Maguire gives the "wicked" witch a good bit of substance in his book, starting by giving her a name; Elphaba. ... Indeed, as Nanny profoundly notes when Elphaba was just a child, "little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own color, and to hell with her parents". ... Analysis Upon reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, I began to try and go back and analyze the story piece by piece and all in all, I interpreted the book as a progressive narrative that treats witchcraft and the stereotypical beliefs of witches with an irony, not se...

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SUPPLEMENTARY READING: BOOK ANALYSIS In "The Crucible", a play about the Salem witch trials of 1692, by Arthur Miller, the author showed how a reverend, Rev. ... The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress, asthma, guilt, child abuse, epilepsy, and delusional psychosis, but there were other theories. ... The magistrates, in the common practice of the time, asked the same questions of each suspect over and over: Were they witches? ... Each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. ... Overall the book w...

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Shelley's novel was inspired while she was visiting Byron in Switzerland with her husband, Percy, in which they challenged each other to create a horror story. ... The use of the witch idea played upon the fears of people at that time as some individuals still suspected those who worked in the field of alchemy. Shelley also refers to "Cornelius Agrippa" throughout the book who himself wrote many volumes on the philosophy of the occult. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary November night, again this adds to the stereotypical image of the horror genre. ... Dur...

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East of Eden In John Steinbeck's Book, East of Eden, he succeeds in recreating the Fall of Man. ... The Fall of Man starts in Chapter Three of Genesis, but East of Eden recreates the Fall of Man by incorporating Genesis Four. ... Cathy is a person who looks for the evil in each person and tries to draw it out and exploit it. ... Adam was Cyrus" first born child and he showed his favoritism towards Adam because of the way he treated the two boys. ... As a child, Cal is aware that his light-haired brother is favored over him by nearly everyone. ...

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• Grade Level: High School