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| Troy's daughter... conceived during his affair with another woman... the embodiment or rather manifestation of Troy's infidelity |
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| Women are not revered as much as men. However, many men defer to the priestess because she wields power from the gods and is deemed worthy to be respected amongst men. |
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| Lilies are symbolic of the transience of life. They are also a symbol of purity. Lily's life is shortened due to her ambiguous decision to take more prescription pills than needed. She is a gambler so to speak and gambles on her life, expecting to make it out alive after she has placed her bid. |
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| What is the motif of Fences? |
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| Fences serve to represent a barrier, or rather a hindrance. Hindrances such as Troy's unwillingness to change along with time hinder him from realizing that his son Cory, has the chance to better himself professionally, a chance that n some way embitters Troy and results in him erecting a fence to mask the hidden hurt. |
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| Pearl is the embodiment of Hester's adulterous act. Basically, she's the daughter of Dimmesdale and Hester. |
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| The author of The Heart of Darkness |
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| protagonist within Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness |
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| A blind prophet within Oedipus Rex who is clairvoyance enables Oedipus to get a glimpse of his mistakes and inevitable fate. |
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| Character Analysis of Othello |
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| Othello is portrayed as a vulnerable and gullible piece within Iago's chess board game. He is led to believe that his beloved Desdemona is having an affair. In turn, he grows to be suspicious and brainwashed to believe that he no longer satisfies his wife as her husband anymore. |
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| Nwoye is characterized as a gullible individual who is captivated by Christianity and deviates from the traditions and customs Okonkwo fights so diligently to uphold. |
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| The opposite of an original idea, belief, or person. |
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| Mirrors are symbolic of self-reflection, of self awareness. |
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| A feisty wife of Troy who takes no back talk. She becomes rather frustrated when Troy refuses to understand that he is not the only person struggling with internal conflict. She in turn severs her title as his wife and takes on the responsibility of taking care of his child, Raynell. |
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