The town portrays good and evil as a dichotomy, white or black. ... In direct contrast, the color white is associated particularly in this setting with moral and religious purity. ... " Proctor is suggesting that all present within the town as those present in the court are guilty of equal sin. ... Essentially it encourages our curiosity to investigate as to the fate of Proctor. ... " This contrasts Abigail with Moses, an important religious figure that led the Israelites across the Red Sea. ...

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In this scene his girlfriend is very literally viewed as a parallel to Eve and an instrument of corruption. ... At first she despises the "geekville" of cholesterol-rich breakfasts and lifeless conformists, yet as she realizes she has the power to turn the whole town haywire just by refusing to play the role of poodle-skirted good girl, she soon begins her Eve-like corruption. ... Afterward, a similarly bright, apple-red rose appears in contrast to the monochrome world. ... Reflecting a tendency in Hollywood productions and literary fiction to continue to circle the framework of "the Fall," ...

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In town bombings the sky has been described as blood red,  plane crashes explained to be black but for the death of Jews in Germany that summer, it was so severe that death has no color to associate with it. ... It draws an interesting contrast in the way that it isn't life that's shown through colour but death. The symbolism of colors relates the novel to our society as our world is a colourful place, and by reinforcing the symbol throughout the novel Zusak has continually expressed humanity on a colour spectrum of life and death and how that is relative to mortality. ... The acco...

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As seen in Act one, scene one, by Lear believing that he held a God-like status, he lives in a parallel world and is morally blinded by his foibles, he wants to abdicate his power, yet maintain the status that is attached to it. ... By playing the production in a large industrial town in Northern Hungary, Csiszar's vision was received with familiarity by the audience who could relate to the play and its reflective qualities. ... In this scene, Lear's tone and language is formal, with the use of poetic language and verse emphasising his power, "Meanwhile we shall express our darke...

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Drawing parallels to the movie Django Unchained, Django is degraded as a worthless slave by many of the whites within the film. There are multiple scenes in Django Unchained where Django is riding into various towns on a horse. It was difficult for white people within the towns to grasp the notion that a black man had the capability of riding a horse on his own. ... There is no way we will be able to combat the issue of racism in our country, if we continue to allow the use of objects such as the Confederate flag, which still carries a significant racist connotation. ... We see a stark cont...

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The way they portray life on a reservation have some distinct similarities, along with a few contrasts. ... The life that they describe more closely resembles one of a small town, or rural country community. ... According to bibliographical notes in the Abcarian, Alexie replied "I write what I know and I don't try to mythologize myself, which is what some may seem to want, and which some Indian men and women writers are doing we don't live our lives that way". ... The main characters of Eldrich's The Red Convertible can be paralleled to the main characters in Alexie's Th...

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The incident of Bardolph stealing from the French town raises certain points as to that value system; on the one hand he is punishing a soldier for stealing something when they have been told not to, but on the other he is punishing his friend. ... This does help to show his benevolence because as Pistol enters, with a favour to beg of Fluellen: Pistol's good friend and fellow-soldier, Bardolph, has been found guilty of stealing from the conquered French town. ... If Henry were scheming he may have allowed the theft of the religious object, but in an act of respect for the French town thi...

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The Stanley Cup The Stanley cup is not just the most identifiable trophy in North America but it is also the best know cultural artifact in Canadian society. Both the rich have coveted the cup and famous as well it has been admired by the likes of the garbage man next door. The cup transcends ...

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