The theme of love is shown as both love between a family as well as individual relationships. This sense of love between a family is presented early on in the novel, hooking the audience into the characters continual representation of this love and the changing nature of it. There are many individual relationships in the novel, these include, Stan and Becca, Gemma and Aron etc. Sexuality is another them explored in Briar rose and is done so through the character of Josef. Sexuality is a largely debated topic in recent society; this engages the audience as they are intrigued to see the implications and general representation of sexuality in the novel.
This is likely another reason why he decides to do all of the terrible deeds. Aaron has no emotional ties to anybody in the state, so he feels no remorse committing all of the crimes. The Romans are not “kind toward [him]” and do not “treat him as [a] humble friend”(Seneca, “Letter to a Stoic”). Instead, they treat Aaron as how Aristotle says to treat slaves: as “tools,” “instruments,” and “living possessions.” His society does not even think he is human, such as how Baldwin’s society “decide[s] that… black men are not really men.” When the nurse sees Aaron’s child, she calls the baby a “devil.” Because of this, Tamora’s son, Chiron, wants to kill the child, the only thing Aaron loves in his life. Due to the lack of compassion and love from his society, Aaron builds up hate, and unleashes it by getting revenge on the Andronicus family.
Author Denise Giardina has great narrative abilities. She can spin a wonderfully coercive and succulent story, as she has done in Storming Heaven. The novel has a beautifully fictitious plot that ties in perfectly with the events surrounding the coal wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain. She really gives the reader an idea of what it might have been like to be a West Virginian during this era. The plot is set up in a way that causes it to be quite interesting to even those who are most loathing of history.
ENG125: Journey into Literature Instructor: Linda O’Conner Laurie Smith July 23, 2012 The overall theme to a story is a more, broader scope of what happens in the story. The plot tells you what is happening in the story, but the theme tells what the story is about. You are also required to ask yourself questions, such as how is the author using the setting for his or her ideas, (Clugston, R. Wayne, 2010)? The other aspect that may vary from different people is the characters themselves and conflict with either strength or worth of the ideas of the author. I chose the story,” The Gift of Magi”, by William Sidney Porter.
All this because of one decision she made to berry her brother caused her life to fall apart and everyone she loved to disappear. This was in some ways similar to the consequences that Creon had to face with the decision. He was left alone with no one because he killed his family; he killed his own son because its what he thought was right for the town. He didn’t know that his decision was going to force him to live alone. All of this was because they were too stubborn and selfish to change their mind or listen to other peoples view.
James is Ruth's son. He grew up in “orchestrated chaos” with his eleven sibling sin the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. By digging deep into his mothers past, and his own past, he hoped to find understanding of his racial, religious, and social identity. James was always embarrassed of his mother's whiteness, because it shows her differences from his peers and their parents. As James grew older, he began to accept his mother more easily.
Question before the Procession Shirley Jackson’s use of literary techniques in The Lottery is a true work of genius. She strategically uses irony in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. Another important literary technique used by Jackson is symbolism. The black box and the story’s title seem to create a range of associations outside themselves such as the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, (irony and Symbolism) Shirley Jackson is able to emphasize important dramatic events within the plot.
For example, Wright is enrolled in school late due to his family’s extreme poverty and that whites try to keep African Americans uneducated as a form of oppression. But that does not stop Wright. His mother helps him to learn to read by reading the newspaper, and the coal deliveryman teaches him to count. Wright has grown to fear the color white. So much so that as a child he runs away from a foster home and encounters a white police officer and does not know if the police officer is going to hurt him or not.
Appearing to be very angry that a woman dared to defy his wishes, Creon boldly declares that “When I am alive no woman shall rule.” The issue of Antigone being condemned to die becomes more than just a person who disobeys Creon; instead, the punishment is given even more eagerly because it is a woman who disobeys a man. Creon does not respect Antigone because she is a woman. Haimon, Creon’s last son hated his father for killing his future bride. After failing to convince his father to forgive Antigone, Haimon visited the cell where she was poisoned. Since Haimon could not stand dealing with his lover’s death he “drew his sword” and killed himself.
Jet Hizon 12 AP Literature 7 Mrs. Glazer 14 October 2013 Hatred Hatred is an intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility (Dictionary.com). The monster was driven to despise all of humankind because of the way he was treated from the moment he was given life. The love and affection he was craving for from humans was never given to him and instead he was abhorred by his reflection. Mary Shelley portrays that hatred consumes the monster turning him into the fiend because of the way the humans brutalize him. From the moment the monster was given life, He was welcomed by his creator, Doctor Frankenstein, ran away, his heart filled with “horror and disgust” (Shelley 35) by the