... they cannot protest, removing the luxury of choosing an enjoyable job. Individuals are not allowed personal goals, rather the good of the entire society is the collective goal. People in this society do not work towards their own happiness. They work only for what is taught to be the common happiness. True pleasures of life are not allowed. Since they do not see personal benefits and fulfillment from their work, they lack enthusiasm and personal initiative. It is as though everybody has been brainwashed to one collective way. The people consider themselves as one body. Though collectivisim may have certain benefits, in Anthem it is taken to a dangerous extreme. ...

... an individualist and not a conformist. In order to be considered a nation the people have to be united through a series of common qualities and values. The most important of these is the quality of individualism. To be an individualist ties in all the other essential qualities of being an American such as the right to create your own destiny. The opposite of this value is conformity, an essential trait of those under a hierarchical system such as a monarchy. Conformity is not only seen as a trait of the subservient but also a destroyer of true democracy. Individualism was a trait actual selected for by the very processes which led a certain type of person to come ...

... that earns him the trust of the queen and allows him to pursue his love interest, Madame Bonacieux. D’Artagnan’s bravery also allows him to become a soldier, and later, a musketeer. It also gives D’Artagnan the courage to battle against the cardinal, despite his power. Thus, his bravery also gets him into trouble. D’Artagnan is constantly at battle against the cardinal and his agents. However, D’Artagnan is not alone in his battles. His friends support him throughout the book. And, D’Artagnan is equally allegiant to his friends. He supports his friends whenever the need arises. An example would be D’Artagnan’ ...

... King Duncan, where the Sergeant says – "Ship wracking storms and direful thunders break" (L.26). This thunderous weather symbolizes God’s anger at his representative of Scotland being attacked. The darkness during the play (all but two of the scenes are set in darkness) shows how the night is strangling the earth, representing the anger of God at the events in Scotland. The "Dark night strangles" (Act Two, Scene Four, Line Seven) the earth, showing God’s, overall grip on the world. The King at this time had an absolute monarchy (power of life and death over everyone in his kingdom). The belief was that God had passed special powers to all K ...

... turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one's own personality every man sets up for himself secretly" (5). Lacking consultation with his repressed side, the captain questions whether he will be able to command his ship correctly. As the reader continues through the book, the Captain's first meeting with Leggatt communicates a closeness between the two men. "I was almost as much of a stranger on board as himself…at that moment I felt it most acutely" (28). The Captain still feels strangely about taking control of the ship, but he feels an impulsive connection with Leggatt. While Leggatt is close at his side, the Captain begins to think clearly and pr ...

... causes of Ovid's characters' failures, but of prudence, which may be the cause of Dante's success. Dante relates to Arachne's character because she was a talented artist. While she angered the goddess, Minerva, he risks the anger of God. For Arachne "neither for place of birth nor birth itself had the girl fame, but only for her skill."[1] The same is true for Dante. His fame derives from his skill as a writer, not from a privileged birth. Arachne demonstrates her artistic ability when, in a competition with Minerva, she weaves a piece, which depicts the gods unfavorably. But in her piece, "not Pallas, nor Envy himself, could find a flaw."[2]As a punishment, Min ...

... sister, Ismêne and her uncle, Creon because they would not help her in burying her brother. She shows her stubborness because she is unwilling to accept the fact that Creon and Ismêne won’t help bury her beloved brother. She becomes nasty and malicious because she is unable to forgive them. Antigone’s obstinacy also becomes very apparent in the prologue when Ismêne tried to talk the former out of burying Polyneicês because the former would be killed. Of course, as head strong as Antigone is, she wouldn’t be talked out of breaking the law that Creon passed. Even though Antigone knows the consequences, she buries her brother. She has done this because Antigone woul ...

... He seldom dwells on his misfortunes, and looks to the future for hope while many of the other characters mull over what a horrid existence they lead. The Venetian Nobleman, Lord Pococurante relates to Candide in a manner slightly different than most of the other characters. While most other characters differ from Candide by their pessimism (most notable Martin, who seems to be the antitheses of Candide's optimism), Lord Pococurante is unhappy with life because he is supremely jaded with what the world has to offer. He is thus Candide's opposite as much as Martin, though the opposition is based upon the noble's jaded state versus Candide's naive one. By the book's ...

... about rubber and metal”. Each man respected their Pontiac because it was there only possession that remained familiar to them throughout the process of change. Solitaire with their Pontiac each man clearly expressed their misogyny. The man from “Pontiac” only referred to his wife as the “woman inside my house” and deliberately criticized her by stating “she wont stop talking she never says a thing she just keeps talking”. The man from “ My ’48 Pontiac” Shared similar thoughts when he said “and quivering blondes whose bottoms it liked”. Which was very demeaning towards women. The Pontiac symbolized a refuge that could take the men away from the harsh reality of life ...

... as symbolized by a heart of stone, and Hagar’s blindness to the feelings and needs of the others as symbolized by the blindness of the angel. The stone angel is symbolic of the Currie family pride and values. The stone angel memorial is purchased and brought from Italy by Jason Currie at great expense and placed at the grave site of his wife, in the Manawaka cemetery. The stone angel is the largest and most expensive memorial in the cemetery. Although the stone angel is intended to be a memorial for Mrs. Currie, it was not really suitable because Hagar describes her as being meek and a feeble ghost. The angel is not intended for Mrs. Currie, but in ...