The theme Welty is trying to get across is live life to the fullest. Welty shows the theme through the character, setting, and symbols. ... Solomon is dying and Livvie is ready to go out and see what the world has to offer. Welty uses great symbols to support the theme. ... Now I lay eyes on young man and it come to be somebody I know all the time, and been knowing since we were born in a cotton patch, and watched grow up year to year, Cash McCord growed to size growed up to come in my house in the end ragged and barefoot" (522). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The main themes of this play are the idea of the American dream and what it takes to success, the struggle to distinguish between reality and illusion, and the emotional problems of the family. ... In an article Miller states, "I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing - his sense of personal dignity" (Miller, 1). ... I never have to wait in line to see a buyer. ... That's all they have to know, and I go through" (DiYanni, 1142). ... He wants to plan something in the garden befor...

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• Grade Level: High School