On the contrast, through tyrannical characters Julian and Frank, we can understand how the unrestricted and concentrated power in the family and society will finally lead to a dictatorship with loss of judgment of the justice and the evil, which results in a tragic ending in this story. ... Owing to those facts, we can say it's exactly Julian's distorted values and favoritism towards Frank that change Frank into a licentious and evil person. ... As they actually represented the law there, the Hayden's could easily exceed and even trample on the law they enforce. ...

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Veils represent dramatic statements in Greek culture for important events, like weddings (Greek Drama). ... The bright red blood (associated with evil and sadness) that lies on the glistening white cheek, (associated with innocence and purity) conveys the sadness of the innocent (the young couple) corrupted by evil (Creon's law). ...

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In the short story we see evilness, revenge, isolation, jealousy abuse sibling rivalry and negligence. ... Abuse of a female character is represented when we see 'lord Furnvills' horrible treatment towards his daughter 'Miss Maude' for tarnishing the family by opting to marry and have a child with a foreign musician. This is evident in the musical instrument 'organ built into the wall and so large that it filled the best part of the end this symbolizes and represents the strong patriarchy society that ruled over Victorian Britain linking this directly to the dysfunc...

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The church represents tradition, family and community, so Italians tend to support it." ... Supernatural fears of curses and the "power of the evil eye" hold some influence in the Italian beliefs (Straussner, 2001). ...

• Word Count: 1484
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