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The Power And The Glory - Online Term Paper

The Power And The Glory

I - Introduction
II - Setting
A. How setting shows the main theme
1. the jail scene
2. the traveling scenes

III - Symbolism
A. How symbolism shows the main theme
1. liquor
B. How characters show symbolism
1. a quote

IV - Characters
A. How characters show the main theme
1. The lieutenant
2. Brigitta
3. The mestizo
B. Minor characters
1. Mr. and Mrs. Fellow, Mr. Tench
2. Towns people

V - Theme
A. What makes up the main theme
1. Setting
2. Characters
3. Symbolism
B. A quote from a book

VI - Conclusion

In the novel “The Power and the Glory”, Graham Greene uses the elements of fiction to ...

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in the reader. In the scene when the whiskey priest was put the crowded jail, for having liquor on him, Greene makes the scene so horrible that you can’t help but feel sorry for the priest. As Kenneth Allott said, “The crowded unseen figures in the dark seem like shapes from a Dore hell.”(182). In the scenes when the priest is traveling from town to town, the setting is very rough. Through dense forests and complete darkness, he travels and again, the reader feels pity for someone he doesn’t know but feels connected to because of being human. As Kenneth Allott said, “There is a blanketing sense of cruelty’s omnipresence ... and very frequently this mood is symbolized by a peculiar background of squalor ...”(15). Some critics think that the novel is “a melodramatic thriller about a policeman chasing a priest, romanticized by its religious significance and its exotic Mexican setting.”(Pryce-Jones, 58).
Another important element of fiction is symbolism. Symbolism in a ...

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Added: 8/24/2004 01:12:21 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 1241
Pages: 5

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