The novella "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, takes place in the early 1900's and is about the European colonization in Africa. ... The Europeans are "draped " and  "blindfolded ", and are not able to see the darkness that lies. ... Though Kurtz has committed horrifying atrocities in Africa, the Intended, unaware of these instances, consistently refers to him as a "remarkable man " with a "generous mind, " a "noble heart, " and a "goodness [that] shone in every act " (128). ... Seeing this, Marlow lies to the Intended not only to escape the darkness that enveloped Kurtz but also to ...

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Joseph Conrad accurately depicts this aspect of colonial history in the novel Heart of Darkness. ... "Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness (25)." ... The conquerors must pass through the guards, living in their formulated fragile world, to reach the darkness. ... Broken hearted, she reaches out for the steamer with the false hope that he will return. ... Fortunately, women no longer live in the sheltered manner that the women in Heart of Darkness suffered. ...

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She followed her heart and therefore dealt with the consequences that soon followed. ... Although the scarlet letter burned a hole to her heart, Hester wears it and never denies it, which shows a true strength from within. ... He is acting as a leech, sucking away at Dimmesdale's life, trying to pry into all of his deep, dark secrets. ... Dimmesdale's health is quickly going down the drain and he is having heart trouble, not to mention various other health complications. ... They both exchange some words, but Chillingworth simply leaves Hester with the idea that this horrible thing h...

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Didactic Fiction in Alcott's Little Women And Barrie's Peter Pan On the surface, children's literature appears to be very straightforward and light-hearted, failing to carry within a particular story any deeper inherent meaning "the language is simplistic, there's a limited viewpoint, and characters oftentimes are portrayed as caricatures. ... To deal with the darker sides of life, Alcott teaches her young readers to develop the spiritual self, similar to the Transcendentalist movement, to which her father was a part of (Showalter, viii). ... The point Alcott is ...

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Readers get the chance to look inside of his characters, at their hearts, souls, and minds; which under normal circumstances would be kept secret and hidden. ... This gives the reader the image of a woman with a soft voice and a pure heart bidding her husband farewell. ... Just as Goodman Brown is leaving his wife to venture into the woods she called to him, "Dearest heart, whispered she, softly and rather sadly, when her lips were close to his ear, prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in your own bed tonight"(Hawthorne 288). ... Women were not allowed to go into the dark a...

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She tore off the battered hat and shook out her dark pretty hair. ... As Elisa and Henry were driving to dinner, Elisa spots a dark spec on the road and notices what it was immediately; it was the chrysanthemum sprouts that she had gave to the man to give to the lady down the road who he had mentioned (253). ... Steinbeck uses Elisa's emotions to represent how fragile the heart of a woman is. ...

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Chopin related L'Abri with darkness when she described it as melancholy and the buildings "black like a cowl" and Desiree "shuddered at the sight of it" (Chopin). ... She did not even stand up to Armand to understand the meaning of his darker skin. ... Mallard has heart problems which made me view her as a naturally weaker character at the beginning of the story. ...

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I think it interesting that after Wad Rayyes' murder, Hosna stabs herself in the heart, similar to when Jean Morris was stabbed by Mustafa. ... He is regarded as something dark and mysterious. ...

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Fake eyelashes, fake breasts, fake blondes, fake tan. What may appear to be the description of a drag queen competition is actually the cut-throat world of pageantry. To the average civilian a pageant is seen simply as a beauty contest in which girls fix their hair up and put on sparkly dresses. ...

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Gender roles tell us we are supposed to be submissive, quiet, and tender hearted. ... Since women's duties were mostly housework and child rearing, males became more powerful and prestigious with technology and economics, leaving women in the dark for many years. ...

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Song of Solomon In Toni Morrison's book, Song of Solomon, Toni created a theme of unhealthy male/female relationships and false standards of beauty. The unhealthy male/female relationship in this novel is between Milkman and Hagar. Toni Morrison also created a character like Hagar to comment o...

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[and] goes tramping about by herself, moping in the street-cars, getting in after dark" (Chopin 110). ... She also comes to realize that the capture of the desire that one has in their heart is the only way to true happiness. ...

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It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up...closing windows and doors." ... Based on these facts alone, both Calixta and Louise seem to be cold-hearted and selfish women who do not deserve any sympathy. ...

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A Wife and a Woman: A Critical essay of Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." Stereotypes, according to The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, are ideas about a thing or a group that may often be untrue, or only partly true. There have been examples of stereotypes throughout history and they ...

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The narrator describes the kitchen (where in that society, it's where the women's role is) as hot, dark, with fly papers hanging, and bumpy linoleum. ... The father, who the narrator once admired and looked up to, delivered the final blow, she could no longer deny what she was to bound become, the narrator accepts that she is only a girl, "I didn't protest that, even in my heart....

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