Great Gatsby offers a clear image of what life was like in the 1920s it does not offer a definition of love or a contrast between love and romance but what it does suggest is that what people believe to be love is often only a dream The novel is set in a time when many Americans main objective was becoming rich and love was something to possess As a result all of the relationships in the Great Gatsby fail because they are based on materialism and not love Tom sees Myrtle as nothing m

  • Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

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    The Significance of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Fitzgeralds use of symbolism in his novel The Great Gatsby plays an important role in the overall message being sent through the story Symbolism is used to convey the authors ideas to the reader and it is portrayed by the symbols deeper meaning The two symbols that serve the most significance in this story are the green light at the end of Daisys dock that Gatsby sees across the bay and T J Eckleburgs billboard that represents Gods eyes watching

  • Commentary on Love In The Time Of Cholera

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    It is easy to mistake Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Love in the Time of Cholera as a fairytale ending storybook romance in which two ill fated lovers eventually consummate their lifelong relationship Although the two lovers eventually find one another after practically a lifetime the novel is scattered with the motif of love as a decaying illness cholera and aging as a repulsive lifestyle Florentino Ariza dedicates his whole life to nurturing his shattered heart In which was broken by his life love F

  • The Individual Versus Society in The Crucible

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    In The Crucible by Arthur Miller there is a controversy between the individual and the society Is it more important to be a good and moral person or is it more important to be viewed as one Arthur Miller believes that the societys views on a person overpower that of an individuals ideas and actions With substantial evidence for Abigails motives to blame his own wife he is still very cautious and wary about reporting their affair John Proctor knows that with that confession he will have a reputa

  • Daisy in The Great Gatsby

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    Daisy Buchanan is a trapped woman she is trapped in a marriage that she is unhappy in and she is trapped in a world where she has no chance to be free of independent She is at the mercy of her husband Tom a man who takes her for granted and who is very controlling of their marriage He wants women to be beautiful but nave Daisy is very beautiful but is far from nave She realizes her roll is to be the fool and because of that she comes off foolish and shallow The reader must understand that Daisy

  • Narcissism in East of Eden

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    Distortion in Reverie Humans narcissistic tendency causes people to recognize their own characteristics in others the good identify the decency in those around them while the malevolent are cynical of their surroundings The result is mans distorted image of reality either blatantly pessimistic or blindly optimistic The idealistic of the two often creates a false conception so quixotic that reality can never suffice while the negative individual skeptical of all goodness forms a general distrust

  • Analysis of Holy Sonnet VII and XVII

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    SONNET ARGUMENT PORTRAYING DONNES WIT AND SYMBOLISM HOLY SONNETS VIII AND XVII The two subjects in which John Donne went deepest are those which try the understanding most love and religion mentions George Williamson Furthermore he pointed out From these twin sources flow significant currents in English poetry Love poetry could never be quite the same after him and religious verse that is also poetry descends from him Many critics for years focused on one of these currents The Songs and Sonets

  • Warnings in Fahrenheit 451

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    In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1953 members of society focus only on entertainment immediate gratification and speeding trough life If books are found they are burned and their owner is arrested If the owner refuses to abandon the books he or she often dies burning along with them People with interested outside of technology and entertainment are viewed as strange as possible threats The authors three warnings to contemporary society are technology mass entertainment replaces literacy and fa

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