Medea, by Euripides: Betrayal and Loyalty

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: euripides analysis, euripedes medea Throughout Greek dramas there is always an underlying message of opposing values. This message allows the audience to learn about human nature, and life lessons. The play Medea, by Euripides, is no exception to this overall pattern in Greek dramas. The play exhibits the conflict between the opposing values betrayal and loyalty through characters and their shifting sympathies. Euripides seems to value ...

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Modernism in The Metamorphosis

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the metamorphosis analysis, metamorphosis postmodernism The scientific and industrial revolution that affected Europe and the rest of the world in the nineteenth century was further developed with the arrival of the twentieth century. This century was marked with significant progress in sectors such as the sciences, philosophy, social theory, and the arts. However no other field has in my opinion seen such drastic changes as the ...

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Two Kinds by Amy Tan Essay

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: two kinds essay, two kinds analysis Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds' is a short story about the relationship between a Chinese-American mother and her American daughter. Two Kinds is a chapter from Tans book, "The Joy Luck Club", which is made up of sixteen stories about Tan growing up in America with a mother from ancient Chinese customs (Tan, 189). In this chapter, Tan describes her childhood ...

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Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: tartuffe analysis, tartuffe jean baptiste Tartuffe is a comedy of manners written by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere in 1759 during the enlightenment period of history. In this work, Moliere attacks the hypocrisy and corruption that had gradually crept into some of the old man-made institutions such as the church and the aristocracy. As the plot unfolds, and the struggle between rational and irrational characters develops, Moliere's enlightened ...

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The Stepford Wives Film Analysis

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: stepford wives analysis, the stepford wives analysis With the birth of Second Wave feminism in the 1960s women started to ask the questions of what their roles in life are. A generation of future housewives wondered that if they continued to keep doing the chores and giving their undivided attention to their husbands they would not be living a life they really wanted. The Stepford Wives ...

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Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady, Selina Hastings Analysis

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: sir gawain character analysis, sir gawain characteristics Humans are very complex beings. From sentience arrives emotions, both negative and positive, which create the beings we know as our friends, our enemies, and the rest of the world. In this rendition of the classic work "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady, Selina Hastings reinvents two characters from the medieval tale of King Arthur, including the King and ...

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The Rain Child, Margaret Laurence

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the rain child, rain child analysis, laurence the rain child Margaret Laurence (1928-1987) is one of the most beloved writers in Canada, she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1972 that shows her popularity. Also 'The range and the quality of her work made her the most recognized and accomplished of the writers of the 1960s' (New 265). She began to write ...

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An Inspector Calls | JB Priestly

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: an inspector calls genre, an inspector calls analysis What is the genre of 'An Inspector Calls' and how does it fulfil its purpose? How would the audience's attention be sustained during the performance? 'An Inspector Calls' is a play written by J.B. Priestly, first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union, and set in 1912. It is considered to be one of Priestley's best known works ...

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The Lamb and the Tyger Analysis

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: william blake the lamb and the tyger William Blake was an 18th century visionary, poet, mystic, and artist. Blake's romantic style of writing allowed him to create contrasting views as those in "The Lamb" and "The Tyger". From a young age Blake used his imagination that was frowned upon and unfortunately was never greatly appreciated during his lifetime. "William Blake believed that it was the chief ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God Joe Starks Analysis

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: joe starks, joe starks description, joe starks character The character of Joe Starks in the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" written by Zora Neil Hurston is Janie's second husband and an entrepreneur who is very charismatic and well off financially. However, Starks is a bit overzealous in his ambition. There isn't a lot of communication between him and Janie, or anyone else for that matter, ...

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Celebration of Nature in Literature

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: ode to the west wind analysis, the world is too much with us Romanticists celebrated nature. They loved nature and enjoyed being outdoors. Their writings were nature inspired. I, like the romantics love nature and being outdoors. I also enjoy the beautiful scenes in nature that God creates. I have chosen two pieces to discuss. The first is Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe ...

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Feminist Elements in A Rose for Emily

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: rose for emily faulkner, a rose for emily gender "A Rose for Emily" is a short story written by William Faulkner, first published in the "Forum" paper in 1930 . It tells a story of Miss Emily Grierson, a noble old spinster, who lives in Jefferson - fictional city located in the state of Mississippi. One day she falls in love with Homer Barron, a Yankee ...

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Edgar Allan Poe Writing Style Analysis

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: edgar allan poe gothic writing, edgar allan poe analysis Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author born in Boston. His use of terror and the supernatural made him famous as one of the popular gothic writers. Poe wrote numerous books and poems with some 18+ noted books to his credit. His mystery writing was recognised by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as being exceptional and the ...

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Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe: Loss Of Identity

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: okonkwo's loss of identity, things fall apart identity Research Question: how does male dominance, reputation, and responsibility lead to the downfall of Okonkwo's and other character's identity. My research paper has to do with the loss of identity of the main character as well as others. The conflicting battles they had with themselves and society as a whole. I believe this is important because within this ...

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Waiting for Godot and Dumbwaiter Comparison

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: pinter and beckett comparison, dumbwaiter waiting for godot Among the best plays which can be compared to one another in different ways are "Waiting for Godot" written by Samuel Beckett and "The Dumb Waiter" written by Harold Pinter. One of the common elements the two plays share is the "waiting factor" which leads the few characters of both plays to do many absurd activities to fill ...

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A Sound Of Thunder Essay

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: sound of thunder analysis, sound of thunder symbolism Everything in life has a certain cause and effect whether it is good or bad there is always going to be a reaction to anything one does. This can be used to describe the "Butterfly effect", which is a somewhat accepted theory. Ray Bradbury's sharp imagination and knowledge helped to develop his story and portray his message that ...

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A Doll's House as a Problem Play

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: problem play dolls house, a dolls house problem analysis "A Doll's House" is one of the major realistic problem plays of Henrik Ibsen. In "A Doll's House", Nora Helmer is the main character. She is the wife of Torvald Helmer, who is a bank manager. The story happens when Christmas is coming. To keep the job in Torvald's bank, Krostad, who is the man that Nora ...

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The Inheritance of Loss Essay

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: inheritance of loss kiran desai, inheritance of loss analyse As might be expected from the rich input of her cultural background, Kiran Desai, daughter of the author Anita Desai is a born story-teller. Her first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), is a fresh look at life in the sleepy provincial town of Shahkot in India. At 35 years old, Desai is the youngest woman ...

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Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: lady lazarus analysis, lady lazarus literary devices In "Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath, there are many different poetic devices that are chose to portray the speakers tone. Throughout the poem, the speaker seems to be talking about death at a glance it seems like she is happy with the though of death. But if we dissect the literary elements that Plath uses we can see that ...

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Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: waiting for godot comedy, waiting for godot tragedy Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot is a play both funny to watch and to read. Yet, the feeling that one walks away with in the end is not one of amusement, but that of slight discomfort. Upon closer inspection, one begins to notice tragic qualities neatly hidden but subconsciously blatant. One also sees the play labelled as a ...

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Still Falls the Rain Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: still falls the rain summary, still falls the rain poem The central theme of this poem is centred around a hard topic: the bombing of London during War World II. Edith Sitwell presents a world in need of change. However, she deals with this theme from a Christian perspective. This viewpoint is portrayed in seven irregular stanzas and thirty five lines which are written in free-verse. ...

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Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: analysis wife of bath, wife of bath chaucer Prioress and Wife of Bath Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a frozen picture of life in the Middle Ages. Chaucer places his characters on a pilgrimage, a religious journey made to a shrine or holy place. They are traveling on horseback from London to the shrine of martyr Saint Thomas a Becket at Canterbury. Chaucer has very ...

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Tuesdays with Morrie Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: tuesdays with morriw essay, mitch albom analysis In the Book Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom asks the reader a continual question that reverberates throughout the book: a question that he wrestles back and forth with. His question is simple but deep and compelling; have you had someone close to you leave your life, not completely, but physically? Everything just seemed right when they were in your ...

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Anne Tyler Teenage Wasteland

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: teenage wasteland analysis, teenage wasteland short story This short story by Anne Tyler is about the trials and tribulations of a mother and son relationship. Donny is a seemingly normal teenage boy who is just going through a rough patch. After being called to a meeting Daisy, his mother, learns that Donny's grades are slipping and he is unresponsive in class. That's where Cal comes in. ...

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Rosa Lee Cunningham Case Study

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: leon dash rosa lee, leon dash analysis Rosa Lee Cunningham is a Black American woman who has lived a pathetic life being a victim of extreme poverty, child abuse and deprivation of love and nurturance from her mother. The traumatic experiences in her life has led to her addiction to a lifestyle that further degrades her as a person instead of rising from her unfortunate situation. ...

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Examples of Displacement in Literature

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: displacement post colonial literature, postcolonial analysis Place and displacement are always featured in post-colonial writings, whether it's Derek Walcott's poem 'A far cry from Africa' or powerful novels for example 'Heart of Darkness'. This feature opens up a broader concept where post-colonial crisis of individuality comes into reality. When a novel carries elements of place and displacement, the theme of alienation is always reflected, this originates ...

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Friday Night Lights: Movie vs Book

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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High School Football. "Those lights become an addiction if you live in a place like Odessa, the Friday Night fix." (Bissinger,14) Racism, controversy, and pride. Permian High School in the west Texas oil town of Odessa, Texas. Small town, deep South, USA. Author H. G. "Buzz" Bissinger's brilliant study of the 1988 football team set in this beautiful Texas town grew into a socially motivated novel entitled ...

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Themes of Forgiveness in Literature

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: forgiveness in literature, forgiveness literature analysis Themes Of Forgiveness In Novels Forgiveness. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is 'an action or a process of forgiving or being forgiven'. On the other hand, Bråkenhielm (1993) said that the difficulty of defining forgiveness is because it is very much like love, it is ambiguous. Also, that there is no single concept that can define what it ...

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The Third And Final Continent Essay

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the third and final continent analysis The character I have chosen for analysis from Jhumpa Lahiri short story, "The Third and Final Continent," is the narrator, a very dynamic character who adapts to the traditions and lifestyles of the continents he travels to especially America. The narrator exhibits the most characteristics than any other character in the story because he is talking about his life and ...

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Oroonoko Novel by Aphra Behn | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 23 Jun 2017

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Keywords: oroonoko narrator analysis, oroonoko behn analysis In the theater things are always seen from somewhere. Here we have the geometrical foundation of representation: a fetishist subject is required to cut out the tableau. Aphra Behn, born on July 10, 1640 and died on April 16, 1689, was one of the main playwrights, poets, and fictionists of Restoration era. She was, as inserted in The Age of ...

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Desert Flower by Cathleen Miller and Waris Dirie

23 Mar 2015 23 Jun 2017

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Keywords: waris dirie analysis, nomad culture literature Last year, I watched the adapted movie of the book, "Desert Flower" in the cinema. That movie has fascinated, motivated and likewise evoke interest in me. In my opinion it is incredible how people can live under those bad conditions in Africa. For that reason, I wanted to read the book. In the following essay I will focus on the ...

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Meaning of Jane Eyre as a Whole

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: jane eyre analysis, jane eyre character analysis, jane eyre themes The whole of the work is a critique of Victorian Englands social hierarchy and inequality for women. Jane struggles against social class and gender inequality, both of which she considers great injustices. Free Response Question (Year and Paraphrase of Question) 1997. Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and other social occasions. Such ...

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Muhammad Haji Salleh Poetry Analysis

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Keywords: si tenggang homecoming Wikipedia defined that self-identity is the mental and conceptual understanding and persistent regard that sentient beings hold for their own existence. In other words, it is the sum total of a being's knowledge and understanding of his or her self. Components of the self-concept include physical, psychological, and social attributes, which can be influenced by the individual's attitudes, habits, beliefs and ideas. These ...

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The Motorcycle Diaries | An Analysis

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: motorcycle diaries analysis, motorcycle diaries critique During these novels it can be seen how important is the background in there, whether historical background and social one were deeply connected in the way the plot was developed, creating contrast and reflection about that current time in both stories. Besides, even they were written in different years they are a critical informers about the lack of moral in ...

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Glory Road Film Summary and Analysis

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: glory road essay, glory road analysis, He had always wanted to coach division one basketball but he encountered some problems early on after taking the job. Being a poor university, Texas Western could not afford a lot of money to recruit players, as basketball was not even the priority sport. Determined to win, Don Haskins did what had never happened in the history of college ...

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Wuthering Heights - A Thematic Analysis

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Keywords: wuthering heights character analysis, healthcliff analysis Revenge is one of the prominent and stronger issues in the novel Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte has discussed the cruel and wicked nature of human beings. Novel was set in the harsh, rough and isolated atmosphere of Yorkshire moors in northern England. There are many reasons of emergent revenge amid the characters. People were bounded and restricted due to their ...

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Priestley's Paradox Communication

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: priestleys paradox, priestley's paradox communication Communication is an essential part of everyday life. There are many things which have effect on communication, technology having a very large effect. Through the increase of communication technology, there has been a decrease in the quality of effective communication. While considering the theory of Priestley's Paradox, the lack of interpersonal communication in new forms of technology have significantly affected the ...

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Feminism in Indian English Literature

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Keywords: indian english feminism, feminist indian literature, women empowerment literature First, the phase of imitation is prolonged and the dominant tradition and the international roles have affected the social roles. Secondly, the phase of protest was established against the standards values of life which also includes demand for autonomy. Lastly, Self-discovery is a phase, where search for identity was the main aim of the writers to project ...

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Romeo and Juliet True Love Essay

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, has many techniques such as iambic pentameter and sonnets to show the how strong love can be between two young people; caught in between a family feud which kept them from truly experiencing free will to love who they desired. Although the play is about the love affair of Romeo and Juliet, there are many other parts which show the two lovers being ...

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The Bait, John Donne Analysis |The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Marlowe Analysis

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Bait" the reader finds two contrasting images of the world. Marlowe paints the world as a utopian society withought any worries or dangers. The shepherd and the lover he is seeking in his quest have no responsibilities in life other than to enjoy life to it fullest. In describing the pleasures which the couple can enjoy in the ...

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Analysis of the Psalm of Life Poem

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: psalm of life analysis, psalm of life poem This poem dramatizes the conflict between the truth of life lived in the moment and the neglect of the soul when a person focuses on things beyond his control: namely the past and the future. There are many themes expressed by the poet within this work: freedom, happiness, perseverance, truth, futility, spirituality and success. From the title one ...

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Waiting For Godot Essay | Analysis of Waiting for Godot

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: waiting for godot analysis, samuel beckett play, godot character analysis It is tempting to view Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' as a play of nothingness, with no value or meaning but that of two men waiting for something or someone to arrive. However, the companionship that the two protagonist characters portray underneath the humour and bleakness of Beckett's two part tragi-comedy, clearly offers us something elevating ...

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The Man of the Crowd | Literary Analysis

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Keywords: the man of the crowd analysis, the man of the crowd theme "Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone," declares the opening line of Edgar Allan Poe's "Man of the Crowd." Surrounded by a city full of people, the narrator is indeed not alone in that sense. "Alone," though, may be viewed in another light: to be unique, to stand alone against ...

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A Modest Proposal | An Analysis

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Keywords: modest proposal critique, modest proposal allusions Introduction: One of the "Tory writers," "a talented satirist" (Abjadian 87), Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland. His father-an Englishman who had moved to Ireland-died earlier that year. Receiving financial assistance from relatives, Swift attended a good school for his basic education and graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in 1686. He lived off and ...

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Presentation of War in Literature | The Man He Killed and Dulce Er Decorum Est

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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"The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), and "Dulce et Decorum est", by Wilfred Owen explore the theme of war, they both take similar views on life during and after the treacherous times that war created, and its lasting effects. However, the poets choose to display these feelings through their poetry in different ways. In Hardy's poem, the poet adopts the person of a war veteran ...

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Gender Roles in Shakespeare Plays

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: twelfth night gender, gender in shakespeare, shakespeare gender roles To answer this question I will refer mainly to As You Like It and Twelfth Night. As well as the texts of the two plays I will also refer to two stage productions - Filter's production of Twelfth Night at the Lowry in Manchester (2010) and the West Yorkshire Playhouse's As You Like It in Leeds (2010) ...

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: scarlet letter analysis, scarlet letter hawthorne, the scarlet letter symbolism The scarlet letter "A" has a close interrelation to the novel's thematic structure which is centered on the three scaffold scenes in chapter 2, chapter 12, and chapter 23. At the first scaffold scene, the author introduces the theme of sin, judgement and the religion. Dimmesdale's moral conflict is shown on the second scaffold scene which ...

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Holes Book Report Essay

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: holes louis sachar, holes book report, holes analysis Louis Sachar was born march 20, 1954 in New York. He is an American author of children's books. He has written twenty-four books. Louis Sachar is best known for the "Sideways Stories From Wayside School" book series and the novel "Holes". For the novel "Holes" Sachar won a "National Book Award" and the "Newbery Medal". "Holes" sold in ...

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Literature and Social Change

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: tolstoy death of ivan ilyich, literature social change Literature written during the period between 1650 and the mid 1800s encourages us to think for ourselves rather than blindly accept the status quo. Tolstoy, in The Death of Ivan Ilyich reminds us to be mindful of the folly of keeping up with the Jones'. Moliere's Tartuffe warns against the unquestioning acceptance of religious authority. Swift and Douglass ...

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Realism in English Literature

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Keywords: realism essay, realism literature, realism theory literature In general, realism can be defined as the aspect of tending to lean towards being factual and practical on matters of life by representing things, actions, or social circumstances in point of fact, without presenting them in their conceptual form and neither without the influence of feelings or other artistic ideas. However, in order to clearly define or discuss ...

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The Selfish Giant By Oscar Wilde

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the selfish giant essay, selfish giant analysis The story, 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde, was introduced in the taught module, demonstrated the kind of art and drama activities that a powerful story can stimulate and engage the audience meaningfully. The scheme of work emphasised on the children's creativity, imagination and involvement in dramatising. The plot of the story was introduced by imagining a big garden, ...

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Oliver Twist Analysis

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Keywords: oliver twist analysis essay, analysis of oliver twist Explain and discuss the main problem or obstacle that is introduced. Discuss how the protagonist or any other significant characters deal with this problem. Describe how this problem escalates, who is involved in this conflict, climax, and how this problem is dealt with. (Length: ¾ of a page) Character (Protagonist, Antagonist and/or other significant characters) Describe the exterior ...

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Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: romeo and juliet analysis, romeo and juliet prologue stylistic devices Passage one is the prologue to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a significant piece of text in the play as both its form and content introduces and gives a rather detailed insight to the viewer about events that are to follow in the play and essentially prepares and establishes the ...

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Bridget Jones Diary Analysis

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Keywords: bridget jones analysis, bridget jones diary fielding Bridget Jones is a single woman who tries to find herself a nice man, because she doesn't want to stay single for the rest of her life. Write a summary in your own words of about 400-600 words. The story is about Bridget Jones. The book describes a year of the live of Bridget Jones. Bridget is a woman ...

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The White Man's Burden, Rudyard Kipling | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: real white mans burden analysis, kipling poetry symbolism 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 Kipling was ...

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Literature Comparison: The Great Gatsby and The Motorcycle Diaries

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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What it makes us unique, is our way of being; no one is equal to other, all of us are different in every single way, and this is the most important characteristic of the human beings, but sometimes our way of being is not the right one. There exist people that spend their lives thinking in the welfare of the rest but in the other hand there ...

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Great Expectations Book Review

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: great expectations summary, review great expectations, great expectations dickens Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, first published in 1860, is a classic fictional novel. The novel doesn't really have a genre, possibly a drama or adventure, but it's more like just his story so I'd say just a normal fictional novel. The story is set in 1812 to 1840 in an English town surrounded by marshes, Pip ...

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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

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Keywords: the necklace analysis, the necklace maupassant, the necklace character But shes cooped up in the house all day with nothing to do, and her days are marked with boredom beyond belief. Her only way out of dealing with it is to live in a fantasy world of glamour, wealth, and beautiful people.. And cant we all relate in some way to Mathildes desire to live a ...

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Karma of Violence in Macbeth

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Keywords: violence in macbeth essay, violence in macbeth, karma in macbeth With elements like wars, assassinations, and murders, violence takes up a significant part of Macbeth. At the early stage of Macbeth, the audience is presented a battlefield scene where a bloody massager appears. Echoing such a violent and bloody image, the play ends with Macbeth being killed. Although karma is an Indian belief, lines like "This ...

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Maiden Name Philip Larkin Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: maiden name larkin analysis In a pocket diary note, Philip Larkin stated: "At 1.45 am let me remember that the only married state I know (i.e. that of my parents) is bloody hell. Never must it be forgotten." Larkin expresses a loss of beliefs and ideals in marriage prominently in The Whitsun Weddings (TWW) and The Less Deceived (TLD) by examining the ideas that marriage signifies ...

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An Analysis of Poetic Justice in Macbeth

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Keywords: macbeth poetic justice, macbeth justice, justice in macbeth The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is a story about a man named Macbeth and his quest for power. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a brave and noble soldier, who is crowned as Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. After becoming Thane of Cawdor he and Banquo come across three witches who give ...

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The Story of an Hour - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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The short-story under consideration by Kate Chopin, the American short-story writer known for her works about strong women in terms of liberation debate, is entitled "The Story of an Hour". Being the framing sign of the whole text, the title brings the text up to date, however, running through the entire plot it does not uncover the essence of the unpredictable situation the main character finds herself. ...

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Six Records Of A Floating Life

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: six records of a floating life summary This research paper will examine the historical significance of gender roles and relations as represented in Shen Fu's Six Records of a Floating Life. I will investigate the representation of female gender as displayed in Yun's character through a males's point of view, and reach some understanding of the positive characteristics that a wife should have and the social ...

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Lord of the Flies Symbolism Essay

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Keywords: lord of the flies symbolism, The conch shell is a shell that means a lot more than just a beautiful white shell. It has great power and it symbolizes civilization and order. The boys on the island look to this conch as holding order in a crumbling society. The boys respect this conch in the beginning and no one can speak unless you are holding ...

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Great Gatsby Research Paper

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The Great Gatsby is a prime example of traditional American Literature. Explaining the life in one of the most roaring cities of the 1920's, New York, the novel is a great interpretation of American life in that time. Taking place during the story, there is an economic boom, coupled with the new American lifestyles being formed. Scott Fitzgerald, the author, shares many traits that can be found ...

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Oedipus The King Vs Hamlet - Analysis

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Keywords: hamlet and oedipus, oedipus vs hamlet, hamlet vs oedipus What is the different between Oedipus the King and Hamlet. Oedipus the King was written by Sophocles in 430-425 BCE. Oedipus the King is about King Oedipus finding out his true origins and him fulfilling a prophecy. In order to save his Kingdom Oedipus has to find out who murdered the king before him. Looking for the ...

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The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the elephant vanishes symbolism, the elephant vanishes analysis, the elephant vanishes themes One of the major themes in this story is the idea of things being out of balance. This theme is established when the narrator tells the editor about the importance of unison in kitchen design, as he explains that, "Even the most beautifully designed item dies if it is out of balance with its ...

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Song of Lawino Poem by Okot p'Bitek

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: song of lawino analysis, song of lawino characters, lawino and ocol In Song of Lawino, by Okot p'bitek, the main theme revolves around Lawino attacking Ocol, her husband who had left her for a "modern" woman, and his ways while praising her own culture. She is a proud and traditional Acoli woman who holds a certain disregard for the western culture that her educated husband had ...

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All My Sons as a Tragedy

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: all my sons analysis, all my sons tragedy, All My Sons is an American play, set in a typical, suburban town in the backyard of a family home. The Keller's are a family who live a life of tension and un-realistic aspirations after losing a son at war. As the Keller's try to live a normal life they are left struggling when they are left ...

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The Kite Runner And Hamlet Tragedy

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: kite runner analysis, hamlet shakespeare analysis, kite runner tragedy, hamlet tragedy In the novel The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini and in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare the characters suffer tragedy as a result of the world that they have created for themselves. Despite the sufferings, in the end they find redemption. The characters do not act until they are pushed by it, the lack ...

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Jane Eyre Childhood

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: childhood in jane eyre, jane eyre bronte, jane eyre analysis Jane Eyre's childhood is a reflection of the Victorian era, children were to come across as innocent, virtuous and ignorant of intellectual opinion. However Jane's early years lacked normal experiences primarily love necessary when growing up, resulting in a solitary and suffering child. Charlotte Brontё focuses on the feelings of hurt during Jane's childhood in the ...

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Courtly Love in The Canterbury Tales

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: canterbury tales romance, courtly love literature In all periods, in all forms of literature, love has always found its place within the words of its authors. The ideas and meanings readers create about love can change drastically from one reading of a text to another. However, it is safe to say that when reading a tale of courtly love, the type of love is immediately recognizable ...

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Atmosphere in Macbeth, by Shakespeare

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: atmosphere in macbeth, macbeth atmosphere, atmosphere of macbeth The word atmosphere usually means the air around us. When using the word in the sense of a play it means a certain mood around a certain area at a certain time. Tension usually means emotional or mental stress. Act 2 Sc 2 is the climax of tension that has been built up all the way through Act ...

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The Fat Girl, Andre Dubus

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the fat girl analysis, the fat girl summary To accept the others, first we have to accept ourselves and accept who we are "The Fat Girl" is a short story about a girl that tries to fit in today's standards and satisfies her parents as well. The author , Andre Dubus , shows how trying to fit in the society standards , individuals have the pressure ...

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Finding Forrester Analysis

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: finding forrester essay The film Finding Forrester is a movie about a young boy, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) that lives in the Bronx. He has an intellectual talent for writing, quite contrary to his stereotypical ghetto friends. Jamal meets and befriends William Forrester, once a great Pulitzer Prize winning author who now lives in solitary. Forrester mentors Jamal and teaches him life lessons. Jamal in turn ...

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The Bonesetter's Daughter Summary

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: bonesetters daughter summary LuLing: Ruth's mother. She immigrated to United States from China through her sister, Gao Ling. She shows how her life had changed through her writings in part 2. She is very emotional character who loves and acts passionately Ruth: LuLing's daughter (of course). As her mother loses memory, she becomes more considerate about LuLing, and searches for her memory instead. This eventually helps ...

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No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: no exit sartre, no exit analysis, no exit essay Analysis of No Exit No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre is a play that symbolizes the German occupation of France. He was a soldier in the French Army during World War II and had to face the humiliation of defeat and the suffering of war. No Exit takes place in a room which is supposed to be ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne Symbolism

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: hawthorne literature symbolism, hawthorne works symbolism, nathaniel hawthone romantic The Mastery of Symbolism in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the most influential American Romantic authors of the nineteenth century, was born Nathaniel Hathorne on July 4th, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. Nathaniel found interest in reading and writing as a young child and continued his interest well into his late teenage years when ...

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Midaq Alley, Naguib Mahfouz | Character Analysis

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: midaq alley analysis, midaq alley character, midaq alley hamida Midaq Alley, a novel written by Mahfouz, tells us the story of different characters living in a poor alley in Egypt during World War II, a time of change for Egypt when under British rule. The reader finds the emphasis on change experienced by the arrival of foreigners to Egypt is best shown by the women in ...

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Everyday Use, Alice Walker | Character Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: everyday use analysis, dee and maggie In the short story "Everyday Use", Alice Walker crafts the character of the three main characters in a clever way. This was very important as it is the three characters, Dee, Maggie and Mama who made the story to be as powerful as it is. The three main three characters are used very well by walker to pass the underlying ...

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A Tale Of A Tub Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Swift criticizes by employing the literary device called satire in which the author exposes folly or absurdity in the behavior of an authority or society. His works are skeptical and sarcastic as well as intelligent and enjoyable. Swift's writing and patriotism influenced British literature profoundly. With it he taught the reader to question injustice and society's conception of civilization. His works continue to impact British literature and ...

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The Playboy of the Western World Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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J.M. Synge's highly controversial play The Playboy of the Western World exposed the middle-class Dublin audience to a different portrayal of Irish countryside life as opposed to the traditional idyllic image they were accustomed to. Synge strongly employs the element of satire in his play, implemented as a device to shock his conventional audience; the play's lack of morals would have offended the audience, so satire is ...

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Battle Royal Ralph Ellison Analysis Essay

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: battle royal analysis, battle royal poem analysis Rope-a-dope is a precarious boxing strategy first introduced by Muhammad Ali against George Foreman in the Heavyweight Championship match held on October 30, 1974, in Kinsasha, Zaire. The match is best known as the "Rumble in the Jungle" because of the fiery action among the two great heavyweight fighters of that era. As told on his official website www.ali.com, ...

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Jekyll and Hyde: Drug Addiction

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: sold a slave to my original evil The first stage of Dr. Henry Jekyll's addiction is In Robert Louis Stevenson's nineteenth century novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, addiction is a very important undertone. Stevenson writes "It was on this side that my new power tempted me until I fell in slavery. I had but to drink the cup, to doff at once the body of ...

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Types of African Feminism

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: african feminism concept, african feminism analysis The primary reason for the difference in the African feminism and Western feminism is the fact that it has developed in a different cultural context. In today's ever changing world, African women are diligently trying to redefine their roles in ways so that they can make themselves more receptive and carve out an activism which is more aware of the ...

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A Doll's House: Appearance vs Reality

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: dolls house analysis, ibsen a dolls house, ibsen play analysis Choosing to live your life independently or dependently is a life changing moment: it comes without warning, and can turn your whole life upside down. Either way, nothing will ever be the same. The book, A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, is about characters who are all dealing with the transition of becoming either dependent or ...

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The Passionate Shepherd To His Love Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: passionate shepherd to his love analysis, marlowe passionate shephered, passionate shepherd analysis The passionate shepherd to his love is a poem written by Christopher Marlowe of love promises from a shepherd to his potential lover set in a pastoral community. The shepherd is trying to convince a maiden to become his lover through romantic words that reveal their community as the best place to nurture their ...

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Ernest Hemingway's Indian Camp - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: indian camp hemingway, indian camp analysis The Indian camp is generally recognized as one of Hemingway's best and most interesting short stories. It primarily focuses on the relationship between father and son, and on its attendant rites of initiation into the world of adult experience: child birth, loss of innocence and suicide. (Werlock). The boy, Nick Adams, accompanies his doctor father to the Indian camp where ...

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Relationship Between Celie And Shug - The Color Purple Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: shug and celie relationship, celie and shug relationship, celie and shug the color purpule Walker in writing this novel uses an epistolary style, which is a novel that is written as a series of documents which is usually in the form of letters or diary entries. This allows her main character to voice her personal feelings to the pain and isolation she suffers. The reader is ...

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David Copperfield Analysis

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Keywords: humour and pathos, david copperfield analysis, charles dickens david copperfield Introduction to the background, Charles Dickens and his work- David Copperfield Charles Dickens, the most popular writer of the Victorian age, was born near Portsmouth, England, in 1812 and he died in Kent in 1870. When his father was thrown into debtors' prison, young Charles was taken out of school and forced to work in a ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Historical Accuracy

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: is to kill a mockingbird historically accurate To Kill a Mockingbird is based off the novel written by Harper Lee of the same title, telling the story of a young girl - Jean Louis Finch and her brother Jem growing up in Alabama during the Great Depression. To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional story about a young girl, Jean Louis Finch (Scout), and her brother, ...

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Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: winter dreams analysis, f scott fitzgerald winter dreams, winter dreams american dream F.Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" documents the life of Dexter Green, "a young man from a modest background who strives to be a part of the exclusive world inhabitated by the women he loves" (Perkins 1). The work regards a period in Dexter Greens life, from the age of fourteen to thirty two. Fitzgerald divides ...

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Death of a Salesman Symbolism

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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Arthur Miller is a well renowned playwright who can control the emotions of the readers in the way they want to feel. His play the Death Of a Salesman, he begins with symbols and ends with symbols, where the primarily focuses on Willy Loman, who desperately tries hard to become successful in his imminent failure. Using symbols, Miller portrays a tragic but realistic view of Fifties. Arthur ...

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How The Grinch Stole Christmas

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the grinch meaning, grinch dr suess, dr suess symbolism How the Grinch stole Christmas is the rhymed story, beautifully illustrated by Dr. Seuss. This rhyming story not only sounds pleasant while listening, but it also gives a good lesson to all of the readers or listeners. This poem has been written 69 years ago, but it still charms the people of every age (Gikow, ‎ 2000). ...

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The House of the Baskervilles - Gothic Elements

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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The setting in a novel is important because it helps to create a sense of atmosphere. The atmosphere in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" conforms to the conventions of a detective story which has to have a mysterious and scary feel in order to build up tension or suspense which intrigues and excites the reader. Creating an effective atmosphere within the three main settings in the novel, ...

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The Road Not Taken

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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The poem 'The Road not taken' was written by celebrated American poet Robert Frost. In this poem Robert Frost talks about the choices that a person faces in the journey of life, this poem deals with the questions of what might have happened if the traveler had chosen the other road in front of him, had or had not it made any difference in his life. These ...

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Paralysis in Dubliners

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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Joyce in his letter to Grant Richards said, I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the centre of paralysis. The first thing that one has to engage with is, why Joyce felt that Dublin was the centre of paralysis. What were his reasons for thinking and feeling that Dublin was suffering from this paralytic state? It is important not to overlook some ...

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Six Characters In Search Of An Author - Analysis

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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Keywords: six characters in search of an author analysis, six characters in search of an author meaning Father explains that as their author unjustly denied them stage-life and its immortality, they bring their drama to the company. The seductive Step-Daughter begins its elaboration: after what took place between her and Father, she cannot remain in society, and she cannot bear to witness her widowed Mother's anguish for ...

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The Monkeys Paw, WW Jacobs

23 Mar 2015 01 Jun 2017

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Keywords: ww jacobs monkeys paw analysis, the monkeys paw jacobs, the lady of the barge monkeys paw William Wymark Jacobs, a British humorist best known for The Monkey's Paw, was born on September 8, 1863 in London, England. His father, "William Gage Jacobs" (www.nndb.com), managed a South Devon wharf, and Jacobs and his brothers spent much time there. After attending Birkbeck College, Jacobs became a clerk in ...

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Little Red Riding Hood: Angela Carter

23 Mar 2015 01 Jun 2017

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All fairy tales, both old and new that exist today can be said to have a long history that lies beneath them. However, some aspects of the fairy-tale history are somewhat hard to trace because it's only the literary forms that can obviously survive. Furthermore, what we do know is that the majority of them have been around and retold for many years. Most, if not all ...

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