Essays Tagged: "abstract ideas"

Book: Historical Jesus - The essay states all the important facts of the book.

ctly quoted to the bible, another being from a cultural trend that would help people understand the abstract ideas better, and the last being added from the author. This makes the most sense when we c ...

(1 pages) 85 1 2.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

William Goulding's "Lord of the Flies" as an Allegory. Provides analysis for symbolism and the allegories of Piggy, Ralph, Jack, the Lord of the Flies, and fire.

symbolism in almost all aspects of the book. An allegory is defined a type of writing that presents abstract ideas or moral principals in the form of symbolic characters, events, or objects. "The them ...

(4 pages) 537 9 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorn.

hort story, "Young Goodman Brown" is allegorical; the characters and objects in the story represent abstract ideas. The evil in Brown's world is frequently represented by some object, person, or event ...

(5 pages) 370 1 2.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analysis of Herbert Gorman's "The Absolved, the Redeemed, and the Damned: A Triangle", in response to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter".

wthorne writes in an allegorical style, meaning he uses characters, objects, or events to represent abstract ideas and relay moral values to the reader. Especially in The Scarlet Letter, symbols "domi ... can never mean exactly what it is intended to, his use of "concrete objects to illustrate the most abstract end" (Gorman 251) appeals to everyone. Specifically, in "The Minister's Black Veil", the re ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Jonathan Swift and his satirical work through out his life. Good 11 page paper including bibliography! This paper was for british literature Junior year of high school.

ially in "A Modest Proposal." He alsoused allegories such as Gulliver's Travels to demonstrates his abstract ideas andprinciples against the English government.Swift was a learned man, educated at the ...

(12 pages) 147 1 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Symbolism in A Doll's House

d to stimulate the mind. Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House is fraught with symbols that represent abstract ideas and concepts. These symbols successfully illustrate the inner conflicts that are goin ...

(3 pages) 162 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Title "Moral Development". It covers the pre conventional, conventional, and post conventional levels of moral devleopment. It is 742 words long ( 3pages.)

hich we live. Adolescents develop a conscious identity when they are able to think and reason about abstract ideas. They have reached the formal operational stage which is when they use hypothetical t ...

(3 pages) 113 1 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Pearl

l accounts considered one of the all time great literary classics. Hawthorne uses representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial ...

(4 pages) 25 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Examine the ways in which Shakespeare presents issues connected with marriage and male/female relationships in the play The Taming of the Shrew.

iage to create tension, depicting marriage as a financial institution and using symbolism to convey abstract ideas.The idea of domestication or 'taming' is evident right through the play, beginning wi ... hlights male dominance for the audience.In Act 4, scene 3, Shakespeare uses symbolism to convey the abstract theme of Petruchio's power over Kate. When the Haberdasher arrives to organise new clothes ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The use of style in The Glass Menagerie

first is in the literal plot, the second in a symbolic layer in which images and objects represent abstract ideas and feelings. Symbolism is an invaluable literary tool that may be employed by author ...

(4 pages) 112 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Abstract Ideas: Locke vs. Berkeley

hat refers to a particular entity such as a proper name. Locke believes that general terms refer to abstract ideas. The formation ideas become general ideas by separating them from their particulars, ... he notices that commonalities of qualities that resemble his idea of this mother and nurse. Then by abstraction, he separates the non-relevant qualities which gives rise to an idea which all of those ...

(3 pages) 73 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

A Comparison of Two Poems by Black Poets

h is especially revealed in Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too".Most poems are filled with symbolism and abstract ideas, and "I, Too" is an example of such. This poem does not rhyme, nor meter patter truly ...

(4 pages) 96 1 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

M.C Escher

r found it quite difficult to relate to "proper" education (MCEscher.com). Numbers and letters were abstract ideas that he could not decipher when seen on paper (MCEscher.com). Eventually he failed al ... distorted andmanipulated this image using several of the techniques described above. Eventually new,abstract shapes formed from the original image. Escher's most famous cyclical print,Metamorphosis, d ...

(9 pages) 65 0 3.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald

there are many symbols used. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Symbolism plays a key role in this novel. Without symbolism this novel w ...

(2 pages) 18 1 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Social Allegories in Lord of the Flies

magery in almost all facets of the novel. An allegory is defined as a type of writing that presents abstract ideas or moral principals in the form of symbolic characters, events, or objects. "The them ...

(4 pages) 23 0 4.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Great Gatsby--Symbolism

s how mankind and wealth was. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Some examples of symbolism in The Great Gatsby are the valley of ashes, ...

(4 pages) 34 0 2.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

So Men Should be When Needed. An essay about the allegorical concepts in "Beowulf", with kinship in the forefront

Allegory is defined the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative or dramatic form. Abstra ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A summary of the symbolism in "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Many novels have two layers of meaning: the first is in the literal plot ... in the literal plot, while the second is in a symbolic layer in which images and objects represent abstract ideas and feelings. Using symbols usually allows authors to express themselves indirectly o ...

(7 pages) 57 0 4.5 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

How Does The Use Of Imagery In The Stranger Enhance Your Understanding Of Mersault’s Character And Situation?

There are many abstract ideas and imageries under the surface of Albert Camus's novel, The Stranger. Mersault is a ...

(3 pages) 1296 0 0.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

19th Century Marxism

uite revolutionary at the time for many reasons. Marx felt traditional philosophers affirmed simply abstract ideas of how society works and interacts with its environment. Marx despised traditional ph ...

(5 pages) 18 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory