Seduction of the Innocent

Marlie Hyppolite LIT2020 November 30,2017 Research Paper Choosing one short story to write about was somewhat hard, but my favorite short story with such a message behind it is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”? I chose this short story because I only remember being truly moved by this. Past tense me is triggered especially heartbreaking for me. Joyce Carol Oates in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” starts off with description of the protagonist, Connie. Connie is depicted…

Nabokov paints throughout Lolita cues the reader through its language, stylistic devices of repetition, metaphor and alliteration. This passage is no exception as the readers is thrown into a pool of ambiguity, left to their own devices and the seduction of Humbert Humbert to discern what is right or wrong? Worthy of forgiveness? Is Charlotte’s death Humbert’s fault? There are no clear answers and this is precisely what makes good literature what makes Lo lee ta the demonic nymphet. The passages…

America…Commie Smasher! as a subtitle, was an obvious product of the McCarthy era. The public did not warm to it. The Captain America series was canceled for a second time in September 1954.” ("Captain America.") With the release of the book Seduction of The Innocent and Captain America..Commie Smasher! patriotic superheroes were dying out. But, over time comics were not known for kids and they explored mature themes, social issues as a result of Comic Book Authority just going to waste…

It was supposed to serve the public with the motivation against the British by showing their corruption. It is the reason Amelia is a woman who associated herself with a British character as a victim of seduction even though she was happy to marry him. Through this, we can see how the two spheres were defined in their gender roles assigned to them in the society. Doliscus left Amelia with their child to go back to Britain to perform his political duties.…

nineteenth century. Tess Durbeyfield is a simple country girl of the lower class whose life takes a different turn when her family discovers they are descendants of the d’Urbervilles, a once wealthy and noble family. From then on, fate took control of innocent Tess and led her to a guilt-filled life. Hardy utilizes Tess’s lack of control and guilt to convey a woman’s…

When does a sin become a sin? In Paradise Lost by John Milton, the seven cardinal sins are represented throughout the novel, and are apparent to the reader since the reader is reading paradise lost post-fall (humans are no longer innocent enough to see this text its original form). The first character to fall in the novel is Satan: his greed and envy caused him to start a rebellion against Gd and his newly appointed Son. Satan mentioned in the time before a head angel would be chosen that…

In Bewiched, Manago, a symbol of love and passion, serves as a thematic clue to track the male protagonist-Toyo-o’s psychological development of masculinity through a series of seductions and confrontations. While she, a “tenacious” manipulative temptress, is also a true foil to what society demands of women (646). Ueda Akinari uses Manago to suggest a gender based social order in the Japanese society which expects men to develop masculinity- courage, independence, determination to gain…

The American Singer-Songwriter, Taylor Swift co-produced the one hit wonder ‘You belong with me’. The song released in 2009 became one of the most influential songs to join the genre of country pop; it appears on the album ‘Fearless.’ The American Rap artist, 50 Cent sung the hit ‘Candy Shop.’ ‘Scott Storch’ originally wrote the song; released in 2005 on the album ‘The Massacre.’ It hit number one in the hip-hop chart. “You Belong with me” is aimed at young females aged 11-18 and in any…

presents her-self as mortal, as tempted rather than tempter” (Grudin 137). However, Matilda is the tempter and therefore monstrous because she desires that the painting of her depicted as Madonna is to be hung in Ambrosio’s room. Therefore, Matilda’s seduction of Ambrosio causes his destruction into a monster, which results in Antonia’s destruction. This perverse and anti-Catholic monster appears when Ambrosio views the painting: “Were I permitted,” he sighs, “to twine round my fingers those…

displaces some of his anger onto his mother, an easier and more convenient target. Hamlet undoubtedly resents his mother for her actions, but at the same time he also blames her poor decisions on her for being a woman, for being frail/susceptible to ‘seduction’ (a term that the ghost also uses). Hamlet is baffled and furious at her decisions, regardless he still loves and cares about her because they’re mother and son. Although Hamlet expresses his desire to go back to school in act 1, he agrees…