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13075252 No.13075252 [Reply] [Original]

>compare the symbols in "The Cask Of Amontillado" and "The Birthmark"

>> No.13075270

>>13075252
Are you taking intro to lit in summer school in California, anon?

>> No.13075277

>>13075252
I'm not doing your homework, kiddo.

>> No.13075280

>>13075270
That's a clean hit

>> No.13075295

>>13075270
last 'response' for this semester in NY in intro to lit

>> No.13075305

>>13075280
close
>>13075277
please dad/mom
this is mind numbing
just draw a neat comparison i can bullshit 400 words (teacher is a pushover and essays are paragraphs,

>> No.13075313

>>13075295
Nice, thought you might be from my school cuz I had that exact assignment on those two stories in Intro to Lit two years ago.

>> No.13075314

>>13075305
What's the birthmark about

>> No.13075324

>>13075314
http://www.lem.seed.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/livrosliteraturaingles/birthmark.pdf
essentially mad scientist trope looking to fill the hole that men typically try to fill, career doesnt work out he gets married, wife has a birthmark on her face, he says its ugly, she gets stockholm syndrome, she dies

>> No.13075336

>>13075324
Judging only by the fact that I've read Amontillado years ago, and found out about the Birthmark through this thread, take a grain of salt with what I say.

You could talk about the similarites between how both secondary characters in the stories die after becoming "trapped" with the main character, and discuss/analyze the differences in how this happened/the context of the story.

>> No.13075339

>>13075324
>http://www.lem.seed.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/livrosliteraturaingles/birthmark.pdf

After looking at this for like 3 seconds I think I get it

So in both cases the protagonist is driven by an irrational greed, which ends up destroying any chance he has at enjoying himself. In Amontillado it's literally fatal.

>> No.13075347

>>13075336
>>13075339
no pretty much spot on, atleast something I can start this midget paper with
yea with "birthmark" he loses career/beautiful woman(trophy) because he poisons her trying to de-birthmark her face

>> No.13075354

>>13075347
Lol
The slightly interesting thing too is that it isn't just that the greed bothers them, but that it actually destroys all their pleasure before they even fall victim to circumstance

>> No.13075363

>>13075347
Good luck on your work Anon.

>> No.13075460

>>13075277
/thread

>> No.13075478

>>13075354
>>13075363
thank you friend
>>13075460
excuse me, im trying to procrastinate, not plagiarize