The Parallel

Chopin uses Edna’s past fantasy lovers as a parallel to the progression of her relationship with Robert through the novella, ultimately foreshadowing her end of never reaching what she desires. Edna’s initial experiences with Robert in Chapter II is a parallel to her first fantasy lover: the cavalry officer. Edna’s emotional state with the cavalry officer, being “passionately enamored”(26), parallels a similar emotional state in her moment with Robert found in Chapter II. Chopin’s…

In “The Fall of The House of Usher” Edgar Allan Poe utilizes many parallels between Roderick, Madeline, and the House of Usher. Poe uses many parallels some of these being fissures, similarities in style, and even deaths. First of all, the fissure is the widest parallel across the story, “extending from the roof of the building in front… made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction” (Poe 323). Moreover, the fissure has many explanations, one being, the main character and his sister were…

about 1000 A.D. Written in distinct styles, the narratives differ since one is an epic poem and the other is a novel. Despite the age difference, parallels abound between the two tales, including brave protagonists, similar plot lines, and malicious dragons as the antagonist. This essay explores those similarities a bit more in depth. One of the first parallels between Beowulf and The Hobbit’s protagonists, Bilbo, is the bravery…

Luther King To Kill a Mockingbird, a popularized historical-fiction novel by Harper Lee, and Martin Luther King’s notorious I Have a Dream speech, emphasize the hope for equality during the Civil Rights movement by using rhetorical devices such as parallel structure and repetition. Atticus’ closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird encompasses the idea of prejudice and inequality under the law when Tom Robinson, a Negro, is accused of raping a white woman and will be convicted simply because he…

unpleasant circumstances and how they’re brought forth by the want of money / greed. There seems to be many unconnected pessimisms throughout the essay but they all relate to each other represented by the similarities in sentence structure. Hazlitt uses parallel structure to convey the idea that negative circumstances are united under one root cause: greed. Hazlitt draws an ironic connection between the want of money and negative situations. He states “to be in want of it, is to pass through…

Brutus’s use of parallel structure in his oration makes his oration cohesive and understandable, which furthers his message of Caesar’s death. An example of Brutus’s effective use of parallel structure is shown extensively on lines ten to thirteen, which states, “As Caesar lov’d me. I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant…

the world, uses clever and intricate methods to convey his lessons. Specifically, his use of parallels is particularly skillful. In King Lear, Shakespeare reinforces and extends the theme of loyalty by creating a sub-plot that parallels the main plot. This is evident through the character development of Lear and the Earl of Gloucester, as well as the actions of their children. Lear and Gloucester parallel each other in their positions of unquestionable wealth and power. However, due to…

Jesus and Muhammed Review The book, Jesus and Muhammad, by F.E. Peters show the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammed. F.E. Peters, Francis Edward Peters, is a retired professor from New York University and taught Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Religion. In addition, he taught classics, philosophy, urbanism, Middle Eastern history, and Islamic Studies. E.F. Peters is a knowledgeable man and leader in the field of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Peters book Jesus and Muhammad, takes…

How can literature and life be a parallel some may ask, it can be a parallel in ways that people may not think about on a regular basis. Parallels between the genres that we have covered in class and real life are very prominent. The poetry unit in class shows how life is like poetry in the way that everyone sees and feels things in a different manner. Reading A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, demonstrates how life is like a play,even if it is misled one, also it shows how life is like a triangle of…

the author of 4Q246 intended the “son of God” figure to be reiterating Daniel's “one like a son of man.” Kuhn even lists seven similarities between the two texts: the two most prominent parallels include Daniel 7:14 and 4Q246 2:9 as well as Dan 7:27b and 4Q246 2:5b (Refer to appendix). Apart from verbal parallels, the apocalypse unfolds in a series of three events: beginning with a distress that is soon intervened by God through the coming of his agent, the “one like a son of man,” and then…