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…. But throughout this play, Shakespeare delights in decentering the world mortals take for granted; soon the audience learns that the dark forest is the center of the play's world, relegating Athens, center of the civilized Greek world, to the periphery. Day gives way…

…, “Mandolin,” and the second part is Beulah’s, “Canary in Bloom.” “Thomas at the Wheel” is from the “Mandolin” selection. “Thomas at the Wheel” is written in the third person, and it is five stanzas long. In this poem Thomas has a heart attack that kills him…

…hand over his heart as a symbol of his love towards Hester and Pearl. Dimmesdale knows intellectually what the moral thing is to do, and he even tries good works, but the darkness in his soul supercedes the goodness in his head. Roger Chillingworth…

…of evil and darkness. The first black cat was the victim of the narrator’s evil and violent heart. The second black cat is symbolic of the narrator’s guilt. The night after the narrator’s house caught on fire, he went to a bar where he saw black cat two…

…hand over his heart as a symbol of his love towards Hester and Pearl. Dimmesdale knows intellectually what the moral thing is to do, and he even tries good works, but the darkness in his soul supercedes the goodness in his head. Roger Chillingworth…

…know if she did, leaving doubt in his heart forever. He losses faith in everyone and losses respect and love for all of them including his new wife. He becomes a dark soul throughout his travel. Goodman begins to loose his faith in mankind…

…Though only written in three weeks and full of loose ends, Shakespeare’s Macbeth is full of the lessons of life. There are also many themes included in this play, some being animals, clothing, darkness, and blood. Blood is one of the largest…

…be the main point of why the poem is in the movie. The poem "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron focuses on the light and dark side of things. The narrator himself wants neither in a woman; he however wants the extreme mixture of both. He finds this in the women he…

…abilities to strike terror into the hearts of the readers. All of his adjectives and adverbs are very dark, sinister, and gothic. For example, the opening line of "The Raven" brought forth a very dark setting with the word "dreary". Also, "The Masque of the Red…

…. It is still light hearted and happy. For example, at the school dance during the "Moon" scene, it is pitch black, although the emotion this scene gives is the complete opposite. An example of the dark, foggy light from 'The Outsiders', is just prior to and during…