Symbolism in A New England Nun Essay

Old maid or “happily” married the only two filling statuses before the 21st century. In Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s short story “A New England Nun” readers see main character Louis Ellis defy all social roles set before her in the 1800s. Through a careful analysis one may see the elements of symbolism, local color, and a theme of defiance. In Freeman’s piece symbolism is seen throughout and holds major reins. First seen in the title “A New England Nun” one can speculate the piece is about a nun from New England, however, one learns the title is not exactly true. Freeman uses symbolism to compare Louisa to a nun for she does not desire to be married to anyone, likewise a nun is married only to God. Another example of symbolism stems from the…

Leonora Carrington is a Mexican painter and writer of English birth. She is the last surviving member of the inner circle of Surrealists from pre-war Paris. Leonora was born in 1917 to Harold Carrington, an English textiles magnate and his Irish-born wife, Maurie Carrington. Leonora was a debutante who spent most her childhood on her family estate in Lancashire, England. Although Carrington was a debutante, she was a rebellious child being expelled from two convent schools for bad behavior even…

published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, originally entitled “The Dream of an Hour”. Kate Chopin describes the main character, Mrs. Mallard, as a woman who is “afflicted with a heart trouble” (DiYanni, 38). Mr. Mallard, the doting husband, dies in what Chopin describes as a “railroad disaster” (DiYanni, 38). Kate Chopin writes of Mrs. Mallard’s reaction, “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms” (DiYanni, 38). Although this is her first reaction, her demeanor…

Salinger The Great Is J.D Salinger possibly the best author to come out of the Beat Generation? The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger was one of the most famous book in the early 1950’s when it came out. (Need help on intro paragraph) Jerome David Salinger, also known as J.D Salinger was an American born author, born on January 1, 1919 in Manhattan, New York. He later died of natural causes on January 29, 2010 in Cornish, New Hampshire. He was the second child and only boy of…