Claudius purposefully set out to murder his own flesh and blood, which proves his selfishness, similar to the biblical reference of the serpent. The ghost goes on to say, “With witchcraft of his wits, with traitorous gifts… So to seduce! -- won to his shameful lust.” This further emphasizes the reference to Adam and Eve because Claudius acted as the serpent that tempted Eve with the poisonous fruits in the Garden of Eden, the “orchard,” to “win his shameful lust.” By expressing diction to metaphorically relate Claudius to the serpent, it helps align the reader with Hamlet and the Ghost in their contempt for Claudius and the Queen and heightens the reader’s sense of vengeance. Furthermore, in the passage, Shakespeare applies imagery to show Hamlet and the ghost's abhorrence towards Claudius and the Queen's corrupt nature. By presenting Claudius as the unfaithful serpent, it gives readers the connotation that he is evil, betraying and loathsome, correlating to the ghost’s and Hamlet’s feelings.
“rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless. Furthermore they both include the reality of family life as the poems are realistic and the poems, especially Nettles, have both the love and misery of family relationships. In Nettles the love in the poem is the protective instincts of a parent towards his son but the misery is the Nettles that had hurt his child and the fact that being protective isn’t enough to stop him from getting hurt. The realistic relationship in Harmonium is the family resentment and frustration from a son to his father. We can tell that the writer resents and is frustrated by his father as it says “and he being him can’t help but say.......... and I, being me” which shows that he is frustrated at their relationship.
The man who meets Brown in the forest appears to represent the devil; his staff is a symbol of the devil as a serpent. Thus we regress back to the serpent that met Adam and Eve. It was, of course, a tree—the Tree of Knowledge—that tempted Adam. Goodman Brown is tempted by the whole forest. Like Adam, he suffers a great fall from innocence and turns his back on faith literally and symbolically.
Like a newlywed couple Brown’s trust in his spouse (Faith) is not as strong. I believe this is the reason he sets out into the forest to test his faith in God. “He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. “ Brown is describing his path to evil as dreary and dark. He knows he is heading down a road, which will leave him scarred for life.
Trampled. Gone to seed.” In the beginning of the story, the Stick Man becomes displeased with his world. As in the Bible, these two parallels between characters are introduced to evil through the works of the devil. “The Stick Man thinks about evil. Perhaps for the first time.” The Cartoon Man, who seemingly is appealing to the Stick Man, introduces the word ‘evil’ into the Stick Man’s life, much like Satan did to Adam and Eve in the form of the Snake.
This can change the readers’ perspective, as they have a direct connection to the main character in the novel. The Catcher in the Rye is a valuable piece of literature that can help teach children across the globe the value of education even when failure seems inevitable. The main conflict in The Catcher in the Rye is Holden’s struggle versus society. The novel is based around Holden’s struggle to find his place in life among schools such as Pency Prep. Many young people across the world are in the same struggle, trying to find their place in life, and constantly struggling upstream against society.
The laziness of Unoka encouraged Okonkwo to rise above the live his father lived. Additionally, the concern of changing fellow townspeople belief that Onkonkwo would be equivalent to Unoka and constructing his own reputation were also a factor in his motives. The quotation of Okonkwo “Even as a little boy he had resented his father’s failure and weakness, and even now he still remembered how he had suffered when a playmate had told him that his father was an agbala.” (Achebe 13), shows the distinctive mind set of Okonkwo in comparison to Unoka. The relationship between Okonkwo and his family also inspire Okonkwo’s static character decisions. With his strong attitude he has no patience for his wife that is why she ends up getting beat many times through the novel.
The other characters liken Richard “to wolves, to spiders, toads, or any creeping venom’d thing that lives.” Shakespeare portrays Richard as a monster and a beast. Richard’s monstrosity is symbolized in his appearance, which is “so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at” him, rather than accepting him as a fellow beast. Shakespeare portrays Richard as the devil, which
Likely a result of these early experiences, Willy develops a fear of abandonment, which makes him want his family to conform to the American Dream. His efforts to raise perfect sons, however, reflect his inability to understand reality. The young Biff, whom Willy considers the embodiment of promise, drops Willy and Willy’s zealous ambitions for him when he finds out about Willy’s adultery. Biff’s ongoing inability to succeed in business furthers his estrangement from Willy. When, at Frank’s Chop House, Willy finally believes that Biff is on the cusp of greatness, Biff shatters Willy’s illusions and, along with Happy, abandons the
He is now being tentative because he does not know if he should eat the sugar cube, but his loathsome side ended up taking over, and he eats the sugar cube. Now he cannot believe how low in life he has gone, taking away the baby's only thing his mother had left him. Even though the priest lives with guilt, there is an inner force striving for survival, and that is going back to his delightful life but instead becoming a better priest and serving his God well. Detail The author describes the priest as a man running away from his problems. In one situation, he encounters a woman whose baby has just been buried and he knows that "It was necessary to do something," and he prays, "God forgive me" as he begins to walk away from the heartbreaking scene.