Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel is one of the most acclaimed Canadian novels of all time In this novel the most prevailing theme is that of pride this is seen predominantly through the protagonist Hagar but also through other characters such as Jason Currie As John Moss states What gives Margaret Laurences vision the resonant dimensions of universal truth is theinterlacing of the destructive and constructive effects of Hagars recalcitrant pridePride is a double edged sword Indeed her great p
John Miltons Paradise Lost explain Satan in a heroic light In the 1st book the poem is focused on the characters of Satan who has just fallen from heaven Satan tries to make the best of the situation in hell explaining better to reign in hell than serve in heaven line 263 He tells the crowd of fallen angels to get up and in an amusing scene they begin to search into the ground They build a temple which will serve as the location of Satan This is an example of the ways in which Satan and his fol
Succumbed in the Illusion of Symbols Sunglasses block light letters revive elapsed emotions and briefcases provide a compartment to clasp onto vital items incapable of letting go Symbols in Invisible Man play meaningful portrayals throughout the novel Author Ralph Ellison writes about an innominate mans journey during one of Americas darkest times in the Jim Crow South desiring to identify a resemblance to truth The narrator encounters many figures like Dr Bledsoe the last hope for many African