Exploring Female Degradation In Hamlet

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Shakespeare portrays women in Hamlet as complicated beings. Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, is criticized for her hasty marriage to Hamlet's own Uncle Claudius, the brother of his father. Ophelia is depicted as a young woman whose obsessive nature yearns for Hamlets love. Being so addicted to Hamlet, she would probably be prepared to sacrifice her own life for him. Although these characters portray different kinds of ...

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Friday Night Lights By H G Bissinger

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Establish the purpose of the novel and the movie Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger. Are they the same? Different? How? Why? What values are communicated in each? Is there a shift from book to movie in what is honored, lauded, critiqued, or lampooned? High School Football. "Those lights become an addiction if you live in a place like Odessa, the Friday Night fix." (Bissinger,14) Racism, controversy, ...

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Identity Of Pearl In The Scarlet Letter

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Pearl is described to be elf, fey, and evil, which ascribes a unique shadow of light and shadow to her perpetual mystery and danger. She is wild, rebellious, and uncontrollable, whom God is never likely to care for a visit. She is far from the reader's common understanding. Since The Scarlet Letter is permeated with a strong puritan color, many critics interpret pearl as a product of ...

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Jean Michel Basquiat, Graffiti Artist

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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There are several amazing and thought provoking pieces that Jean Michel has done, but the three works of art that will be discussed in this review will be, The Nile 1983, Untitled "Skull" 1984, and "Jim Crow". "The Nile" is a painting that explores and expresses Jean Michel's personal assertion of history and his heritage of the United States with that of the ancient world and those ...

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Confinement Of Marriage To Female

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The story of an Hour is a short story representing a negative view of marriage and presenting that a woman is overjoyed since her husband has died. The Yellow Wallpaper is about a woman who has a mental illness but unable to be cured as the lack of belief from her husband. Both literatures are tragedy stories and related to low social status of female protagonists. They ...

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Looking At Skating By William Wordsworth

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The poem skating is very much a lyrical poem as the poet expresses personal and emotional feelings, in this case he is expressing feelings of when he was a child and expresses the emotions that he felt when he was a young boy skating with other children as in the poem he says, "it was indeed for all of us- for me it was a time of ...

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David Fincher's Adaptation Of Fight Club

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Originally founded by Sigmund Freud in the late nineteenth century, psychoanalysis opened up a whole new perception of the human mind, establishing both revolutionary and controversial theories. In his thesis, 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle,' Freud describes psychoanalysis as 'the first and foremost art of interpretation.' [1] A means of uncovering and communicating that which is hidden within the 'unconscious' of the human mind. Freud states that human behaviour is ...

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Plays Tragedy Lies In Blanches Isolation

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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To explore whether the play's tragedy lies in Blanche's isolation, we first need to examine the necessary criteria of the genre. 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is a social drama befitting the conventions of the 'modern tragedy'. From the nineteenth century a new type of tragedy emerged, markedly different to the classical Greek tradition. In the modern tragedy the scope of the drama tends to be less ambitious, ...

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Personality Of Lin Daiyu And Xue Baochai

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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For ages, hundreds upon hundreds of eminent scholars have been contributing all their lifetime to the study of Dream of the Red Mansion, which is called "redology". However, with the study going on, much more discussions emerge,making the book quite mysterious one to read. On this paper, i do not intend to increase its mystery.The only thing i am desirous to do is to illustrate two typical ...

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Review Of The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The tone in The Metamorphosis is depressing. The readers follow Gregor through his life as an insect and how his family never shows affection towards him. They feed him, but after a while they stop and completely ignore him all together. The point of view is third person and limited omniscient. The story is mainly told through the perspective of Gregor Samsa. We discover Gregor's body and ...

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Racism In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The US edition of Mark Twains classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is to be published without the offensive racial term "nigger." The word appears 219 times in Twains text, and the word "slave" will be substituted in a combined edition of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, to be published next month by New South Books (Moore). Huckleberry Finn, which was first published in 1884. Huckleberry ...

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History And Satire In Joseph Heller's Catch 22

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The novel Catch 22 was published in 1961 by Joseph Heller. It recounted the story of a group of soldiers fighting in World War II. The storyline is centered around times of jocularity and solemnness. The more humorous times are usually the satirical illustrations that Heller uses to scorn various facets of American society. The more serious events, like the gruesome death of Snowden, make the novel ...

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Monologue Of The Cracker Under The Settee

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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'A Cream Cracker under the settee' is a monologue which was extracted from a series of monologues written by Alan Bennett for the BBC. These monologues give the audience a window into the life of a variety of people that society often forgets. This is especially poignant in this play because it focuses upon an old woman, and how it is the elderly who are often forgotten ...

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The Lyrical Ballads Of William Wordsworth

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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In his Preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth states his intent to redefine poetry in a way that would make it more accessible, and more interesting, to common people. Thus, Lyrical Ballads should be read as Wordsworth's attempt to write poetry, which is in the language of common men and, to write, in an interesting way, about incidents and situations from common life. [1] In this way he could ...

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Analysis Of The Ministers Black Veil

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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All humans do not know another person's life inclusively. Therefore, one is concealing numerous aspects and conducted actions, which defines his/her individuality, from the environment and the people around him/her. Despite shaking hands, greeting, and initiating a conversation, no one will justly comprehend the true character hiding underneath the bare face of an individual. Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays this concept in his short story, "The Minister's Black Veil", ...

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History And Tradition In Childrens Literature

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The influence of history and tradition of children's literature is of great importance in the novels and books that are written and published today. Not only do they give a framework for the author to work from, they also give the reader an insight into the type of novel that they are going to read. Depending on the type of book we are reading its traditions and ...

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My Fair Lady, an analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The movie My Fair Lady tells love story between a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and a phonetic professor, Henry Higgins. The movie was made in chronological order. Eliza Doolittle, played by Audrey Hepburn, was a poor girl with "low-class" accent. She wanted to learn formal English in order to get a better job in a flower store. Therefore, she went to Henry Higgins, an arrogant phonetic professor ...

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The Study Of Literature And Music

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The capacity of music to disclose the inner workings of the universe has a strong place in early Christian thought, inspired by its even earlier role in Greek philosophy. Over the millennia since ancient Pythagoreans imagined the music of the spheres; these being the greatest of all instruments ; aesthetic philosophers have debated the idea of raw musical power, the relationship between music and the word and ...

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The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Of Allan Poe

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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An obsession can actually become disabling and all consuming to the patient experiencing it. The person's thoughts will be intruded by "persistent and unwanted ideas" that can even turn hostile ("Obsessive"). Evidence from the short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" support that many of Poe's narrators exhibit symptoms ofsuffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). An indicator of OCD is the repetition of undesired thoughts, ...

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Social Conflict In A Dolls House

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Dollhouse, a noun used to describe a dwelling that serves as a display for small replicas of human beings (Dollhouse). The Norwegian realist, Henrik Ibsen, chose his title cleverly when naming one of his earliest symbolic plays (Ibsen). While reading A Doll's House, we reach an awareness that the major thrust of this tragicomedy deals with the "moral laws" that men and women are required to follow ...

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Racism, Sexism And Feminism In African Literature

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Women in Africa have been exploited by the oppression of race, gender, and class. The depiction of the Black women solely as ill-fated and submissive receiver of sexual and racial abuse restrains the notions that Black women can actively participate to change their fate and bring about some changes in their lives. Similarly, presenting women in African solely as heroic figures, who easily restate oppression on all ...

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Drama Paper: The Merchant of Venice

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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In society the actions of certain members of a family can shape a child into how they are viewed as an adult. We judge an individual for being the way they are and put the blame on how they were brought up by their parents or we can begin to understand by closely researching the family relationships and why they have either succeeded or failed. The “The ...

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Examining The Feminist Intertextual Factor

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Intertextuality has always been used by authors as a literary device in order to bring forth references to other works which might help to build the impact the author wants his text to have on the reader. By means of intertextuality the authorial voice integrates 'previously existing codes into the new text' which 'explore the relationship between poet and any textual manifestations of another text' (Díaz-Diocaretz, 67) ...

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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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This assignment evaluates on how the Novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor had been written as a form/Machine to achieve the purpose of the author. Hence, the author has developed several themes in the novel to clearly state its purpose when someone reads it. The thesis statement of this assignment is on whether the author had been able to achieve her purpose through ...

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A Raisin In The Sun and Sonny's Blues

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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A Raisin in the Sun, authored by Lorraine Hansberry and Sonny's Blues, authored by James Baldwin are two masterpieces that have an array of comparisons and contrasts. Lorraine Hansberry's play is a depiction of an African American family, the Youngers living in a racially segregated neighborhood. Although the family lives together, conflicts arise on what to do with the $10000 insurance policy money paid after the death ...

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The Traits Of Heroism In The War

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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'Journey's End' by Sherriff depicts life in the trenches as lived by the officers of Company C. It is a fictional play set in the trenches during the lead up to the Battle of the St Quentin. It was written ten years after Sherriff was injured in Passchendaele in 1918. 'Blackadder' by Elton and Curtis was written in the 1980s, but is also set during the lead ...

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Anne Bradstreet Puritan And American Poet

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Anne Bradstreet is one of the most remembered American poets who lived during the ages of the 17th century. She faced many challenges and obstacles simply because she was a woman living under Puritan law. It is clear to see that she used her poetry as an outlet, to express views that bordered on feministic ideals as well as Puritan ideals. Misty Jones, in "Norms and Criticism ...

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Analysing The Characteristics Of Victorian Literature

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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When books from Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, and Anne Bronte such as Wuthering Heights and Villette burst into the literary scene, the author's contemporaries gave harsh reviews to these books. They were subject to much criticism, called out for their "coarseness", a term which hinted at sexual immorality of thought but encompassing brutality and irreligion. However, in modern times, these novels are a source for great literary ...

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Culture And Identity In Canadian Short Fiction

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Canada is home to many immigrants from all over the world; this country has many ethnic groups, it is in close relation with the United States and with Europe as well, so it is obvious that identity and culture are crucial themes in politics and literature as well. These are manifold issues which are entwined with many other typically Canadian traits, such as humour, self-depreciation, homelessness and ...

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To Lucasta going to the Wars and Dulce et Decorum Est

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The two poems, "To Lucasta, going to the Wars" by Richard Lovelace and "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen are both devoted to the subject of war. Lovelace's poem was written in the 17th century and as well as almost all the poetry of the period has romantic diction. The war is shown as something truly worthwhile, glossed and honorable for a man. The protagonist is ...

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Short Stories

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most important exponents in the literary sphere that surrounds the world, commonly known as El Gabo can be considered as the most important Latin-American novelist of all times. Also developing his writing skills as a journalist and a shor-story writer, "El Gabo" reached his peak of greatness in 1982 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. As the ...

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All Quiet On The Western Front: Propaganda

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In combat propaganda, "the enemy" is dehumanized and viewed as a threatening, evil incidence. Paul and his comrades, nevertheless, progressively discern that so-called enemies are people like them. Respond to the foregoing statements. Paul Baumer, a teen who, at the influence of enthusiastically devoted teacher Kantorek earnestly listed to battle for his country Germany in the WWI, escorted by a number of school companions, and are trained ...

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Dark Side Of The Moon Analysis

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Music usually expresses emotions. Each band or musician has an emotion they want the listener to feel. Album covers show what the album is about or the story behind the album. The songs tell the story. I'm analyzing Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The Dark Side of the Moon uses emotion and credibility to tell Pink Floyd's story very effectively. Pink Floyd ...

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Travelling Makes People Explore The World

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The story starts with the sentence "From time to time life sends you someone who is so unexpected that you wonder how you ever lived without them."(Shah). Tahir is in search of this "someone" who can change his life and is in search for a story that is within his heart. After his family go for a vacation, he also plans to go on a trip. "He ...

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In the Caucasian Chalk Circle, the Governor has a child who is called Michael and his wife is called Natella. The Governor's brother, the Fat Prince, triggers an insurrection on Easter Sunday. He kills the Governor and forces the Governor's wife to flee. In her haste, she leaves behind her child. On the other hand, during the coup, Grusha, a kitchen maid has Michael handed to her. ...

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After Great Pain Formal Feeling Comes

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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One of the most wonderful, exciting pages in the history of the world womens literature that deserve the attention of people is the destiny and the work of a famous American poet Emily Dickinson. Her work, the same as the works of Whitman, contributed the American and the world poetry in the second half of the 19th century (Voices & Visions: Emily Dickinson 1999). Emily Dickinson is ...

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Shakespeare And The Body Politic

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Shakespeare and The Body Politic The frontpiece of Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan presents an interesting image: A King towers over a large city with a sword in one hand and a Bishop's crosier in the other. On close inspection one can see that his body is made up of people, his subjects, who are all looking toward his head. Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651, which places him a ...

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The Irish Literary Revival

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Those involved in the Irish Literary Revival, in particular, Lady Gregory, WB Yeats and JM Synge, wished to create a new literary Ireland. They wished to change how Irish people were perceived in writing, especially onstage. With Ireland having a very poetic tradition, the Revivalists felt that this "great moment" had passed. They chose drama as a means to dismantle the "Paddy" image. They were self-conscious as ...

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Theme Of Faith In Young Goodman Brown

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" an allegory is written to show the dangers of abandoning one's Christian faith, along with black irony and an overflow of symbols Hawthorne lights the narrow path of destruction that Young Goodman Brown went down. From leaving his wife, coincidently named Faith, to seeing many people of his own village who are highly notable for their faith with the devil, Brown ...

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Theme Of Appearance Versus Reality

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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An exploration of the reality through appearance and speech of the female protagonists in Hedda Gabler and Uncle Vanya. This will be shown through society pressure, the way the marriage, relationships and love triangles are presented and what they are at practice, the dominance of sexuality in women, the result of selfish motives, the gaining of self-pity and through character's opinion's on other characters. The character's speech ...

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Looking At Villains In Victorian Literature

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The emergence of the sensation novel in the 1860s marked the arrival of a new generation of female protagonists. The angelic wives and daughters of previous genres were replaced by scheming bigamists, would-be murderesses and treacherous adulteresses, who were prepared to use whatever means necessary, including their sexuality, to achieve their purpose. The transformation of the villain from the typical lower-class male of previous literary genres (epitomised ...

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Anil's Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Anil's Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje, is a work that shows the author's insightful portrayal of the Sri Lankan crisis. It is rich with tones and themes that are integrated beautifully throughout the story. The important aspects of the novel, which are continually developed as the novel progresses, are first introduced in the prefaces. By comparing this to the preface of a different book by Ondaatje, Running in ...

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Snow Flower And The Secret Fan

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The novel Snow Flower and the secret fan is written by Lisa See which had taken place in China in 1800s . Lisa See had written about the girl's life in China when girls were having their feet bound and then they used to spend the rest of their lives in isolation with only one window through which they can see . They were kept un educated ...

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Laura In The Glass Menagerie

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Laura is a character in Tennessee Williams "The Glass Menagerie", which is set in past day St. Louis. The play is about the Wingfield family; Amanda, the mother, Tom, her son, Laura, the daughter, and Jim O'Connor, a gentleman caller. Tom is the provider for the family and the play is told from his memory. Laura is an extremely shy young lady because of a childhood illness ...

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The Novel Lord Of The Flies

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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This essay compares and contrasts the film adaptations of the Lord of the Flies, by Peter Brook (1963), and the later remake by Harry Hook (1990). With specific analysis on the symbolism described by the author of the book William Golding. This will be done by answering the question 'How effective are the symbols from the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, portrayed in the ...

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The Power Of Relationships In The Tempest

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The power-politics relationship in "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare that I found to be the most interested would have to be the relations between Prospero and his brother Antonio. Throughout "The Tempest," the relationship between the two brothers consists of themes like abuse of authority series of insurrection, assessment, questioning authority and even betrayal and responsibility. I found all these themes to be the most interested because ...

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Comparing The Contrast Of Romeo And Juliet

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Destruction is defined as 'Causing great negative and irreparable harm or damage.'1 But then on the other hand love is defined as 'a strong positive emotion of regard and affection'. 2 Based on just the definition of both words the phrase 'destructive love' is an oxymoron; how can love possibly be destructive as its negative and love is defined to be ' a positive emotion'; since both ...

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Analysis Study Of Colonial Discourse In Literature

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Colonial discourse has been defined by many writers such as Diniz (1996:126) who points out hat "Colonial discourse usually refers to the writing which runs from five hundred years, through the days of European mercantile expansion, to our own time (1996:126). This definition suggests that the era of Colonialism in literature began in the 17th C. with the publication of Shakespeare's The Tempest (1611-12). In this paper, ...

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A study on Genji and Rokujo lady

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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This essay will give a detailed description of characters in chapter four of this story. It will show each person with their different attributes contrasting and comparing them. As it is known in every society or a group of people, each is known to be different and can be identified in their past behaviors or ways. So is it in this tale of Genji, not all characters ...

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Great Expectations Presents The Theme Of Crime

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Charles Dickens' bildungsroman, Great Expectations (..), cannot help but impress upon the reader an overwhelming sense of guilt which permeates the novel at various levels. As the plot unfolds, the characters develop, however the sense of guilt remains unchanging until the primary character completes his transformation. Intertwined as guilt is as a theme with the other themes of crime and punishment and the fallacy of human error, ...

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The Representation Of Women In Hamlet

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Everyone has a weakness in their lives that can overcome their lives. Some of the weaknesses could be greed, anger, and depression. Weaknesses can create issues, but can also make people learn life lessons. In Shakespearian time women were not allowed to play themselves on stage, and they were often seen as weak characters. In Shakespeare's play, the characters all have flaws that eventually lead to their ...

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The Power Of Ambiguity

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The ambiguity of someones actions can prove to be one of the strongest forces in other peoples lives. In the book, East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, the character Caleb is a very morally ambiguous character. At one point his actions could be purely evil and at another point he could be purely good. Due to these abrupt changes in morals, Caleb proves to be a significant ...

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Societys Assumptions Or Moral Values Alienation

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In the tragic novel, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old black girl is a victim of racial self-loathing and rape by her father which results in pregnancy. Pecola grows up in an abusive and unloving family. She longs to disappear from the face of the Earth to rid her of her problems. Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society ...

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Feminism in the works of Medea

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In the Scandinavian play Hedda Gabbler by Henrik Ibsen and the Greek Tragedy Medea by Euripides, the two protagonists have an independent-mind on not following the common standards imposed by society regarding the rights of women. Even though Medea took place in ancient Greece and Hedda Gabbler in Norway in the 1900's and did not share the same setting, society's treatment of women was very similar. At ...

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The Woman In The Dunes

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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To begin with, in The Woman in the Dunes, Nikki Junpei was forcefully placed in an isolated area. He was alienated not only from the world but from himself as well. In the beginning, Junpei had a life that consisted of creating his identity or make a new and exciting discovery to provide his life with meaning. "[…] that of discovering a new type. When this happens, ...

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The Contrast Between Inner And Outer Beauty

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The contrast of inner and outer beauty is seen throughout the book. "Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope." (pg.17). This quote from the preface is saying that people that can only find the bad out a good thing are the ...

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The Class System Of The Victorian Era

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Great Expectations, a novel written by Charles Dickens during the Victorian era. This novel was set in early Victorian England at a time when great social changes were taking place. During the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution had transformed the social landscape, allowing industrialists and manufacturers to accumulate huge fortunes that would otherwise have been inaccessible. Aside from the political and economic change which ...

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Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In his essay "A defense of poetry," Percy Bysshe Shelley summarizes the role of the poet: "A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sound (Shelley, "A Defense of Poetry"). Reference to birds is quite common in the works of Romantic authors, whereby the image stands for heights unachievable to the human condition, for transcendence. Inspired by ...

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Opinions On Childrens Theatre

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Theatre (from Greek "Theatron" - a place for spectacle) - is a sort of art, the specific means of expression which is the stage action that occurs while playing an actor in front of an audience. The most common and popular form of theatre is drama theatre. The main means of expression in it - is a word. The meaning of the events occurring at the scene, ...

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Hemingway And The Lost Generation

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The effects of World War I in the early nineteen hundreds left the generation "lost", a term that Gertrude Stein helped label (Reynolds 1). This was a time when the Volstead Act was in effect, which did not help the drinking problem at all. Instead, it turned "half the country into criminals" (Reynolds 1). This was a turning point for America and many attitudes were changed after ...

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The Glass Castle, A Memoir

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Its the Joshua trees struggle that gives it its beauty. This prominent line from The Glass Castle, a memoir written by American writer and journalist, Jeannette Walls, clearly portrays the hardships the Walls family went through. Those adversities are what make the family so distinctive and eccentric. Their individuality is defined by their dysfunctional upbringing. The struggles that Jeannette and her siblings went through in their infancy ...

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J D Salinger: Influence On Modern Literature

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Ninety years ago, a middle class white teenager would have most likely sported a clean haircut and corduroy pants and would have had nothing less than compliant views toward his parents. Today's middle class white teenager has a shaggy haircut, wears ripped up jeans, and acts more independent of his parents. Post-war literature can be partially credited for this transition from a conventional youth to a rebellious ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird is a very popular American novel. The plot was loosely based on Harper Lee's own family and neighbors when she was a child. (Castleman) The novels' setting is during the Great Depression in the fictional small, southern town Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator of the book is six year old Scout Finch. She lives with her older brother Jem and father Atticus. Atticus is ...

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Analysis Of Anne Frank's Diary

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl takes place between June 12, 1942 and August 1, 1944 in Amsterdam, Holland. Specifically, it takes place in their "Secret Annex" which is hidden behind a bookcase in Mr. Van Daan and Mr. Frank's office. The place is cramped with many people, and they must be very quiet so they do not blow their cover. There are workers working ...

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An Analysis: Othello By Shakespeare

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Shakespeare's Othello is a story of betrayal, jealousy, and revenge. The antagonist in the play, Iago, is considered to be one of Shakespeare's most evil characters. Such a title is given to this character by many critics who claim that Iago lacks a clear, justified motive for his actions. Without a solid motive, the only thing to trigger an act of evil would be the essence of ...

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Studying Postmodernism In Childrens Books

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Illustrations within children's books were originally to enhance the reading of the text, bringing with them tangible or elusive reflections, through time as our culture has developed so has our literature, and subsequently their illustrations. As Goldstone (2009, p321) states 'Postmodernism, whether reflected in picturebooks for children or in art and literature targeted for adult audiences, demonstrates a profound shift in societal perception and behavior', and it ...

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My Last Duchess, an analysis

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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My Last Duchess dramatizes the internal conflict of the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara. He is conflicted with the faults of his last wife, and the desire for change in the upcoming marriage to his new fiancee. Ultimately, the struggle deals with power and jealousy. Characters, tone, images are three main topics in appreciating and analyzing each poem. Body I. Character is the first topic in the ...

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Representing Prostitution In Victorian London

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Nineteenth century England is commonly characterised by the successful expansion of an industrial society. Industrial growth defined the geography, economy and society of Victorian Britain, allowing for further establishment of the British Empire as a controlling and comprehensive Empire. The expansion of the urban society and the migration from rural life to that of the city worked to create a new public, with new social and economical ...

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The Basketball Diaries

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The story, The Basketball diaries, tends to focus on the adolescent stages of development, due to the reason that the story is centered on the life of a teenage boy. It becomes obvious that the main character Jimmy Carroll fails many of the stages of childhood and adolescent development, and this leads to a decline in the quality in his life as he becomes addicted to narcotics, ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's purpose in delivering The Scarlet Letter to the public is to show how individuals can be alienated from the society simply because they are different from others. Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne who lives in an oppressive Puritan society as an example of those who are judged and cast out by the society. Hester is publicly humiliated and banished as a punishment for adultery. She also ...

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A Brief Analysis Of A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is an American drama play written in 1947. The play is widely considered an American classic and revolves around a cultural clash between the main characters. One of the more tragic figures is Blanche DuBois, as she is a character who feels confused, lost, conflicted, and lashes out sexually. Blanche represents the "old" South because of her way of thinking, ...

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Different Stages Of Dr Jekylls Experimentation

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Dr. Jekyll is a respectably gentleman living in the late-Victorian society. He has a desire to eliminate all the bad and evil traits from his humanity, to not outstand from the old gentleman standards of morality. Therefore Dr. Jekyll is begging to makes experiments that would allow him to remove his evil desires or to separate them from the Jekyll persona. Finally Dr. Jekyll finds a way ...

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Elements Of Struggle Between Passion And Reason

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In nineteenth century literature a lot of importance was given to passion and emotional appeal in preference to reason and logic. Creative writing and fiction were usually charged with passion and struck a chord with the readers. For any work of fiction or non-fiction the main content needs to have a reasonable plot, theme, structure and organization for it to be of sustained popularity and wide readership. ...

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Intelligence Versus Instinct: To Build a Fire

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Intelligence versus Instinct The ability to regulate one's personal environment, many of us have taken certain technologies such as a heating and air conditioning for granted, just a turn of a dial and within two degrees be in a comfort zone. This luxury of controlling a comfortable temperature is often overlooked due to the fact that it is so simple to do. This simplicity is implied in ...

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Studying 'The Lottery' By Shirley Jackson

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"The Lottery," written by Shirley Jackson and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" are admittedly very different stories. Although both stories deal with murder in some fashion, they differ in almost all of the significant elements of fiction including character, plot, setting and structure. However, "A Rose for Emily" and "The Lottery" share an idea stronger than murder. In different ways, both short stories bring attention to ...

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The Statue Of Aphrodite

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The form of the Marble Statue of Aphrodite is different from that of the Standing Parvati. Aphrodite is rough in texture because she is carved out of marble. She is wearing a sleeveless, ungirt chitin made out of a thin clinging material that hangs all over her body in a "wet look." Originally, when the statue was still intact, she was seen lifting an edge of her ...

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Theme Comparison: The Street, A Rose For Emily, A Story Of An Hour

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The process of evaluating and interpreting literature is to understand what type of philosophy it presents and to compare our own values with the text. Since literature has the tendency to enlighten and entertain, the text draws the readers' into its artistic world. In addition, certain factors in literature affect the readers' theory about the reading, such as the character, the setting, or the theme. Evaluation and ...

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Characteristics Of Romanticism And Gothicism

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The creature spoke, The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone. Within this quote, the creature of Frankenstein gives life to the Romantic Movement by referring to an earlier work; what's more, gothic elements are viewed in the words he uses. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was written during an era of ...

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Autobiography In Chitra Banerjees Works

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is one of the worlds well known authors, a representative of the current Indo-Anglian fiction. Her new style of writing is different from the many other Indian writers, as it is much less conservative than Indian literature has been in the past. Born and brought up in Kolkata in a close-knit and upper middle class family, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni immigrated to the U.S.A. in ...

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D Day By Ronald Reagan: Analaysis

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"Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day" by Ronald Reagan delivered in Normandy is a sample of a effective and persuading speech, where the speaker uses different stylistic devices to increase the impact of his words and speech on the audience. As the matter of fact, the speech focuses on the historical events related to World War II but Ronald Reagan attempts to intertwine the historical events ...

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More Than Basketball Story

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Draining shot after shot, snatching steals, flying for rebounds the excitement that amplifies the love I have for the game. I eat, sleep, and breathe basketball. If I am not playing it, I am watching it, and if I am not doing those things I am most likely asleep dreaming about it. Basketball is life. Basketball made me realize I can achieve anything, but I have to ...

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Robert Browning 'Youth and Art' Analysis

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Youth and Art by Robert Browning Illustration One time, we settled in the same street, you and I were lonely like a loner bird. Your job was dealing with clay, polished and crafted it into a visual artwork. Then you laughed and said that someday you will be on top and exclude your competitors. And for myself, I preoccupied by creating music and singing a song. We ...

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Amitav Ghosh, The Circle Of Reason

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In thinking through the category of diaspora and its link to geographical entities such as nation states, it is thus crucial to consider the important role of nation formation and constitution during the post world war II era. While cultural and literary interrogate contemporary form of movement, displacement and dislocation from travel to exile. Mass migration movements, the multiple waves of political refugees seeking asylum in other ...

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Fury As A Psychological Novel

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"A psychological novel, also called psychological realism, is a work of prose fiction which places more than the usual amount of emphasis on interior characterization, and on the motives, circumstances, and internal action which springs from, and develops, external action. The psychological novel is not content to state what happens but goes on to explain the motivation of this action. In this type of writing character and ...

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Empire Falls, by Richard Russo: Themes

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The novel, Empire Falls, by Richard Russo depicts the life of the townspeople in the town Empire Falls. The town is dilapidated and approaching bankruptcy after the factories, owed by the Whitings, have been closed leaving the boarded up buildings as a symbol of the past. Miss Whiting, the owner of most of the buildings and businesses in the town, controls most of what happens within the ...

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Shakespeare's Use Of Mercutio

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the character Mercutio mood represent the mood of the play itself, and when Mercutio Dies the Mood of the play changes from a comedy to tragedy , When he is joyful and comic so is the play, When he is dark and grim so is the play. This can be seen thought out the play in numerous acts, When Mercutio Give ...

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Reviewing The Role Of Women In Hard Times

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Throughout Hard Times, the role of women is vital in the development and outcome to the story. In particular they cause Mr Thomas Gradgrind, the antagonistic school teacher, to change from his philosophy of rational self-interest and utilitarianism to become a thoughtful, selfless father, sickened by the realisation that his views and way of life have not been in the best interest of himself, his family and ...

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An Analysis Of Young Goodman Brown

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Most criticism and reflection of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" centers on the theme of good versus evil. Critics, also, debate interpretations of the main character's consciousness; is Young Goodman Brown awake or dreaming? What is certain is that he lives and dies in pain because his belief in his righteousness leads him to isolate himself from his community. It is, also, certain that Hawthorne's interpretation of ...

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Wind In The Willows: An analysis

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The Wind in the Willows is a book written by Kenneth Grahame, and was published in 1908. The novel is slow moving and fast paced, it is about four anthropomorphized animal characters namely Badger, Rat, Mole, and Toad within a pastoral edition of England. The book is notable for its mixture of adventure, mysticism, morality, and friendship. The Wind in the Willows is about the adventures of ...

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Nick Hornby, High Fidelity: An analysis

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Rob, is a morose person who needs this excuse to always complain. Hes a very pessimistic person, who cant seem to find a positive outlook in anything. Rob is also a very self-conscious person who is not content with himself. He believes that he lacks in the areas he views as important in his life. He depends on his woman to keep him happy, and judges his ...

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Is Macbeth A Tragic Hero?

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Tragedies originated in ancient Greece where their main purpose was to promote health of the community through purging of emotions such as fear (Aristotle). However, audiences of today watch tragedies purely for entertainment. Shakespeare wrote several tragedies including one of his most famous, The Tragedy of Macbeth. Within the concept of a tragedy is the tragic hero. Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, defines a tragic hero as ...

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Beowulf And The Dragon

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I'd like to discuss in this paper the poem Beowulf and pay attention on dragon which he fights with. Without any doubt we can say that Beowulf was the greatest poem in Old English literature. It is necessary to discuss it with more details and explain symbolism connected with dragon in the poem. In my opinion it will be interesting to discuss also the dragon symbol in ...

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Civilized To Primitive: Lord Of The Flies

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The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel addressing the idea of man releasing their inner beasts. The novel has many events which characterize how evil is inherited in every man. In the story, a plane crashes causing boys to be scattered throughout the island. The lagoon area was like a "paradise". At first they helped one another but as the days progressed ...

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How Death Is Presented In Poetry

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Death is such a fundamental and powerful part of our society that it has understandably been a predominant influence in thousands of years of poetry. Thus for my English literature poetry coursework, I have decided to explore the prominent topic of death and the ways that it is portrayed and presented in poetry. Among the six poems selected poems for this piece of work, A Mother in ...

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Orphanage As Key Symbol In Ghosts

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'Symbolism' is an effective figure of speech used in plays to convey more than a single meaning or a theme. It is often used by various dramatists in their works not only to put across themes effectively, but also assist in characterization. In the two plays, The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen there has been a constant use of a number of ...

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The Development Of Characterisation From Everyman

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Everyman is a medieval morality play believed to be written 'late in the fifteenth century' (Worthen 2004: 236), while Six Characters in Search of an Author was written in 1920. The vast difference in time periods between the two plays suggests that the development of characterisation could also be vast. In Medieval times civilisation had reverted back to simplicity (Holland 2010), with plays typically involving 'the personification ...

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Alternative Identities In The Great Gatsby

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James Gatz in The Great Gatsby and Almásy in The English Patient are similar in that they both created alternate identities for the denial of their ethnicity, the pursuit of love, and to remain in the past somehow; they are different in the ways they created their identities, the specific personas they inhabited, the reasons they created these personas in the first place, and the depth to ...

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A Comparison Of A Certain Lady

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The portrayal of women in literature has varied greatly as history has progressed. In the Jazz Age, women were seen as breaking free from being just a housewife and the shadow of a man. The flapper was a woman who closely resembles the women of today. She smoked, drank, wore revealing clothing for the time, and considered herself an equal to men. A woman who had a ...

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The War Of The Roses In England

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The War of the Roses was a series of conflicts fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The conflict was fought between 1455- 1485. The conflict was ended with the rise of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, a member of the House of Lancaster and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, the daughter of the Edward IV, the last English king of the ...

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What Does Color Represent?

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At the heart of every prism lies a spectrum, a sort of mini rainbow.Passing through the prism, the sun rays reveal the order of the seven original colors that together, make up white light. Color is a great design element. Color is the effect on something's appearance of the way it reflects light. It can also be called as a byproduct of spectrum and of course it's ...

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