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    Kindred is the story of Dana Franklin, the descendent of slaves who is summoned back in time by Rufus Weylin, the son of a slave-owner, who can reach her across time somehow when he is in mortal danger. Dana attempts to help Rufus as well as the slaves on his father Tom's plantation, but she is continually stymied by the violence and ignorance of the slave-owners. In the end she is maimed by Rufus during an attempted rape and kills him in self-defense.

  • Slavery in Kindred

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  • A Metaphorical Analysis of Kindred

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    A Metaphorical View into Kindred In Kindred by Octavia Butler Dana is subject to many different wounds all over her body the more involved Dana becomes in the story the more damaging the wounds are to her everyday function These wounds their severity and their position represent certain emotional and mental scars in Dana made by her travels into the 1800s The most severe of these wounds and the driver of the book since it is the opening chapter and we are awaiting for this scene throughout the

  • Analysis of Kindred

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    Octavia Butlers Kindred tells a story of how a modern day black woman Dana is transported from California to the antebellum South to protect a man that would become her ancestor Her survival essentially relies on her ability to keep him alive She is summoned to a plantation in Maryland that her ancestor Rufus Weylin lives on Every time Rufus faces danger Dana would be called upon to protect him so that he can father the child that will become her ancestor Each time Dana goes back to the past sh

  • Analysis of the Introduction in The Birthmark

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    In The Birthmark from Nathaniel Hawthornes Tales Hawthorne confuses the reader by introducing the story in a wordy and overwhelming manner The introduction leaves the reader confused and wondering why an author would begin a story this way The first part of the introduction basically uses an unnecessary amount of vocabulary to tell us a little background there is a scientist who loves his work and managed to marry a beautiful young woman The latter part of the introduction is practically indeci

  • Customs and Bonds: The Scarlet Letter

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    CUSTOMS AND BONDS A piece of writing as in every form of art is a manifestation of its creator Authors include fragments of themselves their history and their experiences for either personal motive or simply to establish a moral connection with the reader In The Custom House Nathaniel Hawthornes introduction to his novel The Scarlet Letter an unnamed narrator establishes a connection with the reader through personal anecdote history and emotion This anonymous customs officer is not Hawthorne hi

  • Friar Lawrence in Romeo And Juliet.

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    To what extent is Friar Laurence responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet The Friar is answerable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but only to some degree Often because of his involvement in the lives of the lovers Friar Laurence can be seen as more responsible for their deaths than he actually is although in the last scene the Friar is partially responsible for the death of Juliet However his responsibility is mild compared to the accountability of other influences in the lovers lives

  • A Monster's Importance: Beowulf

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    A Monsters Importance The importance of a monster or supernatural being to a story can often be confused for only being there for mystery excitement or entertainment but the following cases prove that their worth is much greater than that in the grand scheme of things Whether the monsters or loathly ladies of the works discussed in class can be classified as monster inhuman or somewhere in between these characters can strangely teach readers what it meant to be human socially aesthetically and

  • Celia's Electra Complex in As You Like It

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    CELIAS ELECTRA COMPLEX In Shakespeares As You Like It Celia the only daughter of the usurper Duke Frederick is a secondary participant in the central plot and so appears to lack the fullness and three dimensionality in character possessed by her cousin Rosalind However upon closer examination it can be seen that Shakespeare does bequeath Celia with a certain level of complexity In Celia Shakespeare shows his prowess in crafting fictional characters no matter how minor that possess a great deal

  • Desert Solitaire: Anthropomorphism And Personification

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    Anthropomorphism and Personification In Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey is in a pursuit of seeing nature as it is without humanly ascribed qualities 7 Although Abbey does not want to use anthropomorphism or personification he finds that it is impossible to avoid because he sees life in the desert and writes all living things on earth are kindred 25 And if we are all kindred then we share many of the same attributes At first the author defends his position by stating that it is possible for wild a

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