
Car symbolism - online-literature.com
2006年12月1日 · Car are typically a symbol of power, and this is closely tied into wealth. Gatsby, The Buchanan's and even Nick have a car, whereas if you compare this to the Wilson's' they …
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: Chapter III - online literature
The serious injury done to Gregor, which disabled him for more than a month-the apple went on sticking in his body as a visible reminder, since no one ventured to remove it-seemed to have …
Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant - online literature
Two Friends. Besieged Paris was in the throes of famine. Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the sewers were growing scarce.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: Author's Preface
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art. From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type. …
Moby Dick by Herman Melville: Chapter 89
Some fifty years ago there was a curious case of whale-trover litigated in England, wherein the plaintiffs set forth that after a hard chase of a whale in the Northern seas; and when indeed …
Mince Pie by Christopher Morley: On Doors - online literature
It is a symbol of human life. The opening of doors is a mystic act: it has in it some flavor of the unknown, some sense of moving into a new moment, a new pattern of the human rigmarole. It …
"In the Desert" Analysis - Blogs - Literature Network Forums
2009年9月11日 · Now the two most important metaphors in the poem are; the desert and the eating of one’s own heart. The desert being a (ironically) cold, bitter place, where human life …
Don Quixote - online literature
"A man attacked a driver because he believed he was abducting a woman, who was travelling in another car on the same road. After injuring the driver, the suspect's accomplice then forced …
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Chapter 9 - online …
"Good men ever interpret themselves too meanly," said the physician. In this manner, the mysterious old Roger Chillingworth became the medical adviser of the Reverend Mr. …
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Chapter 5 - online …
CHAPTER V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE. Hester Prynne's term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on …