Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
754 Melville, Herman developed in the subsequent relationship between him and the lawyer. It is a development in which the deman ...
“Bartleby, the scrivener: A story of Wall street” 755 tations. These contradictions touch particularly on the character and beha ...
756 Melville, Herman above suggests Christ as “the true Light” ( John 1:9). The ginger nuts that are his only food are described ...
“Billy Budd, sailor” 757 him from the majority of the society around him, but rather than portray Billy as the victim of delib- ...
758 Melville, Herman to tales of recent uprisings, and this fear leads to stricter punishments for mutineers. While captains fea ...
Moby-Dick 759 into the service of the Royal Navy. At both jobs, with the merchants and the Royal Navy, Billy puts forth a decent ...
760 Melville, Herman and through the power of his magnetic personality enlists Pequod’s crew to join in his vengeful hunt for Mo ...
Moby-Dick 761 Yet in crafting Moby-Dick, Melville doesn’t content himself with easy and predictable racial binaries. As already ...
762 Melville, Herman Mapple preach on the story of the prophet Jonah and the whale (chapters 7–9). This visit is a strange parad ...
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 ...
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