...Throughout the Victorian Era, writing provided a passage, a gateway, to manipulate a shifting society. Since the family and domestic life were fundamental parts of that society, reading became a source of pleasure attained by staying at home. These Victorian readers had been powerfully affected by the political, fiscal, societal, and religious modifications that had been taking place. They basically revolted in opposition to the development that was taking place, by holding responsible their troubles on religious uncertainty, Darwin and the climb of science, class disparity, poverty, and industrialization. Additionally, Victorians and their obsolete obsession with ‘purity’ spoke out against sex, the liberation of women, and tough individuality in women, considering that they would direct the end of well-built ethical and moral values in the family and in community all together. As a consequence of all of these debates leading to controversies, people gave in to a remarkable horror of transforming and condemned any idea or work that exposed their sense of steadiness. Such condemnation gave rise to many novelists and poets who saw this oppression negatively affecting their imaginative and artistic natures and hence decided to stand against it. One of the writers whose work best exemplifies the Age of doubt was Thomas Hardy, he was an English novelist and poet writing at the end of the 19th century, but for today's readers, his novels frequently appear more modern than Victorian...
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...Color Symbolism Rough Draft Throughout life a person experiences and sees many different colors. All colors send a hidden message to a person. The message can be based on that person’s emotion or what they just simply think the color’s message is. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions”, this was said by Pablo Picasso. What he means by this is that colors can and will have a very big effect on your emotions and actions. Looking at certain colors can change your whole mood very quickly whether it’s great or awful. Some dark colors could cause you to be sad, angry, or gloomy. But when a person looks at bright, beautiful colors it can make them very happy, friendly and social. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby,...
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...The Role of Colors in “The Great Gatsby” In the novel, “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald uses colors to symbolize the characters throughout the novel. The novel applies many color symbols throughout the story, that each plays a specific role. Some of the major colors used in “The Great Gatsby” include green, white, red, yellow, blue, and grey. The color white is closely associated with Daisy, while the color green are tied in with Gatsby’s character. In each character in the novel, there are certain colors that correspond with their personalities and characteristics. In the novel, “The Great Gatsby,” the character Daisy is closely associated with the color white. Fitzgerald uses white in order to symbolize Daisy’s purity. From the very beginning of the novel when Nick goes over to Tom and Daisy’s house, Nick finds Daisy sitting on the couch wearing a white dress. He states , “They were both [Jordan and Daisy] in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.” page 8. From this moment forward, Daisy is recognized as an angel on...
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...Before artists start on any sort of masterpiece, they must take into account which colors to use; typically the colors have meaning to it. An artist's palette during the 1920s was most likely filled with glitter and glam and lots of color. Like an artist, F. Scott Fitzgerald intertwines these colors into his novel The Great Gatsby not only to establish flow, but to emphasize the importance of the character’s desires, wealth, and avarice. Because Fitzgerald weaves colors into the setting, characters, and plot, the reader is able to comprehend why certain characters act the way they do and why some put up masks. Confidence and hope is found within the color green, a color in which correlates with the green light that is seen towards the end of chapter one. Fitzgerald’s paintbrush serves...
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...The Color Symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” A literary masterpiece such as The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, creates a vision of the typical American prosperous lifestyle through color and images. Fitzgerald cleverly uses colors to paint a picture of the privileged and twisted life of Jay Gatsby. In the novel the narrator Nick tells the story of Jay Gatsby, who throws elaborate parties to try to catch the attention of his true love Daisy. Nick also tells of the affairs and the misfortunes between the characters that would eventually led to Gatsby’s death. The prominent colors used in the novel (gold/ yellow, blue, white/ silver) help to create the image of wealth and old money, intricateness, and the multilayered personalities of the...
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...To begin with, the color red symbolizes the monsters that were chasing Ivy. The color red also symbolizes tension between two objects. The object that caused tension was the red flower and it got planted by Ivy and her sister. As soon as Ivy and her sister saw the red on the flower they both were shocked and in a tense body feeling because the color was brighter than they are used to. The color red on the flower made them feel so many emotions because they have always been used to dull colors rather than bright. The different colors represented different things such as tension, protection and faith such as the rocks and the flower. Ivy was also intimidated by the color red because of the monsters that were chasing her but she didn't know what...
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...Prince Prospero decides to have a huge masquerade ball. The ball takes place in a suite of seven rooms, each one designed as a different color (blue, green, purple, orange, white, violet, and black). After some time everybody stops dancing and end up falling asleep momentarily silent. Suddenly, some of the guest that were still dancing notice a guest they’ve never seen before, wearing an utterly scandalous costume. The guest decides to dress up as a corpse who died of the Red Death. He slowly starts stalking through the frightened crowd. Prince Prospero, takes notice to him he’s extremely...
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...names that emphasizes the mood. People often associate graves with a graveyard, which is the symbol of death.“The lottery was conducted… by Mr. Summers…” (Jackson 1). Ironically enough, Mr. Summers conducts the lottery. The season of summer is usually thought of with the words “fun” “joyful” and “sunny,” but the meaning behind Mr. Summers’ name is actually the complete opposite. Mr. Summers conducts the dark lottery. People would not normally associate this bright of a name to this dark of an occupation. Distress is hidden beneath each letter of character’s names. First of all, the color black symbolizes death. The color black is normally associated with death and darkness. This color is similar to the mood Jackson creates- dark and morbid. “The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained” (Jackson 2). Also, the scruffiness and waring of the box represents the sin and hatred of the story. “It had the black spot on it…” (Jackson 7). The black spot placed on the white slip of paper also been a part of creating a cold, ominous mood. All of the black colored objects help construct this somber tone in the story. Black objects are not the only symbol for darkness within this story. The stones in the story play a great role in symbolizing the sinfulness the story portrays. “...stuffed his pockets full of stones…, selecting the smoothest...
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...A Comparison of Symbolism in “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Lottery” Symbolism is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. Symbolism in literature can be subtle or blatant; it can also be used sparingly or considerably. An author may repeatedly use the same object to convey deeper meaning or may use variations of the same object to create an overarching mood or feeling. Many authors use symbolism to further foretell and capture the important elements of the story. Both Nathaniel Hawthorne in “Young Goodman Brown" and Shirley Jackson in “The Lottery’, use symbolism in these short stories. The stories both contain symbols describing evil. Hawthorne’s symbolism describes good versus evil, while Jackson's symbolism reflects the evil nature within society as a whole. The first two characters that Hawthorne introduces, Young Goodman Brown and his wife Faith, are both symbolic in their names. Brown's name symbolizes youth and good nature. Brown is a young man throughout the story, and his youth suggests that he has yet to be corrupted by the world and is still innocent. Hawthorne writes, "Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons on her cap, while she called to Goodman Brown" (Hawthorne 331). Faith’s name symbolizes the trust and virtue that is found within a good wife. It may also hint at the faith that Young Goodman Brown struggles to hang Haney 2 onto. As...
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...Charles Baudelaire, a Poet of Shock Charles Baudelaire’s poems within Le Fleurs du Mal were all essentially invested in the experience of shock. The notion of shock was a main feeling and expression that was found in modernist literature. The notion of shock was shown through Charles Baudelaire’s poem through his texts focus on the rapid pace of modern life as well as reminiscing of prior occurrences in history. The cultural progression of Modernism produced many different types of expressions from most of society ranging from the notion of alienation, disruption as well as shock. Baudelaire mainly displayed the notion of modernism within his text by taking notice of the flaring difference between reality and society’s understanding of it. Looking in more depth of the modernist text of Charles Baudelaire within Le Flurs du Mal, we can see that he truly embraced this movement. This can be shown through Baudelaire’s interpretation of reality that was through the perspective of a modernist. Baudelaire perspective of reality was quite different than most other individuals within society then. As Charles Baudelaire, highlights the correlation between experiences under a modern environment and his own understanding of it. The modernism movement formed a break with traditions and prior literary movements and was motivated by the artists desire to overcome the past. Baudelaire’s poetry was a prime example of a modernist text. Charles Baudelaire modernism text of poetry was extremely...
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...Symbols or the act of symbolism is when select things are used to represent another. For example, a fire could represent a passion or love. Green in the novel The Great Gatsby symbolizes the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. It represents Gatsby's deep love to Daisy and his American Dream. Another example of symbolism is spirit in Copper Sun. Spirit seems to be used as a description of the underlying essence of someone, something that gives an individual his or her purpose. Spirit is that everlasting quality of a person that can still be present even after the individual is dead. It can also be broken when a person is still alive. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses symbols to display how something can be quickly overlooked as...
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...Symbolism of the Journey Michelle Van Dyke ENG 125 Introductions to Literature Professor Alicia Giffin April 25, 2012 In reading there is always a story to be found within the words written, whether it is in the form of a poem or a short story. “Reading creates imaginary experiences. It connects you to new experiences that become meaningful when you allow them to influence your thoughts and feelings’ (Clugston, 2010, Ch. 1). The writers are able to capture our imagination with the use of characterization, setting, theme and tone throughout their literary works. It is by imagination that we are able to mentally visualize what the author would like us to drawing us into the piece and then allowing us to grasp it by use of symbolism or a descriptive word. How many times have you had a path to choose in life? Have you ever taken a journey? We have all found ourselves on a journey of some kind or another alone, but what is more important is how we choose to end it! In my essay I will compare and contrast the literary works “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1916) and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty (1941). At the conclusion of this essay I believe you will see we all have journeys in life although similar not always the same. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” (Frost, 1916) or the short story “A Worn Path” (Welty, 1941) the theme is analogous. While one speaks of a “Path” the other a “Road” the theme that each of these writings share is presented differently throughout...
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...view from which the story is told. The theme of this story is a simple, but good one. The theme of this is about an old, rundown black woman who staggers the necessary distance in the freezing cold to attend an all-white people church. What captured my interest about this short story is the religious symbolism. Per R. Wayne Clugston “a symbol is an object, person, or action that conveys two meaning: its own literal meaning and something it stands for as well” (Clugston, 2010, p.480). It is filled with symbolism of life and death; good and evil; love and hatred; and peace and anger. Throughout this paper, Alice will demonstrate the significance of how the application of point of view, setting, and symbolism plays a role contributing the theme of a story. In the story, a black woman enters a “white” church. She is a woman of faith; “there was a dazed and sleepy look in her aged blue–brown eyes” (Clugston, 2010) blue symbolizes a peacefulness that this woman has because of her faith. She is not a welcomed visitor to this congregation, though. The parishioners feel “a fear of the black and the old” (Clugston, 2010), the use of the word black is not just to tell us the color of her skin, but to symbolize evil. This is further supported in the words, “many of them saw jungle orgies in an evil place” (Clugston, 2010). The interesting thing about evil here is that it is not suggesting that the woman is evil. Rather, it is a symbol of what is in the hearts of the congregation....
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...In the short story Hills Like White Elephant , Hemingway unveils important problems of life , family values and decision to make an abortion . Hemingway observes and records human 's behavior and actions of people faced with moral and ethical problems . The use of an objective narrator and the choices of settings and objects support the situation and shape the atmosphere in the story . Thesis Hemingway skillfully uses settings , dialogue and symbolism to develop the story conflict Using specific settings , Hemingway depicts psychological and emotional state of the characters . The main setting is a bar by a train station It is possible to assume that the train station symbolizes future changes in lives of both heroes . The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade , outside the building (Hemingway Dark ' colors usually means evil , loosing hopes and disappointment and more important life and death . Hemingway depicts this situation metaphorically : the American and the girl are sitting in the shade trying to find the right decision to their problem . Following David Wyche interpretation , The station is situated between two sets of rails , whose significance lies "in their figurative implications (Renner 34 cited Wyche , and between two contrasting landscapes that symbolize the couple 's options (Wyche , 2002 , . 56 . It is associated with one or another of the main thought-feelings of the story : abortion verses a new life To some extent , the use of settings...
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...Ignorance is Not Bliss Cathedral, written by Raymond Carver, is a short fiction essay with the narrator as the real protagonist that goes through a significant transformation. The author’s choice of point of view as well as, the theme and symbolism shown in Cathedral provide evidence to support the protagonist’s epiphany of overcoming his own prejudices. An important theme includes ignorance and understanding and the main symbol of the story is the cathedral itself. These components of the story are important in bringing out the narrator’s epiphany, where he comes to accept people for how they are and realize that he is not superior to someone who has an impairment. Carver chose first person as the point of view for this story. First person narrators are characters who tell the story from the perspective of “I” or “We”. This point of view gives the reader a chance to experience the story how the narrator sees and understands the world. In Cathedral, our narrator speaks in short, chopped sentences in the beginning. This shows the reader that he is lacking self-awareness, arrogant, and/or insecure. The narrator only sees Robert as a blind man, from the start. Throughout the story as the narrator gets to know Robert better, he becomes more descriptive with his sentences and his structure is not as choppy. This is important in showing his change of traits. This demonstrates to the readers that the narrator grows from ignorant to more open-minded and accepting, especially of...
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