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        <title><![CDATA[Compare and contrast a theme in "The Birthmark" and Emerson's "Bartleby...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Compare and contrast a theme in "The Birthmark" and Emerson's "Bartleby the Scriviner, A Tale of Wall Street Themes"]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[An allegory is a story type in which the characters represent archetypes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An allegory is a story type in which the characters represent archetypes and the story line itself can be interpreted as a representation of something else. So in this respect an allegory is one form of symbolism, or a sub-category of it. The thing being represented can be universal or specific. An example of the first would be Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and for the second, Orwell's Animal Farm.
There are several theories as to the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:36:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is "The Birthmark" allegorical or symbolic?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is "The Birthmark" allegorical or symbolic?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:15:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alymer, an adult, is almost cold and calculating when it comes to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Alymer, an adult, is almost cold and calculating when it comes to nature.  He believes that nature is to be molded and changed that imperfections should be perfected.  His failed experiments show that he has not accomplished his goals, and his assistant as well as Georgiana know that beauty is not in perfection but the acceptance and the ability to look past small imperfections to the spiritual beauty of the thing itself.  Alymer attacks...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:20:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Compare and contrast Aylmer's views about nature in &quot;The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Compare and contrast Aylmer's views about nature in &quot;The Birthmark&quot; and Sylvia's views about nature in &quot;A White Heron&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:24:55 PST</pubDate>
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