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…is the beginning of life and the dark evening is the end. This poem is a blend of child like innocence and grayness of later years. It is symbolic and draws a contrast between youth and old age. Blake has expressed broad meaning of the playground. The children…

…with gothic events - Halloween in the U.S. - due to its dark, supernatural characterization. However, as compared with Stoker's novel, an element of the character generally ignored contributes significantly to the symbolism of Dracula - his sexuality. This motif…

…country when a full-blown spirit of true patriotism was in every heart." This book also shows the dark sides of the generation that fought for our country. It points out the racism and ignorance shown towards those of different backgrounds and ethnicities…

…and devotion that he had for her and will have for his future wife. Where the words of the Duke imply that he shows dedication and warm heart for the Duchess the setting reveals the true character of the Duke. "Dover Beach" is a poem written by Matthew Arnold…

…. The figures in the works are portrayed as though they were acting out a play for the viewer. The use of chiaroscuro is used to strongly contrast light from dark. The characters are not standing motionless, but seem to be in mid-action. (Fichner-Rathus 350…

…and not concentrating on God as the source of life. It is said that you must let God into your heart, Dracula may not enter someone's home unless they let him in. God is referred to in the Bible as being the light, which symbolizes happiness or life. Dracula's powers…

…” in line 6. Heartens is defined as “to give heart to” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Which would seem to describe the loving support given by a companion in order to make it though the “winds” of life. Teasdale’s careful selection of words has…

…his poor soul into the darkness of evil, for she has a heart of stone. Blood of a serpent, Macbeth is surely one who dramatically changes his way of thought. Confiding with his Lady is no longer of any need, his evil ambition has overridden all his fears…

…is really in love. The speaker in Denise Levertov’s “Love Poem” explains her love as the flash of golden daylight in the body’s midnight, warmth of the fall noonday between the sheets in the dark. This passage obviously alludes to sex, but sex is not completely…

…is truth. But 'tis strange; And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's In deepest consequence (I.iii.134-138) Macduff wholeheartedly believed that his only possible course…