Addie's genuine character as a living human will be a mystery; a few may view her as someone who was playing with the devil and others might see her as someone with admiration because she was one to believe that actions speak louder than words. The different characters throughout the novel and the difficulty stream-of-consciousness method all work together to create a novel that is open-ended and a matter of understanding. There is no intent truth to the narrative any more than there is any ideal certainty to the events that happen in it. The way that Faulkner uses the multiple narrators serves the purpose of trying to figure out what is the truth of these events that took place throughout the story and this is what makes this novel such a success. Faulkner desires to enchant his audience and grasp their mind.
Symbolism The most important symbol in “The Open Window” is the open window itself. When Mrs. Sappleton’s niece tells Mr. Nuttel the story of the lost hunters, the open window comes to symbolize Mrs. Sappleton’s anguish an0d heartbreak at the loss of her husband and younger brother. When the truth is later revealed, the open window no longer symbolizes anguish but the very deceit itself. Saki uses the symbol ironically by having the open window, an object one might expect would imply honesty, as a symbol of deceit. Themes Though it is a remarkably short piece of fiction, “The Open Window” explores a number of important themes.
Abraham Lincoln once said, “I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” This quote suggests or can be interpreted as: that a person may perhaps do something illogical and unreasonable because of mixed feelings, jealousy, or insecurity and deeply regret it later on. I agree with Abraham Lincoln as his quote’s interpretations can be demonstrated throughout the events that partake in the novels A Separate Piece by John Knowles or the book The Time Machine by H.G. Wells through the use of the literary elements symbolism and characterization. ghghs In the novel A Separate Piece Gene is the novel’s narrator, and he tells the story as a flashback, thinking back on his days at the Devon School. He and is roommate/best
While there, he meets a beautiful woman named Lady Bertilak. She tries to seduce Sir Gawain by sneaking into his bedroom every so often and asking “favors” of him in an attempt to reveal Gawain’s weaknesses. Gawain resists these temptations when he says, “But people often form judgments on rumor, / and I do not deserve the claim they give.” (1265-1266). Here, Gawain is alluding to the fact that he is truly not that amazing of a knight as people say the knights of Arthur’s Court are. Lady Bertilak only seems to want Gawain because of his reputation and stories she had heard about Arthur’s knights.
Time could not support the demands that Gatsby was making. Gatsby catching the clock and his apology symbolizes the sensitivity of his plan and how necessarily his methods were. Fitzgerald uses symbols in The Great Gatsby to show different ideas and events throughout the book. Each symbol used throughout the novel has its own meaning to a specific idea or situation between characters. Symbols are very important in literature and they help add meaning to certain text or objects within the piece of writing.
Although Hawthorne is again somewhat ambiguous, the text suggests that Mr. Hooper’s veil is meant to symbolize the inherent sin that lies inside him (as well as the congregation). For example, Mr. Hooper attempts to explain to his wife the reasoning behind his consistent wearing of the veil. He attests, “If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough…and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?” (Hawthorne 28). This hidden sin or mysterious origin of why Mr. Hooper is wearing the veil is what he hopes the congregation will eventually come to mimic and recognize in themselves. But instead of adopting this concept, the congregation sees the veil as a mental and physical barrier separating them from the minister.
John Steinbeck once said “ It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up the light our dark and dangerous dreams, for the purpose of improvement”. In different types of literature authors show the faults of characters to help us realize the mistakes of the past. One must agree that it is our responsibility to improve our own lives by these mistakes. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry both prove this quote. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses characterization to point out a man’s faults and failures.
For a piece that can be read in one short sitting, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ evokes an impressive level of fear. To bring about such strong emotion in so little space, Gilman simultaneously makes use of several plot devices woven carefully into the short story. One such element is dramatic irony, which occurs when the full significance of characters’ thoughts or actions is understood by the audience but not the characters themselves. Dramatic irony is almost omnipresent the genre of horror due to its power to add suspense and a sense of dread to a plot, but Gilman cleverly uses it to serve other purposes as well. The dramatic irony in ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ not only adds to the story’s horror, it also creates the illusion that readers have power over the plot and that ideas presented in the story come from the themselves rather than from the author.
He would have Narragansett writing on one side of the page and English on the other. These translations would help draw cultural and spiritual conclusions, and offer moral instruction through meditation and analogy. He had poems in the text that “satirized English civilized degeneracy and sympathize with Indian barbaric virtue.” Throughout the book there are many ironic comparisons of civilization with barbarianism. (Heath, 348) Williams also wrote Mr. Cotton’s Letter that is basically his take on his exile from Massachusetts. One of his more famous works is The Bloody Tenent of Persecution.
So how are a tale and the truth distinguished? In “How to Tell a True War Story,” Tim O’Brien gives a certain criteria to a true war story that allows the reader to determine whether the story is true or not, based on morality, exaggeration, difficulty, meaning, and more. “It doesn’t suggest proper human behavior,” states O’Brien. In “Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong,” Mary Anne displays strange behavior. From the story Rat Kiley is telling, she goes from a beautiful sweetheart, to an ugly land loving creature.