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…, But to preserverIn obstinate condolement is a courseOf impious stubbornness. ‘Tis unmanly grief.It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,A heart unfortified, {a} mind impatient,An understanding simple and unschooled.For what we know must be and is as commonAs any the most…

…. The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” , felt, in his morality, that the old man must be killed to stop the hideous heartbeat and the evil eye, and in “The Masque of the Red Death”, that Prince Prospero must be killed to stop the death of his people…

…example, as well as his love and wise words. “If your father’s anything, he’s civilized in his heart.” (Chapter 10, page 108) Miss Maudie’s comment predicates the character of Atticus. The reflection tells us that his principal quality is that he is a man…

…beneath him, as an act of penance. He kept vigils, likewise, night after night, sometimes in utter darkness; sometimes with a glimmering lamp; and sometimes, viewing his own face in a looking-glass, by the most powerful light which he could throw upon it. He…

…with the abandoned Hester. Then instead of admitting his sin to the public, he keeps his dark secret in his heart, knowing it will eat at him for the rest of his life until he reveals it. The only thing worse in the Puritans’ eyes than committing a terrible sin is failing…

…the powers of ultimate transformation associated with darkness, night, jaguars and shamanic magic.The Aztec’s religion consisted of many god and goddesses whose roles were held in high regard by the Aztecs. Unlike Christianity, where one God is held…

…Act V-Scene 2: The Climax         In Act V-Scene 2, as the play begins with Hamlet fill in the detail of what happened to him since he left Denmark, Hamlet concedes that there was a kind of fighting in his heart. But clearly his inner struggle…

…his bike from school everyday with flowers and candy for the girl to win her heart, but all it did was drive her away. What would you do when your body floats across the surface of the sun, and then the next day you quiver on the dark side of the moon…

…stranger. The challenge of the future projects a light and shadow on Eveline's heart. She doesn't know what she should do. The light in her conscious is devoured by the dark shadow in her subconscious. According to Freud, the Subconscious is more revealing…

…the story she finds the hidden emotions of her mother and magnifies them for all to see. Pearl is the heart of literary symbolism. She is at times a device for Hawthorne to express the inconsistent and blurry qualities of Hester and Dimmesdale's illegal bond…