The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho - Santiago Analysis

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Keywords: the pilgrimage analysis, santiago character analysis Paulo Coelho's magical novel follows the adventure of Santiago, a young Sheppard from an Andalusian town who disobeyed his father's will for him to become a priest. For this reason Santiago can be described as a determined, curious as well as adventurous child as he leads his sheep through the unknown deserts. At the beginning of the novel, we see ...

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Wizard of Oz Analysis Essay

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Keywords: wizard of oz feminism, wizard of oz feminist allegory When I was five years old, my family gathered around the T.V. on a snowy Sunday night and watched a special presentation of The Wizard of Oz. Shortly thereafter, I picked up L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [1] and was hooked. I read every Oz book that I could find at the public library. Nearly twenty ...

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Illusion in The Tempest

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Keywords: the tempest illusion vs reality Throughout his thirty-six works which frequent stages around the world, Shakespeare was able to explore not only the human psyche and characteristics of humanity, but he also investigated the natural and unnatural world. In one of his more original plot lines, The Tempest, Shakespeare experimented with many themes, such as power, love, revenge, and pride. Shakespeare also explored the relationship between ...

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American Adam Myth

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Keywords: american adam, american adam definition The term American Adam generally refers to a mythic concept considered by some critics and scholars to be the central element of American literature. Its assumption is based on the view of European colonists who saw America, the New World, not only as a haven from religious persecution, but also as a new Garden of Eden. This concept of the second ...

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Shylock ways of Expressing Conflicts

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Keywords: conflict between antonio and shylock The Merchant of Venice has an Italian setting and marriage plot; this is very typical of Shakespeare whose love for Italy is evident in most of his play. In Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's remarkable rogue Shylock raises this play to a new level. The play was written in 1598 and reflects religious activities in the 16th century. This play defines two ...

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The Outsiders Movie Review Essay

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Keywords: the outsiders analysis, the outsiders analysis essay The Outsiders movie is based on a book written by S.E Hinton. The story takes place in Oklahoma in the 1960's. It is about two gangs or social classes named the 'greasers' and the 'socs'. The greasers are the poor ones who live on the east side of town and the socs are the rich ones living on the ...

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How does Great Expectations Reflect the Victorian Era?

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Keywords: great expectations as a victorian novel Then, Pip becomes a gentleman, he assumes that great expectations mean that he may no longer be content with the good things he already has. When Mr. Joe visits Pip in London, Pip looks down on Mr. Joe and thinks that he does not fit to his new environment anymore. Pip thinks to himself, ''Not with pleasure, though I was ...

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Lord Byron Byronic Hero

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Keywords: byronic hero essay, byronic hero analysis Literature of the Victorian epoch was marked by a close intertwining of romance and realism. It also exhibits other features, such as a strong sense of morality, fusion of imagination and emotion, focus on social unrest, and the accessibility of literary works for common people. Within the Victorian period, a great number of outstanding writers and poets were established, such ...

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Narration in Jane Eyre

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Keywords: jane eyre narrative, jane eyre essay Jane Eyre is written from the first person standpoint. How does this affect our judgement of the protagonist Jane? Jane Eyre is narrated by its title character and so presents us with a story from a sole point of view.  When the novel was first published it included the subtitle, ‘An Autobiography,’ thereby drawing further attention to its narration by ...

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Symbols in Beloved

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Keywords: symbolism in beloved, beloved symbols, beloved symbolism The degradation imposed upon all slaves, the relationships among enslaved and the changes in their own perception of themselves, the meaning of time and memory and how it influences the future are some of the problems explored by Toni Morrison in her novel "Beloved". What really impressed us while reading the book were the various ways she approached her ...

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Khushwant Singh Writing Style

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Keywords: social realism in indian fiction in english Khushwant Singh is one of the major Indian English novelists of our times. He is not only a novelist but also a short story writer, a columnist, a journalist, an editor. He has five novels to his credit besides a large number of works on other subjects. He is a reputed social realist. He is a sensitive artist who ...

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How does Macbeth Change throughout the Play?

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Keywords: macbeth change in character Throughout the course of the play, Macbeth's character changes from good to evil. As the audience we are given ample opportunities to look at the way in which he changes and the influences that help bring about the shift in character. Shakespeare also uses dramatic devices to highlight Macbeths change. In this essay the influences that Macbeth was exposed to and the ...

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Charlotte Haze

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Keywords: charlotte haze lolita, lolita character analysis Literature is not solely a method of entertainment. It is also used to expand a readers mind by allowing them to enter a different world. To do so, a reader will often have to suspend their disbelief. It is very rare that one must question what he/she is reading. Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is the confession of an erudite European intellectual ...

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Streetcar Named Desire Psychoanalytic Theory

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Keywords: psychoanalytic theory in a streetcar named desire The story Streetcar named Desire is a vastly confusing and complicated piece of literature. The characters in the story are constantly developing and you seem to find out their background history and their mental issued from beginning to end. The many aspects of the psychoanalysis theory apply greatly to each of the characters throughout the story and understanding the ...

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The Purple Hibiscus Analysis

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Keywords: the purple hibiscus essay, literary analysis purple hibiscus Purple hibiscus is the first novel of the writer Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. The novel was published in 2003, it got a lot of attention in terms of prestigious prizes. Chimanda used her own experiences from her childhood to fill in the plot and lives of the characters. She was born in Kambili's home town Enugu, she is also ...

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Sister Carrie Symbolism

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Keywords: sister carrie imagery, sister carrie analysis The naturalistic writer presents his theme through symbolic detail. The use of symbolism in Sister Carrie offers some evocative effects to this novel, namely, it eases to determine the elements, expose the reality and consolidate the theme. In this way the symbolic degree of the narrative put down straight over the events and occurrences of the simple story itself. Dreiser's ...

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Durga Puja Essay

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Kolkata, the city of joy, as it is known, has been celebrating the Durga Puja since ages. Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Bengalis, is the worship of 'Shakti' or the Divine Power. As most of the religious celebrations around the world, the Durga Puja also has a legend of the struggle between the good and the evil. The dark forces eventually succumbed to the divine. ...

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How Do You See the World?

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Keywords: how i see the world, how do i see the world I was taught early on in life that God is the center of all creation and we should fear Him; for one day we must account for our life. I knew the bible existed, but I never read it. I was told stories out of the bible, but I did not understand the meaning of ...

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Sin and Redemption in Dr Faustus

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Keywords: dr faustus sin and redemption Marlowe's play "The tragic story of Doctor Faustus" is an interpretations of a popular German legend, about a historical person, a man who called himself Dr. Johann Faust. Marlowe wrote a tragic story of the warlock, who sold his soul to the devil. Keeping intact all the important episodes of the legend, as set out in the translation of the German ...

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Evil in King Lear

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Keywords: king lear evil theme, king lear moral Google definition has several definitions for "evil" that essentially encompass the same idea. According to Google, evil is "the quality of being morally wrong". Although this is a good basis for a definition of evil, is evil deeper than Google can describe? One always hopes that good will prevail over evil, but this does not always happen. There are ...

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The Pearl by John Steinbeck

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Keywords: the pearl book report, the pearl analysis This is a small village where Kino and his family as well as relatives live in. The people living in this village have similar houses as Kino's house. The reader can tell that the people living in this village are also very poor and therefore are probably uneducated. Furthermore, this village serves as a contrast to the town that ...

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Mother Courage Epic Theatre

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Keywords: epic theatre in mother courage, mother courage as an epic Mother Courage is an example of Brecht's concepts of Epic Theatre and Verfremdungseffekt or "estrangement effect". Verfremdungseffekt is achieved through the use of placards which reveal the events of each scene, juxtaposition, actors changing characters and costume on stage, the use of narration, simple props and scenery. For instance, a single tree would be used to ...

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The Lost Phoebe Analysis

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Keywords: the lost pheobe, the lost pheobe summary In the story of The Lost Phoebe, Theodore Dreiser writes a story about a man and his wife. Dreiser tells so much about the man's childhood and early adulthood because he was showing the reader how Henry Reifsneider was doomed to suffer in isolation at the end of his life. The man, Henry Reifsneider, had lived with someone all ...

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Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Analysis

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Keywords: extremely loud and incredibly close book While writing about Oscar, Foer drew upon the emotions Oskar faces after his father's death. He writes about an anger, fear, confusion, love, grief, hope, and uncertainty with unflinching clarity. In my opinion, Foer realizes that although the details of intense experiences vary between people, the emotions behind them are universal. The crossroads between hope and grief are at their ...

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Religion in Crime and Punishment

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Keywords: crime and punishment religious symbols Dostoevsky was a very religious an after he got out of jail. Because of this, when he wrote Crime and Punishment he incorporated teachings and symbolism from his own religion to help the characters progress. There are several instances where the use of symbolism along with water portrays rebirth and regeneration. There are also instances where water represents death, whether it ...

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All The Pretty Horses Themes

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Keywords: all the pretty horses theme, all the pretty horses analysis Cormac McCarthy's novel All the Pretty Horses is considered to be a national bestseller not only because it has won the National Book Award but also because the author could touch upon a number of themes which are really close to all the readers. Such themes as the themes of good and evil, and human nature ...

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Macbeth Reflection

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Keywords: reflection of macbeth William Shakespeare has written Macbeth using the reflection of the world which he was familiar with as the play echoes the life and interests of the Ruler and the public. Moreover, James 1st was greatly attracted to sorcery and therefore, witchcraft has a considerable space in this play. Also, Macbeth is a moral lesson as the play is demonstrating the price that the ...

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In Search of Shakespeare Summary

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Keywords: in search of shakespeare study questions This document's first episode begins while looking at the London Gate Bridge and London as a whole. The narrator begins by describing William Shakespeare as the greatest author of all time and how we know so little of his life. Michael Wood (the narrator) begins by walking up an ancient road towards where Shakespeare grew up. He heads into an ...

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Perfume by Patrick Suskind - Analysis

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Keywords: perfume book analysis, perfume novel themes The novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind explores deep into raw human emotions, such as love, hate, and death. By doing so, the novel purposes a universal question that supports numerous themes in the novel. The universal question: are human beings ever extremely detached and cruelly inhuman? is examined throughout the novel with many themes such as the importance of childhood, ...

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Is Othello a Victim or Villain?

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Keywords: othello victim or villain, othello villain This is a play about Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He is the ultimate villain in this play as opposed to Iago, the high ranking soldier. Most would agree as a matter of fact that Iago is undoubtedly the villain of this tragic story. In order to perceive this, a superficial assessment of the two main characters ...

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Science Fiction Characteristics

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Keywords: science fiction essay, sci fi characteristics Introduction Science fiction is one of the most popular branches in the modern literature. At the same time, the origin of science fiction literature dates back to ancient times, when ancient writer attempted to represent their ideas in fictional forms and unite these fictional forms with their knowledge of the real life. In the course of time, the science fiction ...

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Those Winter Sundays Analysis

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Keywords: those winter sundays essay, those winter sundays hayden The poem, which I selected for analyzing and interpreting, is "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. The question raised by the author has been attracting the readers for a long time, since it deals with a situation which most of people have experienced at least once in their lives. The author's language and artistic devices by which he ...

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Grendel, John Gardner - Analysis

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Keywords: grendel analysis, grendel summary In John Gardner's Grendel, he presents Grendel as a truly unique character. Gardner portrays Grendel as a misunderstood, confused yet a complex creature. Whom he humanizes. I feel that by portraying him this way, Gardner shows how there are two sides to each story. This makes him more relatable to the reader. Grendel is monstrous, but not brutish. Grendel is a character ...

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Fate in Death of a Salesman

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Keywords: death of a salesman fate, will loman fate Abstract Death of a Salesman is a tragedy written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It describes a story about Willy Loman whose American dreams shattered and eventually he lost his life for it. Willy Loman's tragic experience reveals the conflicts between the individual, the family and social values of the United States. Miller tells us that we should ...

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Feminism in Fifth Business

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Keywords: women in fifth business, fifth business robertson davies The role of women in the novel Fifth Business is essential and fundamental to the character development and spiritual meaning that Dunny seeks throughout the novel and whether they shape and influence his life in a positive or negative way. Dunny remains in the background essential to the action but not a principal, interlaced in a thread of ...

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The Adventure of the German Student

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Keywords: the adventure of the german student analysis There are multiple ways to analyze a literary work, through the basis of the critical approaches. The reader can select any of them in order to analyze his or her piece of work. Particularly in order to analyze this story I am going to use the Psychological approach. Washington Irving´s story, "The Adventure Of The German Student", was the ...

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The Great Gatsby Bibliography

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Keywords: the great gatsby annotated bibliography Barret, Laura. "From Wonderland to Wasteland: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Great Gatsby and the New American Fairy Tale." Papers on Language and Literature. 42.2. 2006; 150 153. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to reflect his own perception on the American dream. Barret, however, in analyzing the New American Fairy Tale, classifies the novel as being an example of an "Anti-Fairy Tale." ...

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Duality in Waiting For Godot

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Keywords: waiting for godot meaning, waiting for godot analysis Beckett is known to have commented, "I had little talent for happiness."- This sentence in itself is absurd, like the most famous drama of Beckett: Waiting for Godot. But what exactly absurdity means? The original or dictionary meaning of absurd is 'Out of harmony'. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; ...

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An Outpost of Progress Analysis

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Keywords: an outpost of progress themes, an outpost of progress conrad Joseph Conrad whose original name was Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, born in Berdichev, Poland (currently Ukraine) on the 3 December, 1857 to a writer and a translator, Apollo Korzeniowski , who encouraged him to read widely in Polish and French. His mother Ewelina Korzeniowska, died of tuberculosis and soon after his father, Apollo leaving him orphaned ...

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Mr Rochester Character Analysis

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Keywords: edward rochester character analysis, mr rochester analysis Edward Rochester does not resemble a hero portrayed in fairy tales, characters who remain static throughout the plot. He is rather a dynamic and round character that changes notably. He has values that are far from freedom, respect, and integrity. In his behaviours to Jane, one can notice dramatic changes. First of all, his being passionate, guided by his ...

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Feminism in Top Girls

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Keywords: top girls feminism, top girls caryl churchill The play is one of the most famous works of Churchill in all of hers. Some consider the play as a very radical feministic one, some consider it as anti-feminist. But the matter is that she, by the use of different techniques and strategies has made her play like a globe in which all women are there supporting, discarding ...

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The Wife's Story Ursula Le Guin

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Keywords: the wifes story themes, the wifes story analysis Ursula Le Guin tells us in The Wife's Story, about a woman who meets a man who would later become her husband and father to her children. This story has a great twist on what the werewolf and human perspective. Told from the wife's view, it shows her love for her husband and children. As time goes on ...

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The Lottery and Young Goodman Brown

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Keywords: the lottery shirley jackson, young goodman brown hawthorne Thesis sentence: Jackson encourages her readers to question their beliefs, their actions, and the world by creating inner struggle with a barbaric act that is accepted by the townspeople in "The Lottery", but Hawthorne takes a different approach by delving into the inner struggle of his character in "Young Goodman Brown." In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson uses third ...

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Charles Dickens Hard Times Analysis

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Keywords: hard times dickens, hard times book analysis Charles Dickens' Hard Times focuses on the numerous relationships and interactions between characters, and the impact that people have on the behaviour of others. It is evident throughout the novel that several of these relationships are one-sided, in the sense that they are merely in the interest of one of the two parties. For instance, Tom's influence over Louisa ...

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Hedda Gabler Manipulation

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Keywords: august strindberg miss julie, henrik ibsen hedda gabler August Strindberg's Miss Julie and Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, bring out the same themes but with completely different motives. The dominating theme of manipulation is brought out by the characterization and the speech and dialogue of the important characters. Along with the underlying motive of power, in the former it's observed for class revenge while in the latter ...

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Existentialism in The Trial by Kafka

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Keywords: kafka the trail analysis, the trial existentialism The Czech writer FRANZ KAFKA (1883-1924) belonged to a middle class family. His father Herman was disrespectful and ill tempered towards Kafka's escape into the literature work and writing. Kafka became the eldest and only son when his two brothers died and he was aware his role in the family and rest of the life. Franz Kafka is one ...

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Themes of Madness in Hamlet

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Keywords: hamlet madness theme, hamlet madness quotes "To be or not to be" begins one of the most famous soliloquies of all time by an author that has stood the test of time, William Shakespeare in his play, Hamlet. There are several different themes that are relayed within Hamlet's story. These themes include death, obsession, and betrayal, all of which contribute in some manner to encourage Hamlet's ...

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Candide by Voltaire Analysis

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Keywords: candide by voltaire themes According, to Candide by Voltaire, he describes the transformation of the protagonist Candide, throughout the story. Voltaire utilized satire, characterization, and techniques of exaggeration and contrast to represent Candide's point of view in life. Basically the protagonist endures the human suffering to get his final destiny. Moreover Voltaire demonstrates the character development over the course starting with an innocent personality as a ...

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Romanticism and Realism Comparison

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Keywords: romanticism vs realism, romanticism and realism literature Romanticism and Realism are both different literary movements, but are closely related in time and history. Romanticism is best characterized as a movement of art, literature, and way of thought in the middle of the 18th century. Romanticism was sparked by the Industrial Revolution. Romanticism was in essence a protest of the Enlightenment period. Many people did not approve ...

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Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher

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Keywords: poet lover birdwatcher analysis The poem 'Poet, lover, birdwatcher' displays Ezekiel's views on poet's problems. Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher is one of the better known poems of Ezekiel and has received considerable critical attention. The message of them poem is clear, 'The best poets wait for words': the best poets began to write poetry only when they are truly inspired. It epitomizes the poet's search for a ...

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Importance of Honesty

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Keywords: honesty definition essay, disadvantages of honesty The importance of honesty is a value that has always been taught in the family, society and school. Honesty is a value that has many advantages and disadvantages. In occasions it is better to not say things because they will hurt the others. But then it is important to be honest with people. Because this way you will earn people´s ...

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Semantic Derogation of Woman

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Keywords: semantic derogation examples, semantic derogation gender The Semantic Derogation of Woman In the reading of Muriel Schulz "The Semantic Derogation of Woman", the author talks about words in which describe woman in a slang or profound way. The author says this is because men fear woman's attitudes and this is the only way they can let it out. Schulz's talks about how words over time which ...

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Fly Away Peter Analysis

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Keywords: fly away peter themes, fly away peter summary In Fly Away Peter, David Malouf carefully and subtley indicates humans ability to transcend the immediate and create an alternate perception of their own life. Malouf does an exceedingly good job at expressing his opinion on the importance of the continuity of life, and the human mind set against the meaning of life. The three main characters, Jim ...

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Sympathy for Frankenstein's Monster

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Keywords: mary shelley frankenstein sympathy Mary Shelley might have written 'Frankenstein' because she was challenged by her husband and Lord Byron to see who could write the best horror story while they were staying at Villa Diolati by Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Her father was interested in Galvanism- running electric currents through the body to restore it to life. In the book, Victor Frankenstein uses similar methods ...

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Toni Morrison Post Colonial Feminism

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Keywords: toni morrison analysis, toni morrison feminist The author is of the view that third wave feminism which includes black feminism is a speaking back to the white Westerns. The African American writers by writing back to the ideologies set by the colonizers did well in their works of fiction. Toni Morrison, an African American novelist in her novels did a wonderful job of writing back. The ...

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My Papa's Waltz Analysis

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Keywords: my papas waltz poem analysis Upon first reading the poem titled "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, a negative opinion could be formed. Due to some of the words in this poem, it is understandable why this kind of reaction could be evoked. Further analysis and critical thinking allows one to better understand what the writer may really mean. In the first line of the poem, ...

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Poetry Analysis Comparison

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Keywords: war photographer poem analysis, mother in a refugee camp Compare and contrast the portrayal of strong emotions in the poems War Photographer, A Mother in a Refugee Camp, Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night and with referenced to: Dulce et Decorum Est , Stealing and The Soldier. The poems War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy, A Mother in a Refugee camp by Chinua Achebe ...

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Dramatic Techniques in Hamlet

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Keywords: hamlet dramatic techniques, dramatic devices hamlet A text is exposed as remarkable and memorable as a result of the innovative ideas and the dramatic execution that carry them from writer to audience. Shakespeare's theatrical play, Hamlet, exemplifies this fundamental interaction as it underscores the innate human state of indecisiveness, driven by a confrontation between the desires of an individual and the actions of others. "Bear[ing] our ...

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Why is Frankenstein Guilty?

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Keywords: frankenstein guilt theme, guilt in frankenstein "I may die; but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful." -The Monster, Ch. 20 I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on. In Walton's final letter to his sister, he recounts the words ...

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A Modest Proposal Analysis

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Keywords: a modest proposal jonathan swift, a modest proposal satire In A Modest Proposal the author, Jonathan Swift, uses techniques such as irony, satire, and sarcasm to mock the Irish government of his time. A Modest Proposal was a heavy-duty social commentary. At the time there was great hand-wringing over what to do about the masses of the poor in England, mainly London. Swift lays out a ...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Analysis

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Keywords: maya angelou i know why the caged bird sings "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is an autobiography written by Maya Angelou. She describes about her hard life "caged" growing up as a black girl from the South. Maya Angelou starts the novel about her life in the age of three with her four-year-old brother Bailey. They are turned over the care of their paternal ...

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Humour in Don Quixote

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Keywords: don quixote humor, don quixote cervantes Don Quixote's initial reception in the Seventeenth Century was as a work of humour; Cervantes' ability to reflect and imitate reality through the ironic juxtaposition of his two main characters played a focal role in both driving the plot and attracting the attention of his readers in the Golden Age. The existence of humour is undeniable throughout the novel, and ...

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Stream Of Consciousness Essay

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Keywords: stream of consciousness woolf, stream of consciousness style Stream of Consciousness is a literary technique which was pioneered by Dorthy Richardson, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce. Stream of consciousness is characterized by a flow of thoughts and images, which may not always appear to have a coherent structure or cohesion. The plot line may weave in and out of time and place, carrying the reader through ...

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A & P by John Updike Analysis

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Keywords: ap john updike analysis, In the short story "A & P", John Updike explains how Sammy is a young man working as a cashier. One day three young ladies come into the supermarket half dressed wearing only their swimsuits. Sammy is intrigued by these young women, along with everyone else in the supermarket. Sammy watches their every move, as the girls made their selections. Sammy ...

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The Flea John Donne Analysis

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Keywords: the flea religious imagery, the flea themes Born in 1572, John Donne was an English poet and perhaps one of the best metaphysical poets of his era. His works are notable for their realistic style and include sonnets and love poetry. One of his most famous piece of work is "The Flea". Historians are yet to determine the exact time this poem was written, but as ...

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Medea Euripides Analysis

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So long as the immense passion of the tragic heroine of the play is considered, Euripides's Medea is a work of pathetic tragedy from Aristotle's point of view. It opens up with a major conflict between the heroine and her husband; the anger of a woman hero for her dishonest husband. Throughout the play, we see the culmination of anger and hatred rising to a point where ...

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The Kite Runner - Religion Theme

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Keywords: the kite runner analysis, the kite runner khlaed hosseini Introduction My object of study is The Kite Runner -- a novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Riverhead Books in USA, 2003. The novel was adapted into a film in 2007 by the same name of The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini was born on 4th March 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father worked for Afghan Foreign Ministry, ...

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Wit by Margaret Edson - Analysis

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Keywords: wit play themes, wit margaret edson, wit play analysis In the play Wit by Margaret Edson, the relationships between the doctors are in need of examination. Dr. Harvey Kelekian, and Jason Posner, is morally viewed characters because of their discussions with the patient. Furthermore, the death of Vivian Bearing in the play Wit by Margaret Edson plays a role by teaching Vivian how to use compassion. ...

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Of Mice And Men American Dream

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Keywords: of mice and men analysis, of mice and men steinbeck The 'American Dream' is presented as being unattainable in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. This is predominantly evident in the case of George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks and Curley's wife. All of these characters admit to fantasising about the 'American Dream'; untarnished happiness and the freedom to pursue their dreams. George and Lennie's dream of ...

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Trifles by Susan Glaspell Essay

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Keywords: trifles essay, essay on trifles, trifles play analysis The play "Trifles" emphasizes the culture-bound notions of gender and sex roles, specifically, that women were confined to the home and that their contributions went unnoticed and were underappreciated. "This play is also about how we pursue the truth, interpret and explain it, and how we value it." As the title of the play suggests, the concerns of ...

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Marriage in African Traditional Society

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Keywords: african marriage traditions, african marriage customs Marriage is an important step in the life of every human on earth. Different cultures have different rituals and beliefs about marriage. Love, economic status, religious beliefs, and social acceptance are just a few reasons individuals marry across differing cultures. To understand various form of marriages among the Kenyan societies and specifically the Akamba, we shall look at length the ...

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Edgar Allan Poe and Imagery

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Keywords: imagery in the raven, edgar allan poe imagery "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door - only this, and nothing more." (Poe, ...

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My Trip To Egypt

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Keywords: my trip to cairo, essay about holiday It was my grandmother's 70th Birthday in May this year and my Mum, my sister Sophie and my Mum's three sisters decided to have a "girly" long weekend in Dorset during the May half term. Consequently, my Dad and I had most of the week on our own. My Dad came up with a few options of places to ...

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No Coward Soul Is Mine Analysis

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Keywords: no coward soul is mine bronte Emily Bronte's "No Coward Soul Is Mine" was written in order to reach out and touch faith so to speak. Death, faith, and passion were things that did not run scarce in Emily Bronte's life and with that "No Coward Soul Is Mine" was inspired and written. Writing to cope with the pain of growing up, neglected and uneducated Bronte ...

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Mowing Robert Frost Analysis

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Keywords: mowing poem analysis, mowing robert frost "Mowing" is a lyric poem written by Robert Frost in the year 1913. Like many other poets achieve that Frost does not, they talk about their imagination or something that they are wondering. Frost on the other hand expands his poetry into discussion about real life, and real situations. Just as it says in lines seven and eight, "It was ...

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Harry Potter Book Review Essay

23 Mar 2015 07 Jul 2017

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Keywords: harry potter essay The Harry Potter books are very successful upon their being published. The Harry Potter books describe us as muggles, non magical people who live our lives not knowing the existence of wizards. The books allow us to envision a magical world that we are unable to see. Wizards are usually tolerant and good toward muggles. The book thins the line between real life ...

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The Real White Man's Burden - Irony and Symbolism

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Keywords: white mans burden poem analysis, real white mans burden poem I aim to evaluate the use of irony and symbol in the poems "The White Man's Burden" and the "Real White Man's Burden" to see how effective both writers were in using these elements to convey meanings. In the case of Kipling, I will consider two points of views. The first point of view is that ...

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Ophelia and Gertrude Essay

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Keywords: gertrude and ophelia, ophelia and getrude hamlet The classical and world-renowned Shakespearean play Hamlet has two very prominent and important female characters as the main roles, Ophelia and Gertrude. As to a surprise, they are similar in many ways. This essay will inform the reader about their similarities or likeness. It is quite obvious that both Gertrude and Ophelia are both motivated by love and ...

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What is the Turning Point in Romeo and Juliet?

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Keywords: romeo and juliet turning point, romeo and juliet fight scene In this essay I am going to analyse act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet to work out why it is the turning point of the play. I will analyse the characters; historical context; the structure of the play; the main characters and the language used by William Shakespeare. I will also analyse how Shakespeare ...

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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Keywords: the crucible themes, arthur miller crucible analysis Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible was involved in communist activities during the Cold War in the United States which, considering the historical context brought him to court. This demonization of people who expressed different political views materialized by a witch hunt impregnates the play in the sense that the author compares his situation to the one of ...

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Irony in Rip Van Winkle

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Keywords: rip van winkle irony, humor in rip van winkle Washington Irving used so much irony in his short story Rip Van Winkle. The title character is a youthful married Dutch American who has a kind and generous nature. The main character is located in Catskill Mountains of New York way before the American Revolution. Reluctant to profitable labor, the character prefers rambles within the mountains, sitting ...

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The Wife of Bath Analysis

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Keywords: the wife of bath chaucer, the wife of bath canterbury tales Chaucer is generally considered as the 'father of English poetry'; looking specifically at 'The Canterbury Tales' we can see that Chaucer attempted to portray a depiction of society as he knew it. It is also evident that he attempted to provide his own commentary on his society. Chaucer distances himself from the comments made in ...

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Picturebook Analysis Essay

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Keywords: picture book analysis example. analysis childrens literature Picturebooks are often labelled as 'easy' books with simple illustrations, large fonts, few words, and produced exclusively for children. Indeed, the Randolph Caldecott Medal committee definition states: 'A "picture book for children" is one for which children are an intended potential audience' (ALA). Picturebooks may masquerade as 'easy' texts, but their child friendly appearance masks the intricacies that they ...

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Why is Hamlett Timeless?

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Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' is exemplary of the universal nature, which, despite the passage of time still holds its textual integrity. As 'Hamlet' is not limited by contextual barriers multiple interpretations are plausible through the text's ability to be re-contextualised. The thematic representations of love, power and the central theme of life and death continue to hold significance to audiences and propose an understanding of the mental instability of the ...

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Identity Crisis in Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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Keywords: desirable daughters essay, desirable daughters analysis ABSTRACT: Immigrants have envisioned tales that exhibit experiences of independent and emerging countries. Cultures have taken up new form in the contemporary times, where the issues of Diaspora, globalization, consumerism, transnationalism cultural hyberidity and identity crisis have become new motif in the postcolonial literatures. The new issues give rise to identity crisis that evokes feelings of an individual that portrays ...

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The Great Gatsby Essay

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Keywords: the great gatsby final essay, great gatsby final essay Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby as a satire that comments on American ideals in the 1920s. He shows the carelessness of everyone during the time by portraying them in the community of East and West Egg. Fitzgerald conveys two different themes throughout the story. One is "the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth" and ...

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Jane Eyre Book Report

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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Keywords: jane eyre book review essay, jane eyre bronte summary The main character of the book is Jane Eyre (round character). The book follows her through her troubled childhood and life as a young woman. She is a gentle and intelligent girl, but she has no confidence in herself because she is raised by her aunt who does not love her. She has no family and is ...

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The Glass Menagerie Title Meaning

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Keywords: the glass menagerie tennessee williams Even though the family's relationship towards one another in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams is both dysfunctional, and questionable you begin to see a deeper meaning to which the title of the story foreshadows. The story begins with the family having supper. As this dinner continues we learn that they are in a single parent household with a mother, Amanda, ...

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Gold Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol

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Keywords: gold marilyn monroe analysis, andy warhol gold marilyn The colors used are outstanding whereby he used gold color to form the background and surrounds of the face. I love the way Warhol used the colors to give and outstanding piece of art. The face is the only image on the massive canvas platform (6'11 ¼" X 57" (211.4 x 144.7 cm)). Warhol Canvas, Silkscreen ink are ...

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Young Goodman Brown Symbolism Essay

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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Keywords: young goodman brown hawthorne, young goodman brown symbolism Young Goodman Brown is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Written in 1835, the story deals with a late night meeting between a man and the Devil. On the surface this is all the story is, but if one looks closer one would find the story to be littered with symbolic images. Goodman Brown's marriage to his wife, ...

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I Have A Dream Speech

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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Keywords: mlk speech, speech analysis essay Martin Luther King astounded America with his historic 'I have a dream' speech. His demand for racial justice and a unified society became mantra for the black community and is as known to successive American generations as the US Declaration of Independence. In his speech, King stresses upon equality and presents his dream of an ideal non-racist community. The speech is ...

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The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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Keywords: woman warrior kingston, woman warrior analysis The theme of finding one s own personal voice is the central aim of Kingston in her memoir The Woman Warrior. She makes various references to the physical and emotional struggle of this aim throughout the text by exploring the silence of the women in her family and Chinese culture. By adding her experience as a Chinese-American woman she discovers ...

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Turn of the Screw Unreliable Narrator

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Keywords: turn of the screw analysis Vision or perspective is a key theme that reoccurs in both the film entitled The Innocents by Jack Clayton, and novel Turn of the Screw by Henry James. They both suggest that the governesses' vision is not dependable making her an unreliable narrator. Throughout the novel and the film the governess is certain that she sees ghosts and tries to convince ...

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The Yellow Wallpaper - Feminist Analysis

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: feminist literature yellow wallpaper One of the major goals of feminist literature is to determine what kind of voice women have or do not have in a world, dominated by men. Women are seen as not as important as men in humanity, and language is one of the tools used to emphasize men's power over women. Often the world in literature is represented from a male ...

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Pride And Prejudice Analysis of Themes

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: pride and prejudice summary, price and prejudice analysis "An artist cannot do anything slovenly", once uttered Jane Austen in articulating her perception of art and literature. Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Jane Austen, is undeniably a masterpiece that has astoundingly challenged the beliefs and virtues of its era. In the novel, Austen adeptly depicts the convictions of her class-bound society and targets those exceptionable virtues ...

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Categorising Hamlet as a Tragedy

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Keywords: hamlet tragedy thesis, hamlet revenge essay Shakespearean scholar A.C. Bradley states that 'tragedy concerns itself with one person, the hero'. The second key aspect of tragedy is the 'death of a hero'. As Bradley points out, tragedy is 'essentially a tale of suffering and calamity conducting to death'. Hamlet by William Shakespeare closely follows the dramatic conventions of a revenge play in Elizabethan theatre. Plays belonging ...

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Money is the Root of All Evil Essay

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: money is the root of all evils essay Drugs: the love of money is the root of all evils Most people hold the false belief that they are unable to live without money; therefore, they condition their lives from early childhood to gain wealth by whatever means possible. This conning into the love of money has resulted in various forms of evils such as stealing, kidnapping, ...

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Naturalism in Sister Carrie

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Keywords: sister carrie naturalism, sister carrie realism There was much debate to whether Dreiser was a "naturalist" after the model of Zola. But if this denomination is reflected by the acceptance of the sordid side of life and a more faithful registration of personal experience, then it can be a characteristic of his work. He was an objective realist who remotely brought together his facts but at ...

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A Doll's House Analysis of Nora

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Keywords: character analysis a dolls house "I must stand on my own two feet if I am to find out the truth about myself and about life," To what extent is Nora a tragic heroine? -1497 words (excluding title) A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen is a modern tragedy that is centred around the life of a typical Norwegian household in the Victorian era, focusing on the ...

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Dracula Literary Analysis Essay

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Keywords: dracula analysis essays, dracula essay Although the idea of vampires had already been popular in folklore long before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, his adaptation of the tale lead to the creation of one of literature's most Symbolically sexualized characters. Dracula have proven the 1897 novel to be truly timeless. It is arguably one of the most beloved classics of gothic Literature. However, relying loosely on the ...

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