Young Elizabeth “Betty” Parris and Abigail Williams were cousins, but also best friends. The girls enjoyed playing together and listening to the stories of their slave, Tituba. Because of their connections with the church the girls had most likely grown up with Puritan beliefs and were strongly influenced by that culture. The girls knew all ten of the commandments and were familiar with what they were and weren't allowed to do by the ways of Lord. With this strong Christian influence, 9-year-old Betty and 12-year-old Abigail were the last people expected to get caught up in a witchcraft scandal.
In the memoir Night, the author, Elie Wiesel, tells his story about his life during the Holocaust. He talks about his experience in the concentration camps and the traumatic events that occurred. This is all to show a few different meanings. Firstly, the title itself represents the darkness and anguish the Jews experienced. One way Wiesel expresses this meaning is through figurative language, for example, “The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in our souls the dregs of their darkness (Wiesel 94).”
The use of the word night can be interpreted as the unknown, and fear that is invoked because of it. In the second chapter of Night, Wiesel describes a scene on the train, the beginning of their journey, “some [were] pressed against the bars to see, there was nothing. Only the darkness of night.” On the train, it is night, dark, and the prisoners cannot see. The prisoners are also do not know what is going to happen to them; ergo, their future is dark and unknown.
As he does so, he states, “For, despite all my attempts to articulate the unspeakable ‘it’ is still not right.” His use of the word “it” to describe his story is an interesting note; and this quote is vital as it helps portray his purpose for writing his book, which is to speak for the souls that no longer could and to help him cope with his experiences, but no matter how hard he tried he could never find the right word to describe the tragedy he had undergone. Tone is also an important factor when reading Night, tone helps the reader understand what the person is feeling, thinking, and going
The True Darkness of Night As much as the universe longs to postpone the haunting night, it inevitably approaches with the sharp knife of terror. Night follows day and day follows night in an unalterable continuous pattern. In the book Night, Elie Wiesel portrayed the message of darkness and terror caused by one person to another by using the symbol of night. Each night seems to spark a new beginning for Elie as he travels through different situations that invoke him towards the simulation of death.
Elie uses the word “night” to show not only the darkness of the Holocaust but how the Jews feel trapped they feel “pressed against the bars to see. There was nothing. Only the darkness of night.” (p 25) Elie is using “night” to show the darkness and what the Jews actually went through during the holocaust.
Plato once said that “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Outsiders, members of illegitimate societies, are shunned because of limitations and restrictions in society. They tend to gravitate towards the light, but very few complete their journey. In Othello, The Great Gatsby, and The Death of a Salesman, heroic ambitions for acceptance and escape from the darkness are combated by societal expectations, shown through the light, which acts as a lure, towards societal norms and goals. Ironically, however, the tragedies that face all the protagonists are because of the darkness, or secret desires that each character makes to overcome their expectations.
The night is a time when God is not looking upon his people – the time of the Devil. The symbol of the long night represents the abandonment of God from Elie. By turning Elie’s life into a single long night, the camps make him disregard his religion to focus on his survival, turning him from a human into an animal. The horrors of the camps change Elie’s
The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” (Wiesel 126) This quote proves that he had to go through survival, critical thinking, identity, and especially the human spirit during those dark times to survive. This encourages the reader to use these features to survive in life and use them to their advantage. Furthermore, “Night” should be allowed to be read in schools because it teaches about loss, discrimination, and
Night gives a gloomy and desolated feeling, a feeling horrifically fitting to the scenario they were in. A clear and vivid example of this is when the farmers threw food into the wagons to see a fight and watch humans murder each other over crust from bread. One boy kills his own father just to get a small piece of bread!
The word “Night” is related to various imaginations and emotions. For example, night can be related to moon and stars, which are only seen at night. In this case, night seems to be mysterious and romantic. However, night can also be related to darkness and horror, so loneliness and fear accompanies one into the night as a result. Robert Frost chooses the night to be the theme of one of his poems “Acquainted With The Night”, and shapes a narrator who is acquainted with the night.
The lighting director skillfully plays with light and shadow, casting haunting silhouettes, and expertly crafting an atmosphere of seclusion and isolation. As the creature travels through the darkened forest, beams of moonlight pierce through the canopy, adding to the isolating atmosphere in the play. This use of light and shadow symbolizes the creature’s internal struggle and the contrast between his desire for connection and the reality of his isolation. The carefully crafted lighting accentuates the character’s profound sense
The theme of light and darkness greatly affected how the readers felt about the creature, and how they see him at this point as another individual or a child trying to find his purpose in the world and at the same time conquering various types of
(p. 65) Night is used as metaphor for darkness and death in the book “Night”. The first quote tells us that the experience was so bad in the camp that he can’t forget it. Because he can’t forget what has happened he has become a shadow for his life that makes him remember the terrible experience, which sealed his life. His life is sealed, because of the bad experiences that he had gone through.
In “Acquainted with the Night”, it embodies the abyss of despair that the narrator finds themselves in. The poem centers on the qualities of the night, and the night’s defining characteristic is its never-ending darkness. The poem’s very title shows how deeply bogged down in darkness the narrator is; the speaker has, ironically, become friends with it. The motif of darkness manifests itself in other examples as well. The speaker writes, “I have outwalked the furthest city light,” showing that he or she has transcended the limits of a normal person’s misfortune and instead exposed himself to complete and utter desperation (3).
