What is a theme of the story "Charles"? Sometimes people fail to see the truth even when it is right before their eyes.

A great story is sometimes better than the truth.

The main purpose of education is to instill conformity.

Misbehavior can be corrected through patient understanding.

Sometimes people fail to see the truth even when it is right before their eyes.

Explanation:

The book "Charles" by Shirley Jackson that narrates the story of Laurie, a stubborn young boy who constantly defies his parents and tells them of another stubborn child Charles who does all kind of things at school, but his parents fail to see that Charles really is Laurie.

The theme of the story "Charles" is sometimes people fail to see the truth even when it is right before their eyes.

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the contrast between a clear and understood meaning is that the clear meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to (understanding/ explanation). an understood meaning is a suggested meaning. kabir's poetry is both clear and understood in that it can be understood/explained on different levels. the clear meaning leaves nothing to (understanding/ explanation) while the understood meaning leaves lots open to (understanding/ explanation). an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the (related to religion or the soul) lover".

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shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.