Allegory

Many authors use symbolism to portray themes throughout a novel. This occurred in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book, The Scarlet Letter. The book took place during the Puritan time period which lasted from the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. The Scarlet Letter is about the main character, Hester Prynne, who commited the crime of adultery. She was publicly shame punished by the community for the felony which she was involved in. The symbols used in this novel were crucial in reinforcing the central…

The village of Sleepy Hollow was dark and gloomy. A crow is perched on the sign waiting for it’s prey to wander the dark streets.The street was so foggy one couldn’t see across the empty streets of the village.Off in the you could see a figure of a man on a horse.Who is this man on this horse? Brom Bones is a man in the village of Sleepy Hollow who wants to marry this beautiful girl named Katrina VanTassell. Brom Bones has one major obstacle in his way. The obstacle is Ichabod Crane a school…

Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett) Waiting for Godot is a play about two men seeking for hope and salvation, Vladimir and Estragon. In a country road (Beckett,1) with a single tree on a hill, they patiently waited aimlessly for someone whose arrival is uncertain, Godot. This play falls under tragedy and comedy. Tragic, in a sense that they are hoping for a day that Godot might come but all that is happening to them are just repeated incidence of the past days, and comedy because there are…

“A country road. A tree. Evening.” These stage directions preface Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot.” In the play, two men meet on this sparse, forlorn stage and attempt to make sense of their obscure world through encounters with mysterious characters and the prospects of finding purpose upon the arrival of a character they call Godot. The two men, Estragon and Vladimir, experience very little action or significant adventure in regards to the plot. Still, Beckett, regarded by some…

Anthem by Ayn Rand is written as the journal of Equality 7-2521. Equality 7-2521 lives in a society where Individuality does not exist and differences are evil. He has been taught since he was a child, “… If you are not needed by your brother men, there is no reason for you to burden the earth with your bodies” (Rand 22). Equality has been cursed since birth because he is smarter and taller than his brothers (Rand 21). Because he enjoys science, and wants to be assigned to the Home of the…

In the book Lord of the Flies, many main characters were introduced showing their personality and how they could impact society. One of the main characters introduced in the first chapter was Ralph. He is bossy, adventurous, and also has hopes of getting rescued. Ralph would help the society tremendously because of his leadership skills along with his bravery. He shows bravery because he wasn’t afraid to go and adventure or search the mysterious island they were on. Piggy is also one of the main…

Daedalus is a famous sculptor . His sculptures were so life like it was as if they would come to life . He was also a renowned architect . Daedalus has a nephew named talus he was a lot smarter than Daedalus .Talus was an inventor . He created the saw while walking on the beach one day , and the compass by just putting a stick in the ground. Daedalus got jealous . He got so jealous that one day he pushed talus off a cliff and he fell to his death . Daedals got so depressed because had done…

Ralph wants to be rescued and he thinks his dad is going to rescue him. He tells everybody that his dad, who is a Navy Commander, is going arrive as soon as he finds out that they are stranded. Piggy questions, “When’ll your dad rescue us?” (Golding 12). Piggy keeps telling Ralph that killing Simon was an accident. Ralph says to Piggy, “That was murder” (Golding 144). Ralph is the civilized human instinct of the story. He wants everything to be organized and be led by rules. He has a rule…

Lord of the Flies essay Whenever you are faced in situations where life becomes confusing, people just seem to get agitated. Not only does The Lord of the Flies show how people can go from scared to completely insane, but the “Stanford Prison Experiment”shows how you can put good people in an evil place and evil can win over humanity. As good humans are faced with evil situations where they can become mentally agitated under pressure or even life or death situations, this statement becomes true…

Hawthorne uses the forest to symbolize a free, lawless world where no Puritan governing exists, supporting the story’s overall idea... (!!!) Throughout the story, the forest stands a place where one can go to free themselves from the views of society. Hester’s journey to meet Dimmesdale in the forest is depicted, as the road she walked on “straggled onward in the mystery of the primeval forest… [the forest] stood so black and dense on either side, and disclosed such imperfect glimpses of the sky…