The first section of The Waste Land takes its title from a line in the Anglican burial service It is made up of four vignettes each seemingly from the perspective of a different speaker The first is an autobiographical snippet from the childhood of an aristocratic woman in which she recalls sledding and claims that she is German not Russian this would be important if the woman is meant to be a member of the recently defeated Austrian imperial family The woman mixes a meditation on the seasons w
The Charcter and Symbolism of Hills Like White Elephant In Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway relies on symbolism t convey the theme of abortion The symbolic material objects as well as the strong symbolic characters aid the reader understands the underlying theme The material objects that Hemingway uses to convey the theme are beer the good and bad hillsides and a railroad station between two tracks The beer represents the couples the American and the girls usual routine they do toget
Williams use of Expression as an essential element of his drama Tennessee Williams is admired for the theatricality of his plays and for introducing literary devices into the theatre in particularly The Glass Menagerie In this drama he uses devices such as lighting and sound techniques to enhance the effectiveness of his themes Throughout this play the characters are tempted toward illusion when they find reality too painful Although the illusions of some characters are more socially acceptable
In Shakespeares tragedy history Roman play Antony and Cleopatra we are told the story of two passionate and power hungry lovers In the first two Acts of the play we are introduced to some of the problems and dilemmas facing the couple such as the fact that they are entwined in an adulterous relationship and that both of them are forced to show their devotion to Caesar Along with being introduced to Antony and Cleopatras strange love affair we are introduced to some interesting secondary charact
Monster and Beast This paper will compare the themes of the novel Frankenstein a book written by Mary Shelley which was published anonymously in 1818 with Disneys 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast a musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman The novel and the film both have remarkable similarities and connection in terms of the characters settings and symbols used The novel starts with Victor Frankensteins meddling with the natural set of things including death In Frankensteins intelligent
The Alchemist is a journey of exploration and self discovery as we follow the main character Santiago a young shepherd who lives in Spain on a journey to fulfill his personal legend The novel shows us wisdoms and gentle reminders of how to change our lives from what they may be today into the life we have always dreamed of The novel tells us that the fear of failure is the greatest obstacle to happiness There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve the fear of failure So ofte
EVERYMAN A Moral Play Plot Everyman English morality play written anonymously in the late 15th century The play is an allegory of death and the fate of the soul Summoned by Death Everyman calls on Fellowship Goods and Strength for help but they desert him Only Good Deeds and Knowledge remain faithful and lead him toward salvation It is generally considered the finest of the morality plays Characters Every character represents a different characteristic of the main character Everyman The charact
Shakespeares Macbeth was written during a time of great superstition demonology and the ideology of the divine king A king was more than a figurehead of power but a man who is appointed by God as a deputy on Earth with absolute power Kingship was part of the natural order and one could not upset this order in the eyes of God Demonology and superstition were part of Elizabethan life and affected the way many lived The fact that a man of such power as King James I was known to believe in demonolo
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
Failed Attempts For Redemption In The Kite Runner Amir and Baba both sought out for the redemption of the sins they have committed Only one of them truly finds the redemption and Baba is not the one is what true redemption iswhen guilt leads to good Hosseini Baba had an idea in his head that told him to be the best at everything and to fool people from the truth Even if it meant to go against his own beliefs and word He showed the image of a person that everyone wanted to see Baba also takes hi