.... white flowers. . . their hair reflected in the sunshine every tone of gold. . . each had a private little sun for her soul," (24) Hardy is able to immediately present Tess as a naive, and untouched girl, even though he does not specifically mention her in this quotation. The image of white flowers provides a feeling of cleanliness and purity, which corresponds to the way Hardy has chosen to initially depict Tess. The sunshine and golden colors, indirectly signify the happiness and gaiety that she expresses early on in the book. So far Tess has never left Marlott and hasn't had much exper .....

.... capable of wrong doing in the future to get what he wants. This is shown in one aside after they leave the witches. "…And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's in deepest consequence. Cousins, a word, I pray you. (Act1, SceneIII,line123)" This quote is stating that Banquo thinks Macbeth may do anything to get what he wants no matter what the consequences are. Duncan is the King of Scotland and Macbeth's leader. Duncan's view of Macbeth is narrow-minded. He perceives him as a loyal, noble, trustworthy, soldie .....

.... Revolution, did not keep nationalism from disappearing, a point Orwell makes clear. The animals, after revolting, are so proud, that they take a green table cloth and pain a white hoof and a horn on it similar to the hammer and sickle of the former Soviet Union (“Animalism”). The animals on the farm do many other things that are very similar to what the people of Russia were going through in their everyday lives. Just like in the novel, the gun that sits at the foot of the flagstaff is a reminder of the Battle of Cowshed. It is also a criticism on the method behind the Rebellion, .....

.... is remember every little detail about what happens to everything from what angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not like to forget what things are like, wants to see first hand what the effects are, and is very interested in finding information about new things that he has never seen before. He also likes to help people greatly such as his consta .....

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.... was Billy the best, but he also was physically perfect. Even his shipmates had noticed his flawless appearance. In the following text, Billy is appropriately named for his attributes by the narrator: "The moral nature was seldom out of keeping with the physical make. Indeed, except as toned by the former, the comeliness and power, always attractive in masculine conjunction, hardly could have drawn the sort of honest homage the Handsome Sailor in some examples received from his less gifted associates" (6). When the text of is read through a Christian interpretation these attributes of p .....

.... her outings. Miss Moore obtains the parents approval to take the children on an excursion. The group includes Sylvia, Sugar, Mercedes, Fat Butt, Flyboy, Junebug, Q.T., and Rosie Giraffe. A mixed bag, but all share the same poor life. They are treated to a taxi ride instead of the usual subway downtown and the group is exposed to Fifth Avenue and the richness of the people in that part of the city. At the expensive toy store, their minds are stretched beyond belief at the price of toys. Miss Moore cleverly interjects a few questions to get them thinking. It works; even on stubborn Sylvia wh .....

.... green breast” to a grotesque waste land where only the morally irresponsible can hope to survive. Gatsby' s destruction shows that those who try to maintain an idealism based on purely materialistic values are doomed by their self delusion, and George Wilson's unfortunate career illustrates the fate of the common man in the waste land. There are a few minor characters in The Great Gatsby whose main significance is symbolic. In particular Dan Cody who is a “pioneer debauchee” who employed the youthful Gatsby and gave him his “singularly appropriate education”. While Cody' .....

.... away from Corinth, he unknowingly met with his father, King Laius. When Oedipus tells Jocasta of his encounter he says that he met with a carriage at an intersection and they fought over the right of way. He also mentions one man (King Laius) struck him and said that: “He (King Laius) was paid in full and … my stick had struck him backwards from the car and he rolled out of it. And then I killed them all.” (Pg 45, 1.801-13) Oedipus’ pride caused him to kill his own father (unknowingly). He kept seeking for ways to avoid his destiny. This shows that he was so zeal .....

.... Since her sister was taken from her, Celie's only true companion was God whom she turns inward and shares her grief with. The man Celie calls “Mister” gained a lot of power, strength, and almightiness by playing the part of husband to her. He was always in control of the situation and always had control over Celie. Finally, the consequence of the prejudice in this novel were uplifting. The black women finally take control of their own lives, mainly Celie, and show the other black men that they can be just as strong and powerful and they are their own person. In conclusion, the charact .....