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The Turn Of The Screw: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation
<view this essay>.... in the form of symbols that can be understood through interpretation. Other ways of interpreting these symbols can be as an expression of an author's inferiority complex (A. Adler) or of human desires repressed by society (C.G. Jung). There is also a difference in the approach taken by psychoanalytic critics. For example, those of Freud's generation would concentrate on the author and his state of mind, however, later critics focussed more on an analysis of the characters.
A psychoanalytic interpretation of The Turn of the Screw can bring about many questions. Primarily those concerning the ghosts, the sanity of the governess and the goodness of the children. .....
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Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
<view this essay>.... area. When they arrived no one is there they see a note saying he was late and go ahead and make themselves at home.
First night at dinner, they all hear a voice saying they murdered someone. All around the house there a picture frame hanging with a poem of TEN LITTLE INDIANS. The poem is about ten indians dying of seemed like murder.After dinner they notice one of the 10 little indians that were on the table missing. That night they find a person whom they arrived with dead. They all begin to freak. The killing went write along with the poem that was posted.
From that day on their friend that invited them has not yet arrived. Throughout the book the people .....
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All The Presidents Men
<view this essay>.... Woodward to inform him about break-in at the Democratic headquarters. His editor told him that the break in had occurred late the previous night. The authorities had arrested five, of the five in custody, four of them were Cuban-American Miami citizens. They were found to be in the possession of high-tech surveillance and communication devices, along with hundreds of dollars, mostly in $100 bills, in sequential order. They also discovered address books, one of which included a telephone number for Howard E. Hunt, a member of the White House. This was the first indication that the President and his cabinet might be involved in this break in. Woodward and Bernse .....
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: Book Report
<view this essay>.... for if someone would here them they would think it was a robber. They
opened the door and began the next house. After a while they came to the one
that they thought was abandoned, but after they opened the door and saw all the
books they knew that they were wrong.
They were in the forbidden study. That was uncle Andrews private room.
It seemed as if no one was in the room, so they decided to look around. Polly
noticed that there were several different types of rings on the table.
Suddenly Digory saw someone stand up from the chair, it was uncle Andrew.
He told Polly not to touch the rings, but it was to late. She disappeared into
the air. Digory .....
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The Allegory Of Young Goodman
<view this essay>.... journey down that path we call fate. Goodman represents just that, a good man.
Faith, Goodman Brown’s wife, represents just that, faith. She stands for Brown’s faith in god or a greater power than himself. “There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above goodman Brown. But something fluttered down through the air, and caught on the branch of a tree. The young man seized it and beheld a pink ribbon. ‘My Faith is gone!’ cried he, after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin so but a .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Faults Of The Social Structure
<view this essay>.... coins out to the father and drives away. This is showing that all the aristocracy cares about is money. Another place in the novel where Dickens shows the difference between the classes is when the Monseigneur is having his chocolate while everyone is waiting to speak with him. When he is done with his chocolate all he does is walk out and brushes past everyone else as if they are not there. This shows that all the higher aristocracy cares about is themselves.
Another fault the Dickens points out about the social structure in the society is the lunacy associated with the revolution. The way the people of St. Antoine get crazy from being in such a violent si .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Theocracy And Guilt And Punishment
<view this essay>.... if they were insubordinate to the rules, a theocratic society can control its people. Hawthorne presents the concept and theme through his use of literary devices or techniques such as imagery, symbolism, and light and dark words.
Theocratic domination is the ambience of control of a society based on religious ideals and laws. It is a society that relies on the guilt that comes from the violation of the laws of its religion and the punishment of these transgressions. Puritan society was one such theocracy. It based its ideals on the bible and used fear of sin to dominate the minds and lives of its people. This concept of theocratic domination is presente .....
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Franny And Zooey: Childhood
<view this essay>.... who we are, what we will be, what our future hold. For example,
I have recently learned that, in many cases, an abused child will result in
a loathsome and abusive adult. The process continues geeneration after
generation. This is devestating because his or her child has absolutely no
power in controlling the early events of their childhood. An abused child
is not at fault of the results of their childhood. A child is easily
susceptible to having the rest of his or her life ruined, such as being
emotionally scarred.
I believe this happened in Franny and Zooey's case as children. They came
from a relatively large family, consisting of two parents and .....
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