This quote is an indicator of one of the main themes of the novel which is the human condition. Throughout the novel, Larson uses phrases or ideas that force the contemplation of life itself. And in this case Larson’s portrayal of the fair’s future oblivion demands to be felt and contemplated by the audience. This begins to establish the reader’s emotional connection to various phenomenons that occur throughout the novel.
This is interesting way for Larson to transition into the novel. It is a disaster that brings back Burnham’s memories of the Columbian Exchange Fair and how it became an eventual disaster. This is an example of foreshadowing, and is intended to foreshadow, to the audience, the eventual demise of what was one of the greatest
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In this case, Holmes is compared to his house. On one hand, Emeline seems to love the building, and sees nothing wrong. (The same way women look at Holmes). But, Dr. Cigrand finds something particularly dark about the house, which makes him suspicious. And this speaks volumes about the dark connection between Holmes and his house, and their similarity in character.
This once again comes back to the pride felt by personified Chicago, and its desire to become the best of the best. And this yearning for greatness passed along to other states and produced this effect of great American pride. And the effect of the pride was so great that a pledge saluting the American flag was created. For a reader from the United States, there is sense of great pride and love for their country. This feeling of pride is relatable to an American reader, and permits for a deeper emotional connection to be created.
This quote can be considered as foreshadowing of the fair’s dramatic decline. Although the fair was successfully built, the stealing of the purse could indicate the beginning of the decline of the
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Larson’s use of imagery helps portray the magic of the fair to the audience. He shows that the great white lights of the fair were not the only marvels that existed.
This quote assumes that the fair was protecting its visitors, while the truth was quite the opposite. While the fair helped shed a positive light, the city had still been infiltrated by darkness. This consistently follows the motif of deception throughout the novel. And this quote also foreshadows the discovery of the murdered girls to the audience.
Holmes methods of terror have shown to have progressed. His obsession with domination over his victims is obvious, as he just takes pleasure in the fact that Anna is completely helpless. The imagery and characterization of Anna in the vault, effect the reader by making them feel bad for another victim to Holmes’ charm.
This statement is rather ironic. The White City represented salvation for the citizens of Chicago, and while Holmes was present it was opposite of the protective city described. And when the city returned to its previous dark state after the fair, Holmes left, leaving the city safer. This was a fact only made apparent to the audience, while the city itself was unaware at the
In Shirley Jackson’s short story the Lottery and Flannery O’Conner’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, there are a few aspects of a similar nature that attempt to tackle the nature essence of the human condition. Both short stories respectively portray two similar types of foreshadowing where one is random the other is premeditated, which leads these stories to their very surprising dramatic climax that is held until the end of each story. I believe that these important variables of both stories have a strong influence on the reader’s objectification regarding the way each story presents the idea of the human condition.
The city of Chicago was nicknamed “The Black City,” (P.11) before they had hosted the 1893 fair that had brought the city into life. Chicago was a city that was ridden with much crime and death to the point where young women could have been tempted to fall under the dangers of this city. Death was more commonplace then Chicago then other cities at that time because of murders that were so frequent in this city. The author does point out that “You can step from a curb and be killed by the Chicago Limited” (P.12). That fact even struck fear into the people who were visiting Chicago just to have fun or eve...
The setting of the story helps to magnify its impact on the reader because it is set in a small town similar to the one many of us may know of, and that is symbolic of everything that we consider to be right in America. The story begins on a wonderful summer day in a small town. The author describes the day as very joyful but strikes a contrast between the surroundings of the town and the atmosphere of the people gathered in the square. The atmosphere is sober, where the adults ?stood together, away from the stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather then laughed."(268) This, in just the third paragraph, is a indication through symbolism of the townsfolk?s sober mood that something was amiss. The setting for the lottery also takes place in the same place as the square dances, the teen-age club, and the Halloween program.(268) This unifies our lives with those of the story sense we can relate to those types of events, and is symbolic in showing that even though this dastardly deed happens here that it is still the main place of celebration. Showing how easy it is for us, as human beings, to clean our conscientious by going back to a place that, on June 27, is a place of death and make it a place of delight.
Holmes was born in New Hampshire, 1861. His mother was cold and heartless, and his father was an alcoholic. Both parents were very abusive towards Holmes. His parents would isolate and starve him for extended periods of time. At an early age, he was fascinated with the human body which quickly led to him being fascinated by death. Holmes’s captivation of the human body led him to study medicine. After graduating, Holmes was accepted into the University of Michigan Medical
The Colombian Exchange was an extensive exchange between the eastern and western hemispheres as knows as the Old World and New World. The Colombian exchange greatly affects almost every society. It prompted both voluntary and forced migration of millions of human beings. There are both positive and negative effects that you can see from the Colombian Exchange. The Colombian Exchange explorers created contact between Europe and the Americas. The interaction with Native Americans began the exchange of animals, plants, disease, and weapons. The most significant effects that the Colombian Exchange had on the Old World and New World were its changes in agriculture, disease, culture, and its effects on ecology.
The Witches introduce the theme with the infamous phrase “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (scene 1, line 11) in the first scene. It’s functional for the Witches to say this in the beginning of the book, as they are the start of all the perplexity. They become the core of confusion when they awaken Macbeth’s ambition and transform his perspective of good and evil, making bad things look good and good things look bad. Ironically in connection with this, Banquo warns Macbeth, “Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence” (1/3/125-126). The Witches continue to speak in contradicting language, such as “lesser than Macbeth, and greater” (1/3/65) and “Not so happy, yet much happier” (1/3/66) that adds to the sense of moral confusion, by implying that nothing is quite what it seems. Banquo’s warning is fulfilled at the end of the play when the Witches had won Macbeth’s trust with prophecies that became true –‘honest trifles’- and then betray him in the things that really mattered, his life and his country -‘deepest consequence’- to win his spirit for hell.
This piece of the evidence goes to show that Barack Obama made his speech very credible by including something that everyone in the audience have knowledge to. He used the declaration of independence to explain American’s Pride. He used something every American can or could relate or have access to as a way to show credibility on the knowledge of what America stands for. It is our duty to take pride of the paths that we create in the United States of
...mes’ lifestyle. Holmes, throughout his life was a criminal. Holmes desire to murder people was believed to come from from his desensitized feeling about dead bodies. This was due to his medical career. As mentioned earlier, when Holmes was in medical school, he had many dealings with cadavers and was very familiar with them. Later, when he began killing he did not look at the bodies as human beings, but as material or later, cash money. This relationship between crime and deviance is mainly why I choose this book. I feel that H. H. Holmes, although Holmes was a strange and demented man, was very successful. This success questions what makes people successful: is it your status, education, or was it his determination?
On page 39, it describes the moment in which bullies from his school force him to go face to face with a skeleton in a doctor’s office. Such a terrible experience truly could have scarred Holmes, but at the same time his comfortability with an representation of death could have prompted his killer roots. Also, the “accidental” death of Holmes’s childhood friend, at an event that Holmes was present, was another red flag in terms of potentially becoming a psychopath. We learn more of Holmes’s younger upbringing through the text in which it states,"He drifted through childhood as a small, odd, and exceptionally bright boy....in the cruel imaginations of his peers, he became prey" (Larson, 38) Holmes was essentially an outcast, a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. He was the target of many because of his oddness and rather unique characteristics. With no solid upbringing, and a probable fascination with death, Holmes was bound to be the infamous serial killer he became in his future.
This line ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair,’ is important to the play Macbeth. When the
I would interpret the line, “fair is foul, and foul is fair” as showing the character of the witches and how cruel they really are.
In the movie Holmes, in the beginning, was much more prideful and rude to Watson and people in general, but later on, Holmes was a lot nicer and somewhat humble at least compared to the book. This difference made the viewer feel less liking of the character of Holmes and it almost seemed that the director tried to save Holmes’s character by making him nicer at the ending. The difference had a big impact on the feeling of the movie because it felt that he was so stuck up he was rather unapproachable. ...
This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas, one of the female characters in the novel, and a quote which
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”; depicts that good is bad and bad is good. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth displays an interesting use of various themes. A theme that is used throughout the play is the contrast between appearance and reality. Similarly in the novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens conveys the idea of deception as well. The authors demonstrate the idea of appearance vs. reality through crime, characters and through character’s ambitions.
The meaning of this motif is quite obvious in the very first act. Simply it means that appearances are often deceptive, and that things are different from what they appear to be. This line also points towards the play’s concern with the inconsistency between appearance and reality (“Fair is Foul”, 2015). The phrase appears at the start of the first act and scene of the play, uttered by witches; however, it lasts throughout the story with recurring themes of evil and deception disguised as ambition or good. The truth of this paradox is woven throughout the play, in how situations appear to be good when in reality they are evil. All people have the capability of being good and appearing evil as well as being evil and appearing good (Schlachter, n.d.). Macbeth echoes these words in Act I Scene II, saying that the day is both the fairest and the foulest he has encountered because,