Stoker also employs juxtaposing colour imagery, initially with 'white teeth'; a colour often associated with the motif of innocence and purity, against 'ruby... burning... red' which are common symbols of lust, warning and foreshadowed death. ... Here the temptation of Geraldine's wild and supernatural appearance unsettles Christabel, and as Gabriele Cocco writes, it leads her 'innocence and purity' to be 'violated by sin'20, the temptation of evil being the antithetical force to pure virtue. ... Unlike Dracula and Christabel, in The Rime of the Anc...

• Word Count: 4055
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ruined abbeys and the decrepit castles are symbols for the collapse of religion and aristocracy, being destroyed by scientific advances, a common theme in the time the book was written. ... He is only stronger, and being stronger, have yet more power to work evil. ... The conclusion of Dracula is also very telling of the time in which it was written, it is a somewhat lighthearted ending, with good defeating evil, and the damsel being saved, at the end of a long chase back to Transylvania, which creates suspense. ...

• Word Count: 798
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Danvers is equivalent to the evil stepsisters, trying to destroy the main character. ... This foreshadows the evil intentions of Mrs. ... Another symbol that reoccured throughout the story was the big slanting R. ...

• Word Count: 1831
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Character and events are exaggerated beyond reality to become symbols, ideas and passions. ... Lewis offers the reader a continuing extravaganza of horrid shock while subjecting both his good and evil characters to the powers of the devil. ...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The narrator writes that the house seems to have collected an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it. ... Just as the atmosphere and landscape seem translated into the characters, the house, as another aspect of setting, functions as a symbol for the Usher family. ...

• Word Count: 1485
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School