... any speech, is "just words" is taking away the power of words themselves. At the time of Lincoln's speech, brothers were killing brothers, and entire families were torn asunder by a war which had threatened the very fabric of our nation. At the Battle of Gettysburg alone, more than 51,000 were killed. After the battle, the wounded and dying were everywhere, crowded into any building that ... would hold them. The fallen were buried in makeshift graves, with no headstones to even identify them. It would take ... minutes transformed Gettysburg from a battlefield into a symbol, and gave an...

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... aesthetic scientist, directs his attention to processes and compounds that does not relate to an immediate spiritual end. Georgiana is able to inspire Aylmer to acquire the knowledge that he needs the embodiment of his vision. Soon after marriage, Aylmer confesses Georgiana's birthmark is either a charm or defect. Not only is Aylmer's obsession self-centered, it is also self-generating. Usually Georgiana's birthmark is ... her sanity and Aylmer's peace" (452). In fact, Aylmer renders the birthmark as "a symbol of his wife's liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death" (453). Georgiana no...

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... ; he often wonders what "the great DiMaggio" would think of Santiago as illustrated when he kills the first shark. DiMaggio is never mentioned again after Santiago has been defeated by the sharks, demonstrating Santiago's acknowledgement that he has failed in his life. The manner in which Hemingway compares Santiago and DiMaggio is a brilliant execution of metaphor. As Santiago is the great fisherman, strong, capable, and full of life, so too is ... Joe DiMaggio the great ballplayer, son of a fisherman, who like Santiago is a symbol of resilience and ... ...

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... a well across a dangerous field. Although Collins could easily be killed in doing this, he takes the joking suggestions of his comrades as a dare and goes anyway. After leaving, he realizes that he has been partly motivated by pride and wonders how his "quaint emotions" have led him into the face of death. He also contemplates heroism, and contemplates that as his motive. ... and beauty contracted with death and destruction. Although war stories of heroes are often glorified, their harsh reality is horrible. Cranes description of a beautiful meadow being destroyed through sever shelling ...

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... knows that diamonds are a symbol of true eternal love! A diamond is forever! Maybe you've even bought a diamond for someone once! Diamonds are one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on the American public. They"re incredibly common, if there were a real free market for diamonds, they would be worth a few dollars each. But virtually every diamond in the world is sold by one ... Congratulations, you've been suckered. In 1938, De Beers hired one of the largest American advertisement agencies to convince the American public that diamonds mean love. They have been tremendously successful. ...

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... them. Manifested in three forms throughout the story, the Beast constantly plagues the littluns, being the cause that they were the least conditioned by society. The conch shell is the first important discovery that Piggy and Ralph make on the island, and they use it to summon the littluns together after they are separated by the plane crash. As a result, the conch shell becomes a powerful symbol of civilization and order ... . Its use is to bring order to the boys meetings. The boy who holds the shell is given the right to speak. As the civilization on the island decreases and savagery ...

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... Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, visions of the Vietnam War are splattered across the screen leaving the person watching in total bewilderment. But after watching it again, one picks up on more of the underlying symbols that line the movie. Cigarette smoking is used throughout the movie to express a sense of completion. More importantly, Smoking is a symbol used for comradery and understanding. Apocolypse Now tells the tale of Captain Benjamin Willard. Capt. Willard receives orders ... Willard was taking them and doesn't like that he may be putting the lives of his crew in danger. By doin...

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... , easily controlled, generous man. Despite his job as a clerk he gives whatever he has to please his dear wife. The couple is invited to a formal dinner with the Chancellor of Education, who is obviously one of the wealthy people in society. Instead of being delighted that they were invited Mathilde complains and cries because she does not own anything suitable enough for wear. Mr. Loisel gives up ... diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, Jeanne. After a wonderful night of beauty and admiration the necklace is lost. Without even thinking about telling the truth of the necklac! e the Lo...

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... present him with, but all that is relative to man will cause the turtle to strain. Just like the turtle, Tom Joad and the Joad family face obstacle after obstacle that push them to the limits of their own endurance. For example, the Joads overcome many hurdles on their journey to California. When Granma died, the family went through a difficult time. However, Ma uses Granma as an explanation ... is a small benefit to the situation: the turtle plants the wild oat seeds. Despite not being as significant as the Joads making it through the border, it still displays that although one may enc...

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... does, we can see the beauty of the relationship of a father and daughter finally able to love one another. At the last Scaffold scene in the novel is where we can clearly see the truth of Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale as a family. Towards the end Pearl grows to understand her mother and the major events that had taken place before and after her birth. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a symbol - one that is ... always changing and affecting Hester, Dimmesdale and the whole situation. Pearl is a huge symbol; she is the true result of ... ...

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... of, and ultimately the big sister acts as a mentor to show the little sister how to grow through the sorority. Then there are philanthropic organizations that each sorority works with to put on social events in order to make a profit to donate to each organization. The letters that each sorority uses comes from the Greek alphabet. For example, Tri Delta uses the Greek letter, Delta for their symbol ... passwords, and songs are all traditions that each sorority at Spring Hill College embraces. These handshakes, passwords, and songs were originated by the founding members of each sorority ...

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... what steps to take in order to dissolve the confrontation with the King. Some wanted Independence even if it meant war. The Loyalists did not want to betray King George III, even though they disagreed with taxation without representation. They met a compromise to plea with the King one last time to reach a reasonable solution. They called it the Olive Branch Petition after an ancient symbol of light and peace ... . According to biblical reference, the oil from the fruit of one olive tree can supply the needs for one family for a long time. The petition declared the colonies loyal to the ...

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... Celie, and helped make her the strong women that she was at the end of the book. The story is called, The Color Purple. I think that the color purple is a symbol for a few things. For the dark bruises that Celie got after she was beaten by Albert. But once she leaves the house she sees hundreds of purple flowers growing on the side of the road. As she gets farther away, the flowers thin out, until ... they are all gone. It is a symbol. Celie is leaving the purple ... , she is leaving to beating. Through all of the trials, and tribulations that Celie went through in her life she stayed ....

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... display their feelings and emotions for their country by writing songs. Country music has been the most prevalent of all genres of music for expressing patriotism through songs. Initially after September 11, it was Alan Jackson who sang the song "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)." After that, there were numerous other songwriters and singers who quickly wrote and recorded songs to ... a completely different effect on people than just words from speeches. Each audience member can create his own interpretation from the song. True patriotism is identified as non-circumstanti...

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... is able to listen to the river, it reminds him of the holy word. After Siddhartha's son leaves him, he returns to the river and looks into it not only to see the river, but to see everyone he has known, telling him the word "om." At this, Siddhartha masters the art of listening, and achieves enlightenment. Therefore, the river is an important symbol in the novel, as it gives Siddhartha ... what he needs to reach enlightenment. The river ... cleanses Siddhartha's spirit, and shows that time does not matter, while teaching Siddhartha to be able to completely listen. Every symbol used tod...

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... what steps to take in order to dissolve the confrontation with the King. Some wanted Independence even if it meant war. The Loyalists did not want to betray King George III, even though they disagreed with taxation without representation. They met a compromise to plea with the King one last time to reach a reasonable solution. They called it the Olive Branch Petition after an ancient symbol of light and peace ... . According to biblical reference, the oil from the fruit of one olive tree can supply the needs for one family for a long time. The petition declared the colonies loyal to the ...

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... in The Pearl. The exposition establishes setting, characters, and an initial incident. In the exposition of The Pearl, Steinbeck shows many key elements with one event. When Coyotito, Kino's child is stung by the scorpion, the author shows an important symbol, which lays the groundwork for a multitude of things to come. The rising action introduces the antagonist and brings conflict to The Pearl. After Kino finds the pearl, many neutral characters become antagonists, due to the greedy nature of ... man. An example of this is when ... ...

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... everyone with him becomes like him. Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, and Roger are the symbol of the novel, each one has different symbol, which are given in the novel. Ralph uses conch shell for making voice so everyone can come for the assembly, conch shell is the symbol of civilization. At first four chapters Ralph is controlling the boys but later no one is following any rules to make fire, to watch ... wants to get food and being a savage. Both of them have great idea but they should work in both ways but one chracter is more evil so evil take over the control and good is left behind. Ev...

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... realize how important Simon is, Simon is recognized more by the readers. At the beginning of the novel , Simon , is seen as "as skinny , vivid , little boy with a glance coming from under a hut of straight hair that hung down , black and coarse ." (20). At this poin , Simon, is not recognized as a holly symbol. However, later on the novel Simon reveals his peaceful, wise and somewhat understanding side ... . A very good example of how peaceful and wise Simon is , is "you"ll get back all right. I think so anyways." (122). With Simon saying these words to Ralph, he hints to ... to show ev...

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... as it would be, she only reminds others of Hester's sin. Around strangers, and at certain times at home, this poor child becomes merely an "unpremeditated offshoot of a passionate moment." (p52) Pearl may be Hester's only hope of a "successful" life after she is convicted of adultery. "' I will not lose the child!(p64) '" Pearl says, "' thou knowest what is in my heart, and what are a mother's ... rights, and how much the stronger they are, when that mother has but her child and ... that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength." (p113) Pearl grows in her unde...

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... and wicked manner. For example, Brother makes Doodle touch his own coffin, a symbol of Doodle's expected death and unlikelihood to live. Brother's subconscious mind causes a cruel streak to rise in him, which is directed toward Doodle. Brother enjoys the overwhelming sense of power and control he feels through the helplessness of Doodle. In addition, Brother leaves Doodle by himself. This causes Doodle to be afraid. Doodle's loneliness ... and his inability to reach out to others causes his world to be centered on his brother, creating a great emotional attachment between them. Brother ...

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... ," that is what Thomas Hardy starts off the book as the title of the first chapter depicting Egdon Heath, the major symbol in the book. Although there are many interpretations of what the heath symbolizes, one the most prominent reasons is that it is a symbol of fate. The person whom is victimized is most by fate is Eustacia Vye. She is the character who tries so hard to leave the tiresome Egdon Heath, but is never ... able too. She tries very hard to set herself up with the right guy who will help her leave the place which she despises the most. Eustacia craved the glamour and intensity...

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... . Another example from (Document A) is when the statue of liberty was designed after the roman goddess Libertas, who represented freedom from slavery, oppression & tyranny. And now lets talk about the Universal appeal for human rights. My second reason Is Universal appeal for human rights. Our defense is in the spirit which prized liberty as the heritage of all men. Human rights give you the right to be free. America welcomes ... joke, meaning nothing to us. That means that black people were slaves and aren't free so what does the statue actually symbol for black Americans. With the pass...

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... In the story "The Chrysantemums-, the author John Steinbeck presents a marriage with a serious problems of communication. To presents these problems he used the flower as a symbol ( the chrysanthemums) to represent the wife "Elisa Allen-. At the beginning of the story the husband, who is always working on the farm, showed how he is with his wife. The author presents us this situation by letting us know how the husband feels about the chrysanthemums: "I wish you'd work out in the ... put on her newest underclothing and her nicest stockings and the dress which was the symbol of her pretti...

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... come to life through Ralph's image to make an ultimate leader. The specs are a symbol of man's ability to perceive and think, man's greed, and the boys" vision of civilization. Piggy is the most intelligent boy and has the clearest perception of the boys on the island. The fact that he wears glasses is a symbol of his intelligence. After he was killed, "There was no Piggy to talk sense."( ... see this. Piggy's glasses are a stereotypical symbol of intelligence, a useful tool that shows man's innovativeness for good or bad, and a symbol of blind prejudiced and cruelty that man can possess....

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