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East of Eden Webercise


Pick a quote from each character on this list and indicate which
page # the quote is from. You will be required to: (1) Analyze the
quote according to characterization and content; identify how
the quote relates to the theme(s), and (2) relate this
character with another character you are familiar with from
another literary or media setting or choose a symbol that
represents that character. If this character is archetypal, propose
which type and briefly evaluate. Use Google Images or Tumblr to
find an image that best represents the character.
Here are good references for Literary Archetypes and Symbols:
https://literarydevices.net/archetype/
http://www.crsd.org/cms/lib10/PA01000188/Centricity/Domain/667/English/Fai
ry%20Tales/Archetypes%20in%20Literature1.pdf

Character Quote - Page # Analysis


Image/Symbol
Charles It looks, he wrote, like Charles and Adams
Trask somebody marked me like a relationship
cow. The damn thing gets resembles Cain and
darker. By the time you get Abels in the bible, a
home it will maybe be blackI pair of archetypal
dont know why it bothers me, I characters that
got plenty of scars. It just represent good and
seems like I was marked. Pgs evil/sin. Charles
Although Charles and
59-60 scar symbolizes a
Adams relationship is
mark like God
not as deadly as iconic
marks Cain to be
Disney brothers Scars
protected.
and Mufasas, Charles
had once an intention of
killing Adam, but does
not go through with it.
However, he does
betray and lie to Adam
and sleeps with Cathy.
Scars serve as a symbol
of evilness or as some
type of mark. In Charles
case, his mark being
dark or almost black
resembles the unknown
or darkness/evilness.

Adam
Trask

Cathy
Ames

Cal
Trask

Aron
Trask

Samuel
Hamilto
n
Lee

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