It is clear that Frankenstein being a human being and the monster he created switch roles by the end of the novel due to the situations in which they land. ... Instead of owning up to the role he played in all of the madness that occurred after he left the monster isolated, and with no one to protect him from the cruelty of the people he would encounter in his life after he was created, he seeks his revenge and blames all of the misfortunes on him. ...

• Word Count: 2040
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Society also has ideals for roles and the behaviors that are acceptable for those roles. Each gender, as well as class, has their own roles and acceptable behaviors that coincide with those roles in Jane Eyre. ... Jane is constantly breaching the limits of her role as a female and also as child. ... In Shakespeare's, The Tempest, Caliban's role is that of a servant. The role of a servant is to do as their master tells them to do and to not talk back. ...

• Word Count: 1755
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• Grade Level: High School

Frankenstein's family in particular was missing a female role. ... The monster was created because of this absence, not necessarily to fill the role of the mother, but to fill in the role of the missing family member. ... Elizabeth is expected to fill in as the role of the mother by taking care of and protecting the young children. Although she replaces the role of the mother, there is still the fact that a family member is missing. ... For the De Lacey family, Agatha, the sister, plays the womanly role here. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

It won't be an actual place but it will play an important role to spreading Catholicism throughout the New World. ... There is one part of the novel where a rock plays an important role in the novel. ... (Cather 256) While talking about Christ in this quote and the church, Cather uses a rock to play an important role in the faith of this novel. ... Cather uses the landscape to play an important role in her novel as we followed the lives of Father Joseph Vaillant and Father Jean Latour through their travels in the New Mexico desert. ...

• Word Count: 1253
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Thénardier's also have a stronger role in the novel than August's film reveals. ... Thénardier play a major role in the ending of the novel, but lack a full description in the film. ... Hugo uses certain chapters to express the characters and their roles during that time. ... Hugo tries to convey the role of women in French society during the Revolution and motherly love through this juxtaposition. ...

• Word Count: 1615
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• Grade Level: High School

Though I'm not quite sure of the symbolism, the sun plays an important role. ... Marie takes the role of Meursault's girlfriend in the book. ... Salmano is an older gentleman, and his dog has taken the role of his wife after her death. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ...

• Word Count: 1699
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• Grade Level: High School

However, the articles of clothing that are mentioned in the books do play a vital role in illustrating the symbolical meanings that help explain the personalities of the characters introduced in the books. ... Besides clothing, accessories also play a vital role in revealing the personalities of the characters in the novels. ... He clearly has the money to buy the material and this shows that when he wants something specific he gets it and money usually plays an important role in his affairs. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mama Elena's role in the story will not be touched on as much as Tita's because of this reason. ... The majority of food in the novel is prepared by Tita, and in this way she is able to express emotion because her role in the family presents her with no other opportunities to do so. ... But Tita on the other hand has to play the role of heat, being controlled not only by Mama Elena but desirably by Pedro. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

We even see an uncanny resemblance between the mutinies found in both stories, and the roles (or lack thereof) of women in each story. ... As a modern reader, it is difficult to overlook the fact that women play such small roles in the plots of both of these stories. ... None of them play a real role in his story, as their relevance is restricted to whatever male character they are attached to. ...

• Word Count: 1312
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During Native Son, the belief of aberration and its effect on human nature and society plays a major role throughout the entire novel. ... This acting force also plays a major role within the novel, causing it to affect the novel throughout. ... The snow is very prominent and also plays a major role in each of the novels. ...

• Word Count: 1398
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• Grade Level: High School

Critics tend to miss the role that the theme of life and death plays in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. ... While on the other hand, Vronsky takes on the role of Karenin, he is unable to deal with Anna's deathbed crisis and even goes as far as attempting to suicide. ... The reader is able to better understand how the role of death is critical to the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: High School

Tony Abbott who the speech was addressed to became a symbol, and the speech itself took on its own symbolism towards sexism and the views on women's roles in modern Australia. Like Day, Julia Gillard expresses the feminist ideas of the role of women in today's society. ... The repetition of every adds emphasis on the overuse of the opposition in singling out and constantly disrespecting women's roles in Australia. ...

• Word Count: 1571
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Meaning is gained from a literary text at both a literal and also a symbolic level. Literary devices are the most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is a novel where not all meanings are understood at a literal level. In the novel, one of the m...

• Word Count: 1957
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One such plot of the book is the idea of the destruction of the modern day American male due to capitalist and consumerist thought and the vital role that woman have played. ... It appears that the reference to the IKEA catalogue has an important role in describing consumerist thoughts and the role of capitalism in everyday life. ...

• Word Count: 1809
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Social constraints on women during the nineteenth-century play an important role in this novel. ... Meg and Beth both conform to society's expectations of the roles women should play, while Amy and Jo attempt initially to unchain themselves from these constraints in order to develop their individuality. ... Little Women, by teaching young girls the lessons of maturing into women, and the joys and problems that come along with such a process, succeeds in playing a noteworthy role within children's literature. ...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story of Steppenwolf is the story of a long spiritual journey that can be related to mostly everybody. Everyone, either for their entire lives, or for just one specific point in their lives, searches for their true selves and tries to find out who they really are. This story of the Steppenwolf...

• Word Count: 1384
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• Grade Level: High School

Given the monotonous grind of daily life, a grand adventure is a concept many people may only dream about. The thought of meeting new people from different cultures, exploring an untamed wilderness, or finding long lost treasure is certainly more stimulating than the 9 to 5 grind and a weekly sales ...

• Word Count: 1319
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Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, readers can understand the role that alienation and rejection plays within society. ... Isolation plays a significant role within the novel and notably affects multiple characters, but why and how does isolation impact these certain individuals? ...

• Word Count: 1291
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21. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary. In A Portrait of the Artist a...

• Word Count: 1289
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Aphra Behn is a complicated figure within English theatrical history. As the first woman in England to classify herself as a professional writer and playwright, she wrote to support herself and to prove a point during a time when women were deemed subordinate to men. She was a commoner among royals...

• Word Count: 2238
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maria's role in teaching Harry was that of a one on one, man and woman, sensual pleasure seminar. Pablo's role in teaching Harry was that of a teacher who helps a student explore new boundaries, in this case Harry found out about drugs, alchohol, womanizing and homosexuality. ...

• Word Count: 1545
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• Grade Level: High School

However small the character's roles may be, the actions by the heroines toward these characters further illustrate their personalities. ... Aside from their primary role of foreshadowing, the blind beggar and the bearded peasant give the readers a better idea of the heroines' characters and values. ...

• Word Count: 1461
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• Grade Level: High School

He grew up exploring the hills, forest and lake near his father's estate where he acquired that play so important a role in his fiction and non-fiction. ... This answer is an absolute one, and scarcely realized: and that is why Hawkeye, in his role as a messiah figure, is a mythic hero. ...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The different types of clothing, though seemingly small, play an imperative role in this key scene. ... Without question, clothing plays a pivotal role in the novel, just as it did in the time period in which it was written....

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He accepts the role of an adult when he goes to a care home to get help he needs and decides to go back to school. ... For instance, throughout the story, Holden wanted to embody the role of the saviour, the Catcher in the Rye who saved children when they lost their innocence and entered the adult world. ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography