Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
The Crucible 763 bers into sharing his quest. Though obsessed with violent revenge, Ahab does have moments, such as in chapter 1 ...
764 Miller, Arthur Betty, who is mysteriously cured of her affliction. Several women are accused of witchcraft and hear- ings ar ...
The Crucible 765 code, as long as one is condemning others, her name is safe. If she confesses, it will appear that she has take ...
766 Miller, Arthur crops hangs everywhere, and no man knows when the harlots’ cry will end his life” (130). The typical, day-to- ...
Death of a Salesman 767 of her children, because each one died before they were one day old. When Goody Osburn is accused of wit ...
768 Miller, Arthur because they are both well liked. This is refuted toward the end of the play, when Willy discovers that Berna ...
Death of a Salesman 769 Willy’s chief desire is to be well liked. This alone is his American dream. If he is well liked, then he ...
770 Milton, John work as a salesman. Even though planting, building, and working with his hands makes him happy, he goes against ...
Paradise Lost 771 the tragedy of the fall (Gen. 3), the poem broaches its subject, as “Lycidas,” often to satirically critique t ...
772 Milton, John walked “according to the prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:1–2)—a reference to Satan and an echo of ...
Paradise Lost 773 this “talking,” whenever she says to Adam: “With thee conversing I forget all time, / All seasons and thir cha ...
774 Mistry, Rohinton and taking on the “lowly” identity of a human—even a reviled and a murdered one. Before the Fall, human rel ...
A Fine Balance 775 demic community at the college Maneck attends. In addition to communities defined by socioeconomic circumstan ...
776 Mistry, Rohinton and his family at the end of the novel. All characters seem to transcend ethnic and religious allegiances i ...
A Fine Balance 777 ments to his monkeys and later to his niece and nephew cause him to take revenge upon those who took away all ...
778 Molière his characters refer to the unnamed “Prime Minis- ter.” Dina yearns for independence but understands, especially lat ...
The Misanthrope 779 of misunderstanding for the other members of his upper class. Alceste’s ethics is fast described: A man has ...
780 Molière (9). From a dialogue among aristocrats in act 2, we also learn that two things cannot be forgiven within the microco ...
Tartuffe 781 it is his beloved Célimène’s turn: “Am I to blame because, it seems, I set some hearts aflame?” (24). In both cases ...
782 Molière often include strong female characters, men behav- ing badly, and servants who outwit their masters, the themes of g ...
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