The step-mother shows her true colors and is transformed into the evil earth mother. ... The Daughters are the Kora or subsets of the evil earth mother. ... The mice represent little fears or irritants (128), the horse represents freedom and expanding a sense of self (111), the birds represent the ability to soar to a higher awareness (65), and the dog represents the masculine part of the self and the need to verbalize desires (89).The evil earth mother also has a familiar a black cat, representing the feminine unconscious (Bethards 74). Cinderella was even kind to him, although he often t...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout Shakespeare's many tragedies, a plethora of female characters are introduced and represented in unique ways, none of which are as strong and bold as the females of "King Lear." ... 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 restored. ... While Goneril and Regan's lives run on an evil parallel, Cordelia is the good force that intersects them. ... Representing a schemer, a woman of pure evil or a girl of h...

• Word Count: 1537
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Some readers of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" believed the grandmother was evil, even a witch. ... These moments are prepared for (by me anyway) by the intensity of the evil circumstances. ... It depicts evil with a power akin to Dostoevsky. ... She depicts pure evil in The Misfit as he obliterates the whining grandmother and her clan. ... He is energized by his keenness, his experience, his knowledge of evil. ...

• Word Count: 2384
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

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). ...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Suggesting the family go to Tennessee to visit relatives instead of Florida for vacationing represents but her first alteration. ... O"Connor added this information in order to represent the grandmother preparing for death. ... She first gives a taste of the ending by informing them of the evil ways of the mass murderer, the Misfit. ...

• Word Count: 1460
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In research on interpersonal distance, body orientation, and touch in correlation with culture, it was found that Italians represent contact cultures. ... In marriage ceremonies the groom carries a piece of iron in his pocket to ward off the evil eye of those who are jealous that he's getting married. ... The number of pieces the glass shatters into represents the expected years of happiness for the couple. ... These letters are read after Christmas Eve dinner, which usually consists of 7 types of fish representing the 7 days of creation. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Suggesting the family go to Tennessee to visit relatives instead of Florida for vacationing represents but her first alteration. ... O"Connor added this information in order to represent the grandmother preparing for death (Driskell 69). ... She first gives her readers a taste of the ending by informing them of the evil ways of the mass murderer, the Misfit. ...

• Word Count: 1439
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Suggesting the family go to Tennessee to visit relatives instead of Florida for vacationing represents but her first alteration. ... O"Connor added this information in order to represent the grandmother preparing for death (Driskell 69). ... She first gives her readers a taste of the ending by informing them of the evil ways of the mass murderer, the Misfit. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nevertheless, through this latent emotional (and physical) rebellion, what the boy comes through is the discovery of evil, embodied by the patriarchal figure whose destructive will seems to control everyone and everything. ... The contrast clearly shows that Sarty' s struggle is against the repressive force his father represents. ...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

His reaction to the amount of advertising at the games and on TV is simply this "It is a necessary evil in order to transit the games free to large audiences that otherwise would be unable to watch the games." ... This gives the impression that they represent the majority of people following that religion, which in most cases is not true. ...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School