Many themes and symbols related and leading to evil can be found in this story, such as: the black box, blindly following tradition and customs, stoning, hypocrisy..." ... The black color denotes death, and the box revolves around all the evil that is done. This box primarily symbolizes mystery, but later on through the story we can clearly see that it is a perfect example of the overall theme of the story - a symbol of evil, leading to doom and death. ... They will do incredibly evil and cruel things just for the sake of keeping a routine. This story supports the idea that everybody hides the...

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Allegory can be defines as a literary work with many symbols of a larger representation. ... Many times red is seen as sin and evil, while white is viewed as pure and innocent. ... Another conventional symbol used equally in both stories would be the trees. ... This represents the true character of human nature when met by evil and sin. ... These stories tell us that evil can be observed everywhere. ...

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Another piece of fiction that applies symbols to interconnect ideas is Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". ... The narrator says the old man "had the evil eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (Poe 1546). ... A second symbol in the story worth looking into is light. ... According to Hollie Pritchard, Poe understands human nature to be "a delicate balance of light and dark, good and evil. ... When symbols do exist, they add yet another dimension to the technically complex world of fiction. ...

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There were a variety of gothic elements and symbols in both stories. ... The birthmark on Aylmer's wife Georgiana "is a symbol of his wife's liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death- (193). ... Both stories have symbols that pertain to death, sadness, and evil. ... After the drink the elixir, they return to their evil ways, and, after a while, they return to being old again. ... The birthmark represents all evil to him, and he wants nothing to do with it. ...

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Welty shows the theme through the character, setting, and symbols. ... Livvie, her name too has a symbol. ... Welty uses great symbols to support the theme. ... The bottle trees were suppose to keep evil spirits Watt 3 way. In this case the bottle trees were supposed to protect Livvie from the evil spirits. ...

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Young Goodman Brown has decided much to the angst of his wife, to go into the forest to carry out an evil journey. ... Young Goodman Brown knew that there was an evil purpose to his journey but decides to go because he is curious. ... Goodman Brown only starts to feel comfortable in the forest, which is portrayed as evil and devilish, once he has accepted the fact that he is conspiring with evil, he considers turning back and going home but the devil persuades him to continue on. ... Additionally, Hawthorne uses the pink ribbon as a symbol for Faith throughout the story. ... When Young Goodman...

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He thought of isolation as the root of all evil. Therefore, he made evil the theme of many of his stories. ... In Rappaccini 's Daughter, it is full of symbols and symbolic allusions. ... Rappuccini made her poisonous to protect her from the evils of the world. ... Both have been interpreted as symbols of sexuality and of original sin. ...

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In "Young Goodman Brown", the Author conceals many symbols in the body of this short story and for each symbol, we can apply Freud's theory on it. ... This is the story which has many important symbols. The author endows each symbol with an allegory-meaning. ... Faith is the other symbol that I want to talk about. ... From Freud's "id" theory, we get the ratiocination that is the forest means the evil thoughts of the human beings. ...

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The reactions and attitudes of the characters, the use of symbol, and the creation of suspense add to the dramatization of the event. ... Toward the end of the story it becomes apparent that the lottery is something you don't want to win, however, the true extent of the evil is not reveal to the very end. Jackson also uses symbols to create a deeper connection with the reader, bringing them into the story before throwing in the twists. The most obvious of these symbols is the lottery itself. ...

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The older man is a symbol for evil, the older man tries to push Goodman to decipher between good and evil. ... Goodman is confused and making a bad or evil decision would come easier then before. ... Goodman Brown knows the error of his ways, Goodman had changed indefinitely he will always remember the evil decision that he made to go along with the old man and almost risk his life. ... To a lonely man that has seen too much evil for anyone his age and will live in despair for the rest of this life. One glimpse of evil unmasked was enough to wither the soul of Brown forever. ...

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They also believed that the works of these authors didn't look very closely at the evil in the world. Whereas, anti-transcendentalists focused on the existence of sin and evil; therefore, their works were very dark. ... Nature was a symbol of everything that could not be explained. ...

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This paper will examine some of the symbols found within this narrative and decipher their possible meanings. ... The character Young Goodman Brown is a central symbol in this tale. ... Thus, the character Faith represents significant symbol in this tale, as she seems to stand for much more than just Brown's wife. ... Therefore, the pink ribbons signify a mixture of good and evil. ... Walsh asserts that this acts as an illustration of Brown's journey down the road of hopelessness from which there seems to be no escape from the evil that lurks within (239). ...

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It is in this imagery that perhaps Wolfe's primary theme is founded: what is human nature and what are its capabilities for both good and evil? ... Is human nature capable of both good and evil or is it rather one or the other? ... Symbols from the excerpt taken out of Exodus are again very cryptic. ... Thomas Wolfe certainly made a point of crafting for his short story a purpose that could be concealed behind many symbols and cryptic themes. ...

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Furthermore, I will interpret and explain what I believe those names and symbols signify. ... The black box is an ill-omened symbol, marking one unlucky winner to be morbidly murdered by their fellow villagers. ... The box holds the key between life and death even the color is earmarked for evil. ... The stones are an essential symbol even though the villagers had forgotten most of the ritual they still remember to use stones. ...

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The author uses sexual implications and religious symbols throughout the story, which helps explain the instances the boy has with the girl. ... " (pg. 87) This is where Joyce uses the religious symbols and connects it with sexual implications. ... " The words "dark" and "rainy" creates the image of an evil house, one that is unholy and how it shows that the boy's religious faith is fading away. ... James Joyce gives the readers a powerful message through the short story "Araby" with the use of religious symbols and sexual implications. ...

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The good and evil ironically meet to relay the message of grace, common throughout her works. ... For every good or evil thing, there is an antagonist or opposing force. ... As well as McMullen, many are just as critical of O'Connor's use of symbols. She claims that because O'Connor offers no explanation of symbols carrying through each story, she "places an added burden upon the reader to decipher her actual intent" (McMullen 31). McMullen follows this statement with a discussion of the symbols she finds most troubling. ...

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The Irony and Symbolism of Young Goodman Brown In Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many different symbols and ironic happenings throughout the story. ... Brown departs with the Devil so she does not see him associating with the evil one. ... Nature, specifically the wind, forest, and the darkness of the evening symbolizes evil and sinfulness. ... In a sense this is a way of showing the conversion of good to evil. ... This demonstrates even some of the holiest people sink to the ways of the evil. ...

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Louise Erdrich's short story "The Red Convertible" embodies numerous symbols that might be missed. By examining the beliefs of the Chippewa people, it is easier to pull a few of the symbols out of the story. ... From the Medicine Wheel we learn that in the Chippewa culture, charms were given to the injured or diseased and this charm was used in several ways to: arouse love, bring wealth, assure a successful journey, and to resist evil. ...

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However, for the duration of the story Connie struggles amid her innocence in addition to the evil that attempts to devour her. ... Oates uses symbols such as color imagery and music, and Connie's familiar world to illustrate how Connie is caught between two worlds: adolescence, understood to be innocence and adulthood, understood to be the consumption of her innocence. ... On the contrary, dark imagery signifies evil or the devourer of innocence. ... Connie's symbolic representation through light imagery or innocence was devoured by Arnold's dark imagery or evil. ... However, o...

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An evil act is just that, evil. To do evil unto others just for the sake of evil however, is perverse, as can be observed in Poe's stories. ... For those who believe, they are symbols of bad luck, death, witchcraft, sorcery, and the spirits of the dead. ...

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The box itself is a symbol in which represents the tradition of the lottery and the villagers illogic loyal to it. ... Within the story, Jackson imposed the townspeople to pronounce the name incorrectly in result of a religion by means of evil. ...

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"You got to hold onto your brother, " she said, " and don't let him fall, no matter how evil you gets with him. You going to be evil with him many times. ... The image is where the cup of trembling is used as a symbol to describe the suffering and fear that has plagued people. ...

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The text exhibits interesting clues such as word choice, tone and mood, reappearing symbols and references that enrich the story and intensify its underlining message. ... The racism in the story is not discussed openly but is prudently mixed in with Armand's atrocious character and his evil soul. Armand's evil was deep as he forsakes his loving wife, infant son, and God. ... The evil in Armand did not come from his parents and the black employees were cheerful when he was growing up so it is an open question concerning his acquired hatred. ... The way Madame Valmonde described the L...

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Even though everything seems alright, inside the "doll house- evil lurks. ... They are a symbol for his madness. ... The reader is supposed to feel uneasy when the story ends with Jack staring into the evil grin. ...

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Thesis Statement Edgar Allan Poe was an extraordinary writer. Born during the Romanic Era in literature, Poe managed shock readers of his time and the modern readers, with terrifying, gruesome plots. Two of his literary works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", are perfectly ...

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