Study questions for The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser cx101127鍾樂瑤 1. Who are Gloriana (Book 1‚ Stanza 4‚ Canto 1‚ stanza 3)? Please discuss Gloriana as an allegorical figure? Gloriana‚ the Faerie Queene‚ an idealized portrait of Queen Elizabeth. Although she does not appear in the extant portion of the poem‚ many of the knights set out on their quests from her court‚ and they often praise her virtue and splendor. 2. Who is Una? What kind of lady is she? Please discuss Una as an allegorical figure
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before she escapes‚ she takes the book back‚ showing that at the end of the universal refugees story there is happiness. Similarly‚ The Lost Thing employs characters as allegorical figures. When the boy takes “the lost thing” home‚ we can see these allegories perfectly. The boy’s parents represent the general population‚ people caught up in trivial matters and people who pay no attention to the outside world. The “lost thing” represents a need to belong just like the
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4151 The Matrix directly relates to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. In both works‚ discovering the truth about reality is the major concept. In the cave‚ men are chained up and all they know is shadows of puppets that are displayed before them‚ illuminated by a fire that blazes in the distance. These shadows that the men see on the wall are all they know; this is reality to them. Much like in The Matrix how the people that are in the "Matrix" are unaware of that they are living in a world that doesn’t
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The Conch Shell Ralph and Piggy discover the conch shell on the beach at the start of the novel and use it to summon the boys together after the crash separates them. Used in this capacity‚ the conch shell becomes a powerful symbol of civilization and order in the novel. The shell effectively governs the boys’ meetings‚ for the boy who holds the shell holds the right to speak. In this regard‚ the shell is more than a symbol—it is an actual vessel of political legitimacy and democratic power. As
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Nathanial Hawthorne’s story "Young Goodman Brown" portrays the growth of Young Goodman Brown through vivid symbolic setting. "Young Goodman Brown" is an allegory in which the setting is very important to the theme of the story. Throughout the narration‚ detailed setting and emblematic characters surround Goodman Brown. Goodman Brown is an Everyman character‚ which could be any one of us‚ struggling with his Puritan heritage‚ more specifically his spiritual faith. The setting is first introduced
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bar of charcoal across from right eat to left jaw. He looked in the pool for his reflection but his breathing troubled the mirror. He looked in astonishment no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger.” - This quote shows jack as a religious allegory because Jack completely changed his look from a normal school kid to a devil looking mad man. (Personality) * "Kill the pig‚ cut her throat‚ spill the blood” - Jack leads the group when they chant this and makes them usually say it every time
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story…for instance to describe that it was all hollows eve ‚ in paragraph 3 Hawthorne writes “ My love and my faith‚” replied young Goodman Brown‚ “of all nights in the year‚ this one night must I tarry away from thee. II Hawthorne uses symbolism and allegory to describe something other than what the actual text reads. A. Faith‚ browns wife‚ is symbolized as all the good in society or maybe even heaven. Hawthorne writes‚ "Faith‚ as the wife was aptly named‚ thrust her own pretty head into the street
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Kamar Mack Mr. Thompson English 9‚ Period 1 7 November 2011 Behind the Words William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954) is an allegory where young British boys are stranded on an island without the help and guidance of adults‚ and they originally behave with a cooperative democratic system‚ led by a charismatic boy named Ralph‚ as they have become accustomed to in England‚ for “‘…we’re not savages. We’re English‚ and the English are the best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right
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been different if set in a town with no history of “witchcraft”? 2. What is the significance of the forest setting in this story? How does the placement of the ceremony in the forest help develop the story’s mood and theme? Analysis of symbolism‚ allegory‚ and image in “Young Goodman Brown” 1. Could the symbol of the pink ribbon be used in a similar way for today’s readers? What are the differences in the meanings associated with the pink ribbon in Hawthorne’s story as compared with the way the symbol might function today
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Piggy Character Analysis So‚ Piggy is kind of the social outcast of the group. What’s more‚ he’s going to get smashed to an untimely and tragic death by a large rock. But let’s talk about this rock-related injury. We were rather intrigued by the line that said‚ in Roger’s eyes‚ Piggy just looked like a “bag of fat.” This sounded familiar‚ so we went back a few chapters and found that the pigs were referred to as “bags of fat” as well. Then we sat around and thought about how Piggy’s name is
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