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  • Commentary on Lady Lazarus

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    Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a miracle recounted in the Bible where Jesus restores Lazarus to life after four days of being dead Plath sees herself as the female Lazarus who has been raised from the dead three times and thus a miracle Like the sense of miracle Plath sees her deaths like Lazaruss for they dont fall into the category of usual deaths Sylvia Plath completed her masterpiece Lady Lazarus in the days before her suicide in 1963 while in a condition of disturbance suffering and

  • Fahrenheit 451: Symbolism Of Fire

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury teaches that the voice of a people cannot be quieted or controlled There will always be those that will stand up to authority even in the face of grave danger Bradburys use of fire throughout the novel symbolizes the protagonists Montag journey of enlightenment from its ability to take as much as it can be used to give In the beginning of the novel Montag sees the world like everyone at that time Fire was meant to strike fear in the hearts of people but yet Montag

  • Commentary on Fahrenheit 451

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    Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time in a hedonistic and rabidly anti intellectual America that has completely abandoned self control and bans the reading of books Anyone caught owning them is at the minimum confined in a mental hospital and has the books confiscated and burned At the maximum the penalty is a sentence to immediate death People are now only entertained by in ear radio and an interactive form of television The protagonist Guy Montag is a fireman certain that h

  • Apathy in Fahrenheit 451

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    Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury about a society where the people dont have any concerns for others Everyone is only after the materialistic things in life which supposedly brings them happiness However if everyone is so happy why do voluminous people try to commit suicide every night By portraying many figures who never even wonder about their lot in life Fahrenheit 451 seems to imply that apathy is a very important element in the decline of Montags society Fahrenheit 451 is a novel a

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