A Room of One's Own Summary Virginia Woolf, giving a lecture on women and fiction, tells her audience she is not sure if the topic should be what women are like; the fiction women write; the fiction written about women; or a combination of the three. Instead, she has come up with "one minor...
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Ayn Rand’s Anthem is a novelette concerning the life of individuals under a socialist republic. The main characters, Equality 7-2125 and Liberty 5-3000, have grown up with no parents around and were taught that everyone has sole obligation and that is to serve other people and his society...
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Let me start off by saying that I thoroughly enjoy satires; it is the genre I appreciate most for its employment of wit and militant irony. Upon delving into Candide by Voltaire I was lured in by its display of ridiculously brutal situations that dramatized the many evils of human experience. I...
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John Steinbeck, one of America's favorite authors, wrote the novel East of Eden in 1952. The story takes place in Salinas, California, where Steinbeck was born and raised. His mother's family name, Hamilton, is one of the names used in his novel. According to Riddel, East of Eden is "a symbolic...
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Colonization in the Theme of 'A Modest Proposal' and 'Heart of Darkness' Starting at the beginning of the seventeenth century, European countries began exploring and colonizing many different areas of the world. The last half of the nineteenth century saw the height of European...
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The movie and the book Like Water for Chocolate are both well written. I enjoyed the book because it had a different layout than the other books we have read thus far. The film was an asset to see because it followed the book so well that it gave you more ideas about things that you might not have...
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Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass Summary The preface by William Lloyd Garrison describes the encounter between Frederick Douglass and Garrison, at an anti-slavery convention. It tells about how this encounter led to a long partnership between the two as well as Douglass’ involvement in...
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I am delving into the complex and semiotic nature of deconstruction critism as a lens for the book Persepolis. I will be analyzing how the creators own words twist back against them, and gainsay what they previously said. I will use this lens is unearth the binary opposition of values or aphorisms...
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In the novel Sula, Morrison portrays a correlation between the two main characters Sula and Nel. In the novel, Nel is seen as normal compared to Sula, who is seen as abnormal. When the novel begins, these two characters were young, but when the novel ends, these two characters were old. Despite...
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Poe's The Cask of Amontillado: Themes UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANA Curitiba, 8 de outubro de 1996 Curso: Letras - Ingles / Noturno Disciplina: Literatura Norte Americana I Aluno: Anderson Jose Nogueira TASK: To write a summary theme of Poe's "The Cask Of Amontillado" One of the main themes of...
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The Grapes of Wrath: Connections to the Great Depression The decaying state of the American economy and the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s brought about the necessity for the United States to reconsider its attitudes and examine the long term effects of its policies concerning...
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Michelle Gualpa Ms. Parker English 10 June 5, 2012 Imagination Out of Focus When I was really, really small, I was very imaginative. I thought the world was limitless. I could very well convince myself that a purple polka-dotted elephant could go to the moon on a flying building or that a bird...
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1. 07 The Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet Part I: Short Answer 1. Anne Bradstreet uses birds as a metaphor for her children. She goes on to say, “Four Cocks were there, and Hens the rest. ” This means that four were boys and the others were girls. She also says, “Till at the last they felt...
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The search for self and for what makes one happy is certainly central to all human beings. Therefore, this theme is also central in literature. In Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford’s life is spent seeking her own sense of self and love. For example, she tells her friend Phoeby...
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“Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. If you try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of...
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Even though the texts were composed in different times and different literary forms, both composers sought to criticise the way that their context operated. In Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’ (1928) and Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia...
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Anthem by Ayn Rand In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand there are many themes. These themes include love, desire, equality, freedom, and individuality. Most of these themes are all shown by the majority of the characters in the book, especially Equality 7-2521. One can see that the themes of love and...
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Poverty is an important theme in John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. Set in the 1920s during the Great Depression, poverty is an overarching aspect of life in the down-and-out community of Cannery Row. A backdrop for the book, Cannery Row is a place where poverty affects everyone and everything...
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James Bryce once said, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you carry away from it. ” Any good piece of literature should both challenge and enrich you, and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is no exception. More than a mundane reiteration of a biblical tale, East of Eden explores the...
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Chinua Achebe, a well-known writer, once gave a lecture at the University of Massachusetts about Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, entitled "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. " Throughout his essay, Achebe notes how Conrad used Africa as a background only, and how he "set...
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English A1 HL World Literature II Word Count: 1,187 How does the author of Like Water for Chocolate depict her feminist views and how do they contribute to two different themes of the novel? In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel exposes her strong feminist attitude through a...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas is a story of how a slave lived through the inhumane treatment of slave owners during slavery but overcame all obstacles to produce a book of how slavery was and is inhumane. Slavery can be defined as a...
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Karen Casey once said that “truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood.” In Jane Austen’s early nineteenth century novel, Persuasion, Austen depicts a simplistic story about love and anticipation. Persuasion is one...
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Friendship in Sula In Sula, Toni Morrison questions what true friendship is by putting Nel Wright and Sula Peace’s friendship to the test. Morrison tests the phrase “opposites attract” in this novel. Nel and Sula have two different personalities yet they are able to compliment each other. They are...
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Poe's, The Cask of Amontillado is a story about fear and revenge. The story begins with Montressor's vow of revenge, foreshadowing future actions. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult vowed revenge... " Montressor had to be sure not to...
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An effective way writers demonstrate the moral values of a society is by not telling the story from one in the society, but from the point of view of a person alienated from it. This method reveals small things that one in the society would not notice and provides different insights only one from...
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Lee Hyeon Ju Ms. Sarah Jane ELSEO November 23, 2012 The little prince The little prince has symbolism, it reminds people about meaning of life. Anthoine de Saint Exupery uses symbolism to teach the reader. Firstly, the king symbolizes how power is useless. The fox symbolizes love and the desert...
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Abhijnanasakuntalam and The Scarlet Letter : A critical analysis ENG 434 Term paper Submitted by: D. Vamsi Krishna (Y5173) Instructor In-charge: Dr. Neelankantan G. Introduction: Abhijnanasakuntalam is a well known Sanskrit play written by Kalidasa. It means “token-recognised- Sakuntala”...
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In the forward of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mary Helen Washington refers to the “…uncritical depiction of violence toward women”. Zora Neale Hurston expresses this ‘uncritical’ violence toward women because in the beginning of this century such violence was...
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The novel Wuthering Heights is written by Emily Bronte and discusses the social trend on gender relationships that time. Basically, an in depth look on masculinity and femininity has been expressed to be able to define the roles of a man and woman. The story was presented as a recollection of the...
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In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Room of One’s Own? Context is vividly reflected through artistic texts over time in order to assert the author’s opinion on the same human issues, such as truth...
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Ayn Rand's Anthem shows us her view of our world united under what seems to be communist rule. For example their view of right and wrong; which Anthem portrays is a system of very strict rules which mainly make sure that everyone is involved in a collective role within the society in this system...
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Cannery Row By John Steinbeck In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck describes the unholy community of 1920s Monterey, California. Cannery Row is a street that depends on canning sardines. It is where all the outcasts of society reside. Steinbeck himself, in the first sentence of the book, describes...
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In John Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden, the deprivation of a sound conscience is a theme that is associated with Cathy Ames, and afflicts the people around her. The author uses foreshadowing to portray the future of Cathy and her multiple victims. By doing so, the author builds onto the...
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'They were dying slowly-it was clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now, nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confused in the greenish gloom'. (page 14 para. 3, line 1). The quote is coming from Marlow, upon arriving at the...
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An Analysis of the significance of the Three Kings Day bread in Like Water for Chocolate; how does the memory of the Three King's Day bread reveal Tita's attitude towards her current relationship with her family? Tita's revelation of the Three King's Day Bread addresses the thematic core of the...
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“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission”-----Eleanor Roosevelt. During the eighteenth century African people were considered “property” of their slaveholders and had no control over their own life. They were victims of psychological and physical brutal treatment. This story...
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“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” — — “You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.” — — “I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by...
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Q. Discuss how many characters describe Sula’s birthmark which looks different to several people in The Bottom. Does the birthmark reflect their fears or dreams? How so? Lots of people see Sula in different lights. Their relationship with her determines what they may see above her brow. Most of...
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Anything not taken in moderation can be damaging. In one of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known tales of horror, "The Cask of Amontillado," he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing, when one is overwhelmed with it. Through the use of foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism, Poe presents a...
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The Grapes Of WrathName:_____________________________ Regents / Honors English 11Period:____ Date:___________________ The Grapes of Wrath WPA Project 2008 As you have been learning in U. S. History and in background research of To Kill a Mockingbird, the Great Depression was a time when the...
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Leyte Normal University Tacloban City Project in Personality Development “The Little Prince “ Submitted by: Precious Viloh B. Dadap BSSW-I Submitted to: Mrs. Lilibeth Faliorina, RSW Assistant Professor 3 Table of Content Summary -------------------------------------------------------------p. 1-2...
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Most people believe that there exists at least one person in the world who matches their personality exactly. Others believe that for every person there is an exact opposite or an evil twin so to speak. In the case of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, they fall somewhere in between these two...
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Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a jewel of obliquity. The tale’s central character,Janie Crawford is an epitome of emotional potency, audacity, steadfastness, racism survival, individuality, and independent women typified by Destiny’s Child. The book narrates the story of Janie...
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Wuthering Heights: Summary Emily Bronte was born in Thorton, Yorkshire, in 1918. Wuthering Heights was Bronte's only book; however, she died in 1848 and never knew of the book's success. It is said by many to be the finest novel in the English language. Just before she dies, Catherine Earnshaw...
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Today women have achieved the same rights as men. However, the needs of women are usually quite different. In this article, we want to provide you with the analysis of the novel “Madame Bovary,” which is the fatal crash of dreams and reality. Everyday reality is far from ideal, but...
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At first, it may seem that The Scarlet Letter has nothing to do with feminism and the fight for equal rights between males and females. The book was written in 1850 when the society was dominated by men who completely overruled women. No one could even think of such a thing as gender equality. The...
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The 20th century has given the literary world a completely new genre – a dystopian novel. The main purpose of this genre is to envisage the ruthlessness of technological progress subdued by the government. Eric Arthur Blake, an English writer and journalist more famous under his pseudonym...
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It is not easy to compare or choose one of the two world-known anti-utopias. It is possible to allocate for an indefinitely long time common elements that emphasize the similarities of works. There are an anti-utopia, decadence, gloomy mood, hardening of the soul, the crisis of morality, struggle...
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Eric Arthur Blair, a writer, and publicist, was born on June 25, 1903, known throughout the world under the pseudonym George Orwell. His novels “Animal Farm” and "1984" are the most striking works written in the genre of anti-utopia, whose flowering dates back to the 20th...
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