To Kill a Mockingbird
Examples of this symbol include Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.
What is a mockingbird?
This character manipulates Macbeth into killing the king, showing Macbeth’s tragic flaw of being too easily manipulated.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This character’s fear of becoming a failure like his father led him to an ironic death by suicide.
Who is Okonkwo?
This symbol represents the friendship between Gene and Finny, and is visited by Gene after the war.
What is the tree?
This character represented the stereotypical greed of Americans through his decision to move to San Lorenzo because the workers can be treated less ethically, allowing for him to profit.
Who is H. Lowe Crosby?
This symbol represents how Maycomb is plagued with racism, which Atticus is trying to fight against.
What is the mad dog?
This theme is shown by the development of Macbeth’s character and how he becomes a cruel, dictator-like leader.
What is the corruption of power?
Achebe conveys this through the novel to show how the Igbo people were not savages.
What is the complexity of African societies?
Gene does not do this when Finny dies because he feels as if he himself has died, showcasing the complex identity struggle Gene developed throughout the novel.
What is cry?
This theme is shown through first Felix, and then the Hoennikker children and John, carelessly leaving out the ice-nine.
What is history repeats itself?
This theme is conveyed by how Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell represent to the two polar opposites on the moral spectrum, and everyone else is somewhere in between.
What is the coexistence of good and evil?
Macbeth’s belief that this guarantee’s his power prevents him from realizing that his demise will come. This reveals how his blind ambition and hunger for power, which fuel the conflict in the play, are caused by reliance on a manipulated this.
What is fate?
Nwoye and Okonkwo’s relationship represents this theme through how Nwoye converts to Christianity partially to spite his father.
What is struggle between tradition and change?
The Devon River and the Naguamsett River represent this theme in the novel through the contrast between the river’s qualities.
What is the transition from innocent childhood to adulthood/the war?
Vonnegut conveys this theme through the teachings of Bokononism and the symbolism of the cat’s cradle. Also, it is conveyed in the Bokononist story, when God says, “Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this.”
What is the lack of purpose in religions and life in general?
This character faces conflict in finding and standing true to her own identity amongst the racism and sexism she observes.
Who is Scout / Jean Louise?
Macbeth’s speech “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” showcases Macbeth’s realization that life is empty and meaningless, and how being king brought him nothing. The line “...Out, out, brief candle!” in this speech refers to this recent event in the play.
What is the suicide of Lady Macbeth?
Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna, despite Ogbuefi telling him not to participate, due to the fear of this.
What is appearing weak?
Finny symbolizes innocence mixed with this through his mindset of there being no winners or losers, and his adamant belief that the war is not real.
What is selfishness?
This character feels no responsibility for his creations or inventions, representing the larger argument of the ethical responsibility of scientists.
Who is Felix Hoennikker?
This character pretends to be drunk all the time to give the other white people a reason for why he hangs around the black people. His character contributes to the the theme of societal racial prejudice.
Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?
These characters set the stage for conflict in the play by manipulating Macbeth, taking advantage of his tragic flaw, so that he strives to gain and maintain power.
Who are the witches?
This character fuels the conflict between the Umuofians and the white people over religion by adopting much stricter rules than his predecessor, Mr. Brown.
Who is Reverend James Smith?
The title A Separate Peace represents many parts of the novel including the definition of a nation’s agreement to cease military hostilities and how the Devon School is isolated from the war, as well as the bond shown between these characters at the beach, a calm before the storm.
Who are Gene and Finny?
Bokononism says that everything in religion is this, conveying a contrasting message to the societal need for a goal to attain or a truth to follow.
What is a lie?