A journey is considered to be a period of travel from one place to another The embarkment of a literary journey can consume most of the work starting from the beginning and usually ending when the work becomes resolute Flannery OConnor uses journeys in many of her works these journeys correlate with the symbols used to portray what the character s faces through his or her expedition In The Violent Bear It Away Flannery OConnor writes of how Francis Marion Tarwater experiences a spiritual religi
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
Context The most influential writer in all of English literature William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle class glove maker in Stratford upon Avon England Shakespeare attended grammar school but his formal education proceeded no further In 1582 he married an older woman Anne Hathaway and had three children with her Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright Public and critical acclaim quickly followed and Shakespeare eventu
The Red Convertible A Brother in Arms Louise Endrichs short story The Red Convertible is about how even the bonds of family and friends may not be enough to subdue the trauma caused by war The story begins in 1974 as our narrator Lyman a Native American retells the story about his brother Henry and the red convertible they both owned After buying it impulsively both of the brothers spend the summer driving around the Dakotas Montana and taking a hitchhiker back to Alaska When they return home H
Across the world many societies depend upon the traditions handed down from elders and ancestors Most members of the society blindly follow these traditions because it has always been done In Shirley Jacksons The Lottery people follow a brutal tradition for these very reasons The short story is a social commentary on how people blindly follow traditions regardless of their purpose or outcome The staunchest supporters of tradition tend to be elderly people in society In the story the character O
Achilles anger started with his fight with Agamemnon Apollo put a plague on the Achaean soldiers that was killing them The only way to seize the plague from killing them all was to return the priests daughter who was captured The girl belonged to Agamemnon and he didnt want to return her unless he got the girl that Achilles had in return This would disgrace Achilles honor but he could not let any more of his people get killed so he reluctantly let the girl go But in return for giving up the gir
Throughout Millers novel The Crucible religion is heavily criticized and the institution of it in Salem Criticism is displayed when Abigail reveals her hatred for Salem and the key values the town lived by I never knew what pretense Salem was I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men I 22 Abigail criticized the way religion was taught and the context of religion in Salem Miller argues that Salems teachings to the people amongst one another
John Hale is the minister of Betty which has been summoned to Salem to discover and extinguish supposed witchcraft in the town Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft His arrival sets the hysteria in motion although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save lives of those accused Though a gradual change it is he drastically changes his views and ideas of what is Gods will and where his priorities lie The ends of Act One shows Hale searching for evidence of witchcraft real
In the book Speak the author Laurie Halse Anderson creates a character named Melinda Sordino from a dream she has The character portrays a girl who throughout a life changing event separates herself from the world In the book Melinda tries to find herself and escape depression through her art Anderson uses characterization imagery and setting to express her personality and feelings Melinda Sordino was greatly affected by this incident It disturbed her emotionally physically and mentally In just
Siddhartha Many people struggle to find their place in life Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is the story of a young Brahmin who is battling to find his place and ventures off in the world to find the meaning of life His journey begins as a young Brahmin who excelled in life but felt he was missing something and ends as a wise man that has found peace within him Throughout the book Hesse allows the reader to connect with Siddhartha and watch as he grows through his experiences and people with whom he