In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses an admirable character, Reverend Dimmesdale, in order to portray that being a hypocrite is one of the worst sins that one can commit. Hawthorne uses hypocrisy as a major theme of the novel. Consequently, Hawthorne is able to express his hatred of the Puritanical society, by proving to the readers that the majority of Puritans were hypocritical. Throughout the novel, poor Hester Prynne had to face the evil Puritans by herself, and bravely
there are different sides in a forest. It may be a place for wrong doings or chants being delivered by witches but it can also a place to express their freedom. Mister Hibbins is a witch and does her practices in the forest. One day, as Hester and Pearl are
"son", a chimera. He jumped into the Mississippi River to save himself, which symbolized him passing through the world, and being cleansed. In the Mississippi, he experienced a brief moment of peace when the water Nymph talked to him and advised him how to get help. 2.6 The Ultimate Boon Percy find the lightning bolt when he goes to meet Hades (because of the thought Hades was the culprit that took the bolt), and he realizes that he was tricked by Ares, who cleverly hid the bolt in the backpack he
Hagar Shipley, tells the story of her life and in doing so tries to come to terms with how the very qualities which sustained her have deprived her of joy. Mingling past and present, she maintain pride in the face of senility, white recalling the life she led as a grieving mother. Lawrence gives us in Hagar a woman who is funny, infuriating, and heartbreakingly poignant. It is Lawrence’s admirable achievement to strike, with an equally sure touch, the peculiar note and the universal:
For example,”Like we always talk about everything, right?”(190) In this quote, Ruby makes her mother think about how much she has been leaving her children out of her decisions, her life, and the information that has them wondering: Where is Daddy? As their mother, Pearl Miller, thought about the situation to herself, she began to realize that she should include her children when she has any problems or special information. Furthermore,”Mr
readers wanting to know more about Ruby and Pete’s father. Yet, the quote does have some information about the dad, the reader would like to learn more about him now that they know he can yo-yo. In other words, Theresa Nelson is an admirable author that knows almost exactly how to leave the reader wanting
Within film and television, soundtracks are used to establish the mood and sometimes provide insight on their protagonists during scenes. They can create fear, joy, paranoia for the audience and completely immerse them within the film they were watching. In ‘Into the Wild,’ (Sean Penn, 2007) the soundtrack communicates the adventure within Chris’ journey as he travels to Alaska and in ‘American History X,’ (Tony Kaye, 1998) the soundtrack plays on the fear of the audience, slowly turning their hatred
nation and his aggressive mentality made him a great leader. A hero is defined through his words and actions and Winston Churchill was a hero because of his actions in WWII, his gifted and talented oration, and his difficult road to being a leader and how he persevered. Churchill proved to be a true