Allegory

Have you ever played any discouraging pranks on others of had them played on you? In the exciting book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” written by Mark Twain, the main mischievous sneaky character was Tom Sawyer. Tom screeched out many scary and dreadful pranks that harmed friends and family. You may be wondering, where these pranks great, bad, or where they even kind of both? Well, somewhere okay, somewhere bad, and others where almost funny. Tom played many bad pranks. Making people think…

As quoted from Abraham Lincoln, “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells about a group of English boys who land on an inhabited island after a plane crash. After realizing there are no adults around, the boys attempt to create their own society while waiting for rescue. Although the boys are rescued in the end, their lives were destroyed throughout the course of the book. This novel clearly shows…

Poe uses symbolism to further aid in the development of his short story, "The Masque of the Red Death." Since a deadly disease by the name of the Red Death is terrorizing where he lives, Prince Prospero decides to lock the gates of his palace to prevent the illness from spreading. Several months after he isolates himself from the rest of the world, he organizes a rather elegant masquerade ball, inviting a multitude of his fellow nobleman to participate in such an event. During the ball, Prince…

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe tells the story of Prince Prospero and his failed escape from the Red Death. When the plague strikes, he believes hiding away in his castle with a party of nobles will keep them healthy and happy in the isolation. However, death cannot be avoided. In his story, Poe symbolizes life, the countdown to death, and the fate everyone shares through colored rooms, an ominous clock, and the personification of death in his short story “The Masque of the Red…

The theme in “Young Goodman Brown” would be, looks can be deceiving. The story talks about a guy who talks about a guy who thinks all is well. Symbolism is endless in the story, I will be giving four examples with an additional example of irony/symbol. For example his wife’s name is faith. When he loses his wife not only did he lose her he lost his faith (literally). “My love and my faith”, “my faith is gone!” cried he after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth: and sins is but a…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is heavily influenced by the Puritan time. The Puritan Era was well known for it’s strict religious statutes and harsh punishment on so called “witches”. In the story Young Goodman Brown is affected by these puritans values and rituals. The Puritans believed every evil deed was caused by the devil (source 2). This is evident in “Young Goodman Brown” because as he and the devil are walking the devil says his father and grandfather had walked this…

Humans long to believe they are virtuous. They believe they are worthy of paradise but refuse to acknowledge the corrupt elements within them. Nathaniel Hawthorne adopts this ideology in his short story “Young Goodman Brown”. Hawthorne uses his story to reveal the conflict among following a religion, the battle against human nature, and the blurry line between good and evil. Young Goodman Brown refers to himself as “a good Christian” (Hawthorne ??), however, he bases his moral high ground on…

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” is about the wealthy Prince Prospero who tries to protect himself and his friends from a deadly plague by taking refuge in his castle. The story take place in the 1300s in England. During this era, a lot of people died because of the Bubonic plague. The events of the story take place in Prince Prospero’s castle, which is important for three reasons. Castle acts as a protector; Castle that is made by gothic style that mirrors Prospero’s…

Liam Tepen Mrs. Stewart 10H English, Hour 4 12 October 2015 The Innocence of Children Children are cute, innocent, pure, and fun to be around. Evil and children are thrown together in Golding’s Lord of the Flies and innocence is pushed to the limit. A group of boys are thrown on an island without an adult supervisor, not to mention innocent british boys. Children are anything but innocent, and demonstrate acts even adults are too disturbed to do. Peace and sanity are tested throughout the…

James Tervort Hicken English 11 7 October 2015 Goodman Symbolism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” tells the story of a man whose beliefs and faiths are or on the brink of destruction from temptation. Goodman Brown loses his belief in humanity when he discovers that the devils followers are all around us and every man has an evil spirit within himself. A different reaction would have been to accept the problems with man, and use that to get along better with others. We all sin, nobody…