With elaborate schemes, lies and betrayal, two sisters dramatically bring about the fall of their King, their monarchy, and themselves, while the third stands in bold contrast as a heroic symbol of light and resolution. ... While Regan is equally as immoral and scheming as Goneril, she takes cruelty to a more physical level: Regan's character is the embodiment of evil. ... Completely unlike her two evil, selfish sisters, Cordelia is representative of purity and authenticity. ... Her return can be seen as a symbol of triumph over her sisters, of good conquering evil, and balance being re...

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The scarlet letter is a symbol which demonstrates that even when sins are committed, they can be confessed and forgiven. ... The preachers would see her walking down the street and stop her and gather a crowd around her and preach that she did an evil thing. ... They could not believe that a priest so holy as he could do an evil sin. ... The letter A is a symbol os adultery and sin in the world. Pearl is the symbol showing the sin committed. ...

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Rain, like water, is often used in literature as a symbol of a new life or a fresh beginning. ... Rain also serves as a life-affirming symbol, one which baptizes Henry when he decides to desert the Italian army. ... Another one of the symbols in the book is when Henry tries to escape from the Italian Army by jumping off one of the ships the army is traveling on. ... Another interesting symbol is night and the fear of darkness. ... Henry's fear of darkness is really fear of evil elements and the sadness around him. ...

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Danvers is equivalent to the evil stepsisters, trying to destroy the main character. ... This foreshadows the evil intentions of Mrs. ... Another symbol that reoccured throughout the story was the big slanting R. ...

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Jews became evil villains of Elizabethan drama. ... The fact that Shylock wishes to cut of a pound of flesh from the part of the body closest to the heart, this seems to be evil. ... Shylock is not strictly evil though. ... And their talk is of music, Shakespeare's recurrent symbol of harmony." ...

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An epic is defined as a long narrative story celebrating the feats of a traditional hero. Throughout history epics such as Beowulf have been well known. Directors have been known to take qualities of an epic and place them in movies such as Braveheart in order to express the theme. In Terry Gillian'...

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• Grade Level: High School