What themes of Oedipus Rex do the two little girls at the end of the play reinforce?

and Ismene
are certainly visible proof of the themes of "Knowledge and Ignorance" and
"Choices and Consequences." For, by demanding to know the
truth,comes vis- -vis with the living consequences of his choice to kill
Laius and later marryand is made to acknowledge his terrible sins of refusing the truth and
pride. Nevertheless, all the consequences are not negative since the...

What are the types of literary devices in Catching Fire?

, the
author of , uses many literary devices in her Hunger Games
series. One main literary device used is symbolism.

Katniss
Everdeen, the mainin the novels, is herself a symbol. Katniss is a symbol of rebellion and
government defiance. When people of Panem watch the games at the end of ,
Katniss and Peeta plan to commit suicide together and end the games. When the games are stopped
and two victors are declared, Katniss becomes the spark to rebellion.

Another
symbol in this story is thepin Katniss wears. This pin represents many things. To Katniss, this
pin represents her friend Rue. Rue and Katniss used mockingjays to communicate before Rue was
killed. To the people of Panem, the mockingjay is a symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol,
because it is associated with Katniss and she herself is a symbol of the rebellion.

A second type of literary device used in the story is an. An allusion makes an indirect
reference to...

Animal Farm: How does the rebellion in the Manor Farm eventually take place?

The animals
gather at night to talk and dream of a rebellion against Farmer Jones, but when the revolt
comes, it is unplanned. It is a response to the straw that broke the camel's back, meaning that
the animals finally get fed up and rebel. 

The background is as follows.
Farmer Jones develops a drinking problem after losing a lawsuit. Both he and his men neglect the
farm and the animals. One Midsummer's Eve, Farmer Jones goes and gets drunk at the Red Lion.
Instead of caring for the animals, he comes home and falls asleep. The animals go so long
without being fed and get so hungry that they break into the grain stores. At this moment,
Farmer Jones wakes up. He and his men go after the animals, trying to drive them away from the
grain with whips. Finally, the animals simply can't take the abuse anymore.

This was more than the hungry animals could...

What is the imagery in A Streetcar Named Desire?

One of the central
images that governs this brilliant play is that of the moth. This is a creature that Blanche is
compared to explicitly in the stage directions as she first enters the play in Act One, and the
references continue throughout the play. In a sense, this piece ofis particularly apt for
Blanche in many ways. Not only is she soft, delicate and vulnerable, but she has a tendency to
play with fire and be drawn to it, even when it hastens her own demise.

An
excellent example of this is of course in Act 5, when we see the way in which Blanche, after
protesting about the "epic fornications" of her ancestors in Act 2, shows the way that
she herself is unable to conduct herself appropriately in a sexual fashion when she begins to
flirt with the Young Man and kisses him whilst waiting for Mitch to appear for her first date.
The juxtaposition of these two events shows the way that Blanche, just like a moth, is drawn to
the flame that will eventually burn her up.

Discuss the way the reader's sympathies are shaped in the play, Walsh, by Sharon Pollock.

In Walsh by , our sympathies are shaped by James Walsh's
dilemmashis attempts to align his ethics with the demands of his career;
his interactions with Sitting Bull; his realization that his government is unjust; and, the
devastating knowledge that he can do nothing to save the Sioux chief (who has become his friend)
or his people.

When Walsh enters, he finds farming equipment sent by the
government for the Indians. He is disgusted for he knows these people better than his
superiors:

Indians are not, and will never be,
farmers!

Walsh is responsible for all living in his
territory, and he is frustrated that nothing useful is being sent. We learn that Walsh is an
intelligent, caring man. Much different than the person of General Custer, described in the,
Walsh shows himself to be a man of fair-mindedness. When Mrs. Anderson and Crow Eagle enter,
Mrs. Anderson represents the prevailing attitude of whites with regard to the Indians. Crow
Eagle has taken Mrs. Anderson's...

According to the sermon, which people are spared God's wrath?

According to
Edwards, those who are spared the
wrath of God are the converted. Edwards describes these people
as

the holy and happy children of the King of

kings.

They are the fortunate individuals who
have
accepted Christ as lord and, therefore, have received
salvation.

Edwards's
sermon is aimed squarely at the
unconverted, whom he names five times. The unconverted man,
Edwards says,
rightfully belongs in hell and walks over the rotted boards of the pit of
hell,
liable at any moment to fall into its flaming fires. He hopes to show
the unconverted the
immense danger they are in, with the lake of brimstone
very close. He says to these
people,

There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of
the wrath of God;
there is hell's wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon,

nor anything between you and hell but the air.

He
also
informs the unconverted that they will be tortured in front of the holy
angels of heaven and in
front of Jesus, the lamb of God, so that the might
and wrath of God might be on full display.
Edwards also tells the unconverted
that they are the children of the devil and that God is angry
with them day
and night.

The converted need to fear none of this, as they
are
protected and beloved by God. The choice that Edwards offers his
listeners is stark, with
absolutely no middle ground: either you are in the
good graces of God through accepting Christ,
or you are on the brink of
never-ending punishment, torture, and suffering.

How do Napoleon's actions of manipulating the commandments for his own benefit affect the animals in terms of control? So, does Napoleon, by changing...

's
actions are a systematic and insidious method of, firstly, claiming and establishing greater
privileges and authority for the pigs and, secondly, using such authority to exert power and
control over the other animals. It is a gradual process of propaganda in which the animals are
consistently made to realize, and later accept, that the pigs are better than them and therefore
have the right to claim these privileges and exert their influence.

The
process begins with simple enough changes to the commandments such as altering "No animal
shall sleep in a bed" to "No animal shall sleep in a bed with
sheets." When the animals need an explanation, it is quite easy forto
clarify the necessity for the pigs to sleep well. They are the brain workers, and if they don't
get adequate rest, they will not be able to perform their tasks well. If they cannot do their
work properly, Jones will come back, and, clearly, no one wants that to happen.

The process is repeated whenever a commandment is altered. Initially, the general
animal public is not much affected by the changes in a direct sense. It is merely a matter of
the pigs being more privileged than they are. Since the animals are of limited intellect and
cannot remember the original commandments, it becomes easy to accept the changes. The animals
are, however, deeply shocked and dismayed when, in , Napoleon uses his vicious dogs to slaughter
those he believes have been consorting with the so-called traitor Snowball and were betraying
the cause.

By this time, so many of the commandments have been changed, and
the pigs have assumed so much authority, that their supervision and control is unquestionable.
In this instance, though, many of the animals remember that the sixth commandment states that
"No animal shall kill any other animal." When Clover asks Muriel to read the
commandment to her, it mentions: "No animal shall kill any other animal
without cause." This is enough to convince the animals that
the rule has not been broken, because they cannot remember that the last two words weren't
always part of the commandment.

But they saw now that the
Commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors
who had leagued themselves with Snowball.

It is at this
stage that Napoleon assumes even greater power and control. He is referred to as "our
Leader, Comrade Napoleon" and given titles such as "Father of All Animals, Terror of
Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings Friend, and the like." He is given credit
for everything good that happens on the farm and is praised for his generosity. He has achieved
the status of a demi-god when he has, in fact, become a dictator.

The pigs
continue to exercise human habits, somethingwarned against, and when they use money from the
sale of timber to buy alcohol, the fifth commandment is adjusted from "No animal shall
drink alcohol" to "No animal shall drink alcohol to
excess." Once again, the animals seem to have forgotten the last two
words. 

In the final chapter, the pigs' total dominance achieves its apex.
They start walking on their hind legs. Napoleon appears walking majestically upright, carrying a
whip in his right trotter. The animals want to protest, but the sheep start repeatedly bleating,
"Four legs good, two legs BETTER!" Finally, to prove that their subjugation and the
process of domination by the pigs is complete, all the commandments are replaced by a single,
paradoxical rule which reads:

ALL ANIMALS ARE
EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS