Tartuffe Study Guide Know the reasons some people became enemies of Moliere Know who influenced Moliere as a playwright. The hypocrite, the blustering youth, the clever servant, and the timid young girl are all examples of what kind of characters in drama? Where are the above found today? Why was...
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Throughout the centuries peoples’ views about what a true friendship is have changed and morphed into different things over the years. At one point in time a friend was someone who would do anything for you, at another a friend was a shoulder to cry on, or a person to gossip with about the latest...
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The Return of the Native: Style The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth novel and probably his best known. The story focuses on the lives and loves of residents in the fictional county of Wessex, England, an area which was based on the rural area where Hardy was raised. The narrative...
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Political Satire: Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. It would not serve any purpose to dwell upon the general morigeration of Dryden, who, in this as in other respects, was “hurried down” the times in which he lived, to the leaders of politics and fashion, to the king’s ministers, favourites and...
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Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki, is a book chronicling the author's personal experiences before, during, and after her internment at Manzanar. Through the eyes of an innocent child, and subsequently, a teenaged Jeanne, we are able to see the cruel and heartless events that occurred to...
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An act of chivalry is described as the qualifications or character of the ideal knight. Knights were expected to uphold this code of conduct. In the English literature Le Morte dArthur, French for The Death of Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory, the characters display acts of chivalry from beginning to...
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Given CircumstancesThe given circumstances of Tartuffe are few, yet they are essential to the reading of the script. The time of Tartuffe is displayed through several ways: while no specific time is ever mentioned, we know that the play takes place sometime after 1640 because the currency...
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Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. Self-Interest versus Love On the surface, the main difference between the Christian characters and Shylock appears to be that the Christian characters value human relationships...
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18 September, 2013 Theme Analysis for The Return of the Native In Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native man is often influenced by his or her surroundings whether one is aware of it or not. The heath functions as its own character in addition to being an evocative backdrop that has some...
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Tema N3 : John Bunyan – (Religious background): John Bunyan (28 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, who is well known for his book The Pilgrim's Progress. John Bunyan was born in 1628 to Thomas and Margaret Bunyan, in Bunyan's End in the parish of Elstow...
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Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki was a seven year old girl who survived The Bombing of Pearl Harbor. She was a normal young girl. She liked to watch the boats dock and go to school. However, one thing was missing in her life: her identity. She was a Japanese girl who didn’t embrace her culture...
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?WT2 Questions & samples Higher Level students must write at least one critical response (written task 2) to a text. These responses, which in fact are essays, answer one of six prescribed quesitons from the Language A: Language and Literature guide. These questions are answered with regards...
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satire is the literary art of using mockery, irony, and comedy to ridicule and point out human follies and vices with the hope that they will be corrected. Satire is a form of the comic, which differs from other types such as humor and irony with the sharpness of conviction. It is characterized by...
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Symbols The Three Caskets The contest for Portia’s hand, in which suitors from various countries choose among a gold, a silver, and a lead casket, resembles the cultural and legal system of Venice in some respects. Like the Venice of the play, the casket contest presents the same opportunities and...
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“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?” — — “Backlock, a poet blind from his birth, could describe visual objects with accuracy; Professor Sanderson, who was also blind, gave excellent lectures on color, and taught others the theory of ideas which they had and...
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Satire is a form of literature, the proclaimed purpose of which is the reform of human weaknesses or vices through laughter or disgust. Satire is different from scolding and sheer abuse, though it is prompted by indignation. Its aim is generally constructive, and need not arise from cynicism or...
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Farewell to Manzanar, published in 1973, was written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. It is a classic memoir of the life and struggles of a young Japanese internee and her family at Manzanar during World War Two. The title, 'Farewell to Manzanar,' automatically sets a...
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In Walt Whitman’s poem Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, the poet explores themes of the idea of the self, the recognition of self in relation to other people and the poet’s connection nature and the universe. For example, Whitman’s use of tangible objects such as the houses and the rooms...
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“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.” — Page 113 — “You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.” — — “Malicious men may die, but malice never.” — Page 42 — “Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined” — — “Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's...
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LITERATURE NOTES Beka lamb and the Chrysalids: Compare and contrast the novels in terms of prejudice and society: The Themes of beka lamb and the chrysalids are very simiiar especially when you look at the role of women in society and social prejudice. In Beka Lamb women are the ones who are seen...
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The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth fresh and likely his best known. The narrative focuses on the lives and loves of occupants in the fictional county of Wessex. England. an country which was based on the rural country where Hardy was raised. The narrative manner of the novel is...
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John Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel has long been established as a manifestation of the intricate fabric of patriarchal scheme of the Restoration monarchy. Generations of critics have found it as an extremely intriguing territory, swiftly trafficking with the contemporary socio-political...
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In the true story 'Farewell to Manzanar' we learn of a young girl's life as she grows up during World War II in a Japanese internment camp. Along with her family and ten thousand other Japanese; we see how, as a child, these conditions forced to shape and mold her life. This book does...
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Leaves of Grass: Democratic Themes When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer I Hear America Singing In his Preface to Leaves of Grass, Whitman states, “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem”. Whitman was the ultimate Transcendentalist/ Romantic. He united democratic...
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Tartuffe is about a fraud named Tartuffe who pretends to have divine authority. He insinuates into the household of Orgon and cause chaos. Tartuffe’s influence on Orgon is clearly depicted when he influences Orgon to make the decision that her daughter Mariane will marry him. The main aim of...
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Shylock is “The Merchant of Venice” In William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice," there are many themes, symbols and words alike which take on a complex and dual nature. Not only can lines in the play be interpreted by the audience in multiple ways, they are meant to have multiple meanings...
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1. Many critics feel that ‘The Return of the Native’ is too pessimistic. How far do you agree with this? 2. “The main interest in the novel lies in the characters of the three women and the ways in which the return of the native affects their destinies”. Account for the effect Clym’s return has on...
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There has been a lot of ink spilled on the comparison’s between Toni Morrison’s novels and William Faulkner’s novels and justifiably so. Both have written stories about Americans dealing with the American problem of race relations. Morrison’s “Song of Solomon&rdquo...
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Farewell to Manzanar: Essay Question #2 Jeanne’s father, Ko Wakatsuki, shows many sides of himself throughout the novel, from Pearl Harbor Day to the day he dies in 1957. Papa starts out as a typical father figure, who’s very demanding and stubborn. However, when the family moves to Manzanar, Papa...
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Many a times one has heard the phrase “history will repeat itself”. However, it is rarely fully understood. No matter how many times one hears the numbers, facts, statistics of war, humanity fails to end the cycle. In the poem, “Grass” by Carl Sandburg, Sandburg utilizes repetition and a powerful...
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The play "Tartuffe, or Deceiver" is the first comedy written by Moliere in which the author criticizes the vices of the clergy and nobility. The comedy reveals certain features of realism. In general, Moliere seems to obey the key rules and compositional techniques of Classicism. However, it...
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Merchant of Venice Essay The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearian play whose plot is centered around love and loss. Throughout the play Shakespeare satirizes Jewish stereotypes and depicts acts of extreme bigotry, this has lead to a significant amount of debate as to whether or not Shakespeare...
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Introduction The ``Gilded Age'' in American history is marked by the growth of industry and wave of immigrants along the territorial arena. Coined by Mark Twain, the age refers to the period of conspicuous luxury yet corrupted beneath. There was a development in railroad industry, and steel and...
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Absalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden. The poem exists in two parts. The first part, of 1681, is undoubtedly by Dryden. The second part, of 1682, was written by another hand, most likely Nahum Tate, except for a few passages---including attacks on Thomas...
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Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Japanese American, and James D. Houston, describes about the experience of being sent to an internment camp during World War II. The evacuation of Japanese Americans started after President Roosevelt had signed the Executive Order 9066 on...
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Walt Whitman’s “1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass” and Captain John Smith’s “A Description of New England”: Parallel Visions of the American People and the Shaping of the Nation’s Identity Walt Whitman’s “1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass,” and Captain John Smith’s “A Description of New England,”...
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“Men in general justice more from visual aspects than from world. All work forces have eyes. but few have the gift of incursion. ” That quotation mark by Nicollo Machiavelli is merely defined as. what you see is non ever what you get and few work forces have the gift of being able to see through...
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[pic] Facts full title · The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice author · William Shakespeare type of work · Play genre · Comedy language · English time and place written · 1598; London, England date of first publication · First published in...
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“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!” — Page 432 — “Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.” — — “If...
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"Both Swift and Dryden are masters of satire. Usually the satire is directed against an opponent/enemy or a political process. Using references from one poem from each writer, discuss how and why each uses satire and wit as a cutting sword. " John Dryden and Jonathan Swift became remarkable...
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Farewell to Manzanar Question Chapters 1-22 What did Papa do the night he heard the news? The night Papa heard the news he burned the flag from Hiroshima, papers, documents, and anything that would show a connection or relation with Japan. What happened to Papa two weeks later, and how did he react...
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In “Song of Myself” Walt Whitman is trying to see self as a whole. He wants to find strength and beauty as to make self whole and to be unified with humanity and nature. While people are condemning him, because the expression of a sexual content and a connection that makes use body and soul as...
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In Princess de cleves which is believed to be written by Madam La Fayette sarcasm has been used to depict the heroine who is lacerate between her responsibility and love. While her bosom is passionate about her lover. her sense of responsibility towards her hubby and above all the social norms...
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I believe that Bassanio from the play The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare is portrayed as a determined, loyal and materialistic character throughout the play. Bassanio shows his determined side when he first become accosted with the idea to court Portia, he doesn’t let the small problem...
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Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road shows the link between William Faulkner and himself. This is especially true of the representative characteristics of the book compared to Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech. At least three distinct topics tie the two together. These are the depiction of the apocalypse...
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Adam Bede takes into account various themes and it various manifestations Actually Adam Bede is a novel which dissects human mind and then analysis is done, which discloses a lot of themes underlying it. These themes range from social to psychological and to some extent from philosophical to...
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On December 7, 1941 there was a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japan. The attack came from the Japanese, yet it caused unfounded fear in this country toward Japanese Americans. The book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston depicts the reactions of the...
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In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War? During the period from 1861-1870, the Civil War occurred due to the split between the North and South. That split was caused by the differences in ideals and practices within the country. Both sides wanted to...
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Sarcasm is one of the oldest tools in the literary universe. This tool is designed to utilize rebuff of words to assail popular civilization. politicians or royalty in an indirect manner. The first aureate age of sarcasm occurred during the age of Enlightenment. It was during this clip that...
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Jasdeep Bains Mrs. Valdez ENG2D1-05 Wednesday May 28, 2008 Appearance Vs Reality in Merchant Of Venice This theme of Appearance Vs. Reality is used throughout the play to mislead and confuse so things may not always be what they seem. Shakespeare uses deception to enhance the unfolding drama and...
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