And finally, Macbeth's guilt and self-destruction can relate with that of the small child in the poem "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier. ... He regrets ever listening to the witches. The character of "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier, is a young child who is either mentally disabled or blind. This child constantly runs into things, trips, falls, and physically hurts himself. ... Robert, the character from the short story "Test" relates and contrasts with Macbeth's guilty conscience, Liam's character in the short story "Bluffing" relates with Mac...

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The next week while Pearl was recovering, Beck came home from a short business trip and after a mild fight with Pearl left. ... After his mother's death Cody would say that Beck "left them with a raving, shrieking, unpredictable witch" (294). Pearl apparently unknowing to her had a short fuse; she would explode at any moment with a fury of anger at her children. ... As a small child Cody made the realization to himself that Ezra was the favorite son. ... Ezra was Pearl's second child. ...

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In this fable, the strange being is the child that tells the smug community that the emperor has no clothes on. Of course everyone is aware of the fact, but the child is the catalyst that causes the reaction of exposed awareness. The child is simply exposing the obvious truth. ... Trescott defended his efforts and all of his efforts concerning Henry in the story with the short phrase "He saved my boy." ... His short story "The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" showed his ability to expose the negativity of human frailty, but at the same time make it funny. ...

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• Grade Level: High School