An allegory is a story poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one In the story a terrible disease called the Red Death struck the country Its incredibly fatal and gruesome and it had already killed off half the kingdom The ruler of the kingdom Prince Prospero does not care about the decease of his kingdom and proceeds to throw a masquerade ball in his mansion far away in the woods During the ball a masked person appears and he portrays
George Orwell grew up a devout and dedicated socialist in the British colonies of India and even when he eventually studied and lived in England He was loyal to the beliefs and followings of socialisms fathers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels the authors of The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital However when Orwell saw the ideals of Socialism turned into vicious Communism taking advantage of and abusing the lower classes that it was intended to help he could not turn a blind eye to the cruelties
We can associate the situation of the Animals at Orwells Animal Farm under the rule of Mr Jones with the circumstances of the October Revolution Old Major can be identified with Lenin or Karl Marx The prototype of Mr Jones was Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Similarly to the society of Tsarist Russia the Animals were encouraged to raise a rebellion against the human fighting in the name of freedom brotherhood equality and solidarity Soon after their version of the Revolution they found themselves un
The Witchcraft trials in 1692 which infested the small town of Salem Massachusetts can most definitely be placed among the most illogical events in the history of the United States Though Witchcraft was never proved to be the cause of this mysterious chain of events one can wonder whether if in fact the Devil was present in this vile scheme Arthur Miller and Hawthorne portray internal conflicts contained within the minds of the corrupted Young Goodman Brown and untainted Reverend John Hale Arth
A Jungian Interpretation of the Tempest Shakespeares Tempest lends itself to many different levels of meaning and interpretation The play can be seen on a realistic plane as a tale of political power and social responsibility It can be seen as allegory examining the growth of the human spirit The Tempest investigates marriage love culture It is symbolic of mans rational higher instincts verses his animal natural tendencies This is a play of repentance power revenge and fate that can also be see
THE TEMPEST A CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PLAY Shakespeares The Tempest play can be considered classic and contemporary It can be considered a contemporary play for many reasons First of all because it contains rebellion treachery mutiny conspiracy and challenges to authority the main character is in the position of power Prospero that are resolved at the end The play can also be seen as an allegory of colonial exploitation representing the natives of the New World And it can be recognized as a mo
Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter would be a great asset to the American Literature syllabus The Scarlet Letter is by many people considered to be a classic novel The story deals with spiritual as well as moral concerns that consume us all as Americans The story is full of symbolism and allegory Hawthorne also uses many literary elements in The Scarlet Letter such as symbolism and irony The novel explores sin individuality and our moral turpitude Th
The Masque of the Red Death The story The Masque of the Red Death is a thought turning tale of a country possibly a fictional country that endured a murderous plague It was a traumatizing pain stricken time and many people died horrible deaths Edgar Alan Poe the author captured the story from his detailed perspective He described the rooms as if the personalities of the environments where alive The elements of the plague where horrific skin crawling and killed with no remorse It represents life
Conflict brings out the worst in people Most of us consider ourselves pacifists and try to avoid conflict whenever possible However circumstances and chance often intrude themselves into our idyll and draw us into situations where we are faced with conflict The philosophers teach us that it is precisely such events where the steadfastness of our characters is put to the test and our better qualities are revealed History however has proven quite the opposite as humans when in fear often instead