Major Themes Good and Evil To Kill a Mockingbird is an exploration of human morality and presents a constant conversation regarding the inherent goodness or evilness of people Atticus father of Scout and Jem also plays the role of teacher for his children and his town Atticus believes that people usually contain aspects of both good and evil but that good will usually prevail Atticus teaches this to his children but also to the town as he works to defend Tom Robinson an innocent black man accus
Harper Lee deals with prejudice in large ways in To Kill A Mockingbird The novel is staged in the tired old town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930s Maycomb is a classic southern town full of gossip tradition and burdened with a legacy of racism Atticus Finch narrates Id rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard but I know youll go after birds Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird Lee 90 After careful study one begins to see that this is j
The characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird TKAM are understood and familiarised as the story advances and experiences of the characters expand The characters in the story are portrayed in Scouts point of view and past point of narration Scout Jem and dill draw to us many different types of people within the community as they carry out their daring neighbourhood activities In TKAM Scouts character is known as she matures and progresses in experience and taking in lessons learnt The protag
The balance of evil and innocence is a common theme in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A finished piece of art work is a master piece Though the colors may not blend perfectly it is the imperfections in life that make it worth living Sadly not all people were able to make their mark on the canvas we call life This period in time was dangerous for non whites The Depression threatened their way of life and made people angry Anger turns to evil and evil corrupts the innocence of huma
By clinging to what one is accustomed to rather than accepting modern views on questionable topics one hinders development of the younger generations Such is the case in Zora Neale Hurstons revolutionary novel Their Eyes Were Watching God in which the protagonist Janie Crawford defies her characterization as both a woman and a member of the African American community in a quest to find her true self In an effort to give Janie maximum security and protection Janies grandmother marries her off to
The Yellow Wallpaper a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a brief and vivid overview of the patriarchal society of the 19th century The story is based on a woman who after having a new baby became mentally distressed and was put on bed rest by her husband She is confined to an upstairs bedroom in a colonial mansion used solely for her recovery Her husband John believes depriving her from any social contact will recover and restore his wifes mental state John who is a doctor does not eve
The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare is a comedy that satirizes sill or unfair social customs often through farce The play engages the audience in a world of humour and sometimes humiliation The plays enthralling storyline and plot are extremely effective and interesting The play is set in the 16th century The action in the 5 act play takes place in various locations in Padua Italy Padua is in northern Italy about 30 miles west of Venice As the title of play suggests the play
Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel is one of the most acclaimed Canadian novels of all time In this novel the most prevailing theme is that of pride this is seen predominantly through the protagonist Hagar but also through other characters such as Jason Currie As John Moss states What gives Margaret Laurences vision the resonant dimensions of universal truth is theinterlacing of the destructive and constructive effects of Hagars recalcitrant pridePride is a double edged sword Indeed her great p
Andres Salazar Like all that pertains to crime it seemed never to have known a youthful era 43 Only taking fifteen to twenty years for the wooden jail to become darker besides its already gloomy appearance the prison door never looked new With crime being associated to bad people and hatred the prison door sets the tone for the novel This prison door appearing to hold dangerous criminals set in Utopia where they know that misbehavior evil and death are unavoidable sets the tone of sadness fille
The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd The poem The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd is a look into the mind of a realistic or some may even say pessimistic person It was written as a response to the more idealistic poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd is the story of a man trying to convince the lady he loves to spend the rest of her life with him He describes the happiness that will surround them and the beauty they will live with the rest of their liv