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Middle Of The Road Alcoholics Anonymous
1,393 words
This study will provide a critical analysis of
David R. Rudy's Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics
Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism. While
Rudy's perspective is certainly marked by an
appreciation for the benefits of Alcoholics
Anonymous for alcoholics who seek sobriety, he is
nevertheless objective and balanced in his
analysis of AA. As Rudy writes in the Notes
section of his book, "Nearly half of the reviews
that addressed my relationship to AA charged that
I had gone 'native' [i. e. , falle...
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Madame Bovary Charles Bovary
1,071 words
The novel Madame Bovary was written by Gustave
Flaubert in 1856. Flaubert was born in 1821, in
Rouen, France. His father, being a doctor, caused
him to be very familiar with the horrible sights
of the hospital, which he in turn uses in his
writings. In this novel, Charles Bovary, an
undereducated doctor of medicine has two wives in
his life. The first, Madame Dubuc, died. Emma
Rouault, his second wife, after many affairs
commits suicide. The doom of Charles and Emma's
marriage is described by an...
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Symbolic Meaning Culture Shock
1,939 words
A group of Arab oil workers sent to Texas for
training found American teaching methods
impersonal. Several Japanese workers at a U. S.
manufacturing plant had to learn how to put
courtesy aside and interrupt conversations when
there was trouble. Executives o f a Swiss based
multinational couldn't understand why its American
managers demanded more autonomy than their
European counterparts. Jose Carlos Villages, a
business manager for animal health products at
American Cyanamid Co. , also had a pr...
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Hagar Shipley Stone Angel
871 words
A symbol is a literary device used by the author
to portray an idea to the reader. In Margaret
Laurence's, The Stone Angel, the stone angel is a
symbol used to heighten the reader's understanding
of the characteristics of Hagar Shipley. First,
the stone angel is used to show Hagar's pride in
the Currie family name. She prizes the stone angel
because it is expensive and imported from Italy to
honour a mother Hagar never knew. Similarly, the
stone angel is symbolic of Hagar's inability to
show emo...
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Odyssey Odysseus Eternal Youth
1,692 words
Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology The use
of caves in mythology to depict darkness and
abandonment has branded it as a symbol of chaos.
From this perception other associations are made
which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent
spirits, burial sites, sadness, resurrection and
intimacy. It is a world to which only few venture,
and yet its mysticism has attracted the interest
of philosophers, religious figures and thinkers
throughout history. These myths are exemplified in
Homer? s Od...
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Cherry Orchard Quot P
1,350 words
" We dont see things as they are. We see them
as we are. " This quote by Anais Nin
expresses an essential point of view for this
discussion about the symbolic meaning of inanimate
objects, since it is our personality and our
memories, which determine our character and
meaning. Our feelings towards certain objects are
individual, as everyone associates different
things in a different manner. Insofar, " we
see them as we are" , since they can mirror
our past, pains, hopes and o...
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Young Goodman Brown Effects Of Sin
1,231 words
Critical Analysis of Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel
Hawthorne s short story of Young Goodman Brown is
a reflection of the Puritan faith as well as man s
conflict between good and evil. This analysis will
emphasize on the theme of Young Goodman Brown as
well Hawthorne s usage of symbolism and allegories
throughout the story. Literary critic D. M.
Mckeithan says that the theme of the story is sin
and the terrible effect sin has on mankind.
Mckeithan also believes that the theme to
Hawthorne s; Youn...
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Call To Adventure Catcher In The Rye
1,356 words
The forthcoming of American literature proposes
two distinct Realistic novels portraying
characters which are tested with a plethora of
adventures. In this essay, two great American
novels are compared: The Adventures of Huck Finn
by Mark Twain and The Catcher In The Rye by J. D.
Salinger. The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel
based on the adventures of a boy named Huck Finn,
who along with a slave, Jim, make their way along
the Mississippi River during the Nineteenth
Century. The Catcher In Th...
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Freud Theory Interpretation Of Dreams
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Sigmund Freud? s The Interpretation of Dreams by
Jackie Zee Sigmund Freud? s The Interpretation of
Dreams was originally published in 1900. The era
was one of prudish Victorians. It was also the age
of the continued Enlightenment. The New Formula of
science, along with the legacy of Comte? s
Positivism, had a firm hold on the burgeoning
discipline of psychology. Freud was groomed as
both scientist and Romantic, but his life? s work
reflected conflict of the two backgrounds and a
reaction against...
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Downward Spiral Short Story
1,657 words
In the stories Counterparts and Araby Joyce
focuses on small moments of human truth related
through the theme of loss. Although Joyce writes
about the recognition of human truth through loss
he does not pursue an exploration of them, merely
leaving them to be seen for what they are or could
develop into. In the short story Araby Joyce
relates the loss of a Romantic interpretation of
the protagonists view of existence. While in his
short story Counterparts Joyce explores the
mounting and inevitab...
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Quot And Quot Quot Quot
956 words
9; In " Hills Like White Elephants"
Ernest Hemingway relies on symbolism to convey the
theme of abortion. The symbolic material objects,
as well as the strong symbolic characters, aid the
reader? s understanding of the underlying theme.
9; The material objects that Hemingway uses to
convey the theme are beer, the good and bad
hillsides, and a railroad station between two
tracks. The beer represents the couple? s, "
the American" and " the girl? s" ,
usual rout...
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Act 1 Sc 2 Symbol Of Blood
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Blood is essential to every human beings survival.
It is a fluid circulating throughout the body that
carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues in
exchange for life and if this was somehow lost
then the life would also be lost. No matter what
caused the loss of blood, if it were jealousy,
revenge, guilt or treachery the life would still
be forfeit. In Macbeth there are many symbolic
gestures towards blood, which ultimately develop
into the main dominating theme of the play. In the
beginning of...
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Charles Bovary High Class
1,027 words
The novel Madame Bovary was written by Gustave
Flaubert in 1856. Flaubert was born in 1821, in
Rouen, France. His father, being a doctor, caused
him to be very familiar with the horrible sights
of the hospital, which he in turn uses in his
writings. In this novel, Charles Bovary, an
undereducated doctor of medicine has two wives in
his life. The first, Madame Dubuc, died. Emma
Rouault, his second wife, after many affairs
commits suicide. The doom of Charles and Emma's
marriage is described by an...
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Fortune Telling Ancient Greeks
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By: Cheyenne Body Student Magic Magic By: Cheyenne
Body Student ID: 1451 English Composition II
Research Paper Magic is the art of influencing the
course of events or gaining knowledge by
supernatural means. Magic is linked to alchemy,
occultism, spiritualism, superstition, and
witchcraft. The term is derived from the ancient
Persian magi, whose priestly occupations included
dealing with the occult. The ancient Greeks and
Romans also practiced magic. According to
anthropologists, magical beliefs...
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Ethan Frome Harsh Winters
470 words
Ethan Frome, the classic novel written by Edith
Wharton contains a great amount of symbolism. The
symbolism allows the characters to express
themselves more clearly to the reader. It brings
incidents and personalities together in meaning.
The story s symbolic events is what pulls
characters together in time of need. Starkfield
Massachusetts is a boring cold farm town. People
become very ill there from the terribly harsh
winters. Winter greatly affects the actions and
behaviors of the characters....
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Quot Eternal Youth
1,710 words
The use of caves in mythology to depict darkness
and abandonment has branded it as a symbol of
chaos. From this perception other associations are
made which connect the cave to prejudices,
malevolent spirits, burial sites, sadness,
resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to which
only few venture, and yet its mysticism has
attracted the interest of philosophers, religious
figures and thinkers throughout history. These
myths are exemplified in Homer? s " Odyssey,
" where the two worlds...
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Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale Hester
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they, Beauty, and Revenge Symbolism within The
Scarlet Letter August 31, 2000 According to the
American Heritage Dictionary, symbolism is? the
practice of representing things by means of
symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or
significance to objects, events, or relationships.
? Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet
Letter, uses much symbolism throughout the course
of his complex novel. Through the use of symbolism
Hawthorne gives the book a much deeper meaning.
There are many sy...
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Character In The Story Hester Prynne
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolic characters Symbolic
characters are very important in most powerful
novels. One classic that uses characters as
symbols is The Scarlet Letter. This novel is about
a woman in Puritan society, Hester, who commits
adultery with her minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. She
has a daughter, Pearl, and is forced to wear a
scarlet letter the rest of her life. Dimmesdale
hides his sin and becomes extremely troubled.
Hester's husband, Chillingsworth, takes it upon
himself to judge and ...
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Flannery O Connor Good Country People
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SYMBOLISM IN GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE Symbolism plays a
major role in Flannery O Connor s story, Good
Country People. Multiple objects that are
presented in the story appear initially to be
merely props, but the reader later discovers these
props to actually be extremely important and
necessary to the dynamics of the story. These
props, or objects, symbolically represent the
personalities of the characters who possess and /
or use them. One such object in the story is the
wooden leg of Hulga. When th...
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Katherine Anne Porter Studies In Short Fiction
2,173 words
Born May 15, 1890, in Indian Creek, Texas;
Katherine Anne Porter has written numerous short
stories and a novel. Katherine Anne Porter uses
autobiographical information and symbolism to
relate the story of Miranda? s maturation into
adulthood in her short story? The Grave. ? In? The
Grave, ? Miranda discovers her feminine side (West
28), and although she is only a child, Miranda
understands a few of the events that shape a
person into adulthood (Mooney 20). Porter? s
genius as a writer is most e...
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