Twentieth century Britain is dubbed the victorian era in which the woman is just the female of humanity, and that they have certain things to do in society. It is socially accepted that women care solely for the children, the house, the cooking and the cleaning and the men are the breadwinners and...
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Carleigh Craparo 12. 3. 12 English Lolita can be described as a controversial book that can draw the readers in and cause them to feel sympathetic towards a man who is a murderer, pedophile, predator, and an egomaniac. The author, Vladimir Nabokov, seduced the readers’ minds’ with numerous...
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Margaret Atwood's, The Handmaid's Tale, constructs a near-future dystopia where human values do not progress and evolve, but instead become completely diminished and dominated under the Republic of Gilead. This powerful and secure new government gains complete political control and begins to abuse...
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? Fabian Foerst January 10, 2014 6 set Three by Three THE MAZE RUNNER I read the maze runner by James Dashner for my second quarter independent reading book. This is the first of four books and each book has the same main character. I really enjoyed reading the book and I would give it a rating of...
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From its opening lines, Shakespeare's Henry V makes it clear that the play which is about to ensue is not realistic. As a matter of fact, the emergence of a Chorus onto the stage which proclaims a lament for the lack of realism which besets the play-write and his players, is the first action...
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OVERALL ANALYSES CHARACTER ANALYSIS Shaw has often been criticized for his inability to create well- developed round characters. His characters are usually seen as mere puppets propelled by the crisis of the plot or as mouthpieces for his socialist viewpoint. However in Pygmalion,, Shaw vindicates...
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I. AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most as Mark Twain, has been hailed by many as the father of American Literature. His two most famous works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (1884), are considered two of the greatest novels of all...
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? Fabian Foerst January 10, 2014 6 set Three by Three THE MAZE RUNNER I read the maze runner by James Dashner for my second quarter independent reading book. This is the first of four books and each book has the same main character. I really enjoyed reading the book and I would give it a rating of...
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American writer Nelle Haper Lee, famous for her race relations novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. Lee was 34 when the work was published and it has remained her only novel. The book eventually became an international bestseller. Lee, commonly known to family and friends as Nelle, was...
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This book is like many others before it as it is a forerunner of events and times that had yet to happen at the time of its publication. In that respect, it can be classified with Jules Verne’s’ novels but while the Nautilus, the nuclear submarine of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, was...
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;center;;b;The Fog of Substance Abuse;/b;;/center; ;br; ;br;As the fog descends around the Tyrone's summer home, another fog falls on the family within. This fog is that of substance abuse, in which each of the four main characters of Eugene O'Neill's play, Long Day's Journey into Night face by...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Theme of Prejudice The theme of prejudice in To Kill A Mockingbird is much more than just a case of black and white. The entire novel is about prejudice in it's many forms, the most prominent case of prejudice is the racism and hate between the blacks and whites. The...
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Thesis Statement After going through both the pieces of literature, it transpires that both differences and similarities exist between Brave New World and 1984. They are both prophetic novels, they were both written in turbulent times, both suffering changes that could lapse the future of the world...
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Antigone It takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles' story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of...
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“Science is the only religion of mankind.” — — “No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the...
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The qualities I believe a leader should possess are the ability to keep control but be firm and forceful against the people causing trouble for them and their country. Good manners are also important as with anyone, regardless of whether a leader or not. They should also believe in equality and be...
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According to Aristotle, the function of a tragedy is to purge pity and fear out of a person. The tragic hero of a tragedy must have certain qualities that can contribute to this function. Inez Serrano, a character from Sartre`s play No Exit, not only exhibits those qualities but also demonstrates...
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Response on the passage of the Swamp in the Handmaid’s Tale Offred is one of the women that represent resistance in the Gilead regime; she has managed to survive thought the novel, with all the things that it implies. She is a handmaid and according to the theocratic government, her main role is...
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Both Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 present an anti-utopian future, in which anything that might be validly equated with freedom has been destroyed. Although markedly different in many ways, these two books show a grim parallelism in their presentation of many of the ways...
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Long Day`s Journey into thePast: The character analysis of Mary In the play ? °Long Day s Journey into Night, ± by Eugene O Neill, the writer depicts a typical day of the Tyrone family, whose once-close family has deteriorated over the years for a number of reasons: Mary s drug addiction, Tyrone...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Childhood Experience Have you ever thought of an answer to reply to your children, when they ask you, "What was the world like when you were a child? ", "What things that happened that impressed you most when you were a child? " or "How interesting is your childhood...
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No Exit Analysis of Characters Characters Garcin: Desire: All what Garcin wanted to do, is to show others that he is not a coward. He was also trying to convince himself that what he did is not a coward thing to do. Will: Garcin was lost; he thought he should persuade both Inez and Estelle in...
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Pygmalion is perhaps Shaw's most famous play and, ironically, it is among his most abused and misinterpreted ones. Almost everyone knows the basic outlines of this story of the Cockney flower girl who is almost magically transformed into a duchess by taking speech (phonetic) lessons from her...
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Maria IB English 05/31/12 How do the scenes, of both the book and movie, of The Handmaid? s Tale made changes for their own benefit? The Handmaid? s Tale book by the Canadian Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel, science fiction first published in 1985. It won so many prizes such as the Arthur C...
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Henry V by William Shakespeare, is supposed to have been written about 1599. It expresses the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events surrounding the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. The play is the final part of a series of plays, following Richard II, Henry IV...
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Long Day's essay into Night The play, Long Days Journey into Night, follows the Tyrone family through a day of their lives. Each character is unique and plays a specific role in this tragic drama. Mary represents an inability to face up to reality; she would rather mask herself with drugs, and...
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Abstract George Orwell’s novel 1984 present a dystopian scenario wherein state interference is present in all aspects of citizens’ lives. But in the context of the novel, state interference is used as a tool for the ruling class to remain in power. Information, for instance, is heavily censored in...
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Antigone The main theme for Antigone is that people sometimes have to learn the hard way from their mistakes. This theme is expressed in the final four lines of the play. They read, There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always...
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Pygmalion George Bernard show Pygmalion as a problem play Problem play: defined and explained A problem play is a play in which a number of problems are presented and analyzed thoroughly but no solutions to those problems are provided by the dramatist. Such a play serves as a great irritant to the...
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Introduction Alice Walker's novel revolves around major issues that were associated predominantly by medieval black community at a time when aspects regarding slavery were taking front stage in almost any argument. The novel therefore provides significant reflection of the developing aspects...
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George Orwell provides to his readers in 1984 a dystopian look at how totalitarianism can influence the thought, speech, and action of the citizens of the effected state. The underlying theme throughout the text is the effect of Big Brother, from the loss of past language replaced by Newspeak and...
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A Separate Peace: Friendship, Conformity, and War We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some of these bonds were lasting and others were not. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with the friendship of high school boys. These boys attend an all-boy’s school called Devon School...
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Sophocles' play "Antigone" illustrates the conflict between obeying human and divine law. The play opens after Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus' brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles...
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The Prince vs. Henry V A comparison of attributes After reading Machiavelli’s The Prince and watching Shakespeare’s Henry V in class, one begins to notice similarities between the authors’ idea of what a “perfect king” should be. The patterns between the ideal ruler of Shakespeare and the ideal...
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In the novel, The Color Purple, there are three main characters who demonstrate meaningful traits of women. Celie, the main character, is the most important of the three. She is influenced by other characters in the novel and is inspired to let herself seek their virtues. Celie’s two friends...
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A sudden flash of light illuminated the night. Apparently, my car went a couple inches past the stop light line, causing the traffic camera to take a picture. It was astounding to me that even at an isolated intersection such as this one, people are always under the iron hand of the law. Under...
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‘How is Gilead presented as a place of power and control in the opening chapters of The Handmaid’s Tale? ’ The Republic of Gilead is the fictional country which Margaret Atwood chose as the setting for her dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. We can infer from the first chapter that Gilead is...
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The Maze Runner is considered to be one of the most popular stories with teenagers and young people in general. Both a book and a film are imbued with a certain number of issues that the author tried to bring up. The following themes are ones that are present throughout all of the time...
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Gilgamesh and Roland's Heroism Mesopotamia was about 300 miles long and 150 miles wide. It was located between two rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The word Mesopotamia itself means "The land between two rivers". With this, Mesopotamia depended on the cultivation of the land for survival...
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a highly regarded work of American fiction. The story of the novel teaches us many lessons that should last any reader for a lifetime. The messages that Harper Lee relays to the reader are exemplified throughout the book using various methods. One of the most...
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In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston Smith is introduced as a man with an itchy varicose ulcer above his right ankle (talk about a symbol) who knew that the simple act of writing in a diary could quite possibly get him killed, yet he finds it curious in the moment, that in the act of putting pen to...
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In John Knowle's A Separate Peace, symbols are used to develop and advance the themes of the novel. One theme is the lack of an awareness of the real world among the students who attend the Devon Academy. The war is a symbol of the 'real world', from which the boys exclude themselves...
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Love is supposedly such a strong force that a couple would die to be together forever. The force that traps the escape of love and living happily together for a couple is almost just as strong. In Ethan Frome, Ethan falls out of love with his wife Zeena and into love with his house girl Mattie...
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PYGMALION 1. Significance of Title: The significance of the title, ”Pygmalion” is in Greek mythology, The town Cyprus Pygmalion was a king who deeply fell in love with the statue of Aphrodite. Pygmalion had pictured nothing but beauty in his mind. He worked many countless days and nights in search...
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The Song of Roland: Insight Into Another World Historians have now been able to date the first manuscripts of The Song of Roland as far back as the 11th century CE (1060 CE)- to be more specific, 1130 CE. However, some historians have dated the poem itself back to 1060 CE, but the most widely...
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Certain uncanny resemblances between Tom Robinson and Boo Radley's lives exist in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. Often large groups of people misunderstand certain unusual individuals. Sometimes they stereotype the person; other times, they simply do not bother to find out the truth. When...
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In considering the question of what aspects of today’s world relate most to the fictional, dystopian world presented in George Orwell’s 1984, it might be easier to ask what aspects of today’s world – particularly in the United States, once a beacon of hope for the world – doesn’t it resemble...
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Vandana Ashtakala Mrs. Clay Grade 11 Honors English, Period 3 September 20, 2011 Lost in Fog Shrouded under the foggy presence of lies and denial, one can live a misleading life. People are forced to operate under a facade until they are forced to reflect upon their fake life. This may result in...
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Evil Villains in Northanger Abbey In Jane Austen's, Northanger Abbey, John Thorpe and General Tilney are portrayed as unpleasant villains. Villains are defined as, "a wicked or evil person; a scoundrel" (The American Heritage Dictionary http://www. dictionary. com/search? q=VILLAIN). Austen...
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“Pygmalion”, by George Bernard Shaw, is a modern metamorphosis of the story Pygmalion, legendary sculptor and king of Cyprus, who fell in love with his own statue of Aphrodite. At his prayer, Aphrodite brought the statue to life as Galatea. In his own play, Shaw reveals a twist in the Greek myth...
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