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When was the poem, "To a Mouse," by poet Robert Burns published?
Representative of womanhood, flirtation and sexiness. They are also symbolic as a rite-of-passage to adulthood.
What are high heels symbolic of?
For Catherine, high heels are representative of womanhood, flirtation and sexiness. She has just started wearing high heels around the community and to school and obviously enjoys the attention she gets from men. They are also symbolic as a rite-of-passage to womanhood. As Eddie strongly disapproves of her wearing them, Catherine purposefully rebels against her uncle every time she puts them on. The high heels give her sexual power over men—they look, stare and gawk at her beauty. Eddie thinks the heels are threatening for the same reasons Catherine loves them. Eddie is fearful that, if she looks attractive, some man will ask her out and she will leave the house. Eddie has a powerful reaction when she wears the high heels, as if she must take them off so they do not arouse him or anyone else.
He is cast as the chorus part in Eddie's tragedy. He informs the audience and provides commentary on what is happening in the story.
Who is Alfieri?
One of the reasons that the tragic end of George and Lennie’s friendship has such a profound impact is that one senses that the friends have, by the end of the novella, lost a dream larger than themselves.
How is the theme of fraternity and idealized male friendship portrayed in Of Mice and Men?
One of the reasons that the tragic end of George and Lennie’s friendship has such a profound impact is that one senses that the friends have, by the end of the novella, lost a dream larger than themselves. The farm on which George and Lennie plan to live—a place that no one ever reaches—has a magnetic quality, as Crooks points out. After hearing a description of only a few sentences, Candy is completely drawn in by its magic. Crooks has witnessed countless men fall under the same silly spell, and still he cannot help but ask Lennie if he can have a patch of garden to hoe there. The men in Of Mice and Men desire to come together in a way that would allow them to be like brothers to one another. That is, they want to live with one another’s best interests in mind, to protect each other, and to know that there is someone in the world dedicated to protecting them. Given the harsh, lonely conditions under which these men live, it should come as no surprise that they idealize friendships between men in such a way.
Random question: ( cause I was out of ideas and too lazy to do more)
A figure of speech when the beginning of a clause or sentence is repeated at the end.
What is epanalepsis?
July 28, 1932
When was the WW1 veterans march on Washington?
A constant reminder of American opportunity and industry
Why is the bridges proximity to Red Hook significant?
The Brooklyn Bridge is symbolic of a pathway of opportunity to Manhattan and also the linkage between American and Italian cultures. The bridge, which is very close to the Red Hook community, is a constant reminder of American opportunity and industry. From the bridge, one can see the community below and, like the title of the book, one can see the entire community and seek greater abstract meaning from his viewpoint. Alfieri is symbolic of the person on the bridge looking down upon the Red Hook community or, perhaps, he is the bridge himself, allowing the people to cross into Manhattan and modern, intellectual American culture. Alfieri attempts to unite the American laws with Italian cultural practices and negotiate a place in between the two. Alfieri, narrating the story from the present looking back to the past, has the same vantage point as one looking from the bridge. After some time passes, he is able to process the events and see the greater societal and moral implications it has for the community as a whole.
Depicted as troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad.
How does Of Mice and Men portray women in general, particularly, Curley's wife initial behavior.
Of Mice and Men is not kind in its portrayal of women. In fact, women are treated with contempt throughout the course of the book. Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. Curley's wife, who walks the ranch as a temptress, seems to be a prime example of this destructive tendency—Curley’s already bad temper has only worsened since their wedding. Aside from wearisome wives, Of Mice and Men offers limited, rather misogynistic, descriptions of women who are either dead maternal figures or prostitutes.
Values respect and family, is hard working and know the shipping culture, has strong associations with names, believes in trust and wants revenge when a member has been wronged.
How do the themes of respect and inclusion portrayed by the Red Hook community come into conflict with American Law.
There is great conflict between community and American law in the play. The community abides by Sicilian-American customs protects illegal immigrants within their homes, values respect and family, is hard working and know the shipping culture, has strong associations with names, believes in trust and wants revenge when a member has been wronged. Some of these values, however, come in conflict with those of the American system of justice. Eddie Carbone chooses to turn against his community and abide by the state laws. He looses the respect of his community and friends—the name and personal identity he treasures. Eddie Carbone, with a stronger allegiance to the community, reverts back to another custom of Sicilian-Americans: revenge. Not only is Eddie pulled back to the values of his community, but the final victor of the play is symbolic of community values—the Italian, Marco. Thus, the small community is stronger than American law.
A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question.
What is hypophora?
Cuts through Monterey county.
Where is the Salina's river?
Monterey county ( California)
One of several symbols that represent the victory of the strong over the weak
What does Lennie's puppy represent?
Lennie’s puppy is one of several symbols that represent the victory of the strong over the weak. Lennie kills the puppy accidentally, as he has killed many mice before, by virtue of his failure to recognize his own strength. Although no other character can match Lennie’s physical strength, the huge Lennie will soon meet a fate similar to that of his small puppy. Like an innocent animal, Lennie is unaware of the vicious, predatory powers that surround him.
He is constantly self-interested.
How does Eddie act?
Eddie Carbone is the tragic protagonist of The View from the Bridge. He is constantly self-interested, wanting to promote and protect his innocence. Eddie creates a fictional fantasy world where his absurd decisions make sense—where calling the Immigration Bureau in the middle of an Italian community that prides itself on protecting illegal immigrants has no repercussions. In Eddie's world, he imagines protecting Catherine from marriage or any male relationship and wants her for himself. While Eddie wavers and switches between communal and state laws and cultures, his motivations do not change. Eddie constantly looks out for himself at the expense of others and is ruled by personal love and guilt.
Each desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger.
How is the theme, "the predatory nature of human existence," portrayed.
Of Mice and Men teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence. Nearly all of the characters, including George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. Each desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. Curley’s wife admits to Candy, Crooks, and Lennie that she is unhappily married, and Crooks tells Lennie that life is no good without a companion to turn to in times of confusion and need. The characters are rendered helpless by their isolation, and yet, even at their weakest, they seek to destroy those who are even weaker than they. Perhaps the most powerful example of this cruel tendency is when Crooks criticizes Lennie’s dream of the farm and his dependence on George. Having just admitted his own vulnerabilities, Crooks zeroes in on Lennie’s own weaknesses.
Is consistently solemn, and turns tragic as the conclusion nears.
What is the tone of Of Mice of Men?
Of Mice and Men’s tone is consistently solemn, and turns tragic as the conclusion nears. From the very beginning, this heaviness of tone creates a sense of impending, inescapable doom. For example, George and Lennie are first described as wearing “black, shapeless” clothing, and one of the first conversations they have is about the dead mouse in Lennie’s pocket. Even the idyllic, green setting in which the novella begins cannot overcome the sense of death that follows these characters. As the story continues, the grave nature of the characters’ daily lives becomes even more apparent: George receives a lice-infested bunk, Carlson shoots Candy’s old dog, Crooks lives in the isolated stable, Lennie accidentally kills a puppy. The depictions of the living conditions in which these poor workers find themselves contribute to the solemn tone throughout, and the tone turns tragic as these circumstances compel George to kill Lennie.
Part of the context of Arthur Miller's works, this phenomenon lasted from the 1940s to 1950s. Also know as the Second Red Scare.
What was McCarthyism in relation to the play?
Arthur Miller was called to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee to name names of communist sympathizers in 1956, the height of the McCarthy Era. Miller refused to do so and was heralded by the arts community for his strength of conviction and loyalty. In 1957, Miller was charged with contempt, a ruling later reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Miller, like Eddie Carbone, was faced with the problem of choosing to be American or not, specifically by naming names of people who were doing (what were considered then) unlawful acts. Miller's own struggle with this issue is very present in A View from the Bridge. Unlike Eddie Carbone, Miller chose to be loyal to his fellow artists, but like Carbone, Miller went against the cultural consensus at the time. Miller, in the play, has reversed the scene—rather than the mass culture supporting the extrication of possible communists, Miller chose to script a community that accepted and protected unlawful people. The consequences and eventual repercussions of naming names, for Eddie Carbone, are drastic. Miller used this play to strongly condemn the McCarthy trials and those who named the names of innocent artists.
Catherine associates this place with mystery, romance and beauty.
What is Italy symbolic of for the different members of the community of Red Hook?
The origin of the majority of the people in the Red Hook community, Italy represents homeland, origin and culture. What the country means to characters greatly varies. Catherine associates Italy with mystery, romance and beauty. Rodolpho, on the other hand, is actually from Italy, and thinks it is a place with little opportunity that he would like to escape from. All of the characters, as much as love the benefit of living in the U.S., still strongly hold to Italian traditions and identify it as home. Italy is the basis of the cultural traditions in Red Hook and unites the community in common social practices and religion.
Testifies to his desperate need to believe in a world kinder than the one in which he lives.
How does Candy see the farm?
For a brief time, however, the dream of living out his days with George and Lennie on their dream farm distracts Candy from this harsh reality. He deems the few acres of land they describe worthy of his hard-earned life’s savings, which testifies to his desperate need to believe in a world kinder than the one in which he lives. Like George, Candy clings to the idea of having the freedom to take up or set aside work as he chooses. So strong is his devotion to this idea that, even after he discovers that Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, he pleads for himself and George to go ahead and buy the farm as planned.
Eddie looses control of his actions in the play. Driven and possessed by incestuous love for his niece, Eddie resorts to desperate measures to protect his identity and name in the community.
How is the theme of the "irrational human animal" portrayed in A View from the Bridge.
Eddie looses control of his actions in the play. Driven and possessed by incestuous love for his niece, Eddie resorts to desperate measures to protect his identity and name in the community. Alfieri's commentary often remarks on this theme. Alfieri seems constantly amazed by Eddie's actions and his own reactions to the events of the play. Alfieri sees his own irrational thinking, just as he recognizes Eddie's irrational behavior. Irrationality is also how Alfieri defines acting wholly. The human animal becomes irrational when he acts fully on his instincts—just as Eddie does in the play. Alfieri proposes that humans must act as a half, or restrain some of our instinctual needs or wants for reason. Nonetheless, Alfieri still admires the irrational—the unleashed human spirit that reacts as it will.
The use of the second-person pronoun "you" allows Miller to create a link between the characters and the readers.
How does Alfieri's use of language impact the readers/spectators?
Alfieri's use of language rests on two pivotal factors. On the one hand, his thoughtful use of words guides the audience along his flashback to reflect on the real-life conflicts Miller felt needed to be addressed. On the other hand, his wry sense of humor, most notably at the beginning of Act One and Two, endears the spectators to him by making him a relatable character. He appears almost detached from the events to have an objective view of the play's unfolding, much like a member of the audience. For example, his leisurely style helps maintain a relationship with the assembly. He directly addresses the audience and draws their attention to the stark character flaws that appear progressively as the play follows its course. Through Alfieri's words, the use of the second-person pronoun "you" allows Miller to create a link between the characters and the spectators. Additionally, the use of the pronoun both directly addresses the spectator and the assembly as a whole. As such, it forces the onlookers to think upon their situation, their immediate entourage, and the community around them. In short, Alfieri enables them to see the systemic problems plaguing their society and coerces them, per Miller’s intention, into actively striving to mend them.
October 11, 1956 in
When did the second run of the play, A View from A Bridge, premier?
The two-act version premiered in the New Watergate theatre club in London's West End under the direction of Peter Brook on October 11, 1956.
Represents the fate awaiting anyone who has outlived his or her purpose.
What is the symbolic value of Candy's dog?
In the world Of Mice and Men describes, Candy’s dog represents the fate awaiting anyone who has outlived his or her purpose. Once a fine sheepdog, useful on the ranch, Candy’s mutt is now debilitated by age. Candy’s sentimental attachment to the animal—his plea that Carlson let the dog live for no other reason than that Candy raised it from a puppy—means nothing at all on the ranch. Although Carlson promises to kill the dog painlessly, his insistence that the old animal must die supports a cruel natural law that the strong will dispose of the weak. Candy internalizes this lesson, for he fears that he himself is nearing an age when he will no longer be useful at the ranch, and therefore no longer welcome.
Is a complex character and seems more a montage of conflicts to heighten the action of the play rather than a full person
Who is Rodolpho?
Catherine and Rodolpho's relationship is curiously quite devoid of passion which makes his intentions relatively ambiguous. He does not seek revenge against Eddie and in Act 2 he pointily remarks that even to marry Catherine he is unwilling to move back to Italy. This could suggest that as Eddie fears he is fact only after US citizenship but then again this is quite ambiguous. All in all, is as a complex character and seems more a montage of conflicts to heighten the action of the play rather than a full person. A foil for Eddie Carbone
Drawing on the biblical story of the Fall in which Adam and Eve sin in the Garden of Eden, Of Mice and Men argues that the social and economic world in which its characters live is fundamentally flawed.
How is the theme of fallenness portrayed?
The novella opens by an Eden-like pool that is presented as a natural paradise. People visit, but they do not own the land and they share its resources amongst themselves, like the giant sycamore whose low branch is “worn smooth by men who have sat on it.” The purity of this world in the opening scene proves to be unsustainable as the story continues. On the ranch, George and Lennie hold on to their idyllic dream of shared farm ownership, and this dream is compared to paradise when Crooks scoffs: “Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’.” George and Lennie’s dream is of a place where “nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ’em.” These paradises—real and imaginary—are contrasted with the ranch, which is owned by Curley’s father and is a place of fear and isolation, a place where the workers get hurt and robbed. This contrast indicates that land-ownership is like Satan’s treachery in the biblical story: it is the act which destroys innocence and paradise. By the time Lennie finds himself back beside the pool, not even the Eden-like qualities of the setting can prevent his death.
What does the quote, "the debris from the winter's flooding" represent.
This quote in the opening paragraph starkly contrast with the lush, almost Eden like description of the valley. As such, it hints at the future tragedy that will unfold through the use of the violent, almost tempestuous, "winter flooding," It's juxtaposition to the epanaleptic structure of the novel possibly infers that the events are part of a vicious cycle fated to fall to disaster.