… to Greek mythology was the son of Poseidon and the nymph-thoosa. In all of my research on Polyphemus I have found that he has no powers, nor does he have symbols. But besides his enormous size and his herding of goats and sheep. He has no other…

… award-winning novel Song of Solomon is full of very interesting, deep symbolism. Macon Dead III, nicknamed “Milkman,” is a very symbolic character throughout the novel. His character is not only symbolic, for so is his name. Also, Milkman’s paternal…

… of the novel is the conflict between civilization and "natural life." Huck represents natural life through his freedom of spirit, his uncivilized ways, and his desire to escape from civilization. He was…

… town drunk. Widow Douglas adopts him so that she can civilize him and raise him to be a gentleman. He does not like going to school, attending church, or wearing neat clothes. Neither does he like being tutored at home by Miss Watson. When he is no…

… and Oedipus Macbeth visualized himself as a forceful, powerful ruler who begins the trilogy in absolute control of the situation. As the story progresses, however , Macbeths’ power and pride are broken down because he made it his destiny.…

… infant in a workhouse. His birth was witnessed by the parish surgeon and a drunk nurse (later known as Old Sally). His mother kisses his forehead and then she dies. Oliver remains at the workhouse for about nine months, until the authorities hear…

… by the 1920’s, the American Dream is deteriorating. Through symbolism, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that the lost generation brought with it the deterioration of the American Dream. Immigrants from all over the world, at the beginning of the twentieth…

… its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking” (Isherwood 1). This phrase comes from the first page of Christopher Isherwood’s most popular documentary styled novel, Goodbye to Berlin (1939). In this novel, Isherwood managed to establish…

… concerned with death in life and life in death. It was rainy on the day of Santiago Nasar’s murder, and yet by the account of others, it was not. His death is so mingled with illusory images that everything seems mystified: much like death itself.…

… teenage boy. He seems to be caught between the little games of highschool (“your supposed to kill yourself if the football team loses or something”) and the fear of adulthood(“going to get an office job and make a lot of money like the…