... like a negative element in our human life, in contrast to the romantic vision, which reckoned nature as the muse of poetry and the source of imagination and of the poetry creativity.  Is "In Memoriam" an elegy of doubt and despair or a lyric of love and faith? The publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species, was resulted in alienation, fragmentation and disillusionment. Belief in ... their life and death.  Matthew Arnold makes use of water and the ocean as a metaphor for his feelings in To Marguerite--Continued and Dover Beach. In Marguerite, Arnold see people as small islands sur...

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• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... good news. On the other hand, the "beast" (an imaginary creature of which all of the boys are afraid) is a symbol of both the devil and the immorality of society. Jack, the ringleader of the "savages" is a clear representation of the capacity for evil in each of us and Ralph, a wholesome saint-like character, symbolises the good. But it is not only characters that work as symbols. The conch (a large shell used to call the boys for meetings) is ... to keep the darker side of human nature in line, that without the restraints of civilization the behavior of people will regress to their sav...

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