Or perhaps they are merely engaging in a quest for romance? ... However, what perhaps demands greatest attention is the symbolism. ... The symbolism of death is most obvious, ranging from the skeleton-like exotic stranger (pg.198-99) encountered in the opening, to the gondolier (pg. 215-17), evidently embodying Charon, ferryman of the Styx in Hades. ... Cosimo is watching the world from above, claiming to see things clearer, and Aschenbach is virtually doing the same thing, the word "above" then suggesting his position as an artist, though he takes it to the extreme, becoming exhilarated at sl...

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Christopher is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and in result carries complex and distinctive needs. ... For Christopher to feel secure, he requires certainty, facts and logic and "Things which didn't happen" are lies and make him feel "shaky and scared". ... The recurring motif of mathematics evokes a compelling symbolism of Christopher's unique personality. ... They are very logical but you could never work out the rules", his simplistic language gives us an understanding on how fundamental logic is for him. ... Through these situations he practices...

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These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. ... Upon the arrival of humankind in both places though, they become much less like paradise and ultimately carry out the same fate. ... Simon's character traits are like Jesus' because he demonstrates true morality and selflessness and many of the things he do seem supernatural. ... Also, some of the things Simon do seem almost supernatural or transcendent. ... The symbolism and representations, having to do with religion, that illuminate the flaws of human kind justifiably mak...

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(footnote 1) This "perspective " carries the potential of becoming the tragic centre because of it being very different for the man and the woman. ... This gulf between Desdemona's perception of things and actual reality illustrates the isolation in which women of the elite class were placed from the world outside. Emilia and Bianca have a better understanding of the men they deal with, being women of lower classes, than the "pure " Desdemona. ... An observation of the play's distinct terminology, as it changes the connotations of words and what they signify, reveals the precarious...

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I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips'5. ... Coleridge's apt use of Gothic symbolism through the use of colour imagery and anaphora is congruent with Stoker's representation of temptation, and the implied connotations of a sexually unconfined persona links with the transgression of sexual innocence in the supposed autobiographical Christabel. ... The repeated references to the colour white in this stanza juxtapose the erotic symbolism from her bare arms and 'blue veined feet'17, alongside her 'glittering... gems e...

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These various approaches to "Bartleby " have deepened our understanding of the issues in the story, even if they have not solved the riddle of Bartleby's behavior. ... The effort it took to create Melville's works of fiction demonstrate that he must have had at least a glimmer of hope that they could somehow make a difference to the world. ... Some clues can be gathered from a recognition of Melville's own philosophical angst and his use of symbolism. ... Ahab desires to know the ultimate meaning of all things, but he is frustrated because he cannot penetrate beyond the surface...

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Rape was not looked down upon; it was a symbolism to show a warrior's masculine violence and violation1. ... They were supposed to prevent their women and children from being slaved or harmed but they were the ones harming them in order to prove masculinity. ... They would look for any flaws or deformation in the child. ... Female infants were judged just as harshly because the Spartans believed that the bigger and better built a female infant was the better chance at reproducing and carrying a bigger and better Spartan male child there would be. ... Although they had good intentions an...

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"Emerson's moral doctrines could not sustain Thoreau for long," Worster concludes, "for they were aspiring branches that had no roots to support them. They were ideas that were not soiled enough." (4) Worster's figure of difference, complete with Thoreauvian pun--the spiritual airiness of Emerson's imagination can't compare to the fecal matter of Thoreau's ecological ideas--maps a path in the ecocritical reading of Thoreau by way of Emerson that remains prominent and, I would suggest at the outset, stands in need of revision. ... Though I share Phillips's belief ...

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For instance, insofar as they are perceived as masculine, how do they fit with the figure of the mother of sister, who is considered feminine? ... These "culture-mongers", as Mazzarella calls them, reject the mediated aspect of culture because mediation implies distance, intervention, and displacement which in turn challenge the authenticity of the cultural product and the ideological guarantee that they serve the interests of the consumer-citizen and not the corporate-party. ... Mazzarella argues that they fail to treat mediation as an object of critical analysis and that they co...

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Moreover, the political and policy relevance of particular problems/issues has varied in terms of the attention they have received and the particular way in which problems have been understood and `solutions' developed. ... In particular they experienced major economic decline/restructuring (deindustrialisation – see Martin and Rowthorn (eds), 1986) as the key Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century industries that provided their economic life were closed and gradually replaced by new service and retail based industries. ... These areas remain `Excluded Spaces' or `Places Apart&...

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